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March
30
Kyle hopes that his story can inspire others to chase their own crazy ideas and become the people they were meant to be.
Kyle Scheele
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3:00pm - 4:30pm
NHIA Opening General Session
Embracing the Transformative Potential of Crazy Ideas
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The Honorable David J. Shulkin, M.D.
9th Secretary of Veterans Affairs
8:15am - 9:40am
General Session: Industry Keynote
The Honorable David J. Shulkin served as the Ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, previously serving as Under Secretary for Health. As Secretary, Dr. Shulkin represented the 21 million American veterans and was responsible for the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,200 sites of care, serving over 9 million Veterans. Prior to serving with VA, Secretary Shulkin was a widely respected physician and healthcare executive having served as chief executive of leading hospitals and health systems including Beth Israel in New York City and Morristown Medical Center in Northern New Jersey. Dr. Shulkin founded and and served as Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, one of the first consumer-oriented sources of information on quality and safety in healthcare. He has also served on boards of managed care companies, technology companies and healthcare organizations. Since leaving government, Secretary Shulkin has been the University of Pennsylvania Leonard Davis Institute Distinguished Health Policy Fellow and Professor at the Jefferson University College of Population Health. He has been named as one of the “50 Most Influential Physician Executives in the Country” as well as one of the “One Hundred Most Influential People in American Healthcare” Modern Healthcare.RegisterSupported by:
Paula Stone Williams
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Fostering Better Understanding
Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. Paula has been the CEO of a large religious non-profit, the editor-at-large of a national magazine, host of a national television show and a corporate consultant. With her doctoral thesis on the DiSC Personality Profile, Paula has led hundreds of corporate boards and work teams to become more efficient and productive. Paula has served as an adjunct university professor in the United States and Europe, and is the author of eight books.
Paula, with decades of experience in strategic communications within partisan spaces, skillfully employs narrative communication—a storytelling approach that intimately connects the audience with the conveyed message, fostering enduring change.
She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, PBS, and scores of other media outlets. As a keynote speaker, Paula has spoken for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world. Her TED talks have had over nine million views.
Paula’s memoir, As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Simon & Schuster), chronicles her transition journey and sheds light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community and women in the workplace and beyond. Her memoir will be turned into a limited series by Cannonball Productions.
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