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2025
Keynote Speaker
Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Co-Author, “Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference,” Recipient, Schwartz Compassion Champion Award
Event Committee
Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Former, Chief Executive Officer, AONL; Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, AHA
Joshua Boger, PhD
Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board
Wendy Cohen, LICSW
Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL
Ethan Crain, Co-Lead, U.S. Healthcare Practice, Lockton
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, Co-founder and Former CEO, Iora Health
Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Melissa Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN, President Kirby Bates Associates
Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton
Mary and Tom Grape, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living
Elizabeth L. B. Greene, Partner, Mirick
Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz
Michele R. Klau, RNCS, The Danielsen Institute at Boston University
Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP
Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation
Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, Schwartz Center Board Chair; President, MedPro Speciality, MedPro Group
Mark Reynolds, CEO, CRICO
Alan and Susan Solomont
Colette and Daniel Stanzler
Marjorie and Paul Stanzler
Kathy and Tony Starr, Member, Mintz
Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD, and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP
Lynn Wiatrowski, Former Executive Vice President, Bank of America
2024
Dinner Chairs
Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital
Thomas H. Lee, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey
Ethan Crain, Managing Director, Northeast Health Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan
Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., Chief Executive Officer & President, MassBio
Christopher D. Palmieri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance
Mark Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, CRICO
Peter Slavin, MD, President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Health System
Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC
Peter and Ellen Zane
2023
John Berman, CNN Anchor
Sree Chaguturu, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health®
Susan Donahue, Philanthropist
Peter L. Slavin, MD, Operating Partner, Advent International and Former President, Massachusetts General Hospital
Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Retired, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Gloria Respress-Churchwell and Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and CEO, Boston Children’s Hospital
Wendy Cohen
Kerry A. Flynn
Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office
Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting
Clare Reilly and Mark Reynolds, President, CRICO
Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP
2022
Corey Feist, JD, MBA, President & Co-Founder, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation
Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA Foundation
Travis A. McCready, Executive Director/National Practice Leader, U.S. Life Sciences Markets, JLL
Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board
Kerry Flynn
Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland
Clare Reilly and Mark E. Reynolds
2021
Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, Public Health Professor, George Washington University, Author, “Lifelines: A Doctor;s Journey in the Fight for Public Health”
Host
Mallika Marshall, MD, Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Physician, Health Reporter, WBZ-TV
Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.
Tamar Thompson, Head, Corporate Affairs, Alexion/AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Regional Co-Chairs
Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland (New York Metro)
Jean-Paul Rebillard, President, MedPro Specialty, MedPro Group (Mid-Atlantic)
Robert K. Coughlin, Managing Director, Life Sciences, JLL
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, CEO and Co-Founder, Iora Health
Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health System
Thomas J. Lynch, Jr. MD, President and Director, Fred Hutch
Clare Reilly and Mark Reynolds
Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2020
Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health
Callie Crossley, Radio and Television Host, Commentator and Public Speaker, WGBH’s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley
Jack Connors, Jr.
Lois Cornell, Executive Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Andrew Dreyfus, President & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio
Ruth Kilduff, Member, Schwartz Center Honorary Board
Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff,
Connors Family Office
Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP
2019
Michael L. Blau, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
Michael Carson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq, Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Ruth Kilduff, Member, Schwartz Center Board
2018
Keynote Speakers
Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts
Patrick Downes, PsyD, Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor
Troyen Brennan, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health
Clare Reilly
Mark E. Reynolds, President, CRICO
Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital
Andrew Dreyfus, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Ruth Kilduff, Chair, Schwartz Center Board
James and Catherine Stanzler
2017
Guest Speaker
Fangli Chen, PhD, Partner, Vice Chair, Life Sciences Patent Practice, Proskauer Rose
Kevin Tabb, MD, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
The Honorable Michael and Kitty Dukakis
Ruth Kilduff, Chair, Integro USA
Thomas J. Lynch, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, R&D, Bristol Myers-Squibb
Brooke Meltzer, Schwartz Center New York Advisory Council
Mark E. Reynolds and Claire Reilly
Eric Schultz, President and CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
James Stanzler, Managing Director, Highfields Capital Management LP
Tony and Kathy Starr
2016
Glen Curley, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Underwriting Practice Group Leader, CNA Insurance
Kerry A. Flynn, CLP, Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vertex
Thomas H. Grape, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living
Larry Renfro, Vice Chairman, UnitedHealth Group; CEO, Optum
Dianne Savastano, BSN, MBA, Founder and President, Healthassist
Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio; Schwartz Center Board
Sharon McNally, Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office; Schwartz Center Board
2015
Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, Award-winning author
Marna Borgstrom, President and CEO, Yale-New Haven Hospital Health System; CEO, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Ruth Kilduff, Chairman, Integro Insurance Brokers; Vice Chair, Schwartz Center Board of Directors
Stacey Lucchino
Robert K. Coughlin, President & CEO, MassBio; Schwartz Center Board
Trish Hannon, FACHE, President and CEO, New England Baptist Hospital
Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex; Schwartz Center Leadership Council
George Gilpin, President & CEO, EasCare