Turning pressure into power:
How to drive change in the era of high-stakes healthcare

Andor Molnar, VP of Human Resources at Daikin, brings 25+ years of HR expertise having run compensation & benefits as well as human resources for various companies including Bell Canada Group, Dell and Goodman Manufacturing.

Ben Maisano is a two time entrepreneur and two time health system executive that is passionate about applying technology to improve healthcare. Ben joined Tendo in 2022, a health insights and marketplace company, as SVP, Chief Strategy Officer. Previously Ben was Chief Digital & Innovation Officer at Atlantic Health, leading technology, virtual care, remote monitoring, and Atlantic’s Venture Studio for investments & co-build partnerships. Prior to that Ben was CTO at Mt. SInai in NYC, building their patient technology, research & cloud tools, and launching direct to employer platforms. Ben has also co-founded and sold two startups.

Christin Deacon is a nationally respected voice on healthcare reform, procurement strategy, and government accountability. A former Deputy Attorney General and Special Assistant Counsel in the Christie Administration, Christin spent years practicing law before transitioning to public finance, where she ultimately served as a senior official in the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. There, she led procurement and policy for the State Health Benefits and School Employees’ Health Benefits Programs — covering more than 820,000 public sector lives and representing one of the largest health plans in the country.

Christin left state service in 2021 when her moral compass pointed her in a different direction. Frustrated by a system rigged against patients, taxpayers, and public servants, she has since dedicated herself to speaking hard truths — on stages, in legislatures, in the halls of Congress and in her latest book, The Great American Healthcare Heist — about the healthcare status quo and the structural forces that keep it broken.

Her advocacy is grounded not only in deep policy knowledge and firsthand experience, but in a deep personal drive: as a mother of three (Coleman, 14; Emer, 9; and Collins, 7) and dog mom to Twitch, Christin is fiercely committed to building a better future for the next generation.

Dr. Ethan Goh is a healthcare executive and physician scientist with a background in clinical AI research, product development and go-to-market strategy. At Stanford ARISE, he leads multi-institutional efforts to evaluate and implement large language model applications within healthcare, with publications in Nature Medicine and JAMA Network. He also serves as program director of the Stanford Healthcare AI Leadership and Strategy Program.

Dr. Goh is a founding editorial board member and associate editor at BMJ Digital Health & AI. He holds a medical degree from Imperial College London, and a Masters in Clinical Informatics and Management from Stanford University.

Halle Tecco has dedicated her career to making healthcare massively better. She is the founder of Rock Health and has backed and advised dozens of healthcare companies. She teaches future healthcare leaders at Columbia Business School and Harvard Medical School, and serves on the board of Collective Health.

Tecco’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. She was named as one of Goldman Sach’s Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs and listed on Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2023. She has spoken at the Aspen Ideas Festival, CES, TechCrunch Disrupt, and was a SXSW Keynote speaker. Tecco holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.

With her new book, Massively Better Healthcare, she distills 15+ years of lessons into an essential guide for leaders who want to leave the system better than they found it.

Manveen is the Senior Manager, Benefits, at the Wonderful Company and leads the strategy and operations of holistic benefit and well-being programs that support a diverse, global workforce. She oversees the design and performance of self-funded health plans, leveraging a robust data strategy to drive innovative solutions that improve outcomes and manage long-term costs. Manveen directs cross-functional initiatives, vendor partnerships, and compliance frameworks to ensure programs remain high-value, sustainable, and aligned with organizational priorities. Her work centers on elevating member experience and wellbeing through strategic and innovative solutions that enhance the organization’s total rewards strategy.

Stacey Richter is a veteran healthcare entrepreneur and thought-leader with more than two decades of experience transforming how care is delivered, paid for, and experienced by patients and providers. She is best known as host of the award-winning weekly podcast Relentless Health Value, in which she interviews industry innovators to explore how to improve population health, patient and provider experience, and cost management.

In addition to her podcast work, Stacey serves as Co-President of consulting firm Aventria Health Group and of mission-driven benefit-corporation QC‑Health, leveraging her expertise to help life sciences, health-system, employer and payer organizations collaborate more effectively to improve outcomes.

Ali Diab is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Collective Health, the world’s leading employer health benefit plan administration platform. Ali has more than 25 years of experience leading high-growth technology organizations, and prior to co-founding Collective Health, was Vice President of Product Management and Business Operations at AdMob by Google. Previously, Ali held executive and management positions at Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, and Yahoo!. Ali is a graduate of Stanford and Oxford Universities and is a Member of the Board of Advisers of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and a Trustee of San Francisco Day School.

Ron brings more than 25 years of experience in counseling growth technology companies and in developing and leading high-performance legal teams. He previously acted as the general counsel of Yahoo! Inc., where he also held a variety of national and global roles spanning almost two decades. Ron also previously practiced as a senior lawyer at Apple and with a private law firm. He holds a JD from the University of Chicago and a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a member of the California and Illinois bars.