2026 Schedule
7:00 am - 8:00 am Foyer and Ballroom C
Registration, Breakfast, Vendor Exhibits and Networking
8:00 am - 8:05 am Ballrooms A/B
Opening Remarks
Todd Lefkowitz
Chief Managed Care Officer, Sagebrush Health
8:05 am - 9:00 am Ballrooms A/B
Major Healthcare Organizations’ Future Plans in Nevada
9:00 am - 9:55 am Ballrooms A/B
Transforming Healthcare with AI: Opportunities and Challenges
Craig Joseph MD, FAAP, FAMIA
Chief Medical Officer, Nordic Global
Brian Rosenberg
Executive Director, HealtHIE Nevada and Professor, UNLV School of Public Health
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM Ballroom C
Break and Networking / Vendor Exhibits
10:15 am - 11:00 am Ballrooms A/B
If Not You, Who? How to Crack the Code of Employee Disengagement
Jill Christensen
Best-Selling Author & Speaker
11:00 am - 12:30 Pm Ballrooms A/B
The Behavioral Health Reckoning: What's Next for Access, Coverage, and Care
Sarah Dearborn
Nevada Medicaid Senior Chief for Medical, Dental, and Behavioral Health Benefits Coverage
Dave Marlon, PsyD, CPC, LCADC-S, PRSS-S, MBA
CEO and Chairperson, Vegas Stronger, and Author
David J. Ventrelle, PsyD
Market President, Nevada Behavioral Health
Tony Alamo, MD*
Physician Founder AMC, Executive Vice-President Clinical Advocacy Optum Health National
*Moderator
11:55 Pm - 1:05 Pm Ballroom C
Lunch and Networking / Vendor Exhibits
12:30 Pm - 2:00 Pm Ballroom A/B
The State of Healthcare: Industry Leaders' Perspectives
Jackie Van Blaricum
Division President, HCA Healthcare
US Air Force Colonel Mary Carnduff, MD
99th Medical Group Commander, Nellis Air Force
John Rhodes, MD, MBA
President, Optum - Nevada
2:00 Pm - 2:55 Pm Ballrooms A/B
Keynote
Adam Boehler
Managing Partner and Founder, Rubicon Founders
2:55 Pm - 3:10 Pm Ballroom C
Break and Networking / Vendor Exhibits
3:10 PM - 4:05 PM Ballrooms A/B
Food is Medicine
Ellen Brown
Founder, Healthcare Actually, and Co-Founder & Partner, BP2 Health
4:05 PM - 5:00 PM Ballrooms A/B
Navigating Key State Legislative Issues Facing Healthcare Leaders Panel**
Assemblymember Tracy Brown-May
Nevada State Assemblymember, District 42, and Chief Administrative Officer, Opportunity Village
Assemblymember Rebecca Edgeworth, MD
Nevada State Assemblymember, District 35 & Professor, Touro University Nevada
Jeffrey Roth, MD, FACS
Founder/Owner, Las Vegas Plastic Surgery | President-Elect, Nevada State Medical Association
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM Ballrooms A/B
Closing Remarks
Todd Lefkowitz
Chief Managed Care Officer, Sagebrush Health