Convening Panel
We continue to add members to the Convening Panel. Please let us know if you’d like to join or otherwise provide input on the agenda and speakers. Input and guidance from local leaders like those on the Convening Panel are essential to a great event in Austin on February 5th!
| Name | Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Joel Ballew | VP, Government & Community Affairs | Texas Health Resources |
| Tom Banning | CEO | Texas Academy of Family Physicians |
| Nora Belcher | Executive Director | Texas e-Health Alliance |
| Andrew Cates | General Counsel & Director of Govt. Affairs | Texas Nurses Association |
| Audra Conwell | Executive Director | Alliance of Independent Pharmacists |
| Chris Cronn | VP, State Government Affairs | United Healthcare |
| Carrie De Moor, MD | CEO | Code 3 Emergency Partners |
| Kevin Denmark | VP, Client Strategies | Beacon Health Options |
| Jaime Dudensing | CEO | Texas Association of Health Plans |
| Meredith Duncan | Executive Director/COO, Texas/Oklahoma | Aetna |
| Anne Dunkelberg | Associate Director | Center for Public Policy Priorities |
| Travis Froehlich | Former Chief Strategy Officer | Seton Healthcare Family |
| Kay Ghahremani | President & CEO | Texas Association of Community Health Plans |
| Chuck Girard | Director, Government Relations | HCA |
| John Hawkins | SVP, Government Relations | Texas Hospital Association |
| Sherri Layton | Outpatient Services Administrator | La Hacienda Treatment Center |
| Kimber Lee Falkinburg | Founder & Director | Spread Hope Like Fire |
| Stephen Love | President & CEO | Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council |
| Dave Lowrance | CFO | Savara Pharmaceuticals |
| Amanda Martin | Director of Government Relations | HHSC |
| Earl Maxwell | CEO | St. David’s Foundation |
| Simone Otenaike | Attorney | McGinnis Lochridge |
| Geronimo Rodriguez | VP, Advocacy & External Affairs | Seton Healthcare Family |
| Tim Schauer | Sr. Vice President | Cornerstone Public Affairs |
| Kristi Sherrill-Hoyl | Chief Government Affairs Officer | Baylor Scott & White |
| Michael Smith | Senior Counsel | Strasburger & Price |
| Deane Waldman, MD | Director, Center for Health Care Policy | Texas Public Policy Institute |
| Darren Whitehurst | VP, Advocacy | Texas Medical Association |
| Jared Wolfe | Plan President, Traditional & Hybrid | Superior Health Plan |
