# Leadership Forums ## expand\_more Open all sections Close all sections ### 2025-2026 expand\_more **Thursday, March 26, 2026** ![Woodrow Myers has very short black hair and glasses. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Myers.jpg) [Woodrow A. Myers Jr., MD](/people/woodrow-woody-myers-jr-md "Woodrow (Woody) Myers Jr., MD") Managing Director, Myers Ventures LLC ### 2025-2025 expand\_more **Tuesday, October 22, 2024** ![Michelle Morse has short coily black hair. She is wearing a white coat.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/MichelleMorse.jpg) [Michelle Morse, MD, MPH](/people/michelle-morse-md-mph "Michelle Morse, MD, MPH") Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene ### 2023-2024 expand\_more **Thursday, March 28, 2024** ![Yvette Roubideaux has short black hair with bangs. She is wearing a blue blazer and black top.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/2026-09/roubideaux.jpeg?itok=dssyBwe3) [Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH](/people/yvette-roubideaux-md-mph "Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH") Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Systems, Management and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health Former Director, Indian Health Services ### 2022-2023 expand\_more **Wednesday, October 26, 2022** ![Gilbert Gee has short black hair and glasses. He is standing in front of a brick wall with his arms crossed.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Gilbert-Gee.jpg) [Gilbert C. Gee, PhD](/people/gilbert-gee-phd "Gilbert Gee, PhD") Professor & Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA **Tuesday, March 28, 2023** ![Shirley Marks has short black hair and is wearing a green blouse with a beaded necklace.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Shirley_Marks_headshot.png) [Shirley Marks, MD, MPH, DLFAPA](/people/shirley-marks-md-mph-dlfapa "Shirley Marks, MD, MPH, DLFAPA") Psychiatrist and former Regional Director Behavioral Health Services Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Correctional Managed Care **Tuesday, April 11, 2023** ![Valerie Montgomery-Rice has medium length brown hair and is wearing a beige printed blouse.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Valerie_Montgomery-Rice.png) [Valerie Montgomery-Rice, MD, FACOG](/people/valerie-montgomery-rice-md-facog "Valerie Montgomery-Rice, MD, FACOG") President and CEO Morehouse School of Medicine ### 2021-2022 expand\_more **Monday, March 29, 2021** ![Felicia Collins is standing outside wearing a blue blazer, white shirt, and patterned scarf. She has cropped coily hair and glasses.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-09/1738116781951_0.jpg) [RADM Felicia Collins, MD, MPH, FAAP](/people/felicia-collins-md-mph-faap "Felicia Collins, MD, MPH, FAAP") Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services **Monday, April 4, 2022** ![Julian Harris has very short black hair and glasses.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Harris_0.jpg) [Julian Harris, MD, MBA](/people/julian-harris-md-mba "Julian Harris, MD, MBA") Chairman and CEO, ConcertoCare ### 2020-2021 expand\_more **Friday, November 20, 2020** ![David Satcher has short gray hair and facial hair. He is wearing a Surgeon General uniform with his hands clasped in front of him.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/satcher.jpg) [David Satcher, MD, PhD](/people/david-satcher-md-phd "David Satcher, MD, PhD ") Founding Director and Senior Advisor, Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, National Center for Primary Care ### 2019-2020 expand\_more **Thursday, September 26, 2019** ![Sara Rosembaum has medium-length wavy white hair. She is wearing a blue dress.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Rosenbaum.jpg) [Sara Rosenbaum, JD](/people/sara-rosenbaum-jd "Sara Rosenbaum, JD") Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, and Founding Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University ### 2018-2019 expand\_more **Tuesday, November 13, 2018** ![Anthony Shih has short gray hair and is wearing a suit. There are several frames on the wall behind him.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Anthony-Shih.jpg) [Anthony Shih, MD, MPH](/people/anthony-shih-md-mph "Anthony Shih, MD, MPH") President, United Hospital Fund **Thursday, March 7, 2019** ![Valerae Lewis has medium-length black hair and is wearing a white coat.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Valerae-Lewis_0.jpg) [Valerae Lewis, MD](/people/valerae-lewis-md "Valerae Lewis, MD") Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, John Murray Professor in Orthopaedic Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center **Tuesday, April 23, 2019** ![Otis Brawley has very short coily gray hair and glasses. He is wearing a beige suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/brawley.jpg) [Otis W. Brawley, MD](/people/otis-brawley-md "Otis Brawley, MD") Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University ### 2017-2018 expand\_more **Tuesday, November 14, 2017** ![Donna Shalala has short blonde hair and is wearing an orange suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Shalala.jpg) [Donna E. Shalala, PhD](/people/donna-shalala-phd "Donna Shalala, PhD") Trustee Professor of Political Science and Health Policy University of Miami **Wednesday, October 25, 2017** ![Eliseo Perez-Stable has short curly gray hair and glasses. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Perez-Stable.jpg) [Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD](/people/eliseo-perez-stable-md "Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MD") Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institute of Health (NIH) ### 2016-2017 expand\_more **Tuesday, September 13, 2016** ![Vivian Lee has short black hair and glasses and is wearing a red jacket.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/VivianLee.jpg) [Vivian S. Lee, MD, PhD, MBA](/people/vivian-lee-md-phd-mba "Vivian Lee, MD, PhD, MBA") Senior Vice President, University Health Services CEO, University of Utah Health Care Dean, School of Medicine University of Utah **Tuesday, March 7, 2017** ![Patricia Gabow has short brown hair. She is wearing a red jacket and has her arms folded in front, hands resting on top of each other.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Gabow.jpg) [Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP](/people/patricia-gabow-md-macp "Patricia Gabow, MD, MACP") Board of Trustees, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Former CEO, Denver Health and Hospital Authority **Thursday, March 2, 2017** ![Donald Warne has long straight black hair. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/warne2.jpg) [Donald Warne, MD, MPH](/people/donald-warne-md-mph "Donald Warne, MD, MPH") President and CEO, American Indian Health and Management Policy, LLC ### 2015-2016 expand\_more **November 16, 2015** ![Alonzo Plough is mostly bald with white facial hair.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Plough.jpg) [Alonzo Plough, PhD, MPH](/people/alonzo-plough-phd-mph "Alonzo Plough, PhD, MPH") Vice President for Research and Evaluation Chief Science Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation **December 3, 2015** ![Camara Jones has braided black/gray hair and is wearing a light blue dress with beaded necklaces.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Jones.jpg) [Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD](/people/camara-jones-md-mph-phd "Camara Jones, MD, MPH, PhD") President, American Public Health Association **March 22, 2016** ![A. Eugene Washington has very short black hair and glasses. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Washington.jpg) [A. Eugene Washington, MD](/people/washington-md "A Washington, MD") Chancellor for Health Affairs Office of the Chancellor for Health Affairs President & CEO, Duke University Health System **Thursday, January 28, 2016** ![Sanjay Gulati has gray hair and facial hair. He is wearing a brown suit and looking off to the side.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Gulati.jpg) [Sanjay Gulati, MD](/people/sanjay-gulati-md "Sanjay Gulati, MD") Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Cambridge Hospital; Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program, Boston Children's Hospital **Thursday, April 2, 2015** ![Ricardo Azziz has short dark hair and glasses. He is standing by a window with some greenery in the background.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/azziz.jpg) [Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA](/people/ricardo-azziz-md-mph-mba "Ricardo Azziz, MD, MPH, MBA") President, Georgia Regents University Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Regents Health System ### 2014-2015 expand\_more **October 16, 2014** ![Woodrow Myers has very short black hair and glasses. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Myers.jpg) [Woodrow A. Myers Jr., MD](/people/woodrow-woody-myers-jr-md "Woodrow (Woody) Myers Jr., MD") Managing Director, Myers Ventures LLC **December 10, 2014** ![Thomas LaVeist has very short black hair and a moustaches. He is wearing a suit and standing in front of a stone wall.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/LaVeist.jpg) [Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD](/people/thomas-laveist-phd "Thomas LaVeist, PhD") William C. & Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy Director, Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ### 2013-2014 expand\_more **September 17, 2013** ![Gail Wilensky has short dark hair and is wearing a purple patterned jacket and pearl necklace.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Wilensky.jpg) [Gail Wilensky, PhD](/people/gail-wilensky-phd "Gail Wilensky, PhD") Economist and Senior Fellow, Project HOPE **October 28, 2013** ![Jonathan Woodson has short black hair and is wearing a suit. He is in front of an American flag.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Woodson.jpg) [Jonathan Woodson, MD](/people/jonathan-woodson-md "Jonathan Woodson, MD") Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense, United States of America Director, TRICARE Management Activity **February 20, 2014** ![Bruce Seigel has short gray hair and glasses.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Siegel.jpg) [Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH](/people/bruce-siegel-md-mph "Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH") President and CEO America’s Essential Hospitals ### 2012-2013 expand\_more **September 19, 2012** ![Mary Wakefield has short blonde/gray hair. She is sitting in front of some flags.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/marywakefield_0.jpg) [Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN](/people/mary-wakefield-phd-rn "Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN") Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services **February 21, 2013** ![Glenn Steele has white/gray hair, facial hair, and glasses. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Glenn_Steele.jpg) [Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD](/people/glenn-steele-jr-md-phd "Glenn Steele, Jr., MD, PhD") President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System **April 15, 2013** ![Benjamin Chu has short black hair and is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Chu.jpg) [Benjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP](/people/benjamin-chu-md-mph-macp "Benjamin Chu, MD, MPH, MACP") President, Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region; Group President, Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii; Chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees ### 2011-2012 expand\_more **October 27, 2011** ![Howard Koh has short black/gray hair and is wearing a suit. He is sitting in front of some flags.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/koh.jpg) [Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH](/people/howard-koh-md-mph "Howard Koh, MD, MPH") Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services **October 28, 2011** ![John Lumpkin has short black hair and glasses. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/lumpkin.jpg) [John Lumpkin, MD, MPH](/people/john-lumpkin-md-mph "John Lumpkin, MD, MPH") Senior Vice President, Director, Health Care Group, Robet Wood Johnson Foundation **December 7, 2011 - Alvin F. Poussaint, MD Visiting Lecture** ![JudyAnn Bigby has very short coily gray hair. She is wearing a beaded necklace, glasses, and a black blouse with a black cardigan.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/bigby.jpg) [JudyAnn Bigby, MD](/people/judyann-bigby-md "JudyAnn Bigby, MD") Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ### 2010-2011 expand\_more **September 23, 2010** ![Karen Davis has short brown hair and is wearing a blue jacket. She is in front of some bookshelves.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/davis.jpg) [Karen Davis, PhD](/people/karen-davis-phd "Karen Davis, PhD") President, The Commonwealth Fund **October 7, 2010** ![Marcelo Suárez-Orozco has short gray hair and glasses. He is wearing a gray blazer.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/suarez-orozco.jpg) [Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, PhD](/people/marcelo-suarez-orozco-phd "Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, PhD") The Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education; Co-Director, Immigration Studies at New York University **November 17, 2010** ![David Gifford has short dark hair and is wearing a suit with a printed red tie.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/gifford.jpg) [David R. Gifford, MD, MPH](/people/david-gifford-md-mph "David Gifford, MD, MPH") Director of Health in Rhode Island ### 2009-2010 expand\_more **October 14, 2009** ![Fernando Sanchez Mendoza has short gray hair and a moustache. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/mendoza.jpg) [Fernando Sanchez Mendoza, MD, MPH](/people/fernando-sanchez-mendoza-md-mph "Fernando Sanchez Mendoza, MD, MPH") Professor and Chief, Division of General Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Minority Advising and Programs, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Chief, General Pediatrics Service, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital **November 2, 2009** ![Donald Warne has long straight black hair. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/warne2.jpg) [Donald Warne, MD, MPH](/people/donald-warne-md-mph "Donald Warne, MD, MPH") President and CEO, American Indian Health and Management Policy, LLC **March 4, 2010** ![Risa Lavizzo-Mourey has black hair tied back. She is wearing a black and orange printed shirt.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/lavizzo-mourey.jpg) [Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA](/people/risa-lavizzo-mourey-md-mba "Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA") President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ### 2008-2009 expand\_more **October 8, 2008** ![David Hayes-Bautista has short gray hair and a goatee. He is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/Hayes-Bautista-Photo-.jpg) [David E. Hayes-Bautista, PhD](/people/david-hayes-bautista-phd "David Hayes-Bautista, PhD") Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Director, UCLA Drew Center of Excellence for Minority Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA **November 17, 2008** ![Yvette Roubideaux has short black hair with bangs. She is wearing a blue blazer and black top.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-09/roubideaux.jpeg) [Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH](/people/yvette-roubideaux-md-mph "Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH") Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Systems, Management, and Policy, Colorado School of Public Health **February 9, 2009** ![James Campbell has short brown-gray hair and is wearing a white shirt.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/campbell.jpg) [James T. Campbell, PhD](/people/james-campbell-phd "James Campbell, PhD") Edgar E. Robinson Professor in United States History, Stanford University ### 2007-2008 expand\_more **October 25, 2007** ![Lisa Cooper has short brown hair and is wearing a red shirt.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/cooper.jpg) [Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH](/people/lisa-cooper-md-mph "Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH") Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions **December 5, 2007** ![John Howe has short white hair and is wearing a suit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/howe.jpg) [John P. Howe, III, MD](/people/john-howe "John Howe") President and Chief Executive Officer Project HOPE **March 12, 2008 - Caribbean Health Forum** ![Bernadette Theodore-Gandi has medium-length wavy black hair. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/theodore-gandi.jpg) [Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi](/people/dr-bernadette-theodore-gandi "Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandi") Caribbean Program Director The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) **March 12, 2008 - Caribbean Health Forum** ![Dr. The Honorable Leslie Ramsammy has short black hair and is wearing a patterned blazer.](/sites/g/files/omnuum13096/files/2026-08/ramsammy.jpg) [Dr. The Honorable Leslie Ramsammy](/people/dr-honorable-leslie-ramsammy "Dr. The Honorable Leslie Ramsammy") Minister of Health, The Ministry of Health Guyana