Want a chance to talk “live” with the OPEN MINDS senior team? Once each week (every Thursday at 1 pm EST), we hold a Circle Elite Executive Roundtable featuring elite executive speakers. Every week has a different topic and a different lineup—and the opportunity to hear from them and ask your questions.
The Circle Elite Executive Roundtables have three formats:
- “How to” deep dive management sessions with two OPEN MINDS senior advisors
- Case study sessions, moderated by an OPEN MINDS senior advisor, that focus on a peer executive presentation of strategic problem solving
- Executive roundtables—three or four OPEN MINDS senior advisors and peer executives—providing their perspectives and their advice on “hot topics”
Attendees can also share questions and challenges and receive top-notch executive insights, as well as an action plan for continued growth and development.
UPCOMING EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLES
| Date | Web Briefings |
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| 6/26/2025 June 26, 2025 | Speakers: Rick Rowley, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS; Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS; Natalie Tortorello, Chief Operating Officer, Our House, Inc. & Karen Maziarz, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer, Youth and Family Advocates, Inc. (YFA)
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| 7/10/2025 July 10, 2025 | Speakers: Hattie Tracy, Chief Executive Officer & President and Dawn Carter, Vice President of Clinical Operations & Chief Clinical Officer, Coleman Health Services
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| 7/17/2025 July 17, 2025 | Speakers: Luming Li, Chief Medical officer & Trudy Leidich, Vice President of Clinical Transformation, Innovation & Quality, The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
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| 7/24/2025 July 24, 2025 | Speakers: Greg P. Santilli, Chief Financial Officer, Tom Foster, Senior Director of Technology Services & Kristin Feltz, Director of Communications & Marketing, Hillsides
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| 7/31/2025 July 31, 2025 | Speaker: Christopher Keck, DBH, LPC, CPM, President & Chief Executive Officer, Open Hearts Family Wellness
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| 8/7/2025 August 7, 2025 | Speaker: Jeff Keilson, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning, Advocates
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| 8/21/2025 August 21, 2025 | Speakers: Yvette Poindexter, M.D., Chief Medical & Operations Officer, Penny Pabst, Chief Administrative Officer & Nydia Garcia, Quality Director, MyCHN
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| 8/28/2025 August 28, 2025 | Speaker: Carolyn Spence, Chief Information Officer, Alexander Youth Network
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| 9/4/2025 September 4, 2025 | Speaker: Jerel Wilson, Vice President of Business Development, Monarch
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| 9/11/2025 September 11, 2025 | Speakers: Kevin Light, Chief Operations Officer & Katie Blickenderfer, Chief Clinical Officer, Diversus Health
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| 9/25/2025 September 25, 2025 | Speakers: David Guth, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Centerstone & Paul M. Duck, Chief Strategy Officer, OPEN MINDS
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| 10/30/2025 October 30, 2025 | Speaker: Renee Stein, Senior Director of Marketing Communications & Business Development, I Am Boundless, Inc.
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EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLES ON DEMAND
| Category | Web Briefings |
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| Tech ROI | Speaker: Jeff Arledge, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Easterseals Midwest
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| Unit Costing | Speaker: Jodie Esper, Chief Financial Officer, Mainstay Life Services
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| Framework For Success | Speaker: Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, OPEN MINDS
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| Revenue Cycle Management | Speakers: Raymond Wolfe, J.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Sharon Hicks, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Stigma & Culture | Speakers: Courtney McKeon, Senior Vice President & Robert DeForde, Program Manager, Shatterproof National Stigma Initiative
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| Crisis Services | Speakers: Margie Balfour, MD, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Quality Officer & Chris Santarsiero, Vice President of Government Affairs, Connections Health Solutions
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| Framework For Success | Speakers: Monica E. Oss, Chief Executive Officer, Paul Duck, Chief Strategy Officer, & Jonathan Evans, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Emerging Psychedelics | Speaker: Tanveer Chaudhry, M.D., Chief Executive Officer, Solace Behavioral Health
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| State Policy | Speakers: Natalie Cook, Vice President, CLIVE Solutions & Ryan Essex, Chief Operating Officer, Gibson Center for Behavioral Change
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| Technology | Speakers: Brandon Tripp, Tech Enabled Services Director & Tec Chapman Executive Vice President of Services & Chief Program Officer, Easterseals Midwest
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| Service Line Performance | Speakers: Amanda Becks, Associate Director of Clinical Services in the Developmental Trauma and Attachment Program (DTAP) and Marcia Ryan, Associate Director of Client Services, Chaddock
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| Data-Based Decision-Making | Speakers: Alice Kim, Chief Operating Officer & Sheetal Sood Chief Information Officer, Cohen Veterans Network
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| Service Line Development | Speakers: Mark Young, Chief Executive Officer; Linh Tran, Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Yvette Poindexter, Chief Medical Officer and William Parker, Chief Pharmacist Officer, MyCHN
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| Reputation Management | Speakers: Sarah Bouldin, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Centerstone & Johnel Reid, Chief Marketing Officer, Centerstone
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| Financial Management & Technology | Speakers: Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Rick Rowley, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Service Line Development | Speakers: Fawn Schott, President & Chief Executive Officer, Volunteers of America Eastern WA and Stephanie Jordan Brown, Consultant
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| Organizational Growth | Speaker: Dr. Lisa Lovelace, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Synergy eTherapy (Synergy)
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| Value-Based Care | Speaker: Carole Matyas, Vice President, Sunshine Health
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| Stigma & Culture | Speaker: Courtney McKeon, Senior Vice President of the Shatterproof National Stigma Initiative
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| Service Line Development | Speaker: Vicki Staples, Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, Valleywise Health
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| Organizational Growth | Speakers: David W. Covington, Chief Executive Officer & President, Recovery Innovations, Inc.
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| Strategic Planning | Speakers: Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M. Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Cybersecurity | Speakers: Dixie Casford, Chief Administrative Officer, Clinica Family Health and Wellness & Andrew Bronson, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Digital Marketing | Speakers: Rob Hickernell, Executive Vice President, OPEN MINDS
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| Value-Based Care | Speakers: Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Jodie Esper, Chief Financial Officer, Mainstay Life Services
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| Whole Person Care | Speakers: Deanne Cornette, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Christy Dye, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| SUD Treatment | Speakers: Gary Tsai, MD, Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
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| Mobile Crisis Management | Speakers: Ryan Mattson, Director of Social Services, Connections Montana
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| Performance Management | Speakers: Karin Jeffers, President & Chief Executive Officer & Jes Charette Fallon, Associate Vice President of Organizational Excellence, Clinical & Support Options
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| Revenue Cycle Management | Speakers: Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS and Raymond Wolfe, J.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| SUD Treatment | Speakers: Lisa Kugler, Psy.D., Senior Vice President, Shatterproof Treatment Atlas
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| Service Line Development & Growth | Speakers: Paul W. Sobey MD, Chief Medical Officer & Elizabeth Loudon, Chief Clinical Officer for Corrections, RSG
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| Technology | Speakers: Sherry Tucker, Chief Executive Officer, WellLife Network Inc.
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| Service Line Development & Criminal Justice | Speakers: Craig Johnson, Chief Operating Officer & Maria S. Panitsidis, Senior Therapist, Huther Doyle
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| Metrics-Based Care | Speakers: Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D., MBA Regional Director of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine, Kaiser Permanente
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| Whole-Person Care | Speakers: Karen Carloni, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Christy Dye, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Financial Management & Workforce | Speakers: Dana Royse, Chief Financial Officer, New Vista & Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Service Line Development & Social Services | Speakers: June Simmons, President & Chief Executive Officer, Partners In Care Foundation
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| Organizational Redesign | Speakers: Raymond Wolfe, J.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Whole-Person Care | Speakers: Deanne Cornette, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Christy Dye, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Financial Management & Mergers | Speakers: Cari Guthrie, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Montgomery & Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Service Line Development | Speakers: Adam Roberts, President & Chief Executive Officer, Diversus Health
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speakers: Karen Maziarz, Chief Financial and Strategy Officer & Toby Fritz, Chief Operating Officer, Youth & Family Alternatives
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| Data Management | Speakers: Parinda Khatri, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at Cherokee Health Systems
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speaker: Ken Carr, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Health Plan Partnerships | Speaker: Margaret Mays, Ph.D., Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Workforce & Burnout | Speaker: Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D., MBA Regional Director of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine, Kaiser Permanente
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| Leadership & Culture | Speaker: Will Jones, President & Chief Executive Officer, Thompson Child & Family Focus
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speaker: Kent Dunlap, President & Chief Executive Officer, Stars Behavioral Health Group
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speakers: Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Data Exchange & CalAIM | Speakers: Richard Louis, III, OPEN MINDS Vice President West Region, Timi Leslie, Founder & President, BluePath Health and Founder, Connecting for Better Health & Anwar Zoueihid, Vice President of Long-Term Care Services & Supports, Partners In Care Foundation
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| Service Line Development | Speaker: Nina C. Aliprandi, Associate Executive Director, Maryville Academy
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| Medication-Assisted Treatment | Speaker: Dr. Dale Klatzker, President & Chief Executive Officer, Gaudenzia
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speakers: Ken Carr, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Service Line Development | Speaker: Carin Fraioli, Vice President of Recovery Services, Gateway Rehab
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| Workforce P4P | Speaker: Ken Carr, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS & Dee DeWitt, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS
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| Health Plan Partnerships & CalAIM | Speakers: Dr. Veronica Kelley, LCSW, Chief, Mental Health and Recovery Services, Orange County Health Care Agency & Richard Louis, Vice President, Western Region, OPEN MINDS
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| Whole-Person Care | Speakers: Deanne Cornette & Christy Dye
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| Treatment Innovation & Payer Relationships | Speaker: Stacey Vaccaro & Hillary Holes DeFrancesco
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| Staff Training | Speaker: Ashley Newton & Tobin Richardson
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| Treatment Innovation | Speaker: Dr. Steven Hicks & Dr. Mirko Uljarević
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| Funding Stream Management | Speaker: Jessica Foster & Catherine Smith
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| Billing & CalAIM | Speaker: Richard Louis, Sharon Hicks & Dee DeWitt
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speaker: Ray Wolfe & Ken Carr
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| Strategic Planning & CalAIM | Speaker: Richard Louis, Neeta Alengadan & Eric Schwimmer
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| Treatment Innovation | Speaker: Gary Ivory & Jennifer Drake
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| Strategic Planning | |
| Strategic Planning & CalAIM | Speaker: Monica E. Oss & Richard Louis, III
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| Leadership & Culture | Speaker: Brian Samford, Ph.D. & Dean Fitch
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speaker: David Wawrzynek & Ken Carr
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| Staff Recruitment & Retention | Speaker: Iris Sandoval
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| Leadership & Strategic Planning | Speaker: Melissa Fox
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| Strategic Planning & Technology | |
| Financial Management & Strategy | Speaker: Thomas Grant & Ken Carr
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| Treatment Innovation & Strategic Planning | |
| Strategic Planning & CalAIM | Speakers: Dr. Stuart Buttlaire, Kevin DeWitt, & Richard Louis, III
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| Financial Management & Strategy | Speakers: Mikel Briggs & Ken Carr
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| Treatment Innovation & Strategic Planning | Speakers: Michael D'Amico & Kacey Batushansky
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| Technology & Treatment Innovation | Speakers: Kathie Snell, Kirsten Anderson, Amber Olson, & Jason Washburn
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| Behavioral Health & Treatment Innovation | Speakers: Chris Ferry, Kate Peterson, & Tammy Margeson
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| Financial Assessment & Strategic Planning | Speaker: Ken Carr
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| Strategic Planning & Innovation | Speakers: Stephen Samuels, Abbie Gilbert, Clare Herceg, & Alec Johnston
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| Substance Use Disorder & Innovation | Speakers: Kim Albers, MA, LADC & Jennifer Duncan-Sanford, LCSW
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| Financial Assessment & Strategic Planning | Speaker: Karen Carloni, CRC, LCPC, NCC
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| Strategic Planning & CalAIM | Speakers: Jim Sorg, Ph.D. & Mary Parra, MPH, FACHE
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| Social Determinants of Health & Engagement | |
| Technology & I/DD | |
| Financial Assessment & Strategic Planning | |
| Social Determinants of Health & Engagement | Speakers: Debra Curtin, Mark Boorse, Casey Fenoglio, & Haleh Van Vliet, M.D.
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| Strategic Planning & CalAIM | Speakers: Rafael Gonzalez-Amezcua, M.D., & Beau Hennemann
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| Financial Assessment & Strategic Planning | Speakers: Diane Gould, Danielle Dunn, Diana St. Cyr & Brenda Miele Soares
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| Engagement & Innovation | Speakers: Karen Johnson & Kelly Martin
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| Technology | |
| Financial Assessment, Strategic Planning, Technology | Speaker: Jeff Arledge
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| Leadership, Strategy & Service Line Development | Speakers: Tracy Sanders & Kelly Friedlander
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| Financial Assessment, Strategic Planning, Technology | Speaker: Kevin Light
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| Strategic Planning, Technology | Speakers: Scott Fairhurst & Laura Pancake
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| Strategic Planning | |
| Strategic Planning | Speakers: Dr. Luming Li & Wayne Young
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| Technology, I/DD | Speaker: Brian Hart
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| CalAIM Preparedness | Speakers: Garret Zabel & Lucy Garcia
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| Crisis Preparedness | Speaker: Kristen Daugherty
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| Strategy & Service Line Development | Speakers: Karen Lindgren, Ph.D. & Judi London
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| Leadership & Strategy | Speakers: Susannne Cole & Ray Wolfe, J.D.
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| Social Determinants of Health | Speaker: Paul Leon
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| Marketing | Speakers: Casey Zanetti & Timothy Snyder
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| Financial Assessment | Speakers: Ken Carr & Ray Wolfe
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| Engagement | Speakers: Amanda Jernigan & Erin Pressel
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| Technology | Speakers: Carolyn Spence & Carol Clayton, Ph.D.
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