Health Care Policy Speakers

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Former Prime Minister of Norway, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Dr. Brundtland has been a prominent force in addressing key issues such as healthcare, economic sustainability, and the challenges to the environment throughout the world. Sh ...

Richard Carmona

As the 17th Surgeon General, Dr. Carmona developed comprehensive knowledge of the environmental influences on healthy living today. He offers a close look at the epidemic of asthma in young children as well as other issues directly related to the state of our environment and how we can work towards not only a healthy body, ...

Juan Williams

Prize-winning columnist and editorial writer for The Washington Post, Juan Williams is also NPR’s Senior Correspondent and a keynote speaker on issues including diversity, ethics, leadership, media and national issues. There are few voices as clear and intelligent on the power of diversity within today's business, ...

J. Ian Morrison

Morrison is an internationally known author, consultant and futurist specializing in long-term forecasting and planning with particular emphasis on health care and the changing business environment. He combines research and consulting skills with an incisive Scottish wit to help public and private organizations plan their ...

Emily Friedman

Most noted for her work in health policy, the social ethics of health care, health care for the underserved and the relationship of the public with the health care system, Friedman is an award-winning writer, speaker, and health policy and ethics analyst. A contributing editor of several periodicals, she pens a regular co ...

George Lundberg

Having served as editor-in-chief of both JAMA and Medscape, Dr. Lundberg is the author of Severed Trust: Why American Medicine Hasn't Been Fixed. A charismatic and inspirational speaker, he offers a professional insight on quality, cost and access to care, ethics, strategic management, and health system ...

David Satcher

As the 16th Surgeon General, Dr. Satcher encouraged public debate about issues including mental health, bioterrorism, sex education, AIDS, tobacco, obesity, and balancing the community healthcare system. As the force behind creating Healthy People 2010, the nation's health agenda, he works to eliminate racial disparities in ...

Ralph Nader

Former Green Party candidate for president and one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential Americans of the 20th Century," Ralph Nader has always been a voice fighting for the people on the issues that matter most: healthcare, safety, environment, ethics, education, economic and social equality. As a keynote speake ...

M. Joycelyn Elders

As a pediatric endocrinologist and 15th Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Elders has a deep concern for young people and teaches that education, prevention, and responsibility are the keys to a healthy life. An outspoken advocate on behalf of children, she is an expert on the prevention of child abuse, teen pregnan ...

David Kessler

Former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, David A. Kessler, MD, has had an accomplished career in medicine, government, and now academics. He currently serves as the Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for medical affairs at the University of California, San Francisco, a positio ...

Joe Flower

With nearly 30 years’ experience, Joe Flower has emerged as a premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces changing healthcare in the United States and around the world. As a healthcare speaker, writer, and consultant, he has explored the future of healthcare with clients ranging from the global health organizat ...

Sherwin Nuland

Renowned surgeon and author of the monumentally successful books, How We Live and How We Die, and The Art of Aging: A Doctor's Prescription for Well-Being, Dr. Nuland continues to contribute greatly to the medical world. He offers a unique perspective on healthy aging and medical ethics, as well as an e ...

Roslyn M. Brock

Roslyn McCallister Brock was recently named Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Over the past 25 years, she has served the NAACP in several leadership roles. She is the youngest person and the fourth woman ever in the organization's history to serve as Chairman.

David Pearce Snyder

A social forecaster who presents a dramatic portrait of the demographic, socio-economic, and technological realities that will reshape all aspects of business, Snyder is a former consultant to the RAND Corporation. His seminars on strategic decision-making provide an introduction to the basic techniques used by futurists t ...

Michael Dukakis

1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate. Sought out by policy makers for his valuable advice on health care reform and other national issues.