Sir Ken Robinson uses the term the Element to describe the intersection of the things that we are good at and the things that we love to do. At the Global Health & Innovation Conference, we curate an environment where every person is nurtured to grow creatively together, with passion and purpose. “For most people, a primary component of being in their Element is connecting with other people who share their passion and a desire to make the most of themselves through it.”—Sir Ken Robinson

Plenary Speakers

• David Aylward, Senior Advisor,Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center ; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• Jeffrey Blander, Chief Investment Officer, Innovative Financing and Sustainable Investing, U.S. Department of State; Chief Innovation Officer, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State

• Tricia Bolender, Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, Tricia Bolender Advisory LLC

• Ned Breslin, Director, WASH Director, World Central Kitchen

• Cal Bruns, CEO and Chief Creative Incubationist, Matchboxology

• Boris Bulayev, CEO and Co-Founder, Educate!

• Corrado Cancedda, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Director, Botswana University of Pennsylvania Partnership; Strategic Advisor for Academic Partnerships, Center for Global Health, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

• James Clarke, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

• Charlotte Cole, Executive Director, Blue Butterfly Collaborative

• Scott Corlew, Lecturer, Program in Global Health and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Paul Ellingstad, Managing Partner, PTI Advisors

• Carolyn Fredericks, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Yale School of Medicine

• Kevin Frick, Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School

• Laura Herman, Partner, Dalberg

• Brian Heuser, Assistant Professor of the Practice of International Education Policy in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.

• Lisa Hirschhorn, Professor, Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; Senior Director, Implementation and Improvement Science, Last Mile Health

• Bobby Jefferson, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global Health

• Elizabeth Johansen

• Cleveland Justis, Principal, Potrero Group

• Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Culture Shift

• Kaveh Khoshnood, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; Faculty Director, InnovateHealth Yale; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director BA-BS/MPH Program in Public Health, Yale University

• Thane Kreiner, Co-Founder, Black Corporate Board Readiness Program; Independent Advisor, ESG, DEI, Strategy, Executive & Board Growth

• Anatole Manzi, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Quality and Health Systems Strengthening, Partners In Health

• Marie H. Martin, Associate Director, Education and Training, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Assistant Professor, Health Policy, Vanderbilt School of Medicine

• Rorisang Mhlaba, Acting School Principal, Ubuntu Pathways

• Lynn Michalopoulos, Founder and President of the Board, The Moving Well Project International; Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore

• Julie Mountcastle, Head of School and Grade 1/2 Teacher, Slate School

• Rodney North, Cooperative and Social Enterprise Consultant

• Gary Oppenheimer, Founder and Executive Director, AmpleHarvest.org

• Wendy Ostroff, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Developmental Psychology, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University

• Daniel Palazuelos, Director of Community Health Systems, Partners In Health; Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

• Kee B. Park, Director of Policy and Advocacy, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School

• Linda Reinstein, President/CEO and Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

• Ash Rogers, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance

• Mark Roithmayr, CEO, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation

• Lisa Russell, Emmy-Winning Filmmaker and Founder, Create2030

• Adam Schwartz, Director, Health Program at BRAC USA

• Nora Silver, Co-Founder and Faculty Director, Center for Social Sector Leadership, UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business

• Katherine Semrau, Director, BetterBirth Program, Ariadne Labs; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Robin Allinson Smalley, Co-Founder and Chief Connector, mothers2mothers International

• Laura Stachel, Co-Founder and Executive Director, We Care Solar

• Daniel Student, Senior Consultant, Potrero Group, Co-Author, Don’t Lead Alone: Think Like a System, Act Like a Network, Lead Like a Movement

• Eliza Squibb, Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Kirsten Tobey, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Revolution Foods

• Chris Underhill, Founder, BasicNeeds; Co-Founder, citiesRISE; Co-Founder, Elders Council for Social Entrepreneurs; Member, Global Future Council on Mental Health, World Economic Forum; Founder and Principal, Mentor Services