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2024 Conference & Expo Speakers

Using a thorough, member-driven selection process, The 2024 IN-VALUE-ABLE Conference & Expo has chosen presenters from across the country specializing in leadership, employee benefits, health, and wellbeing to ensure all participants receive the tools and innovative ideas they need to transform their benefits program now and in the future.

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Erik Qualman

Keynote January 25

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker Erik Qualman has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached 50 million people. Qualman is a current professor of Digital Leadership at Northwestern University and his materials are used in over 500 universities. He is a former sitting professor at MIT and Harvard’s edX labs and has received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work. He will be bringing his expertise on digital leadership and future focus to Health Action Council.

What’s the difference between winners and losers in a digitally distracted society? Focus. Winners focus on what matters most. While simple, it’s not easy. The #1 killer of promising careers, teams, and businesses is a lack of focus. We either try to do too much, or we put our time, treasures, and trust into the wrong buckets. Qualman shares specific focus techniques used by the world’s most successful people and organizations.

Leaders in this digital decade are made – not born. The key is understanding the balance of offline and online. Using profound and practical research, Qualman showcases the 5 habits that drive success and happiness for employees, partners and customers in a WiFi World. 

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Marty Makary

Keynote February 20

Dr. Martin Makary is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the author of two New York Times bestselling books. Dr. Makary served in leadership at the World Health Organization and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.  A public policy researcher, he leads a Johns Hopkins Initiative on the “re-design on health care” to make health care more reliable, more appropriate and more affordable, especially for vulnerable populations.  He is the recipient of the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award for this most recent book, The Price We Pay, about the high cost of health care and the grassroots movement to increase transparency.

He will be talking with the Health Action Council audience about the future of health care. Using entertaining stories, Dr. Makary advocates for non-partisan, common-sense ways to address medicines challenges. He correlates the history of American medicine with its modern day conundrums. Dr. Makary uses first-hand stories to illustrate the decision points that await policy makers and patients. He reviews the resultant scenarios and explains how consumers can prepare for upcoming changes to healthcare. He highlights both the exciting positive changes in healthcare as well as its concerning trends.

  • What will healthcare look like in 10 years?
  • How can I prepare for the new healthcare landscape?
  • What are the best and worst aspects to the new healthcare system ahead?
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Anita Ravi

Featured February 20

Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP, is a board-certified family medicine physician who specializes in the health of gender-based violence survivors. She is the CEO and co-founder of PurpLE Health Foundation, a non-profit organization that addresses the comprehensive health of survivors of gender-based violence through a novel model of clinical care, research, and education. Her portfolio spans peer-reviewed research publications, policy development, and conducting trainings centered around integrating trauma-informed care principles in healthcare delivery.  Her leadership roles have most recently included serving as Chair of the American Medical Association’s Women Physicians Section Governing Council, Co-Chair of the National Quality Forum’s Prevention and Population Health Standing Committee, and as a Steering Committee Member for the Office on Trafficking in Persons Advancing Equity Initiative.

Dr. Ravi looks at health equity in ways few leaders dare: Through the eyes of the incarcerated, survivors of domestic abuse and of human trafficking.

What subtle signs of abuse that are overlooked in conventional medical exams make a big difference in caring for vulnerable groups? How do health systems build trust with people whose closest relatives beat them? What does continuity of care look like for people who have been trafficked?

Anita will teach the Health Action Council audience to navigate these and other challenges with a warmth and optimism that compels and inspires. You’ll never think about social determinants of health and care for marginalized communities in the same way again.

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Peter Hinssen

Keynote Febuary 21

Peter Hinssen is a serial entrepreneur, adviser and keynote speaker in the topics of radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital in society and business.  He lectures at renowned business schools like the London Business School, the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine.   Peter is the author of four bestselling books. One, The Day After Tomorrow, will drive this keynote.

Unicorn start-ups are brilliant. But, let’s be honest, very few of us will start one, become one, or work for one. Most of us are connected to large companies that often struggle to keep themselves relevant for the ever-changing customer. That’s why this keynote is about a creature that’s just as magical,  but perhaps offers a more realistic inspiration: the Phoenix. These are the companies that – just like this mythical bird – are able to rethink themselves in cycles: time and time again they rise from the ashes of the old and come out stronger than ever before. They are the Walmarts, the Volvos, the Disneys, the Apples, the Microsofts, and AT&Ts of this world.

This keynote is about understanding what is happening in a world of constant change. It’s about observing and trying to learn from the Unicorns. But primarily, it tells the story of how companies can ACT on their Day After Tomorrow, and how they can apply innovation as an antidote to a radically changing environment. It doesn’t just zoom in on WHAT you need to do to innovate, but also on HOW you can make innovation a reality in your organization.

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Amelia Dunlop

Featured February 21

Building trust is your single greatest opportunity to create competitive advantage. With new data at its core, The Four Factors of Trust gives you practical guidance to measure and build trust in the relationships that matter the most – with your customers, workforce, and partners. Trust ultimately comes down to just Four Factors: Humanity, Capability, Transparency, and Reliability.

Full of compelling stories from leading organizations—Delta Airlines, Marriott International, Energizer, Cleveland Clinic, Edward Jones, and many others—The Four Factors provides practical applications in Marketing & Experience, Cybersecurity, HR, Sustainability (ESG), and Operations & Technology. The Four Factors of Trust will enable you to create the relationships you want to build, the organizations you want to belong to, and the world you want to live in.

As a partner for Deloitte Digital Amelia Dunlop helps companies develop winning strategies that combine innovation, creativity, and digital strategy. She received Consulting Magazine’s 2020 Top Women in Technology Award for Excellence in Innovation.

Amelia leads a team of problem solvers who use human-centered design and customer insights strategy to help businesses shift their focus from the customer experience to the human experience. As marketers, she says we have an opportunity to create more human experiences—earning long-term loyalty and trust in the process. Amelia loves helping clients tackle their toughest problems and build organizational momentum to turn the future they imagine into a reality.

Author of Elevating the Human Experience and co-author of The Four Factors of Trust, both national bestsellers, Amelia writes and speaks regularly about human experience, trust, creativity, and customer strategy.

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Heather Meade

Featured February 21

The healthcare industry has been profoundly affected by legislation, technology and procedural issues.  The industry continues to face numerous challenges as it comes to grips with the ever-changing landscape. Attorney Heather Meade breaks down complex policy concepts and provides technical legislative, regulatory and political insights.  Paired with meaningful on-the-ground work with policy makers, employers will be prepared to seize opportunities and mitigate the risks coming out of Washington, D.C.