2013 Conference Headliners:
See a lineup you won't catch elsewhere!  
 

Doris Kearns Goodwin
Renowned historian. Pulitzer Prize winner. Sports journalism pioneer.

Atul Gawande
Surgeon. Top healthcare reform leader. Winner of the Macarthur “genius prize.” Bestselling author of The Checklist Manifesto, Better, and Complications.


 
Patrick Kennedy
Former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Staunch behavioral health advocate. Political legacy.

Linda Rosenberg
Thought leader. Key influencer in national healthcare policy and practice reform. Mental health practitioner. Mental Health First Aid USA pioneer.

 

Rosalynn Carter
Former First Lady. Persevering mental health
champion. Presidential Medal of Freedom
honoree. Award-winning author.

Nadine Burke Harris
Physician. Children’s health expert. Innovator in addressing trauma to prevent disease. Thought leader on poverty and race in healthcare and education.

 

PAMELA HYDE
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration. Advocate
of behavioral health as a critical public health issue.
 

Adam Bryant
Business journalist. Author of The Corner Office. Standing-room-only 2012 conference presenter.

Bruce Perry
Internationally recognized trauma researcher and treatment visionary. Doctor of medicine and psychiatry. Professor. Bestselling author of The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog.

Arthur Evans, Jr.
Distinguished service system architect. Noted behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services Commissioner. Clinical and community psychologist.

Steven Leifman
Practicing judge in Florida. National criminal justice and mental health expert and champion.

Charles P. O'Brien
Neurologist and psychiatrist. Celebrated substance abuse treatment innovator. Chair of the substance use disorders DSM-5 committee.



Jeremy A. Lazarus
President of the American Medical Association. Private practice psychiatrist. Advocate for organized medicine. Author on ethics, economics, and managed care.



Jeffrey Brenner
Family physician. Authority on electronic health records implementation, open-access scheduling, and primary healthcare.