2025 Symposium Speakers
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Dr. Yosi Adeoshun graduated from Lautech College of Medicine. She subsequently went on to the University of Surrey where she obtained a Master of Science with distinction in Toxicology. She did her internal medicine residency program at Meharry Medical College in Nashville Tennessee and obtained her fellowship in diabetes endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma. She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in both internal medicine and endocrinology and is actively involved in both clinical and non-clinical endocrinology serving multiple roles. She is the founder and director of Endo Health Clinic, Viera, Florida and the director of endocrinology at Brevard Health Alliance (a federally qualified health clinic in Brevard County with 4 locations in the county). She serves as an assistant professor of Medicine at Burrell College of Medicine, Florida campus, Melbourne, Florida and as an independent medical reviewer (IMR) for the California Department of Managed Healthcare.
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Katie Bakewell is a tenacious data scientist who serves as a Data Science Solutions Architect at NLP Logix, where she has been a pivotal member since joining as the second employee in 2013. Katie has led key projects supporting organizations including the Kids Hope Alliance and the Florida Poison Information Center Networks. She possesses extensive expertise across multiple industries, including human resources, financial services, and healthcare. Her accomplishments include the successful implementation of numerous machine learning projects in these fields. Katie holds a Master's degree in Mathematics and dual Bachelor's degrees in Math and Statistics from the University of North Florida. She and her husband, Sagara, live in Jacksonville, where they love to spend time on the beach, enjoy local restaurants, and enthusiastically support local sports teams (Lets go Jags, Icemen, Shrimp, and Sharks!). |
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Dr. Jaqueline Cain is a board-certified licensed Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. She has over 30 years of experience practicing Internal Medicine in a clinical setting as well as providing leadership to health services organizations for over 25 years. Her knowledge base is extensive, as she has experience working in positions that have required insurance policy expertise. As DME QIC Medical Director, she serves as the medical director supporting the CMS national contract.
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Kynan Carver is the Cybersecurity Lead for Maximus Technology Consulting Services. He is a cybersecurity expert and leader with over 18 years of experience in the field. He currently serves as the Cybersecurity Lead at Maximus, a global provider of government services. Kynan has published several articles on cybersecurity topics, such as technical debt, agile methodology, and DevSecOps practices. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and conferences, such as the Potomac Officers Club and MeriTalk. He is passionate about sharing his insights and best practices with the cybersecurity community and advancing the state of the art in the field. |
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Courtney Deck, RPh, Senior Clinical Account Executive, myMatrixx, by Evernorth. As a Senior Clinical Account Executive for the workers’ compensation division Courtney serves to facilitate formulary-related initiatives and management for her clients. Courtney analyzes data delivering clinical modeling and reporting to bring customized solutions to her clients. Courtney also provided training for our clinical programs and industry trends. Courtney brings over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and workers' compensation industry, delivering quality pharmacy services for dispensing in retail, long-term care, and mail order facilities as well as providing clinical and operational services in pharmacy medication drug reviews, quality assurance for clinical products, medical case management, and clinical account management. Before joining myMatrixx, she held roles in a wide range of leading organizations for PBMs and third party administrators. Courtney’s expertise as a pharmacist allows her to explain clinical scenarios in non-technical language that non-clinicians can understand in order to make successful impact in resolving clinical issues. She strives to form personal relationships with her clients to achieve maximum success.
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Dr. Angie Eaton is a graduate of Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (TSUCOPHS). She completed post graduate Drug Information Practice Residency at Hoffman La Roche, Nutley, NJ. She is a Clinical Specialist and a member of the Harris Health System Formulary management team that provides evidence based research to support clinical decision making for the Pharmacy and Therapeutic committee. In the classroom, Dr. Eaton provides didactic experiences in the areas of drug information, emergency preparedness, clinical practice and pharmcotherapeutics. She currently holds the rank of full professor with tenure at TSUCOPHS where she has served 18 years. Dr. Eaton continues to practice community pharmacy at Walmart, Inc where she has served for 23 years as a relief staff pharmacist. Most recently, Dr. Eaton has joined Nexus as a clinical consultant. |
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Cris V. Ewell , PhD is a strategic and results-driven Cyber Security Executive with over 20 years of experience leading information security strategies across large, complex organizations with teams from 4 to 30. Adept at developing and implementing comprehensive security programs and frameworks, building consensus across business, information security, and technology teams, and providing expert guidance to C-suite executives and boards of directors. Proven track record of success in driving operational excellence, fostering a security culture, and mitigating risks by implementing current security technologies and standards. |
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Dr. Shawn Griffin is the first physician to serve as President & CEO for URAC – an independent, nonprofit accreditation organization based in Washington, D.C. URAC’s mission is to advance health care quality through leadership, accreditation, measurement and innovation. Dr. Griffin is recognized as a subject matter expert on population health, quality improvement, network development, clinical integration, ACO’s, incentive design, physician leadership development, and physician alignment. He has been a featured presenter for the National Quality Forum, HIMSS, the American Medical Group Association, AMDIS, CHIME and the American Medical Association. He was named by KLAS as a “population health all-star” and was a key developer of KLAS Population Health Framework for evaluating software and program capabilities and served on the KLAS Advisory Board. |
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Mark Hiatt, MD, MBA, MS, has served as chief medical officer for a national medical benefits manager, patient insurance verification company, accreditation body, and biotechnology research company; senior vice president of market access and strategy and vice president of medical affairs for precision medicine companies; executive medical director for a multi-state health insurance plan; leader of a clinical department; board member for a blockchain company and regional health system; founding chief executive officer of a healthcare consulting firm; and cardiovascular radiologist. He was also the voice of The Medical Moment on radio stations in two states. |
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Matthew Katra is a Senior IT Specialist with over 25 years of experience in the IT field. Since 2021 Matt has been an Associate Director at Kyndryl specializing in VMware virtualization. Prior to Kyndryl he worked for IBM for over 20 years in various technical roles. At Kyndryl, he provides technical, security, and advanced troubleshooting assistance to clients around the world. He works closely with clients so they can build robust and secure VMware cloud solutions to meet business and technical objectives. Matt currently lives in Connecticut with his wife Pamela and 6-year-old son Nicholas. Outside of work, Matt has been the local Registrar of Voters since 2014 where he is responsible for all aspects of voter registration and running all elections within the Borough. He has used his extensive IT experience to modernize the voter experience.
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Michelle Lopez is a member of the workers’ compensation team at Wright Welker and Pauole. Ms.Lopez regularly advises employers, insurance carriers, third-party administrators, and claims adjusters regarding their rights and responsibilities under the Arizona and New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Act. Ms. Lopez is an experienced litigator with over 25 years of experience. She utilizes that extensive litigation experience to advocate on behalf of her clients in litigated matters before the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) and New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration (WCA). Ms. Lopez’s current and former clients include Fortune 100 companies, Fortune 500 companies, school districts, mining companies, airlines, entertainment and film companies, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, construction companies, and transportation and trucking companies. She obtained her Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law. Ms. Lopez is admitted to practice before all state courts in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma.
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Tim Mechlinski, Managing Director of Crestline Advisors, has worked professionally in proposal response development since 2013. He is a well-rounded healthcare management consultant, with experience in RFP response development, and project and proposal management. He assists clients with all facets of the RFP response process, including pre-opportunity review, pre-RFP release work, and RFP strategy and review. Dr. Mechlinski uses his skills to assist health care care organizations to demonstrate the value they bring to the agencies issuing procurements.
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Tom Naughton has extensive experience in health care reimbursement, Medicare, Medicaid, workers’ compensation, state health care law, quality oversight, peer review and all forms of benefit disputes and dispute resolution programs. Mr. Naughton has testified in front of the United States Senate Finance Committee and various state legislative committees benefit appeal reform. He also served as a subject matter expert in the development and implementation of an independent medical review and provider payment dispute resolution programs. Mr. Naughton is the past President of Maximus Federal Health. Mr. Naughton was responsible for the management and performance of Maximus Federal’s largest book of business, which included benefit appeals and independent medical review services. His client base included more than 70 federal and state agencies. Mr. Naughton also managed large-scale federal customer call and processing centers.
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Dr. Mary Pascucci is a multi-state licensed, board-certified Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Fellow of the College of American Pathologists with over 25 years of experience practicing medicine and providing leadership to health services organizations. She has extensive knowledge and experience working in positions that have required Medicare and commercial insurance expertise. As CERT Medical Director, she serves as the medical director and spokesperson supporting the CMS CERT national contract.
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Madhu Reddiboina is the Founder and CEO of RediMinds, Inc., an AI engineering firm, which collaborates with and serves various industries, including Healthcare, MedTech, and Financial Services. Mr. Reddiboina is an active AI researcher, speaker, and an author of many scientific publications and NSF SBIR/STTR grantee. He has patents pending on applications of image processing, computer vision and 3D reconstruction technologies. His academic background includes an MS in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor's in Electronics and Communications Engineering. |
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Jenn Richards, PharmD, JD is a Director of Product Development at URAC where she is responsible for overseeing the development and revision of URAC’s standards and programs. She also oversees the volunteer pharmacy advisory group that assists URAC in defining best practices and quality standards. Jenn has pharmacy background in retail, prescription benefits management, specialty, compounding, and hospital. She has worked on many pharmacy improvement projects making large changes to organizational structures to provide better total patient care. Jenn has a Doctor of Pharmacy, received in 2011, and a Juris Doctor, received in 2015. Jenn is currently seeking a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. |
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Dennis Robbins, PhD, MPH, Principal, Integrated Decisions, Ethics, Alternatives, and Solutions, has been a luminary in ethical issues related to healthcare and payment systems for three decades. After his post doc in ethics and health policy at Harvard, Dr. Robbins wrote a provocative book called Managed Care on Trial: Recapturing Trust, Integrity and Accountability in Healthcare. He was honored as among the top 10 keenest thinkers in managed care by Managed Healthcare Executive Magazine, primarily for his work related to ethics and managed care with a strong focus on utilization management, prior authorization, and other ethical challenges in healthcare and payment. His incisive discussions of fiscal arrogance, gatekeeping and economic experimentation have had a profound impact on the profession.
Dr. Robbins was a National Fund for Medical Education fellow and Visiting Scholar at Harvard, He has been on graduate faculties of Pepperdine, NYU, Boston College, Loyola, Wayne State Medical & Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Studies He served on Technology & Innovation Board of American Heart, and has worked closely with URAC, JCAHO, and ABQUARP. He headed a Military Health national think tank on PCMH 2.0 and served as an advisor Presidents' and White House Commissions He ran an Institute on Aging, & was a Board Advisor to Silver Sneakers. His concept of person-centricity ™ has stimulated a major shift in how we think about health & life. He has been influential in developing legislation and advised two US Supreme Court cases. He has written 12 books in health/healthcare, hundreds of articles, delivered >1000 lectures, keynotes, & panels.
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Ken Whattam brings three decades of specialized training and investigative experience with the Portland Police Bureau (OR), having retired as the most tenured member of the Detective Division, where he successfully managed hundreds of challenging, complex cases, as both a detective and a detective supervisor. Ken served more than 20 years investigating and supervising casework specialized in Fraud/White Collar Crime, Elder Crimes, Sexual Assault/Workplace Violence & Harassment, Missing Persons, Officer-Involved Uses of Force, Kidnapping, Assault, and Homicide. He has additional expertise in writing, reviewing and executing complicated search warrants, including the supervision of all detective homicide warrants presented to judges, as well as hundreds of hours of courtroom testimony. Just prior to his retirement from active, sworn law enforcement, he not only supervised the Homicide and Missing Persons Details, he also was responsible for overseeing the Forensic Technology Detail, giving Ken a unique, skilled perspective into digital technology as an investigative tool. |
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Herb Williams is a Senior Enterprise Engineer at Arctic Wolf, the leader in Security Operations. He works with companies to help educate them on cyber risks and how they can better protect their organizations. He has over 25 years of experience in IT and has held several different positions over the years. He is passionate about technology and how we can leverage it. Herb earned a Master’s degree from Florida Tech and a Bachelor’s from Portland State both in Computer Information Systems. He has received numerous certifications from companies like VMware, Microsoft, CompTIA and Cisco.
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