Heartland Healthcare Leadership Summit
​10am - 5pm; Sporting Park

In partnership with the Kansas Leadership Center, the Heartland Healthcare Leadership Summit brings together healthcare leaders from across the Midwest to explore innovative solutions to today's most pressing healthcare challenges.

The Summit will open with a welcome from Ed O'Malley, President and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, who will offer his perspective on the importance of courageous, adaptive leadership in creating healthier communities.

Through presentations from national and regional healthcare leaders, attendees will engage in interactive discussions and peer networking while exploring topics such as health policy, ethics, workforce development, rural health, and systems change, gaining practical strategies to lead with greater impact.

Join healthcare executives, physicians, administrators, public health leaders, and community partners to build connections, exchange ideas, and advance innovative solutions that strengthen organizations and improve the health of our communities.

Agenda

9:00–10:00 a.m. | Registration & Networking
10:00–10:30 a.m. | Welcome & Opening
Ed O'Malley, President and CEO, Kansas Health Foundation

10:30–11:45 a.m. | Leadership Development - Unintended Architects: How We Reinforce the Systems We Resist
Kevin Bomhoff, MSW, Kansas Leadership Center

11:45–12:30 p.m. | Lunch & Peer Networking
12:30–1:15 p.m. | Rural Health Leadership - Rural Health Integration: Impact and Opportunities
Lauren Evans, MA, KDHE; Jamin Johnson, PhD, Douglas Co Health Department, Omaha, NE; Tom Mueller, PhD, Director, Kansas Center for Rural Health

1:30–2:30 p.m. | Ethics in Healthcare Leadership- Who Decides? Building Ethics Infrastructure Before You Need It
James Stowe, PhD, Center for Practical Bioethics; Jason Glenn, PhD, Associate Professor, KUMC; Mark Hoffman, Ph.D., FNAI, Children’s Mercy Hospital; Maggie Neustadt, JD, VP of Risk Management, BJC Health System

1:30–2:30 p.m. | Policy in Healthcare Leadership
Lisa Boudreau, MPA, Community Health Commission of Missouri; Dan Cranshaw, JD, Director, KC Healthcare Collaborative; Sara Bartell, JD, Managing Director, ChangeLab Solutions; Heather Braum, Senior Policy Advisor, Kansas Action for Children

2:30–3:30 p.m. | Leadership Development Session II - Becoming the Architects of Change: Shifting the Systems We Inherit
Kevin Bomhoff, MSW, Kansas Leadership Center

3:45–4:30 p.m. | Leadership Keynote - Career by Default: The Hidden Cost of Accidental Leadership in Healthcare
Lovell Holloway, Founder and Chief Emotional Officer, Blue Origin Holdings

4:30–4:45 p.m. | Workshop Wrap-Up & Action Planning
Kansas Leadership Center

4:45–5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Reception

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