2023 Sessions
Day 1 Opening Remarks
The Kennedy Forum & McKinsey Health Institute Partnership: A Data Tool to Illuminate the Mental Health and Substance Use Care System
Kana Enomoto, Director of Brain Health, McKinsey Health Institute
An Individual Perspective: The System Through My Eyes
Shelby Rowe, MBA, Executive Director Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
An Expert Perspective: Insights on Parity Rulemaking
Assistant Secretary Lisa M. Gomez, Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security, U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA
Mind the Gap: Identifying Shortages in Care and Providers
Paul Knopp, Chair and CEO, KPMG LLP
Ashraf Shehata, BA, MA, MBA, U.S. National Sector Leader for Healthcare & Life Sciences and Global Center of Excellence, KPMG LLP
Featured Remarks: Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
An Expert Perspective: How We Reduce Deaths of Despair and Minimize Early Mortality in MH/SUD
Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Profiles In Mental Health Courage
Patrick J. Kennedy, Former U.S. Representative (D-RI) and Founder, The Kennedy Forum
Stephen Fried, Co-Author, Profiles In Mental Health Courage
The Way Forward: National Strategy on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder (MH/SUD) Care
David Lloyd, Chief Policy Officer, The Kennedy Forum
The Alignment for Progress Vision: Mental Health as Essential Health
Gary Gottlieb, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Former CEO Partners (now Mass General Brigham) HealthCare System, Executive Chair, Author Health
Mental Health Parity - Third Horizon Strategies Partnership
Greg Williams, Third Horizon Strategies
Kate Clark, The Kennedy Forum
An Expert Perspective: Ensuring Equity of Access
Victor Armstrong, MSW, Vice President, Health Equity and Engagement, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The State's Role in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota
Seth Cohen, Forbes Impact Lab
Leadership in Action: A Discussion with the CEO Alliance for Mental Health
• Tyler Norris, CEO Alliance for Mental Health
• Rebecca O. Bagley, The Kennedy Forum
• Lisa Dailey, JD, Treatment Advocacy Center
• Brandon Staglin, One Mind
• Danna Mauch, PhD, MAMH
• Shawn Coughlin, National Association for Behavioral Healthcare
• Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., NAMI
• Schroeder Stribling, MSW, Mental Health America
• Chuck Ingoglia, MSW, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
• Robert Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Rick Kellar, MBA, Peg’s Foundation
• Arthur Evans, Jr, PhD, American Psychological Association
Presentation of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Paper
Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO of National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Generating Data and Translating Science to Ensure that Mental Health Policies have Real-World Impact
An Industry Perspective: How School-based Mental Health Services Can Support Students and Schools
Where We Go from Here: Year One of the Alignment for Progress Movement
Rebecca O. Bagley, President and CEO, The Kennedy Forum
Advocacy, Activism and Engaging Elected Officials: Multiple Methods to Build the System We Need
Philanthropic Role in Funding Mental Health
Melissa Beck, Executive Director, Sozosei Foundation
Growing the Alignment for Progress Movement
Patrick J. Kennedy, Former U.S. Representative (D-RI) and Founder, The Kennedy Forum
