Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs

Akure Paradis
Deputy General Counsel
CareSource

Archana Rajendra
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Health Alliance Plan, Henry Ford Health
Speaker Faculty

Rachel Alexander
Partner
Wiley Rein LLP

Brett Barnett
Partner
McGuireWoods LLP

Elizabeth M. Bock
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Devin Cohen
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Mike Cowie
Partner
Dechert LLP

Sandra Durkin
Member
Strategic Health Law

Jason J. DeJonker
Partner
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Jay Dewald
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Kevin D. Feder
Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP (Washington, DC)

Lindsay Fetzer
Partner
Bass, Berry & Sims

Elliot K. Gordon
Arbitrator/Mediator

Philo D. Hall
Partner
Epstein Becker & Green, PC

Jason Joffe
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

Nicholas John
Associate Director
Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Carolyn Kapustij
Senior Advisor for Managed Care
HHS Office of Inspector General

David E. Kopans
Partner
DLA Piper LLP

Jamie Kurtz
Co-Chair, Health Care Litigation Group
Robins Kaplan LLP

Brad Lerner
Director, Public Policy
Elevance Health

Alexandra M. Lucas
Partner
Reed Smith LLP

Ben McCoy
Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP

Tim McMichael
Assistant General Counsel- Director of Litigation/SIU
Premera Blue Cross

Joseph Miller
Member/Co-Chair, Antitrust Practice
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Kirk J. Nahra
Partner and Co-Chair, Cybersecurity and Privacy Practice
WilmerHale (Washington, DC)

Evan Neadel
Assistant General Counsel
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Alex Oliphant
Director
BRG

Adam J. Petitt
Partner
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Heather D. Redmond
Deputy General Counsel
UnitedHealth Group

Barbara Reeves
Arbitrator, Mediator, Special Master

Heather Richardson
Partner
Gibson Dunn LLP

Matthew Ryan
Senior Managing Director, Disputes & Economics
Ankura

Jen Romano
Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

Amanda G. Schreiber
Associate Senior Counsel
Cigna

Brian P. Seaman
Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer
Stradley Ronon & Young LLP

Thomas J. Sullivan
Partner
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Matthew R. Varzally
Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation
CVS Health

Ray Walker
Managing Counsel – Litigation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

Emily Wey
Arbitrator and Mediator
Wey West Dispute Resolution

Kara Wheatley
Principal
Groom Law Group, Chartered
