Speakers

David Battinelli, MD, is transitioning from his role as senior vice president and chief medical officer where he was responsible for the overall professional management of clinical, education, research and operational issues related to medical and clinical affairs. He is assuming the role of physician-in-chief in the coming weeks as Northwell Health’s senior physician on all clinical, research and education issues.

While CMO he also served as the chief operating officer for the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research where he oversaw all operational and budgetary issues for Northwell’s research enterprise growing extramural funding and endowments while improving overall efficiency and research productivity.

Previously, he also served as the health system’s chief academic officer and senior vice president of academic affairs, in charge of all undergraduate and graduate educational programs, all continuing medical education, and academic affairs and institutional relationships. Dr. Battinelli is also vice dean and the Betsey Cushing Whitney Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine and will be assuming the role of Dean this summer. A founding member of the SOM he previously he served as the dean for medical education and chaired the committee charged with developing the curriculum for the new medical school.

A board-certified internist, Dr. Battinelli came to Northwell Health from Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he served as vice chair for education, program director, internal medicine residency program and professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. He was also an active staff physician at BMC and the Boston Veterans Administration.

Dr. Battinelli is a past president of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. He has worked closely with and served on numerous committees for a variety of national medical organizations including the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians, and the Accreditation Committee on Graduate Medical Education, among others. In addition, he has lectured extensively on clinical education, faculty development of teaching skills and internal medicine, and is a noted speaker and author on these subjects.

Dr. Battinelli earned his medical degree from the Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, NJ, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Scranton. He completed his residency and chief residency at the Boston City Hospital.

Priscilla Sims Brown serves as President and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, a full-service bank, lender and investment manager with a century-long commitment to advancing positive social change. Amalgamated Financial Corp., the holding company for the Bank, is the first publicly traded (NASDAQ: AMAL) financial institution to be a public benefit corporation.

Brown guides Amalgamated Bank in championing social responsibility through values-based banking, customer-centric services, and mission focused lending, serving individuals and organizations, including climate groups, foundations, labor unions, advocacy groups, political campaigns, and other socially responsible businesses, who care that their deposits are put to work for good.

Brown is also dedicated to addressing environmental and social justice issues at Amalgamated Bank. More than 60% of the Bank’s lending and select balance sheet investments are high-impact through affordable housing, nonprofits, and climate solutions.

Named one of the Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2023 by American Banker, Brown has been featured in The New York Times, TIME Magazine, PBS, and CNBC Changemakers, among others.

Brown’s unwavering commitment to social responsibility makes it possible for Amalgamated Bank to do well by doing good and continues to shape the future of the financial industry.

Mannone A. Butler is Head of Programs & Partnerships for the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition (Coalition), the policy advocacy arm of the NBA community formed jointly by the NBA, the National Basketball Players Association, and the National Basketball Coaches Association in 2020 to address racial inequality and advance social justice. She leads the development and implementation of the Coalition’s policy agenda, partnership and stakeholder engagement strategies, and day-to-day operations.   

Prior to joining the Coalition, Mannone served as the Executive Director for the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council for the District of Columbia (CJCC), an independent criminal justice agency responsible for crafting solutions to complex public safety issues in the nation’s capital. There, she facilitated interagency strategic action planning and policy implementation with federal and local justice system leaders; and oversaw the District’s integrated justice information system and Statistical Analysis Center. Her 16-year tenure at CJCC started with a four-year stint as the agency’s counsel.  

A Washington, DC native, Mannone earned a B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University and J.D. from Georgetown Law Center (GULC). She serves on Georgetown University’s Board of Directors and has also served her alma mater as a member of the Alumni Association’s Board of Governors, a founding member and inaugural chair of the Black Alumni Council, chair of the Georgetown University African American Alumni Board, and an Attorney Advisory Council member for GULC’s Center on Gender Justice and Opportunity. Additionally, she serves on Peace for DC’s Board of Directors.  

Trained as a chemical engineer, Jadine Chou launched her career in corporate branding with Fortune 500 companies such as Kraft and AT&T. But the call to make a societal impact led her into a life of service, most recently as the head of safety for the Chicago Public Schools and, prior to that, the Chicago Housing Authority, in all serving under four different mayors.  

Recently joining as a partner in PAX Group, Jadine works to bring a holistic approach to building more effective safety programs and community engagement for public service agencies, school systems and for-profit and non-profit organizations. Her underlying impact is in her ability to align multiple service agencies, community leaders, safety officers, law enforcement departments and public-private partnerships behind a shared mission. This intersection of education and public safety provides for a unique approach to public safety and violence prevention. 

As the recent chief of safety and security at the Chicago Public Schools for 14 years, Jadine led a team that served school administrators in providing a welcoming learning environment that promoted successful and safe outcomes for more than 320,000 students in 640 schools across the city. During her tenure, the district saw a significant shift in mindset that changed a school-to-prison pipeline by reducing out-of-school suspensions by 79 percent and police notifications by 68 percent. Through innovative policy shifts and restorative justice practices, the district significantly improved student safety and reduced delinquency rates through many groundbreaking initiatives, such as Safe Passage, Choose to Change and Back to Our Future among others.  

Her phone is always at the ready and busy as leaders from around Chicago, across the U.S. and even as far as Europe and Australia reach out to have Jadine weigh in on some of the challenges they face. She is seen as a valued partner to those leaders because of her positive and effective decision making that always prioritizes the wellbeing of today’s youth. 

Jadine earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, and she holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  

Corey leads Evergreen’s policy work and has expertise on a wide range of domestic policy issues, including voting rights, gun violence prevention, and education. Before joining Evergreen, Corey served as senior policy advisor to Senator Kamala Harris and as a policy advisor to Secretary Hillary Clinton and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. A lawyer by training, Corey started his career on then-Senator Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign.

Chris Christie was inaugurated as the 55th Governor of the State of New Jersey on January 19, 2010. He was re- elected with 60% of the vote in November of 2013 and served two terms as Governor.

He was a Republican candidate for President in both 2016 and 2024.

Governor Christie was elected Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2014, leading the organization to the election of 31 Republican Governors.

In 2017, President Donald J. Trump appointed Governor Christie as Chairman of the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. The Commission issued a final report on November 1, 2017.

As Governor, he was the lead plaintiff in challenging the federal prohibition on sports gambling. His six-year fight concluded with a win before the U.S. Supreme Court in May of 2018.

Prior to his service as Governor, he was nominated by President George W. Bush and he served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from January 2002 to December 2008.

In 2019, he authored The New York Times best seller, Let Me Finish, about his life and his candidacy for President. In 2021, he authored Republican Rescue, dealing with his prescription for the future of the national GOP. In February, 2024 he released his third book, What Would Reagan Do?, about Reagan’s leadership.

Governor Christie serves as a Senior Fellow at Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs in New Haven, Connecticut.

He is the Managing Member of the Christie Law Firm and Christie 55 Solutions, LLC in Morristown, NJ.

Governor Christie also serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Mets, appointed by owner Steve Cohen, Pacira Pharmaceuticals in Parsippany, NJ, Tenneco Automotive, Northville, MI and Saker Holdings in Middletown, NJ.

Governor Christie also serves a Senior Political and Legal Contributor for ABC News.

Governor Christie graduated in 1984 from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in Political Science. He graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1987 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Governor Christie married his wife Mary Pat in 1986. They have four children: Andrew, Sarah Anne, Patrick and Bridget. They currently reside in Mendham and Bay Head, New Jersey.

Matthew Cook is President and CEO of Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), representing over 200 children’s hospitals and health systems as the leading national advocates for children’s health.   

Cook is an established health care industry executive with decades of unparalleled leadership which includes leadership roles at children’s hospitals and maternal health programs. Cook also previously served as a member of CHA’s Board of Trustees and Public Policy Committees.  

Prior to joining CHA, Cook served as president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of Children’s Services at UCSF Health, where he oversaw strategic direction, operations, and clinical services for all pediatric services in both Oakland and San Francisco, as well as serving on the UCSF Health leadership team.  

Cook previously served as president of Riley Children’s Health and chief strategy officer for Indiana University Health and served as executive vice president of strategic planning and business development at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cook was also a principal at the Chartis Group, a health care consulting firm based in Chicago.  

Cook earned a Master of Business Administration from New York University and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.   

Jackie is an award-winning podcast producer who joined Lemonada Media to produce their flagship show Last Day. She is the head story editor behind hit shows like Last Day, Believe Her, Blind Plea, The Defenders, and The Pink House with Sam Smith. Her work expands the conversation around stigmatized issues such as gun violence, suicide, addiction, and abortion access. She has extensive experience working collaboratively with partners and has produced shows for The Clinton Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Reproductive Freedom For All (Formerly NARAL). She has 10+ years of experience as an arts educator teaching with NYU Film, Brooklyn College and AIR Media. Her work has been recognized by the Webbys, Signals, Ambies, Gracies and the Third Coast Awards. 

Lt. Gov. Austin A. Davis is the youngest lieutenant governor in the country and the first Black lieutenant governor in Commonwealth history. Inspired by the history-makers who came before—leaders like Pennsylvania House Speaker K. Leroy Irvis and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Nix Jr.—Austin is determined to motivate a new generation of public servants to break even more barriers. 

Austin’s path to the second-highest office in the Commonwealth started in McKeesport, a former steel town in western Pennsylvania. Growing up, he watched his mom—a hairdresser for more than 40 years—juggle raising a family with putting food on the table, and he watched his dad work hard as a union bus driver. 

Early Career 

At the age of 16, Austin was living in McKeesport, when gun violence came to their doorstep. After a shooting in his neighborhood, he got involved in his community, starting a youth advisory council with the mayor and a youth gun violence prevention program at his high school. 

Austin went on to study political science at the University of Pittsburgh, becoming a first-generation college graduate and then pursuing a career in public service. He returned to McKeesport to work for the Allegheny County executive. In that role he helped create the first violence prevention office within the Allegheny Department of Health. 

By the age of 21, he had earned praise from the Tribune-Review, which called him “a veteran at the politics of helping others.” 

In 2018, Austin successfully ran for the state House of Representatives to represent the Mon Valley and his hometown of McKeesport, becoming the first African American to represent his legislative district. 

Lieutenant Governor 

As lieutenant governor, Austin presides over the Pennsylvania Senate, chairs the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, leads the Local Government Advisory Committee and serves on the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council. Gov. Josh Shapiro has also appointed Austin to chair the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. 

While serving as lieutenant governor, Austin is focused on combating the epidemic of gun violence, supporting small and minority-owned businesses, advocating for working-class Pennsylvanians and being a champion for communities that feel like they’ve been left behind. 

Austin currently resides in Allegheny County with his wife, Blayre Holmes Davis, and daughter, Harper. 

Constitutional Duties 

Pennsylvania Board of Pardons – According to the Pennsylvania Constitution, the lieutenant governor serves as chair of the state Board of Pardons, which also includes the attorney general and three additional members who are appointed by the governor. The board reviews criminal cases to determine whether a pardon or commutation should be recommended to the governor for approval or denial. 

Pennsylvania Senate – Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor also serves as president of the state Senate and presides over the legislative body when it is in session. 

Statutory Duties 

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis also serves as chair of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council and the Local Government Advisory Committee. 

Appointments 

Gov. Josh Shapiro appointed Lt. Gov. Austin Davis to serve as chair of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD), which serves as the justice planning and policymaking agency for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By bringing together a wide range of experts in the fields of criminal and juvenile justice, victim services and related professions, PCCD coordinates the collective examination of problems, proposes solutions and evaluates the impact of those solutions. 

The governor has also appointed Davis to serve as chair of the Pennsylvania Advisory Council for Inclusive Procurement (PACIP) to advise Commonwealth agencies on ways to make state contracting opportunities more inclusive, as well as honorary co-chair of the Early Learning Investment Commission. 

Lt. Gov. Davis also is a member of the National Lieutenant Governors Association. 

Amedy Dewey is a student majoring in psychology who plans on becoming a trauma therapist as well as a public speaker. She is also a survivor of gun violence and an advocate for mental health support, domestic abuse intervention, and responsible gun ownership. 

Amedy’s courageous story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit to overcome. She shares it in the hope that others will be inspired to do what is within their capacity to prevent others from enduring what she has gone through. 

Michael Dowling is one of the health care industry’s most highly respected voices. His willingness to take a stand on societal issues such as gun violence and immigration has earned widespread praise and recognition. During his years in academia and government, he distinguished himself as compassionate voice for those in need, developing and promoting innovative health and human services policies.   

As president and CEO of Northwell Health for 23 years, he has demonstrated invaluable leadership in overseeing a rapidly expanding clinical, research and academic enterprise with annual revenue of nearly $20 billion. With a workforce of about 90,000, Northwell is the largest health care provider and private employer in New York state, caring for more than two million people annually through a vast network of 21 hospitals, 950 outpatient facilities, including 75 urgent care centers, as well as home care, rehabilitation and end-of-life services. 

Before joining Northwell in 1995, Mr. Dowling was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He served in New York State government for 12 years during the 1980s and early 1990s, including seven years as deputy secretary of human services to former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, state director of health, education and human services, and later commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.  

Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County. He earned his BA degree from University College Cork, Ireland, and his master’s from Fordham University. 

Arne Duncan served as U.S. Secretary of Education from January 2009 through December 2015 as part of the Obama Administration. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Duncan served as chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools. From 2001 to 2008, Duncan won praise for uniting the city’s stakeholders behind an education agenda that included opening 100 new schools; expanding after-school, summer learning, early childhood, and college access programs; dramatically boosting the caliber of teachers; and building public-private partnerships around a variety of education initiatives.

He currently leads Chicago CRED, a nonprofit trying to achieve a transformative reduction in gun violence in Chicago. Through partnerships with local business leaders, community organizers, and nonprofit groups, Duncan aims to provide outreach, therapeutic, education, and employment opportunities for the young men most likely to be engaged in gun violence. He is also the managing partner at Emerson Collective, an organization dedicated to removing barriers so people can live to their full potential. Secretary Duncan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1987, majoring in sociology. At Harvard he served as co-captain of the basketball team and was named a first team Academic All-American.

Arne serves on the boards of Ariel Investments, Communities in Schools, Eat, Learn, Play, Edmentum, Education Advancement, ESS, Howard University, Metropolitan Family Services, MGT Consulting Group, My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, National Association of Basketball Coaches, Peace for DC, Schoolhouse.world, and Chairs The Hunt Institute.

J.P. Gallagher is President and Chief Executive Officer of Endeavor Health, Illinois’ third-largest health system and third-largest medical group serving 1.4 million patients across greater Chicagoland. As a health system that strives to serve as a national model for vibrant, community-connected care, Endeavor Health and its 27,000 team members are committed to delivering personalized, world-class care throughout more than 300 sites and nine award-winning hospitals. 

The Endeavor Health system has received national recognition for consistently strong performance across numerous quality and performance domains, including U.S. News & World Report, Leapfrog, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Magnet Nursing Recognition Program and Planetree. Additionally, the system’s Community Investment Fund has awarded more than $30 million to 54 local partnerships dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing, advancing health equity and supporting local economic growth. 

Prior to assuming his current role in 2022, following the merger of NorthShore University Health System (NorthShore) and Edward-Elmhurst Health, Gallagher served as President and CEO of NorthShore since 2017. Under his leadership, NorthShore grew through the addition of new hospital partners, aggressive expansion of ambulatory sites, the creation of Chicagoland’s only freestanding orthopaedic and spine hospital and the transformation of specialty services to a sub-specialty model anchored around key clinical institutes. NorthShore also advanced its commitment to research and innovation and established the nation’s largest primary care-embedded clinical genomics program. 

Prior to leading NorthShore, Gallagher served as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overall system operations, clinical quality results and financial performance. Previously, Gallagher served as President of Evanston Hospital, the flagship teaching hospital for the system. Before joining NorthShore, Gallagher served in a variety of hospital leadership roles with Advocate Health Care at its Christ Medical Center campus. 

The fundamental importance of healthcare made a significant impression on Gallagher after earning his undergraduate degree during his time in St. Louis as a Coro Fellow. Gallagher worked at a local community hospital and was also part of a rotational program in which he interacted with a variety of public sector health agencies caring for underserved community members. Gallagher then moved to Washington, DC, where he served as an analyst at The Lewin Group, a healthcare consulting firm. 

Inspired by the positive impact he continued to see across various hospitals and health systems, Gallagher attended graduate school on a path to a career in nonprofit healthcare. 

Gallagher is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and the Scottsdale Institute. He also serves on the American Hospital Association Health Systems Committee and is a member of the Chicago Public Media Business Leadership Council, the Madison Dearborn Partners Healthcare Advisory Council, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Young Presidents Organization, the Chicago Health Executives Forum and the Northwell CEO Council, which focuses on gun violence prevention. He is a member of Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette, serving on their Master Planning Committee. 

Gallagher is also Board Chair of the Gallagher Foundation, founded by his mother and father in 2001, which invests in talented young leader in developing countries by providing college scholarships and access to a community of scholars and alumni to support their personal and professional development. 

Gallagher earned his Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. Gallagher remains active as a Graduate Student Mentor for the Kellogg and Wharton Graduate Schools of Management. 

A native of Minnesota, he is married and has three children. He is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Scouting America Troup Five in Wilmette and, as the parent of a child with type-1 diabetes, is active with the Illinois Chapter of Breakthrough T1D. 

Robert C. Garrett is the CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey’s largest health network with 18 hospitals, 500 patient care locations, 36,000 team members, 7,000 physicians and the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.  

Under Mr. Garrett’s visionary leadership, Hackensack Meridian Health is a leader in clinical excellence with the No. 1 ranked adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey for the last two years, according to U.S. News & World Report. The John Theurer Cancer Center is the top cancer center in the state and ranks among the top 50 nationwide.  

The network continues to expand access to care, innovate treatment, accelerate research and revolutionize behavioral healthcare. The network played a major role in the COVID-19 pandemic, including treating 85,000 patients, administering 850,000 vaccines and developing major breakthroughs.  

Hackensack Meridian Health is committed to providing equitable and sustainable care, and is the first health network in the U.S. to earn the Joint Commission’s prestigious health equity and sustainability certifications.  

Mr. Garrett plays a major role in global healthcare and served as Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Health and Healthcare Governor’s Community.  

In January 2025, the network announced a strategic affiliation agreement with Apollo Hospitals, India’s largest private healthcare system. The affiliation will leverage the strengths and resources of both HMH and Apollo to develop and implement joint initiatives focused on enhancing patient care, improving affordability and promoting community health.  

Mr. Garrett’s leadership has garnered much professional praise, including being recognized in Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for the last three years and The CEO Forum’s 10 CEOs Transforming Healthcare in America for the last two years. He is also ranked No. 1 in NJBIZ Healthcare Power List 2023, 2024 and No. 1 in ROI Healthcare Influencers 2023. 

With over 25 years of experience as a marketer and social impact leader, Michelle has dedicated her career to developing campaigns that inspire action and create change at scale. At the Ad Council, she brings together leading creative agencies, corporate partners, media and technology platforms to address the country’s most pressing issues—working together to create innovative social-impact campaigns that open hearts and accelerate change.  Her work includes a strong commitment to addressing gun violence and the overdose crisis, driving efforts to foster safer, healthier communities. 

Michelle oversees transformative national campaigns, including the award-winning Real Deal on Fentanyl and Tear the Paper Ceiling, an effort designed to raise awareness of the invisible barrier that exists for people without a bachelor’s degree. She also co-led the development of the Ad Council’s COVID-19 Vaccine Education Initiative, the largest communications effort in American history, garnering $240M in donated media support, 52B impressions in earned media, and reaching 75% of Americans eligible for the vaccine.  

Under her leadership, the Ad Council launched iconic campaigns like Smokey Bear’s “Only You Can Prevent Wildfires,” the longest running social impact campaign in U.S. history, “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk” and “You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be a Perfect Parent”.   

Michelle is a frequent judge for industry awards and has earned numerous accolades, including a Daytime Emmy and multiple Effies. She also leads the Ad Council’s Creative Review Committees, a talented and diverse group of the industry’s top agency leaders who volunteer their time to review, refine and raise the bar on Ad Council’s campaigns.  

A University of Maryland graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Michelle lives in Washington, DC with her family and their rescue pet. 

Nicole Hockley chose to transform unspeakable grief and anguish into action after her youngest son, Dylan, was murdered in his first-grade classroom during the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. As the co-founder and CEO of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation (SHPF), Nicole works every day to protect children from violence. SHPF is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and empowering youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities. Under Nicole’s leadership, the research-driven Know the Signs violence prevention programs were created and are available to schools at no cost. More than 23 million have participated in these life-saving programs in 24,000+ schools and youth organizations nationwide. As a result, countless acts of violence have been averted — including at least 16 planned school attacks — saving precious lives and helping youth get much-needed mental health support.  

Nicole is a leading voice on school safety and gun violence prevention. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and commenter. Her opinion editorials have been published by Newsweek, CNN, USA Today, and InStyle, and her commentary has been featured in CNN, MSNBC, Newsy, ABC, CBS, and NBC news coverage, among countless other media outlets. Driven by Nicole’s extensive background in strategic marketing, Sandy Hook Promise is rapidly becoming a household name. The award-winning and provocative PSA campaigns she helped co-create with BBDO New York have amassed hundreds of millions of views worldwide, including “Evan” which generated two billion impressions and 10 coveted Cannes Lions Awards, “Back-to-School Essentials,” and “Teenage Dream” which both earned prestigious Emmy Awards for Best Commercial in 2019, and 2021, respectively.  

Nicole received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Trinity College in 2023, for her humanitarian and philanthropic contributions to society and Doctor of Laws degree from Fairfield University in 2022. In December of 2022, Nicole joined as a member of John Hopkins University’s Implementation Working Group for the National ERPO Resource Center. In late 2023, Nicole became a member of the Violence Project Advisory Board. In 2016, she was recognized by People magazine as one of 25 Women Changing the World. But her favorite recognition is for being the best Mom she can to her surviving son, Jake.  

Nicole’s solemn “promise” to honor her son and the other 25 lives taken on December 14, 2012 with action has never wavered. She continues to spread awareness that violence is preventable when you “know the signs.” 

Dr. Kalman received her bachelor’s degree in art history from the University of Pennsylvania and medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She performed all her clinical training (internal medicine residency, chief medical residency, clinical cardiology, advanced heart failure) at Mount Sinai, New York. She has also completed a physician leadership course at the Health Management Academy and a health care delivery executive program at the Harvard University School of Business. Dr. Kalman began her professional career as an academic cardiologist, directing clinical and research heart failure programs at Beth Israel Medical Center, Tisch Hospital at New York University, and Mount Sinai Medical Center. In addition to her outstanding clinical skills and dedication to patients, Dr. Kalman was tremendously effective in organizing and galvanizing clinical, research, and administration to build programs focused on the needs of complex patients with advanced heart failure.  

She came to Northwell Health in 2014 as associate medical director of Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the North Shore LIJ Health System. She then moved to Lenox Hill Hospital as medical director (2015-2018) and was also health system’s medical director of patient experience (2016-2021). In 2018, Dr. Kalman became executive director of Lenox Hill Hospital and showed exemplary leadership during the pandemic.  

In 2021, she was appointed chief medical officer and deputy physician-in-chief at Northwell Health. Dr. Kalman is truly a visionary leader, a problem-solver, a connector, and a strategic mind. She is a professor of cardiology at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.  

She is a well-recognized, highly respected national health care trailblazer and has helped put Northwell on the national map in many areas, including patient experience, crisis management, and effective change. 

Erika Soto Lamb works with companies, organizations, and culture leaders to drive positive change on the toughest social issues.

She was the founding head of social impact strategy at Comedy Central and now leads award-winning multi-platform campaigns for SHOWTIME/MTV Entertainment Studios at Paramount. That means that she leverages the power of the brands, shows and talent she works with to engage audiences towards activism.

In this role she is a co-founder of Power the Polls, the first national campaign to recruit the next generation of poll workers that saved the 2020 election; a founder of Mental Health Action Day; a steering committee member for the inaugural Vote Early Day; and an advisory board member of the Civic Alliance and the Impact Guild.

Erika was previously the founding chief communications officer at Everytown for Gun Safety, where, in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, she helped build the country’s largest gun violence prevention organization that includes Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and she helped start (and named) The Trace, an investigative and solutions-focused gun violence news site.  She continues to focus on shifting cultural narratives about guns as a board member of Project Unloaded.

Earlier in her career, Erika worked at public affairs firms providing strategic communications counsel to candidates, causes, corporations and international government clients.  Her pro-bono side hustles include helping elect more women and people of color to public office and sitting on the board of the Violence Intervention Program, Inc., a direct service and advocacy organization working to end intimate partner violence and empower women – and in particular Latinas – in New York City.

Erika has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University and a Master of Science in Strategic Communications from Columbia University.  She is an indigenous Latina from border town El Paso, Texas and resides in New York City with her family, including two perfect sons.

As CommonSpirit’s CEO, Wright leads one of the country’s largest and most diverse health care organizations, with an expansive network of over 2,200 care sites across 24 states. A seasoned health care executive, Wright brings 30+ years of leadership experience working in large, complex health systems, most recently at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, where he led the system through the COVID-19 pandemic and two successful mergers, significantly expanding its footprint and growing revenue. Wright has regularly been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and has been named to the “Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare,” “Crain’s Detroit Business’ Newsmakers of the Year” and HealthLeaders Media’s “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better” lists. 

Wright is an avid servant leader and community advocate, and a strong voice for improving health care. As the immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association and a former chair of America’s Essential Hospitals, Wright continues to actively advance the priorities of hospitals across the country, helping ensure their needs are represented and addressed effectively. Originally from Tuskegee, Alabama, Wright received his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Indiana University, and completed his bachelor’s degree with honors in Chemistry from Le Moyne, a Jesuit college in upstate New York. 

Will Lee is the CEO of ADWEEK, the premier media brand serving the marketing and advertising industry. As CEO, Will is leading ADWEEK through its transformation from an industry publication to a vibrant and essential business intelligence platform blending content, experiences, and community for the brand, agency, media, and technology ecosystem.  

Prior to ADWEEK, Will served as Chief Operating Officer of NPR, overseeing strategy, transformation, and growth. He led the launch of the NPR Network, an ambitious and first-of-its-kind reimagining of the business and strategic relationship between NPR and its 249 Member stations.  

Previously, Will led the digital businesses of Time Inc. for PEOPLE, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, and The Hollywood Reporter. At PEOPLE, Will guided the brand’s digital evolution, driving triple-digit growth in audience and revenue in less than four years, and creating multiple new lines of business including commerce, licensing, creator-led content and an ad-supported streaming network. Prior to Time Inc., Will served in various management and editorial roles at Penske Media Corporation and Warner Bros. Television.   

Will serves on the board of directors of The Door, which provides a full range of youth development services to New York City teens and young adults, and is on the Board of Advisors of the NYU Center for Publishing and Nekton Mission, a UK nonprofit established to accelerate and the scientific exploration and protection of the oceans.   

Will graduated with an AB in Classics with honors from Brown University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. Will lives in New York City with his wife Suejin Yang and son Troy.  

Rev. Michael McBride is the executive director for LIVE FREE USA a national racial justice and community organizing network committed to ending the criminalization of people of color, reducing gun violence and transforming the policing and the criminal justice system. He was named by the Center for American Progress as one of the Top Clergy Leaders in 2013 and served on President Obama’s Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Council to address Poverty and Inequality in 2016. He is one of the national leaders in the movement to implement public health gun violence prevention programs which have contributed in 30% reductions of gun related homicides in Oakland, Stockton, Richmond, Camden  and many other cities across the country. He is the co-founder of Black Church PAC and the Black Brown Peace Consortium. Pastor McBride serves as the Lead Pastor of The Way Church in Berkeley, CA. He has been a frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, HuffPost and many other media outlets. 

For over 20 years, Thea Montañez has dedicated herself to strengthening the community she proudly calls home through her work in government, business, and the nonprofit sector.

Currently, Thea serves as Senior Advisor to Governor Ned Lamont and Chair of the Governor’s Kids Cabinet where she leads interagency efforts to connect more Connecticut residents to opportunity, as well as efforts to develop public-private partnerships focused on that same goal.

Most recently, Thea served as Chief of Staff and then Chief Operating Officer for the City of Hartford, Connecticut, where she oversaw day-to-day operations for all thirteen municipal departments, including public safety. During that time, she helped Mayor Luke Bronin lead Hartford through unprecedented challenges, including successfully averting municipal bankruptcy and managing the City’s COVID response and recovery efforts.  

As the former COO, Thea also led the development and implementation of several city-wide initiatives designed to better support the needs of survivors of community violence, as well as justice involved youth and adults, and those living with addiction, mental illness, and housing instability. In addition to her work in the public sector, Thea ran her own consulting firm, focusing on strategic communications and community affairs. She also led local grant making for The Hartford Financial Services Group. 

Outside of work, Thea has volunteered her time with several nonprofit boards and commissions. She currently serves as a member of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee and Co-Chairs its Diversion Committee. She has also previously been a member of the Connecticut Judicial Selection Commission, the University of Saint Joseph Board of Trustees, and the Hartford Public Library Board of Directors. Among other awards, she was named a Center for Children’s Advocacy “Champion of Children” and previously named to Connecticut Magazine’s “40 under 40”. She is also a proud first-gen college graduate from Syracuse University. 

Julianne Moore is known for her breadth of work with many memorable performances from the big to the small screen. She is an Oscar, BAFTA and Emmy award winning actor, and the first American woman to be awarded top acting prizes at the Berlin, Venice and Cannes film festivals. 

In early 2024, Julianne received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in Netflix’s MAY DECEMBER, directed by Todd Haynes. She most recently starred in Pedro Almodovar’s THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, opposite Tilda Swinton. She also played Mary Villiers in the acclaimed historical drama miniseries MARY & GEORGE, opposite Nicholas Galitzine. Other recent credits include A24’s SHARPER with Sebastian Stan and John Lithgow, and Jesse Eisenberg’s WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD, which debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. In 2021, she starred in Apple TV+’s LISEY’S STORY and DEAR EVAN HANSEN with Ben Platt. She can next be seen in ECHO VALLEY directed by Michael Pearce for Apple Films. 

In 2015, Moore won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG Award, among others for her role in STILL ALICE with Kristen Stewart, Alec Baldwin and Kate Bosworth. In 2014, she received the Palme D’Or, Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her work in MAPS TO THE STARS. Moore is the ninth person in Academy history to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for her performances in FAR FROM HEAVEN (Best Actress nomination) and THE HOURS (Best Supporting Actress nomination), after receiving many critics’ awards as well as SAG and Golden Globe nominations for both. In 2012, she won the Primetime Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in the HBO original movie GAME CHANGE. This role also garnered wins at the 2013 SAG Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Her additional honors include the Excellence in Media Award at the 2004 GLAAD Media Awards, the Silver Bear Award at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival, the 2002 Copa Volti as Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, the Actor Award at the 2002 Gotham Awards and the “Tribute to Independent Vision” at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.  

Moore has starred in over 70 films including: GLORIA BELL (also credited as Executive Producer), THE GLORIAS; AFTER THE WEDDING; KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE; HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY 1 & 2; CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE; THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT; A SINGLE MAN; THE FORGOTTEN; and THE BIG LEBOWSKI.  

Julianne is a NY Times bestselling author for her children’s book series Freckleface Strawberry. In 2015, she became Founding Chair of the Everytown for Gun Safety Creative Council, a creative community established to help amplify the movement to end gun violence in America.  

Julie Morita, MD, is President & CEO and board member of The Joyce Foundation. In her role, Julie oversees the charitable distribution of $65 million annually from assets of $1.3 billion. The Joyce Foundation funds the development and advancement of evidence-based policy reforms to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region. 

Before joining The Joyce Foundation, Julie was executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) where she oversaw all programs and grantmaking aimed at creating a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right. In her role at RWJF, Julie led the development and implementation of an organizational strategic framework focused on addressing systemic barriers to racial and health equity. 

Prior to her role at RWJF, Julie helped lead the Chicago Department of Public Health for two decades, first as a medical director, then as chief medical officer. In 2015, she was appointed commissioner. In that role, she oversaw the public health needs of nearly 3 million residents in the nation’s third largest city. 

As commissioner, Julie led the development and implementation of Healthy Chicago 2.0, a four-year plan focused on achieving health equity by addressing the conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play. 

Born and raised in Chicago, Julie is a lifelong advocate of equity issues, deeply influenced by the experience of her parents, Mototsugu and Betty Morita, who were detained in the internment that incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. Having grown up hearing stories about the harsh and unjust treatment her parents, extended family members and thousands of others endured, Julie has used that knowledge and empathy to pursue racial equity and the creation of more just communities in every aspect of her work. 

She has served as an advisor to the White House, U.S. Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and numerous state and local public health agencies. Julie is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Board of Directors, and the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Julie earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and her medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. She completed her residency at the University of Minnesota and began her medical career as a pediatrician in Tucson, Ariz., before moving into public health as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC). 

Julie is married to William Trick. They have two adult children, Megan and Jake. 

Emily Musil, PhD, is a managing director at the Milken Institute, where she leads the Institute’s Environment and Social Innovation portfolio. She also leads innovation competitions for the Milken Institute.

Musil spent over a decade in academia where, as a college professor, she specialized in African history, global development, and human rights. She then joined the XPRIZE Foundation, operating large-scale global competitions that brought together entrepreneurs, researchers, programmers, designers, engineers, and philanthropists to develop new technology solutions to solve global challenges. As the executive director of the XPRIZE human equity domain, she worked on and oversaw a suite of prizes and initiatives. Musil has a broad portfolio of experience in political, non-governmental, entertainment, and academic sectors on strategy, outreach, and operations. She is passionate about exploring the ethics of our rapidly advancing technology and advocating for human equity.

Musil has a PhD and MA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and graduated with honors from Drew University. She was a Fulbright-Hays Scholar and has conducted in-depth research in over a dozen countries on three continents. She is a public speaker and served on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Senior Advisory Group for Blended Finance and the Advisory Board for CompTIA’s Center for Technology & Workforce Solutions. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Drew University.

Jose M. Prince, MD, FACS, FAAP is the Surgeon in Chief of Cohen Children’s Medical Center and Vice Chair of Surgery and system chief of Pediatric Surgery and Acute Care Surgery at Northwell Health.  He is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.  As the founding director of the Laboratory of Pediatric Injury and Inflammation in the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, he has pursued pediatric trauma injury prevention research with a focus on firearm safety.  He serves as the executive sponsor for the Northwell Center for Gun Violence Prevention.

A native of Queens, Dr. Prince returned to New York from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to join the founding faculty of the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in 2010.  He completed both his general surgery and pediatric surgery training in Pittsburgh and is board certified in both specialties.  Dr. Prince graduated cum laude from the Yale University School of Medicine and has authored more than 80 clinical and scientific articles.

As director of Northwell Health’s Center for Gun Violence Prevention, Chethan Sathya, MD, oversees the health system’s expansive approach to firearm injury and mortality prevention. Northwell, which established the center as the first of its kind in 2019, has taken a public health approach to gun violence, focusing on key areas such as research, education (health care workers, nurses, medical students, residents), advocacy and community engagement.

Dr. Sathya is a powerful voice and advocate for firearm injury prevention. His role as a pediatric trauma surgeon exposed him to the dramatic and irresponsible results of gun violence, which has fueled his passion to find solutions to the national issue. Among his goals, Dr. Sathya is leveraging Northwell’s diverse patient population and wide reach to implement preventative strategies and perform high-level research. He has presented on gun violence prevention in various forums and in top media outlets such as CNN, Scientific American, The Washington Post, CBC and Huffington Post, among others.

Dr. Sathya also serves as associate trauma director at Cohen Children’s and he’s an assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He completed medical school and general surgery training at the University of Toronto, followed by Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. He also holds a master’s in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto, in addition to completing a fellowship in global journalism at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. He is active in trauma research and works closely with the American College of Surgeons on trauma quality improvement initiatives.

During his clinical training in Chicago, he treated numerous children and babies with firearm injuries and now continues to do the same in New York. As a surgeon-journalist with firsthand experience pulling bullets out of children – many of who die – Dr. Sathya has a unique perspective and deep routed passion in telling the stories of children affected by gun violence.

He has been an invited speaker at a number of prestigious events, including the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit on Violence Prevention and the Healthcare Association of New York State symposium on best practices in gun violence prevention, where he was the keynote speaker. He’s also a consultant to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, serving as a core member of the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) taskforce and the national firearm injury data collection initiative. Dr. Sathya also serves as a member of the Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns Executive Committee.

Adam Skaggs serves as the chief counsel and vice president of GIFFORDS Law Center. Previously, he was senior counsel at Everytown for Gun Safety and at the Brennan Center for Justice, where he worked on election law issues. Adam was also a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and a law clerk at the Eleventh Circuit and the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. 

Adam’s commentary has been published in Slate, Politico, the Atlantic, and the New York Times, among other publications, and he has been widely quoted by media ranging from the Wall Street Journal and Fox News to the New York Times and MSNBC. 

Adam graduated summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, received an MS in Urban Affairs from Hunter College of the City University of New York, and holds a BA, awarded with distinction, from Swarthmore College. 

Anthony became Cities United’s first Executive Director in October 2015, charged with building out the organization and expanding the network. Before joining Cities United, he led the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods in Louisville, working with the community to build out the city’s One Love Louisville Plan. Throughout his career, Anthony has made it a priority to cultivate up-and-coming leaders. 

Ramon Soto is the senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer at Northwell Health. He is responsible for the development and execution of Northwell’s brand strategy, as well as all aspects of marketing and communications, including public relations, digital engagement, strategic marketing, clinical marketing and customer acquisition. He leads Northwell’s mission-driven communication efforts tackling some of the most pressing issues, like gun violence prevention, women’s health, and health equity. Mr. Soto was recently elected to the Ad Council’s Board of Directors. He is also the president of Northwell Studios, which works with production companies, filmmakers and distributors to produce scripted and unscripted content that allows Northwell to tap into the power of storytelling and entertainment.

Nick brings 20 years of legal and policy experience in the public and private sectors to the role of Senior Vice President for Law and Policy of Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s largest gun violence prevention organization. In this role, he oversees the organizational strategy for federal, state, and local policy, community safety initiatives, research and investigations. He regularly advises and has served on the transition teams of Governors, Attorneys General, Mayors and District Attorneys.

Directly prior to joining Everytown, he served as Senior Advisor and Special Counsel to the New York State Attorney General, where he formulated legal strategies in the areas of criminal justice, public safety, technology, and government integrity.

Nick has handled both sides of complex criminal and civil cases as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the New York Attorney General’s Office and as a litigation attorney at the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Prior to beginning private practice, Nick clerked for the Honorable Richard Conway Casey in the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Nick has appeared on national television news outlets and has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Rolling Stone, Vice, Politico, and others. He graduated with high honors from the George Washington University Law School and received his BA from Wesleyan University.

Dr. Mason Turner is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health for Intermountain Health based in Salt Lake City, UT and Denver, CO.

His leadership in mental health care focuses on the development and evolution of strategic innovations in behavioral health care delivery that enhance quality of care and clinical excellence and are guided by principles of equity and inclusion of the patient/consumer voice into all aspects of the behavioral health ecosystem.

Including integration initiatives which link mental health care and addiction medicine services with both primary and specialty medical care, as well as supporting innovative technological means of reaching patients for treatment of behavioral health conditions, he is also committed to enhancing access for behavioral health care services to all those who need it. Additionally, he has extensive experience in promoting employee health and well-being in a variety of corporate and healthcare sectors.

As a clinician, he specializes in addiction medicine, consult-liaison psychiatry and treatment of personality disorders. He has received extensive training in resiliency-and systems-based approaches for improving the mental health and well-being of refugees, asylum seekers and torture survivors.

Dr. Turner also served as a former Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, where he taught medical students at all levels the practice of interviewing patients and clinical reasoning skills. He also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Dr. Turner earned his AB degree in psychology from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, and completed his MD degree at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center/ Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. He completed his residency in psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School through Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, in Boston, MA, with additional training in psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at Massachusetts General Hospital and addiction psychiatry at McLean Hospital. He is board certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine.