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Healthcare Leadership Conference 2026

When

October 22, 2026 | 8:00 AM
CDT
October 23, 2026 | 11:00 AM
CDT
Where

Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
120 East Delaware Place
Chicago, IL 60611-1428

Length of time
1.5 days

Healthcare has never been more challenging. Most organizations are at a defining moment where incremental change isn’t enough.

You’re balancing financial pressures and workforce challenges while remaining steadfast in your mission to improve the health of the communities you serve.

You’re making bold, transformational decisions in an increasingly complex environment.

You’re shaping the future of healthcare through courageous leadership and meaningful impact.

This year’s Healthcare Leadership Conference will explore what it means to lead with mission, courage and impact. We invite you to join us for two days of candid conversation and strategic insight on navigating healthcare organizations through a period of profound transformation.
 

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Registration

There are no fees to register, request your invitation today by emailing hlc@kaufmanhall.com or learn more here.

Keynote Speakers

 

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Jim Collins

 

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David Wasserman

 

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Mary Dillon

 

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Robin Roberts

Jim Collins
Author & Educator

David Wasserman
Senior Editor & Election
Analyst, The Cook Political 
Report with Amy Walter

Mary Dillon
Former CEO,
Foot Locker & Ulta Beauty

Robin Roberts
Co-Anchor, "Good Morning
America" & President,
Rock'n Robin Productions

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Agenda

Subject to change.

Thursday, October 22, 2026

8:00 a.m.
Conference welcome

8:15 - 11:15 a.m.
What to Make of a Life
Jim Collins, author & management educator

11:15 AM-12:15 p.m.
Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Road Map to the 2026 & 2028 Elections      
David Wasserman, Senior Editor & Election Analyst, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter          

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Break  

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.
Mary Dillon, former CEO, Foot Locker & Ulta Beauty  

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Break  

3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Therese L. Wareham Rating Agency Panel      
Moderators: Lisa Goldstein and Robert Turner

4:30 p.m.
Networking Reception

Friday, October 23, 2026

8:45 a.m.
Morning Welcome

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Healthcare Policy Panel
Moderator: Shoshana Krilow, Vizient

10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
A Conversation with Robin
Robin Roberts, co-host "Good Morning America" & President, Rock'n Robin Productions

11:00 a.m.
Meeting adjourns

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Amanda Steele
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Amanda Steele is a Managing Director and co-leads Kaufman Hall’s Strategy & Business Transformation practice, where she focuses her time advising health systems and provider enterprises with their enterprise strategy – developing value propositions to deliver on their missions and visions in light of the fast-changing healthcare landscape.
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Scott Christensen
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Key areas of expertise: Oncology service line planning, nephrology and dialysis services; 16+ years in healthcare industry advising health systems, payers, and specialty healthcare services companies on growth, strategic partnership options, service line planning, and enterprise strategy.
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Erik Swanson is a Managing Director leading Kaufman Hall’s Data and Analytics Group where he focuses on providing cutting-edge data science tools to our clients to provide deeper and more timely insight, drive operational improvement, develop thought leadership, and produce the most meaningful outcomes.
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