2025

Keynote Speaker

Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH, Co-Author, “Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence that Caring Makes a Difference,” Recipient, Schwartz Compassion Champion Award

Event Committee

Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Former, Chief Executive Officer, AONL; Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, AHA

Joshua Boger, PhD

Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board

Wendy Cohen, LICSW

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Ethan Crain, Co-Lead, U.S. Healthcare Practice, Lockton

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, Co-founder and Former CEO, Iora Health

Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Melissa Fitzpatrick, MSN, RN, FAAN, President Kirby Bates Associates

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Mary and Tom Grape, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living

Elizabeth L. B. Greene, Partner, Mirick

Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz

Michele R. Klau, RNCS, The Danielsen Institute at Boston University

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation

Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Jean-Paul A. Rebillard, Schwartz Center Board Chair; President, MedPro Speciality, MedPro Group

Mark Reynolds, CEO, CRICO

Alan and Susan Solomont

Colette and Daniel Stanzler

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Kathy and Tony Starr, Member, Mintz

Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD, and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Lynn Wiatrowski, Former Executive Vice President, Bank of America

2024

Dinner Chairs

Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital

Brent L. Henry, Member, Mintz

Thomas H. Lee, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey

Event Committee

Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board

Wendy Cohen, LICSW

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Ethan Crain, Managing Director, Northeast Health Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan

Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health 

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Sharon McNally, CEO, Camp Harbor View Foundation

Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Former Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., Chief Executive Officer & President, MassBio

Christopher D. Palmieri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance

Mark Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, CRICO

Peter Slavin, MD, President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Health System

Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD, and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Peter and Ellen Zane

2023

Keynote Speaker

John Berman, CNN Anchor

Dinner Chairs

Sree Chaguturu, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health®

Susan Donahue, Philanthropist

Peter L. Slavin, MD, Operating Partner, Advent International and Former President, Massachusetts General Hospital

Event Committee

Ann Muschett and Michael Blau, Retired, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Gloria Respress-Churchwell and Kevin B. Churchwell, MD, President and CEO, Boston Children’s Hospital

Ellen Cohen, MSW, Founder, Schwartz Center Board

Wendy Cohen

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Ethan Crain, Managing Director, Northeast Health Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan

Mishele and Robert Fields, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Kerry A. Flynn

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, Esq., Chief Executive Officer & President, MassBio

Clare Reilly and Mark Reynolds, President, CRICO

Colette and Daniel Stanzler, Portfolio Manager, Beaumont Financial Partners, LLC

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Elizabeth Vernaglia, PhD and Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley and Lardner LLP

Peter and Ellen Zane

2022

Keynote Speaker

Corey Feist, JD, MBA, President & Co-Founder, Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation

Dinner Chairs

Robert Coughlin, Managing Director, JLL

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA Foundation

Travis A. McCready, Executive Director/National Practice Leader, U.S. Life Sciences Markets, JLL

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Kerry Flynn

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Clare Reilly and Mark E. Reynolds

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Peter and Ellen Zane

2021

Keynote Speaker

Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc, FAAEM, Public Health Professor, George Washington University, Author, “Lifelines: A Doctor;s Journey in the Fight for Public Health”

Host

Mallika Marshall, MD, Emmy Award-winning Journalist and Physician, Health Reporter, WBZ-TV

Dinner Chairs

Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.

Tamar Thompson, Head, Corporate Affairs, Alexion/AstraZeneca Rare Disease

Regional Co-Chairs

Elizabeth Maringer and Jay Shiland (New York Metro)

Jean-Paul Rebillard, President, MedPro Specialty, MedPro Group (Mid-Atlantic)

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Robert K. Coughlin, Managing Director, Life Sciences, JLL

Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, CEO and Co-Founder, Iora Health

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health System

Thomas J. Lynch, Jr. MD, President and Director, Fred Hutch

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Clare Reilly and Mark Reynolds

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Peter and Ellen Zane

2020

Keynote Speaker

Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Host

Callie Crossley, Radio and Television Host, Commentator and Public Speaker, WGBH’s Under the Radar with Callie Crossley

Dinner Chairs

Jack Connors, Jr.

Lois Cornell, Executive Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society

Andrew Dreyfus, President & Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Ruth Kilduff, Member, Schwartz Center Honorary Board

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff,

Connors Family Office

Jo Frances Meyer, Director, Puddingstone Consulting

Jay Shiland, Partner, MTS Health Partners LP

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2019

Dinner Chairs

Michael L. Blau, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Michael Carson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Esq, Board Chair, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Ruth Kilduff, Member, Schwartz Center Board

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2018

Keynote Speakers

Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts

Patrick Downes, PsyD, Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor

Dinner Chairs

Troyen Brennan, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health

Clare Reilly

Mark E. Reynolds, President, CRICO

Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Jack Connors, Jr.

Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio

Andrew Dreyfus, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Ruth Kilduff, Chair, Schwartz Center Board

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

James and Catherine Stanzler

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2017

Guest Speaker

Charlie Baker, Governor of Massachusetts

Dinner Chairs

Fangli Chen, PhD, Partner, Vice Chair, Life Sciences Patent Practice, Proskauer Rose

Kevin Tabb, MD, CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Event Committee

Ellen R. Cohen, MSW, President, Schwartz Center Board

Jack Connors, Jr.

Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio

Andrew Dreyfus, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

The Honorable Michael and Kitty Dukakis

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Betsy Pingree Frawley and James M. Litton

Ruth Kilduff, Chair, Integro USA

Thomas J. Lynch, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, R&D, Bristol Myers-Squibb

Sharon McNally, President, Camp Harbor View Foundation; Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office

Brooke Meltzer, Schwartz Center New York Advisory Council

Mark E. Reynolds and Claire Reilly

Eric Schultz, President and CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

James Stanzler, Managing Director, Highfields Capital Management LP

Marjorie and Paul Stanzler

Tony and Kathy Starr

Lynn Wiatrowski, Executive Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

2016

Dinner Chairs

Glen Curley, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Underwriting Practice Group Leader, CNA Insurance

Kerry A. Flynn, CLP, Vice President, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Vertex

Thomas H. Grape, Chairman and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living

Larry Renfro, Vice Chairman, UnitedHealth Group; CEO, Optum

Dianne Savastano, BSN, MBA, Founder and President, Healthassist

Event Committee

Robert K. Coughlin, President and CEO, MassBio; Schwartz Center Board

Brooke Meltzer, Schwartz Center New York Advisory Council

Sharon McNally, Chief of Staff, Connors Family Office; Schwartz Center Board

2015

Guest Speaker

Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, Award-winning author

Dinner Chairs

Marna Borgstrom, President and CEO, Yale-New Haven Hospital Health System; CEO, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Ruth Kilduff, Chairman, Integro Insurance Brokers; Vice Chair, Schwartz Center Board of Directors

Stacey Lucchino

Clare Reilly

Mark E. Reynolds, President, CRICO

Event Committee

Robert K. Coughlin, President & CEO, MassBio; Schwartz Center Board

Trish Hannon, FACHE, President and CEO, New England Baptist Hospital

Kerry Flynn, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Vertex; Schwartz Center Leadership Council

George Gilpin, President & CEO, EasCare

Brooke Meltzer, Schwartz Center New York Advisory Council