Sages and Speakers
Sages These six extraordinary women launched bold new models of care with partners and in groups, transforming healthcare delivery:  | Jeannine Bayard, MPH, APRN More than 20 years ago, Jeannine Bayard and her colleague Ruth Ann Jacobsen developed a revolutionary care model that served as the foundation for the company they founded—Evercare, which has since become one of the nation's largest care coordination programs. |  | Jody Chrastek, MSN, CHPN As coordinator of Children’s Pain and Palliative Care Services, Jody Chrastek and her colleagues established a one-of-a-kind program to help young patients and their families receive comfort and care. The program also helps health care providers in communities receive training and support to extend this work. |  | Loretta Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN, FAANP In 1964, Loretta Ford, in collaboration with Dr. Henry K. Silver, designed an educational program for public health nurses focusing on well-child care, normal growth and development, family education and empowerment, and preventative health measures. Thus, the nurse practitioner movement was launched. |  | Ruth O’Brien, PhD, RN, FAAN Three decades of rigorous research, under the leadership of Dr. Ruth O’Brien and her colleagues, evolved the Nurse Family Partnership into a national evidence-based, nurse-home visiting program that improves the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children. |  | Ruth Watson Lubic, CNM, EdD, FAAN, FACNM Surmounting challenges by believing that she was doing the right thing, Ruth Watson Lubic has been a vigorous and effective advocate for nurse midwifery. Today at 82 she continues to lead the Washington D.C. birthing center that became the national model for new centers. |  | Julie Schmidt, MBA, RN With an unrivaled commitment to patient and family needs, Julie Schmidt co-founded and today leads Woodwinds Health Campus, a unique hospital based upon a healing environment, a compassionate service philosophy, and a holistic model of care. | Speakers
Daniel Pink Daniel Pink is a best-selling author and an expert on innovation, competition, and the changing world of work. Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind, charts the rise of right-brain thinking in modern economies and explains the six abilities individuals and organizations must master in an outsourced and automated world. Reviewers have described the book as “an audacious and powerful work,” and “a profound read.” A Whole New Mind is a New York Times and Business Week best seller, and has been translated into 16 languages. Rosemary Gibson, MSc Rosemary Gibson is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A provocative speaker on how the health care system has failed us and must change, her work has transformed hospital-based palliative care programs through training programs for physicians at more than 800 hospitals. She is a passionate advocate for including patients and families as full partners in care planning and delivery. Gregg Vanourek, MSc, MBA Gregg Vanourek is a founding partner of New Mountain Ventures, a personal leadership development firm, and co-author of the nationally acclaimed book, Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives. He also co-authors regular blogs and columns for Harvard Business Online, Inc.com, and The Washington Times. He lives with his wife and daughters in Colorado.
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