Meet the 2025 Speakers

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OR Manager Conference speakers represent facilities across the country that are making strides to improve operational efficiency and profitability. Learn more about the speakers below, and make a plan for what you want to ask them at the conference!

Trevor Adkins, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR

Director of Surgical ServicesHutchinson Regional Healthcare System

Gail Avigne, MSN, BA, RN

Senior Consultant, Strategic ConsultingPress Ganey Associates LLC

Moustafa Bleik

Manager, OR Scheduling and Data ManagementKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

Hazel Boyd, MBA

Operations Manager - Transforming TomorrowBoston Children's Hospital

Katie Breudigam

Department Manager IV, OR OperationsCleveland Clinic

Natalie Bright, MBA, MSN, RN, CNOR

Director, OR Operations Ohio MarketCleveland Clinic

Janet Carlson, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE

Executive Director of ASCsCommonwealth Pain & Spine

Stephanie Casanova, MBA

Director, Procedural Business ServicesMassachusetts General Hospital

Bethany Daily, MHA, BA

Executive Director, Perioperative Services and Healthcare Systems EngineeringMassachusetts General Hospital

Geri Eaves, BSN, RN, CASC, CNOR

CEO and AdministratorThe Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center

Fawn Esser-Lipp, MBA, BSN, CASC, CNOR

Executive DirectorThe Surgery Center LLC

Fadi Fares

Manager, Day Surgery Unit and Post-Anesthesia Care UnitKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center

Paul Flaherty, CRCST

Manager, Central Sterile Processing & SupplyMassachusetts General Hospital

Susanna Gallani, PhD

Associate Professor of Business AdministrationHarvard Business School

Jacqueline Gardocki, MBA, MSN, BSN, CNOR, CASC

Nurse Manager Luckow Pavilion Same Day Services & Pain ManagementThe Valley Hospital

Joshua Gomez, MPH

Business Operations ManagerMassachusetts General Hospital

Jason Goodwin, MPH, MSN, BSN

PresidentInnovative Cultures Consulting

Kim Greene Hiller

Founder and OwnerThe Laughing Academy

Jasmine Hampton-Nicholson MSN, RN,CNOR

Vice President of Perioperative ServicesTemple University Health System

DeAnna Kearney, BSN, RN, CAPA

Manager of EndoscopyThe Valley Hospital

I. Naya Kehayes, MPH

PrincipalECG Management Consultants

Allison Ng, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC

Director, Perioperative Scheduling and Block ManagementNew York Presbyterian Hospital

Collin Pick, MSN, CRNA, ARNP, CMPE

Chief of AnesthesiaPhysician Partners of America

Marla Roberts, MHA, BSE/E, RN, LNC, CJCP, HACP-CMS|IP

CEOPeriop Accreditation Readiness, LLC

Matt Ruby, MHA

Business Operations Director, Surgical ServicesNorthwestern Medicine

Michael Schiller, CMRP

Executive DirectorAssociation for Health Care Resources & Materials Management

Andrew Schreiner, MSHA

Business Manager, Surgical ServicesNorthwestern Medicine

Steve Spring, BA

Executive Director FinanceMassachusetts General Hospital

Bob Winandy, MSN, MBA, RN

Chief Executive OfficerBrightside Surgical

Deb Yoder, MHA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CASC

Vice President Facility DevelopmentCompass Surgery Partners