Meet our 2026 Veterans Healthcare Expert Speakers

Conference Chairman

James Gfrerer
CEO; Federal Business LLC;
Former CIO, Department of Veterans Affairs

2026 Early Speaker Roster

Honorable Richard F. Topping
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Willie Underwood MD, MSc, MPH
President-elect
American Medical Association

Dr. David Shulkin MD
Former Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Stephen Ferrara MD
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs
Department of War

James Perkins
(A) Program Executive Officer, Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Defense Health Agency

Major General (Ret.) Todd McCaffrey
Secretary
South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs

Major General (Ret.) John Harris
Director
Ohio Department of Veterans Services

Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette
Secretary
North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Jeremiah Schneider
Secretary
South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Jerome Buller Colonel (Ret.)
Deputy Secretary
Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
CEO
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)

Carl Blake
CEO
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)

Juan Serrano
Director, Military and Veterans Liaison Services
Northwell Healthcare

Dr. Omowunmi Osinubi MD, M.Sc, MBA, FRCA, ABIHM
Director for Clinical Services, War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center
Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr Edward Shadiack III DO, MPH, FACOEM
Clinical Consult Lead Physician, War-related Illness & Injury Study Center
Department of Veterans Affairs

Gary Hess
Director of Advocacy and Peer Support
Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition

Dr. Amy Hrin
Vice President of Program Development
American Humane Society

Arpit Mehta
Director of Bioinformatics
Northwell Healthcare

Tonya Oxendine
Spokesperson
Wounded Warrior Project

Jennifer Jenkins
Spokesperson
Wounded Warrior Project

Dr. Gerard Cox
Former Assistant Under Secretary for Health Quality and Patient Safety
Department of Veterans Affairs

Michael Parrish PhD
Former Chief Acquisition Officer and Principal Executive Director, OALC
Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Lisa Kearney PhD, ABPP
Former Deputy Director, Suicide Prevention Office
Department of Veterans Affairs

Bill James
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Development and Operations (DevOps)
Department of Veterans Affairs

Mike Valentino
Former Executive Director, Pharmacy Benefits Management Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Nadia Smith
Former (A) Chief Digital Health Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Edgar Rios PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP
Vaccines Field Medical Director, US Medical Affairs
Pfizer

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