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Bridging Health Leadership Across the Ecosystem

About this Meeting

"The most powerful thing you can do is make the room."

Inspired by A'Lelia Walker, Harlem, 1927

Please join us on the 2026 Data + Dignity™ Salon Series Tour for an intimate, evening co-hosted by HLTH, Real Chemistry, and Truthlight Studio. Health leaders, narrative strategists, technology, science, arts, and culture will set the table together to create the conditions for building and strengthening cross-sector relationships that advance health at scale. The dinner follows the tradition of radical hospitality and is built in the spirit of real-time ignition, conversation, connection, and the electricity of creative minds meeting.

We proud to partner with AFROTECH during their premier annual event at the intersection of technology, culture, and innovation. We will join a global community of 40,000+ tech innovators, entrepreneurs, and professionals for a series of in-person and digital experiences featuring dynamic programming on emerging trends, unparalleled networking with industry leaders, and access to top recruiters shaping the future of tech.

Sponsors:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Genentech

The Scan Foundation

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Participants:

Adesola Oyewole Physician Entrepreneur Lily Primary Care

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Adesola Oyewole

Physician Entrepreneur Lily Primary Care

Allyson Baffour Owusu Epic AnalystOCHIN

Allyson Baffour Owusu

Epic AnalystOCHIN

Amanda Patterson Primary Care Physician & Wellness SpeakerSana Care

Payer & Insurer

Payer & Insurer

Amanda Patterson

Primary Care Physician & Wellness SpeakerSana Care

Anna Moniuszko Founder and CEOAMME Health Inc.

Founder and CEOAMME Health Inc.

Beunkia Speed Cybersecurity Analyst Memorial Hermann

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Cybersecurity Analyst Memorial Hermann

Bolaji A Makinde-Odusola SWETesla

Professional Services

Professional Services

Bolaji A Makinde-Odusola

Brian Maina Data EngineerAsh

Data EngineerAsh

Brittany Williams FounderHeyRMDY

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Brittany Williams

Brittany Hogan FounderFairGiver Technologies

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

FounderFairGiver Technologies

Bryce Jackson Software EngineerBloomberg

Software EngineerBloomberg

Byron Hord Founder/CEORetroslang

Founder/CEORetroslang

Camille Elyse Jones Real World Evidence Project ManagerNovonesis

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Camille Elyse Jones

Real World Evidence Project ManagerNovonesis

Carl Varnado Board Advisor Black in Gaming

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Board Advisor Black in Gaming

Chelsey Caldwell Senior People Strategist | FounderThe Type A Reset

Professional Services

Professional Services

Chelsey Caldwell

Senior People Strategist | FounderThe Type A Reset

Chris Pernell Chief Health Equity OfficerNAACP

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Chief Health Equity OfficerNAACP

Claudia Lopez Director of Marketing Black Health Matters

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Director of Marketing Black Health Matters

Dave Esra CEOBobiHealth

David Howard Executive ProducerUntitled Interactive

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Executive ProducerUntitled Interactive

David Hawkes Product designer ShiftKey

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Product designer ShiftKey

Desiree Thomas FounderDesired media inc

FounderDesired media inc

Eardie Curry Medical Affairs Executive DirectorGenentech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Medical Affairs Executive DirectorGenentech

Emmanuel Egwuonwu Founder & CEOBLKBEARD ESTHETICS

Emmanuel Egwuonwu

Founder & CEOBLKBEARD ESTHETICS

Faith Obanua Director of Optimization & Capacity BuildingAdvocate Health

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Director of Optimization & Capacity BuildingAdvocate Health

Fatima Yusuf Community Builder | Occupational TherapyThe Flow Creative Lab

Community Builder | Occupational TherapyThe Flow Creative Lab

George Okpamen Senior Marketing LeaderGenentech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Senior Marketing LeaderGenentech

Gylianne Tyndall Technical Support Engineer Opentrons

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Gylianne Tyndall

Technical Support Engineer Opentrons

Hazelette Waters Senior Analyst, People TechnologyChipotle

Hazelette Waters

Senior Analyst, People TechnologyChipotle

Heather Ross Sr. Principal National Account ExecutiveGenentech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Sr. Principal National Account ExecutiveGenentech

Hilton George FounderBlerdcon

FounderBlerdcon

Jaire Hughes Business Operations SpecialistNTT DATA

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Business Operations SpecialistNTT DATA

James Fiddmont DirectorBlack Health Matters

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

DirectorBlack Health Matters

Jeanne Manalo Head of Scientific InnovationAvandra

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Head of Scientific InnovationAvandra

Jessica Tsadwa Senior Program Manager Inclusion StrategyDoximity

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Senior Program Manager Inclusion StrategyDoximity

Joan McGrath Rojas Project Manager, Global Employee RelationsAMD

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Joan McGrath Rojas

Project Manager, Global Employee RelationsAMD

Joia Crear Perry PresidentBirth Equity

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Joia Crear Perry

PresidentBirth Equity

Kanisha Aikin Care CoordinatorOptum

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Care CoordinatorOptum

Kevin Richards Cloud Sales RepresentativeAmazon

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Cloud Sales RepresentativeAmazon

Kimberly Seals Allers Executive Director/ FounderNarrative Nation/ IRTH

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Kimberly Seals Allers

Executive Director/ FounderNarrative Nation/ IRTH

Krystal Hackney Data AnalystTMCI

Krystal Hackney

Data AnalystTMCI

Lorraine Nwaoko Principal Project Program ManagerUnitedHealth Group

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Lorraine Nwaoko

Principal Project Program ManagerUnitedHealth Group

Marcus John Founder & Executive DirectorBack To Healing

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Founder & Executive DirectorBack To Healing

Margaret Creswell VP, Existing Business Cigna Healthcare

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Margaret Creswell

VP, Existing Business Cigna Healthcare

Marin Hedin Strategic Marketing and Communications LeaderGenentech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Strategic Marketing and Communications LeaderGenentech

Mekka Don Founder & CEOELLIFLY

Professional Services

Professional Services

Founder & CEOELLIFLY

Michael Penn Director, Equity & InnovationAmerican Medical Association

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Director, Equity & InnovationAmerican Medical Association

Michael Opatola Principal Systems Engineer RTX

Michael Opatola

Principal Systems Engineer RTX

Michellene Davis, Esq President/CEONational Medical Fellowships Inc

Michellene Davis, Esq

President/CEONational Medical Fellowships Inc

Monica Gary Enterprise Change Management Elevance Health

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Enterprise Change Management Elevance Health

Ni-ka Ford FounderEnlight Visuals

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

FounderEnlight Visuals

Nicole McIlveen Portfolio Reimbursement ManagerGenentech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Nicole McIlveen

Portfolio Reimbursement ManagerGenentech

Omari Maynard Chief Executive OfficerARIAH Foundation

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Chief Executive OfficerARIAH Foundation

Parish Lemons Senior IT AdvisorTotal Quality Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Senior IT AdvisorTotal Quality Solutions

Patricia Pauyo FounderPathway Nutrition

Professional Services

Professional Services

FounderPathway Nutrition

Patrick Thomas Jr PsychiatristKintsugi Behavioral Health Clinic

Health System & Providers

Health System & Providers

Patrick Thomas Jr

PsychiatristKintsugi Behavioral Health Clinic

Phyllis Pobee CEO/FounderGeneLean 360

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

CEO/FounderGeneLean 360

Shawnee Benton Gibson Co-Founder & Co-DirectorSpirit of a Woman

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Shawnee Benton Gibson

Co-Founder & Co-DirectorSpirit of a Woman

Shyrea Thompson Founder & Black Maternal Health Equity Lead IRIS Collaborative

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Shyrea Thompson

Founder & Black Maternal Health Equity Lead IRIS Collaborative

Simone Tyler Co-Founder AfroTech + Health StackAfroTech

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

Co-Founder AfroTech + Health StackAfroTech

Tamara Thomas National VP of Population Health ImpactAledade

Health Tech & Solutions

Health Tech & Solutions

National VP of Population Health ImpactAledade

Vincent Lopez Founder & CEOParker Apex

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Life Sciences, Pharma & Biotech

Founder & CEOParker Apex

Xzania White Licensed Psychologist & Assistant ProfessorChildren’s Hospital LA & USC Keck School of Med

Non Profit & Academia

Non Profit & Academia

Licensed Psychologist & Assistant ProfessorChildren’s Hospital LA & USC Keck School of Med