Meet The Team
SPEAKERS
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP
President, Collaborative Healthcare Strategies
Physician, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Dr. Boutwell is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field of reducing readmissions and improving care for highest risk and multi-visit patients. She is the developer of the STAAR, ASPIRE, ASPIRE+ and MVP methods to reduce avoidable acute-care utilization and deliver whole-person care across settings and over time. Working at the intersection of excellence in clinical care, system transformation and public policy, Dr. Boutwell advises local, state, and national efforts to reduce costs and improve care through understanding and addressing the root causes of hospital utilization.
Anthony B. Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH
Senior Vice President, Programs & Partnerships
The California Endowment
Dr. Iton is Senior Vice President for Programs & Partnerships at The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality healthcare for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of all Californians. Dr. Iton is board certified in both internal and preventive medicine, and also holds a law degree and a Master’s of Public Health. He has worked as an HIV disability rights attorney at the Berkeley Community Law Center, a health care policy analyst with Consumer Reports, and as a physician and advocate for the homeless at the San Francisco Public Health Department.
John Riggi
National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk
American Hospital Association (AHA)
Having spent nearly 30 years as a highly decorated veteran of the FBI, John Riggi serves as the first senior advisor for cybersecurity and risk for the American Hospital Association (AHA) and their 5000+ member hospitals. Riggi leverages his distinct cyber, criminal investigation, and national security experience at the FBI and CIA to provide trusted strategic cyber and risk advisory services to the nations' hospitals and health systems. Riggi's trusted access to healthcare leaders and government agencies enhances his unique national perspective on cyber and risk issues and greatly contributes to AHA’s policy and advocacy efforts.
Dan Shapiro, Ph.D.
Vice Dean for Faculty and Administrative Affairs; Garner James Kline Professor of Humanities in Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine
Founder and Principal, DES Health Consulting, LLC
Dr. Dan Shapiro earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida and went on to Harvard Medical School where he completed an internship and an endowed post-doctoral fellowship. As an assistant professor, he developed an expertise treating physicians and nurses and ultimately found that working with systems might be more effective than working with individuals. In 2012, he launched a successful boutique consultancy that now works with multi-hospital healthcare systems to reduce burnout, and improve retention and wellness. His firm’s clients include some of the largest and most successful systems in the United States including Mass General Hospital, Allegheny Health, and University California San Diego.
James E. Orlikoff
President, Orlikoff & Associates, Inc.
National Advisor on Governance and Leadership
American Hospital Association (AHA)
James E. Orlikoff is president of Orlikoff & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in healthcare governance and leadership, strategy, quality, patient safety, and system development. He is the National Advisor on Governance and Leadership to the American Hospital Association and Health Forum, and was named one of the 100 most powerful people in healthcare in the inaugural list by Modern Healthcare magazine.
Mr. Orlikoff has been involved in leadership, quality, and strategy issues for over forty years. He has consulted with hospitals and systems in twelve countries, and since 1985 has worked with hospital and system governing boards to strengthen their overall effectiveness and their oversight of strategy and quality.
Gloria Burnett
Director, Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce
Alaska's AHEC Program
Gloria Burnett is the Director of the Alaska Center for Rural Health and Health Workforce - Alaska's AHEC Program. The Center is located at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is composed of a Program Office and 6 regional AHEC Centers located across the State. Burnett has over 12 years of experience in healthcare workforce development, youth career pathway programming, and health continuing education. Prior to her current position, Burnett served as the Dean of Students at Iḷisaġvik College.
Karen Lapp
Talent Development Manager, Human Resources
Foundation Health Partners
Karen Lapp is the Talent Development Manager for Foundation Health Partners in Fairbanks. During the last ten years with Foundation Health Partners, Lapp has worked with local and rural healthcare students and developed community and educational partnerships, Federal apprenticeships, and paid training programs in various healthcare specialties.
Naomi Digitaki
Director, YK Region Area Health Education Center
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
Born and raised in the South Pacific, Naomi has lived in Hawaii for most of her life. She loves living and working among diverse cultures and communities and has a keen interest in singing and learning new languages. She obtained a
Bachelor of Science degree at BYU-Hawaii and an MBA at Hawaii Pacific University. Her career in education along with her extensive volunteer
experiences have focused largely on serving and helping native populations and communities. Naomi was the executive director of a technical/vocational school that served predominantly Native Hawaiian students for 15+ years before her foray in Alaska in 2020. Since July 2021, she is grateful to work and serve at
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation as YK Region’s Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Director.
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Dr. Kathy Young
Assistant Dean, Alaska WWAMI School of Medical Education
Foundations Assistant Dean, UW School of Medicine
Dr. Kathy Young is a Board Certified Family Practice physician who has worked in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley since 1998 and has taught at the WWAMI School of Medical Education since 2011.
She is currently Assistant Dean for the WWAMI School of Medical Education at the University of
Alaska Anchorage and Assistant Dean for Foundations in Alaska at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She currently practices at Alaska Family Care Associates and maintains hospital privileges at Providence Alaska Medical Center where she serves on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. She previously served as President of the Medical Staff at Alaska Regional Hospital in 2007 and on the Credentials Committee there for many years.
Flora Teo
President
Junior Achievement of Alaska Inc.
Flora Teo is the President of Junior Achievement of Alaska. A lifelong Alaskan, she has dedicated her career to empowering young people to own their economic success. Flora has a BBA in Finance & Economics from UAA, and a graduate of the Penn State University Executive program. In 2022, Flora was recognized as one of Alaska’s Top Forty under 40 and has helped Alaska receive four national awards for highest operational efficiency in the nation.
Larry Jensen
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Larry Jensen, a Shareholder in Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman’s Michigan office, represents health care providers throughout the country in all aspects of civil litigation, medical staff and physician relations matters, and conducts internal investigations. Larry also counsels and advises health care providers on compliance matters, workplace-related issues and personnel practices, EEOC and OSHA investigations, workplace accommodations, workplace training, wage and hour compliance, employee discipline, employee handbook provisions, medical staff relations and general employment policy development and administration.
Matthew Reed
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Matt Reed advises clients on managed care, pharmacy benefit management and related reimbursement issues, including provider and payor contracting, and matters related to price transparency. Additionally, Matt counsels clients on a variety of complex regulatory matters, including matters related to Medicare Advantage participation and compliance, surprise billing and virtual care. Matt also has experience in the area of fraud and abuse counsel, particularly as it relates to the federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute.
Stephen Rose
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
Stephen Rose is a Shareholder and the Managing Partner of the Anchorage and Seattle-area offices of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C. He regularly advises hospital and health system leadership, boards, and medical staffs on medical staff matters, including bylaws, staff governance, quality of care issues, peer review hearings, disruptive and impaired physicians and credentialing issues. He also assists health care providers with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, defending providers responding to government audits, certificate of need and corporate compliance issues. Stephen was lead counsel for the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association's successful Boren Amendment litigation and continues to represent health care providers on reimbursement issues and reimbursement litigation.