SUE DAUGHERTY, RDN, LDN CEO, MANNA KEYNOTE
Sue joined MANNA in 1999 as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). At MANNA, Sue has held several positions prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2012. Sue garnered national recognition in June 2013 when she co-authored a key study, “Examining Health Care Costs Among MANNA Clients and a Comparison Group” published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. This research study examined the health care cost savings associated with MANNA’s model and has ongoing impact on nutrition policy nationwide. Sue has presented MANNA’s work at conferences and meetings across the country. She has also testified in front of the United States Congress. Sue is an Advisory Board member of the national Food Is Medicine Coalition and served as co-vice-chair from 2019-2022. In 2019 Sue was invited to join the Food Lab Accelerator at Google as a product owner for Food Is Medicine. Other accolades include, the 2015 Jefferson College of Population Health Education Hero Award, Comcast’s Newsmakers selection, the Cancer Treatment Center’s America Caregiver Women of the Week Award, and Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders Award. In May 2022 Sue was the Keynote Speaker for the graduating ceremony for Jefferson College of Health Professionals and she received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Thomas Jefferson University.
Adam is a Partner at Dreamit Ventures, a Philadelphia based venture fund, where he leads the healthtech practice. Dreamit focuses on late Seed and Series A digital health and medtech companies. Adam’s career has focused on building early stage venture-backed companies. He co-founded five health technology companies and served as CEO of three. He has raised significant venture capital and led several M&A transactions. Adam has also published numerous articles and videos (MedCity News Influencer and Dreamit Dose series) covering fundraising, investor pitch decks, and governance.
Adam serves on the boards of Safkan Health and RightAir. He is an active angel investor and has served as a board director for 12 startups. He is a recipient of the PACT MedTech leadership award. Adam is a named inventor on eight U.S. patents. He teaches a graduate level course on healthcare entrepreneurship within the Penn School of Medicine. He holds a BSE from the Wharton School and an MBA from UCLA.
Poor The Health Tech Futurist Moderator
Alfred Poor, the Health Tech Futurist, is a dynamic speaker and virtual event expert with an international reputation in technology fields. He was the Editor of “Health Tech Insider,” a website that covered wearable and mobile devices for health and medical applications. He also helps tech company executives make a better impression in video meetings and online presentations. A graduate of Harvard College, he is the author or co-author of 15 books and is widely quoted in major media outlets. He brings energy and humor to his presentations and tailors his programs to match the technical levels and interests of his audience.
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Brendan Kirby Physical Therapist, Market Development Manager InHome Therapy
I graduated from Thomas Jefferson University in 2015 with my doctoral degree in Physical Therapy. I have worked in many settings from outpatient to acute care to home health. I have worked in the home health setting for the last five years. A little over a year ago I was granted the opportunity to become the market development manager and gained a vast knowledge of the business side of home health care and managing the effects of Covid-19. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my wife, two kids, two dogs and four cats.
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Currently, he is responsible for directing projects for all healthcare client types, including hospitals, health plans, and life sciences and technology companies. His specialties include financial analysis and reimbursement modeling, strategic planning and marketing, new technology value analysis and market access assessments, and valuebased care (VBC) models and partnerships.
David was previously employed by a national HMO and was responsible for network development for all of the HMO’s managed care products in the greater New York City area. He also served as the HMO’s regulatory liaison for New York and Connecticut, was a senior underwriting consultant for five of the HMO’s largest managed care accounts and was the coordinator of the HMO’s managed care feasibility study unit. His previous experience includes five years of institutional operations management at New York University Medical Center, New York HospitalCornell Medical Center-Westchester Division, and the Westchester County Medical Center. His responsibilities there included fiscal analysis and operations management.
David is CEO of Proscia, a software company advancing the way we understand diseases like cancer with digital pathology and AI solutions. An entrepreneur and technologist with a computational biology background, David founded Proscia in 2014 inspired by research at Johns Hopkins. Proscia has since earned recognition as a market category leader, securing major diagnostic laboratories and 14 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies as users, and has raised $75M in funding. David was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 and has a Biomedical Engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University.
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Glory Durham, MPH Director of Operations
Penn Health-Tech
Glory Durham, MPH, is the Director of Operations for Penn Health-Tech, the University of Pennsylvania's health-tech innovation hub facilitating the development of novel medical devices and early-stage healthcare technologies. With Penn HealthTech since 2018, Glory now oversees day-today operations, spearheads key programs and strategic initiatives, and drives communications. She is also a second-year MBA candidate within the Wharton MBA Program for Executives, further honing her business strategy acumen.
Glory's journey began with a neuroscience and psychology undergraduate degree, complemented by a minor in chemistry, from the University of Pittsburgh. She then earned a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health. Prior to her role at Penn, Glory’s career began in the public health sector in emergency preparedness and infectious disease epidemiology at health departments in Allegheny and West Chester counties. Glory’s passion for healthcare and entrepreneurship continues to drive her work in the innovation space, supporting early-stage technologies and ventures as they shape the future of healthcare.
Parmeswaran Founder & CEO
Vital Start Health
Kirthika is the Founder & CEO of Vital Start Health, a University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Center for Innovation early-stage startup developing the first clinically guided, personalized, equitable maternity mental health platform using Virtual Reality and AI. She has extensive experience across business and technology in healthcare, telecommunications, and cybersecurity. She has won numerous awards and honors, is a DARPA award recipient and a strategic thought leader with an R&D background. Kirthika has a Master’s in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis and an Executive Master’s in Technology Management from University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Wharton School of Business. She loves to read, sing, play with her dog and volunteer for wellness initiatives in the community.
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Roze McDevitt is a Senior Venture Capital Analyst with the Healthcare Investment Group at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA. In her role, she focuses on identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities, leading investments in pre-seed and seed-stage companies, and managing the portfolio of medical device companies. Roze is passionate about working with and supporting early-stage healthcare companies in bringing innovative products to market.
Prior to her role at Ben Franklin, Roze worked in the medical device industry as a product development engineer at DePuy Synthes, J&J. Her previous experience includes consulting engagements in life science companies, working with university-emerging technologies, and engaging in academic research. Roze holds a bachelor's and master's degree in biomedical engineering from Drexel University.
Subha Airan-Javia, MD, FAMIA, is a distinguished hospitalist and informatician at Penn Medicine. As the Founder & CEO of CareAlign, she has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between healthcare professionals and technology by developing innovative systems that enhance clinical workflow, promote collaboration, and reduce errors. With over 15 years of experience in the field, Dr. Airan-Javia has become an expert in designing and implementing cutting-edge solutions that improve patient outcomes and advance the field of health informatics. Her passion for integrating technology with healthcare has made her a highly respected figure in the industry, and her contributions have made a significant impact on the way healthcare is delivered today.
Dr. Subha Airan-Javia Founder & CEO CareAlign
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Todd McQueston is a long-time healthcare services and software vendor business leader across the continuum of care from both a provider and payer perspective. He has a passion for finding ways to help improve the healthcare system for the betterment of healthy living and cost-effective practices. His background includes work in healthcare billing, managed care, electronic records, clinical evidence-based practice, clinical decision support, transition care, and more. He has also worked or consulted outside healthcare within professional services, big data analytics, IT services, and consumer services. Todd is an intuitive customer-first thinker that provides practical experience in every phase of the product life cycle, delivers proved results in leading teams, utilizes innovative strategies and techniques to accomplish goals, and fosters solutions that increase profitability, brand recognition, and healthy outcomes. He currently owns Intelligent Profit, a consulting company in the Philadelphia area. His company’s latest consulting work includes driving go-to-market for an athome delivery platform that is transforming the way we oversee the aging-in-place and developing positioning and branding for a media and operations services company that delivers leading edge solutions to the nonprofit animal care delivery organizations.
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