Organizing Committee
- Dean, Kirkhof College of Nursing
- Jill Smalldon, Director of Communications and External Relations, Kirkhof College of Nursing
- Jeff Byrnes, PhD, Professor of Philosophy, Grand Valley State University
- Mary Barr, RN, MSN, NP-C, Nurse Practitioner, Spectrum Health Medical Group
- Matthew Denenberg, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Chief Medical Director, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
- Paul Farr, MD, (retired), former Chair, Mercy Health Saint Mary's; Past President, Kent County Medical Society and Michigan State Medical Society
- Khan Nedd, MD, CEO, Answer Health; Vice Chair, Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
- Markay Riippa, MA, BSN, RN, CNML, HEC-C, Clinical Services Manager, Mercy Health Saint Mary’s, The Lacks Cancer Center
- Jayne Courts, MD, Internal Medicine, Trinity Health Medical Group
- Simi Beg, MD, Hospice and Palliative Care, Corewell Health
- Brandon Francis, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Trinity Health Saint Mary's
- Matt Armstrong, MD, Critical Care Medicine, Corewell Health; Chair, Ethics Committee, Corewell Health
- Jessica Bratt Carle, PhD, MDiv, BCC, HEC-C, Clinical Ethicist Advisor, Corewell Health