Program
The Movement is Life Summit is a collaborative event bringing together stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to discuss healthy equity challenges and solutions. The Summit program features nationally known speakers who are experts on health disparities and social determinants of health. Summit attendees engage with speakers and each other during interactive workshops focused on social issues as well as creative movement activities.
View the schedule at-a-glance for the 2023 Summit below. Schedule is subject to change.
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Thursday, November 30, 2023*
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Movement is Life
Arline Geronimus, ScD
Professor, Health Behavior and Education, University of Michigan
Author, “Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society”
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Board of Directors, Movement is Life
Pedro “Joe” Greer Jr., MD, FACP, FACG
Founding Dean, Roseman University of Health Sciences
Recipient, President Medal of Freedom (2009) and MacArthur Fellow (1993-1998)
- William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, Director of Health Equity Policy, AMA Center for Health Equity
- Maia Hightower, MD, MPH, MBA, CEO, Equality AI
- Rebecca Stone, Executive Director, Generation 7 Industries
Moderators: Melvyn Harrington, Jr., MD, FAOA
Professor, Residency Program Director, Adult Reconstruction Fellowship Director
Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Retired Nurse Educator, Hospital for Special Surgery
Adjunct Nursing Faculty, Adhelphi University
- Taelor Bakewell, Edelman, Vice President, Influence Marketing
- Jerail Fennell, MSM, Director of Marketing and Communications, 904WARD
- Beth O’Connor, M. Ed., Executive Director, VA Rural Health Association
- Maria Portela Martinez, MD, MPH, Chief of Family Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, The GW Medical Faculty Associates
Moderators: Sharon LaSure-Roy, MS
Vice President of Social Marketing, VyStar Credit Union
Sarah Hohman, MPH
Senior Associate, Capital Associates Inc.
- David Sabgir, MD, Founder, Walk with a Doc
- Isha M. Renta López, Founder and Director, Semilla Cultural
Moderators: Hadiya Green, PT, DPT
Founder and President, Healthy Healing Community, Inc.
Christin Zollicoffer, PMP
Vice President, Belonging and Equity Office, Lifespan
- Al B. Reid, Former VP Corporate Development, Abbott Laboratories
- Velma Monteiro-Tribble, Former Director of Grants and Programs, Florida Blue Foundation
- D. Deone Powell, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, Vanguard Charitable
Moderators: Willis Steele, MDiv.
Representative, Conference of National Black Churches
Director, Patient Advocacy - Worldwide Hematology, Bristol Myers Squibb
Erick Santos, MD, PhD, FAAOS
Physician-Engineer Consultant, Biodynamic Research Corporation
Secretary, American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons
Preceptor, Nth Dimensions
We offer Community-Based and Academic Organizations the opportunity to exhibit posters at the meeting. The goal of the poster exhibit is to provide an opportunity to increase awareness of the various community-based and academic programs addressing health disparities and to provide an opportunity to network.
David Ansell, MD, MPH
Associate Provost for Community Affairs, Rush University
Author, “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills”
Moderator: Cara Harwell, MD
Medical Director, University Hospitals Otis Moss Jr. Health Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
Division of Internal Medicine
Associate Program Director, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Movement is Life
Friday, December 1, 2023*
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Movement is Life
Bree Jones
Founder, Parity Homes
Fellow, Fund for New Leadership
Moderator: Michelle A. Leak, D.Ed., MBA, Administrator, Emerius, Mayo Clinic Florida
Marc Watkins, MD, MScPH, FACOEM
Chief Medical Officer, Kroger Health
Moderator: Mary O'Connor, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Board orf Directors, Movement is Life
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
California Surgeon General
Unearthing the Roots of Health Inequity: Addressing the Legacy of Racism in Education and Healthcare
- Jennifer Holmes, JD, Senior Counsel, Legal Defense Fund
- Michellene Davis, Esq., President and CEO, National Medical Fellowships
Moderator: Tamara Huff, MD, MBA, Owner and Orthopedic Surgeon, Vigeo Orthopaedics, LLC
Ariel Belgrave, Founder, Gym Hooky, Health and Fitness Coach, Consultant, and International Speaker
Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, FASA
20th United States Surgeon General (2017-2021)
Presidential Fellow, Executive Director of Purdue's Health Equity Initiatives, and Distinguished Professor of Practice, Purdue University
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Board of Directors, Movement is Life
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Vori Health
Chair, Board of Directors, Movement is Life
*please note this schedule is not final and is subject to change*
