Sr Director, Global Benefits HR Programs, Rewards and Operations
Yahoo
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Bernard (Bernie) C. Knobbe

Irina Neklyudova
HR manager
Tupperware CIS

Muna Almuallem
Manager of
International Benefits
Mary Kay Inc.

Phil Borden, CEBS
US Compliance & International Benefits
Kohler Co.

Michael Wesclitz
Director, Global Benefits
Philip Morris
International

Jim Krampen
Jim Krampen
Co-Founder, Principal and Executive Officer
Seven Corners

Jack Heisler
International Compensation & Benefits
Zebra Technologies Corporation

Jonathan Biles
Chief Executive Officer
Iraq Gate Insurance Brokers

Jim Grace
Jim Grace
President & CEO
InsureMyTrip.com

Peter L. Godfrey FIA, EA
International Benefits Actuary and Principal
Aon Hewitt

David J. Bryan, CEBS
President
Xensell Global Benefits Consulting

Chiranth Nataraj
President & CEO
International Services, Inc.

Andrew Thorburn
President/ CEO
Global Benefits Group, Inc.

Ori Karev
Former CEO
UnitedHealth International

Bernard Merkel
Minister Counselor
Head of the Food Safety, Health and Consumer Affairs section of the Delegation of
European Union (EU) in Washington

John Casey
Director of International Benefits
Google Inc.

Cheryl Matheis
Senior VP of Policy
Strategy & International
Affairs Group
AARP

Missy Jarrott
Director of Human Resources
Chatham Steel Corporation

Sandra G. Morris
Senior Manager of U.S. Benefits Design
The Proctor & Gamble Company

Dr. Cecil Wilson
President
American Medical
Association (AMA)

Shady Nawar
TPA Development and Contracting Manager
Bupa International

Mark Fendrick
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical Center

Dr. Saif AlJaibeji, MD, MBA, MHA, PhD
Medical Director- Care Management Programs
Green Crescent Insurance Company- PJSC
President of Emirates Health Insurance Association Group
Chairmen of the Advisory Committee for Iraq Health

Chris Russo
President and
Chairman of the Board
American Society of
Travel Agents (ASTA)

Dr. Remon Farouk Abdel-Sayed
Vice President
Egypt In-Touch Assistance

Rolando Rodriguez
Affiliate Director
KCI Partners Incorporated

Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong
Minister for
Medical Services
Ministry of Medical
Services, Kenya

Mouhanad Hammami, MD
President
National Arab American
Medical Association

Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD, FACS
President
Russian American
Medical Association

Jacqueline Madrigal
Human Resource/
Benefits Manager
American Apparel

Jack Norton
Human Resources Manager
Blue Lake Casino & Hotel

Vladimir Budiansky
Medical Director
Moscow Doctor

David Jaimovich
Quality Resources Intl.

Dr. Hisham Diwani
General Manager
Health Insurance,
Ministry of Health –Syria

J. Edson Pontes M.D
Senior VP
International Medicine
Detroit Medical Center

Samer Ellahham, MD,FACP,FACC,FAHA,FCCP President
President
International Association
of Healthcare Quality

Karen H. Timmons
Former President and
Chief Executive Officer
Joint Commission
International and Joint
Commission Resources

Colin Rohlfing
Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Sustainable Design Leader
Hellmuth, Obata &
Kassabaum Inc.

Bill Ruschhaupt
Chair,
Global Patient Services
Cleveland Clinic

Yvonne Grassie
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Bill Rancic
Entrepreneur
Winner of
The Apprentice

Rosanna Gomez Moreno
CEO
RGM Global

David Collins
Healthcare Division
Colliers International

Tracy J. Mabry
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Dr. B.K. Rana
Deputy Director
National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH)
Quality Council of India

Dr. Robert Rey
Dr. 90210

Maria Shepherd
Founder
Data Decision Group

Avi Smith
Benefits Manager
B & H Photo

Sherry Kaufield
Executive Director,
International Services
Joint Commission
International

Philip Pfrang
Lead Partner of the Health Care & Life Sciences Merger & Acquisitions Transaction Services Group
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Simon Hudson
Endowed Chair in Tourism and Economic Development
University of South Carolina, Columbia

Renee-Marie Stephano, Esq.
President
Medical Tourism
Association

Stacy Dreyfus
Founder
Orchid Resorts
& Escapes

Dr. Tadanori Tomita
Professor and Chairman, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery
Children’s Memorial Hospital

Dr. Prerna Mona Khanna
Medical Contributor
FOX Chicago News

Dr. Mahesh C. Goel MD, FRCS, MCh, MBA,
Indiana University/Mcgol Associates

Christopher Khoury
Advanced Consultant, Healthcare Practice
Gallup

Dr.Ghada M. El Ganzouri
Head of business Development office and a Board Member
Ganzouri Specialized Hospital

Ira Coleman
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Gail Vittori
Co-Director
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Patrick Doyle
Senior Climate and Energy Officer
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

David P Kalin MD MPH
Executive Director
International Board of Medicine and Surgery (IBMS)

Shannon Kraus, AIA, MBA, ACHA
Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.

Jeff Jensen, AIA
Principal and Senior Vice President
HKS, Inc.

Dr. Shetty
Heart Surgeon
and founder of a new healthcare facility in the Cayman Islands

Claudio Querol
Leader of Smart + Connected Communities – Latin America
Cisco

Manuel Gómez-Ortigoza
CTO
Grup Pegaso

Dr. Tamas Varhelyi
Professor and General Manager
Compudoc Plc.

Linda Brodsky, MD
Founder
Expediting the Inevitable
and an internationally-renowned pediatric otolaryngologist

James Woomer, MSN, CRNA
President and CEO
Advanced Practice Nurse International

John O’Donnell, DrPH, MSN, CRNA
Associate Director for Nursing Simulation
The Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research
Director of the University of Pittsburgh Nurse Anesthesia Program

Scott A. Edelstein
Partner, Washington DC
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Mitch Joel
President
Twist Image

James G. Easter, Jr., MArch, FAAMA, SVP
Senior Vice President, Principal and Director of Healthcare Planning
HFR Design

Sébastien Audette
Chief Executive Officer
Accreditation Canada International

Víctor Raúl Castillo Mantilla
Executive Director
Fundacion Cardiovascular De Colombia

Juliane Hasselmann
Marketing Manager, International Office
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany

Liora Alschuler
Chief Executive Officer
Lantana Consulting Group

Ilan Elbaz
Sustainable Development Manager
Jewish General Hospital

Richard J. Sobelsohn
Associate in the Real Estate Practice
Moses & Singer

Veronica Montgomery
Marketing Manager
Barbados Fertility Centre

Richard Henker, PhD, CRNA, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and
International Education Coordinator

Kenneth H. Cohn, MD, MBA, FACS
Author of
Getting It Done

Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt
CIO
District Hospital Mainkofen

Maureen Kennedy-Harlan
Director, Global Benefits
Joy Global

Tamara J Bledsoe, ARNP-BC, MS NNP
Director, Wasie Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Selin Yıldırım Peker
Executive Vice President, Executive Commitee Member
Dünya Göz Hospital - World Eye Group

Syed Ehtesham Husain
Chief Architect
Latifia Group

Sharon S. Kleefield, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor
Harvard Medical School

Alaana Woods
International Director
BMI Healthcare

Elizabeth Boultbee
Partner
London Medicine UK

Zahid Hamid
Euromedical Tours

Bradley Taylor, MBA, CHFM
Director
SSM Health Care St. Louis

William D. Rowland
Global Business Development Div
Medical Technologies Initiative
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.

Dr. I Ruşen Yıldırım
Chairman
DEIK/Health Tourism Business Council

Jimmy St. Louis
CEO
Advanced Healthcare Partners

Ross Church, P.E., LEED AP, MBA
Senior Project Manager
EEI Healthcare

Pete Sabeff
Principal and Senior Project Manager
EEI Healthcare

Pete Thomas
Contestant and Winner of Losing the Highest Percentage of Weight
The Biggest Loser - Season 2

Patrick Goodness
Founder & CEO
The Goodness Company

Mark Semple
President
Passport Medical

Dr. Abdelkarim Kamel
Assistant to the Chairman
Specialized Medical Centers
Egyptian Ministry of Health

Oxana Lutsenko
Founder
Medvoyage.info

Dr. Brad Beira
Senior Vice President
Marsh Risk Consulting, Africa
2010 Expatriate Healthcare, Travel Insurance & Global Health Insurance Conference Speakers

Ori Karev
Chief Executive Officer
UnitedHealth International

Anthony Amato
VP Compensation & Benefits
Discovery Communications

Richard J. O’Brien
Vice President, Global Benefits Practice
Aon Consulting

Bob Ihrie
Senior Vice President of Employee Rewards and Services
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

Arthur L. Diskin, M.D., F.A.C.E.P
Vice President and Global Chief Medical Officer
Royal Caribbean, Celebrity and Azamara Club Cruises

LeAnne Stefl
Senior Vice President and Director of Global Client Advocacy
Willis’ Multinational Employee Benefits

Dr. Mauricio Lynn
Dr. Mauricio Lynn
Medical Director, Jackson Memorial Hospital International

Linda Cote
AGB Sales Director Pacific Region, Aetna

Martha Turnbull
Martha Turnbull, THIA- Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada

Cheryl Matheis
Senior Vice President for Health Strategy
AARP

Dr. Saif AlJaibeji, MD, MHA, MBA
Medical Director- Care Management Programs
Green Crescent Insurance Company- PJSC

Joanne Armenio
Director, International Benefits
Kraft Foods

Jonathan Hart, MD
Chief Medical Officer
International Medical Group

Karen Beyer
Director of Global Benefits
GE

Richard Polak
President & CEO, IBIS Advisors

Stephen Hartigan
Chief Executive Officer
InterGlobal Insurance Company Ltd. (IGIC)

MaryBeth Kramer
Sr. Manager, Global Benefits and HR Services, Compensation and Benefits
VeriSign

Shady Fawzy Nawar
Middle East Contracting and TPA Development Manager
Bupa International

Dean Stone

Peter Lozier
Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Provider Relations
CMN Inc.

Mr. Prem Jagyasi
MD & CEO
ExHealth,

Dr. Myles Druckman
Vice President, Medical Services, Americas Region
International SOS Assistance, Inc.

Tony Procaccini, GMS, CS
Vice President, Global Benefit Associates of CA

Larry Boress
President and CEO
Midwest Business Group on Health

Laila Al Jassmi
CEO, Health Policy and Strategy sector, Dubai Health Authority (DHA)

Brian S. Inamine, Esq.
Shareholder, LeClairRyan LLP

H. E. Mr. Nasser Al Budoor
Director
International Relations & Health Affairs and Director
of Health Minister’s Office - Ministry of UAE

Walter Vernon, PE, LEED® AP
Principal
M+NLB, Mazzetti+Nash Lipsey Burch

Ali Al Sanousi, MD, DIH, MBI, MBA
Medical Informatics Consultant
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre

Gary McGeddy
Executive Vice President
Fairmont Specialty

Paul Reed
Legal Counsel
Global Excel Management Inc.

Pete Thomas
The Biggest Loser - Season 2

Jack Norton
Health Benefits Director
Blue Lake Rancheria Health Plan
Human Resources Manager
Blue Lake Casino & Hotel

Amy Stansfield
Vice President of Corporate Human Resources, APCO Worldwide

Susan Silfen
Assistant Vice President Specialty Products, Fairmont Specialty

Saverio (Sam) Cimone
Vice President, SkyService Air Ambulance, Montreal

Costas Danilenko
CEO, Global Voyager Assistance (GVA)

Muna Almuallem
Manager of
International Benefits
Mary Kay Inc.
Other 2010 Speakers

Tom O'Hara
President
Surgical Trip LLC

Fred Hagigi
Director, Executive Education Programs
Professor of Health Services
UCLA School of Public Health

Henning Lensch
Chairman of the Hospital Planning Group
Association for German Consulting Engineers and Architects, VBI
Member of Architects for Hospitals and Healthcare Facilties, AKG

Dr. Bob Bonar
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas - Austin, Texas
Executive Vice President, Physician Enterprise
Seton Family of Hospitals

Pamela Frank
International Health Services Program Director
Children’s Hospital Boston

Dr. Antonia Arnaert
Vice-President
Debson Medical Tourism Inc.

Brad Cook
Hospital Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica

Vivian Ho
Chief Development Officer
Medical Tourism Association

Veronica Montgomery
Marketing Manager
Barbados Fertility Centre

Bill Cook
Operations and Marketing Manager
Hospital Clinica Biblica’s International Patient Department

Jonathan Edelheit
CEO
Medical Tourism Association

W. McKeeva Bush
Premier
Cayman Islands

Bhavdeep Singh
CEO
Fortis Healthcare Limited

Jorge Cortes
Medical Director
Clinica Biblica, Costa Rica

Dr. Narottam Puri
President, Medical Strategy & Quality
Fortis Healthcare Limited

Greg Carlson, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama, Department of Health Services

Dr. Shetty
Heart Surgeon
and founder of a new healthcare facility in the Cayman Islands

Hugh Greeley
Associate
Healthcare Consulting

Stuart Rowley
CEO
Prince Court Medical Center, Malaysia

Daniel Friedland, MD
Founder & CEO
SuperSmartHealth

Doug Wojcieszak
Founder, Sorry Works!

Norman Soto
Director of Healthcare for the MENA Region
Burt, Hill

C. Duane Dauner
President
California Hospital Association

Sonia Roschnik
Operational Director
NHS Sustainable Development Unit, UK

Ricardo Forbes
President
International Captive Managers Limited

Steve Owens
Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention United States Environmental Protection Agency

Jacques Mulder
Principal, Pharmaceutical R&D Practice Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Jocelyn Stroupe
Director of Healthcare Interiors
Cannon Design
President
AAHID

Gail Vittori
Immediate Past Chair, United States Green Bulding Council
Co-Director, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems

Kevin M. Fickenscher, M.D., CPE, FACPE, FAAFP
Chief Strategy and Development Officer
Dell Services

Dr. Jeannette Takemura
Dean of School of Social Work
Columbia University

Dennis J. Streveler Ph.D
Lead HMIS Consultant to the World Bank

Dr. Zeki Karagulle
Professor - Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology
Istanbul Medical Faculty of Istanbul University
International Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology

Luiz Fernando Moraes
Secretary of Tourism
Porto Alegre

Dr. Alekcey Murillo Alfaro
Assistant Medical Director
Hospital Clinica Biblica

Wouter Hoeberechts
CEO
WorldMed Assist

Dr. Guillermo González Prieto
Strategic Development Executive for Argentina
Medical Tourism Association

Emin Cakmak
Founding Partner
Hello Tourism and Travel Inc

Scott A. Edelstein
Partner, Washington DC
Squire Sanders

Armando Polanco
Principal Managing Partner
Texas Benefit

Alexander Sander Domaszewicz
Principal and Senior Consultant
Mercer Health & Benefits Services (Mercer)

Tom Hamilton
President
Carolina Benefit Designs

Jerry D Turney
USNOW

Derrell Connor
Account Executive
M3 Insurance Solutions for Business (M3)

Dr. Alejandro Badia
CEO & Founder
International Orthopedic Group ~ Badia Hand to Shoulder Center

Glauco Fonseca
Director
HealthCare Brazil

Rick Van Pelt
Director Global Programs
Partners Havard Medical International

Mário Augusto Lopes Moysés
Vice-Minister
Ministry of Tourism of Brazil

Chris Khoury
Consultant, Head of Research Healthcare Practice
Gallup, Inc.

Jeff A Argotsinger
Director, Business Leader Medical Expense Group
Swiss Re

David Cheek
Vice President of Sales
Pan American Life Insurance Group

Mr. Jose M. Loaiza
Senior Network Manager
Blue Shield of California

Mark Scotland
Minister of Health
Cayman Islands

Dr. Hisham Diwani
GM
Health Insurance, Ministry of Health –Syria

Missy Jarrott
Director of Human Resources
Chatham Steel Corporation

Kathy Clark
Compensation and Benefits Analyst
Blackbaud, Inc.

Jason B. Krouse

Robert S. Shestack
WBC, Managing Director
National Sales Leader | Employer Benefits Business
Marsh U.S. Consumer, a service of Seabury & Smith, Inc.

Emilio M. Williams
Managing Director
Johns Hopkins Medicine International

Cagri Kanver
Senior Associate
HOK Advance Strategies

Dr. László Puczkó
Managing Director & Head of Tourism Section
Xellum Management Consulting
Author of “Health & Wellness Tourism”

Ann J. LaFrance
European Partner, London and Brussels
Squire Sanders

Rob Passmore
Equals 3

Dr. Robert Gerl
Co-Founder
US- European Joint Educational MBA Program

Curtis J. Schroeder
Global Healthcare Executive

Paul Caliendo

Robyn Piper
Co-Founder
Piper Jordan

Lisa G. Han
Partner, Columbus
Squire Sanders

Michael Bertaut
Senior Healthcare Intelligence Analyst
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana

Mia Kyricos
Director of Global Spa Brands & Programming
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Michael C. McMillan
Executive Director, Market and Network Services
Cleveland Clinic

Stuart Barton
President
American Seniors Association

Bhaskar Chakravorti
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School at Harvard University
Associate, Harvard Center for the Environment

Devon M. Herrick
Senior Fellow, Ph.D.
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)

L. Casey Chosewood, MD
Senior Medical Officer for WorkLife Programs
Ntl Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

William D. Smith, M.D.
Chairman
AIMIS Spine Plc.

Dr. Rajen Ghadiok
Vice President – Medical Strategy & Operations
Fortis group of hospitals
Thumbay Moideen
President
Gulf Medical University & GMC Hospitals
Ajman – U.A.E

Ms. Mala. S. Sheth
MBA (Marketing), Ph.D Scholar (Medical Tourism).
Medical Tourism Consultant

Camille Hoheb
Spa, Wellness Tourism and Corporate Health Consultant
Global Spa and Wellness

Sjannie Hulsman
Owner
Reza Consultancy

Deborah A. Sheehan
ACHA, EDAC, LEED AP, Principal
Cannon Design

Dale E. Beatty
RN, MS, Vice President Patient Services & Chief Nursing Officer
Northwest Community Hospital

W. Clift Montague
AIA, LEED® AP, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategic Officer
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.

Derrick Mains
CEO
GreenNurture

Erik Hokanson
AIA, Senior Architect and Lead Healthcare Designer for the MENA Region
Burt Hill

Rob Davenport
Wellness Program Manager
NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Steve Latham
Founder and CEO
Spur Interactive

Sara Beth Farney
Founder/President
CreateACTivity, Inc.

Justine Mitsock
Corporate HR – Director of International Benefits
Citigroup

Susie Ellis
President
SpaFinder, Inc.

Les Rothenberg
Attorney and Ethics Consultant

Jill R. Hodges
Health Policy and Communication Consultant

Maria Shepherd
Founder
Data Decision Group

Sun Sin Kim, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital

Kaye Patterson
Senior Advisor
GD3 Solutions

Mohammed Saeme, MD. PhD.
International Expert on Maritime Health & Wellness

Mark Tomaszewski
Chief Marketing Officer
Global Benefits Group

Prof. Dr. Horst Kunhardt
CIO
District Hospital Mainkofen

Dr. Anupam Sibal
Group Medical Director
Apollo Hospitals

Jean Forbes
Director of Support
Homewatch CareGivers

Mike Hess
Managing Principal - Healthcare Practice Leader
Perkins+Will

Gabriel Alvarez Huiman
Deputy General Manager
Aranwa Hotels Resorts & Spas

Dr. Slaveyko Djambazov
CEO
Bulgarian Cardiac Institute

Kristina Zanic
Executive Director, Founder
dwp - design worldwide partnership

Paul Corbeel
Managing Director
VK STUDIO Architects

Craig Oliver
President and Founder
Spas of America

Vibhu Talwar
Group COO
Moolchand Healthcare Group

Anuja Agrawal
CEO
eMedSol

Jaime Echavarria
Director
Proexport USA (Colombian Trade Bureau)

Nancy Auger Buckman MSN, MBA
Partners International

Rebecca Wise, MHA
Chief Operating Officer
DNV Healthcare Inc.

Harriet Lewis, PhD.
President
Konesens Research

Dr. Vijay Sharma
Master of Surgery
Board Certified Cosmetic Surgeon

Cherie Davis
General Manager
Miyako Hybrid Hotel
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