2025-2026 Leadership Speaker Series
| Date | Organization Name | POC Name and Title |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2025 | Headquarters Air Force Personnel Center | Lt. Col. Justin L. Wolthuizen, Assignments Officer, Accession Program Manager Maj. Zachary J. Gooch, Assignments Officer, Accession Program Manager |
| July 7, 2025 | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | Dr. Grant Evans |
| July 8, 2025 | BAMC; Defense Health Agency | Sharon Sicoli, Assistant General Counsel Safiya Porter, Assistant General Counsel |
| July 17, 2025 | Advance Leader Development (ALD), MEDCoE | Scott Putzier, Deputy and Supervisor |
| July 22, 2025 | HCA / Methodist Hospital - Landmark | Jennifer Scarcliff, COO Desiree Henson, Quality Manager |
| July 24, 2025 | Borden Institue, MEDCoE | Dr. Gina D. Frank, Director | Borden Institue Maj. Lamanda A. Jackson, OIC, The Medical Journal| Borden Institute Thomas Reust (Managing Editor), The Medical Journal| Borden Institute |
| July 29, 2025 | 5th AMEDD Recruiting Battalion | Lt. Col. Matthew S. Moore, Battalion Commander Maj. Mia Brown, Battalion XO |
| August 13, 2025 | Office of the Surgeon General | Lt. Col. Jeanne Krick, MD, MA, Consultant to the Surgeon General of the Army, Medical Ethics |
| August 22, 2025 | Brooke Army Medical Center | Dr. Evan Renz, Deputy Commander for Quality and Safety, Brooke Army Medical Center |
| September 12, 2025 | Defense Health Agency Facilities Enterprise | Roy Hirchak, Director, DHA Facilities Enterprise |
| October 2, 2025 | USAF Reserves,Office of the Staff Judge Advocate | Lt. Col. Brenda Gohr, J.D., USAF |
| October 24, 2025 | U.S. Army Medical Command, G-8/9 | SES1 Chris Rheney |
| November 14, 2025 | Chief, Medical Service Corps | Retired Maj. Gen. David Rubenstein |
| January 12, 2026 | 59th Medical Wing | Lauren Cornell, PhD, M.S. CEO/Co-founder NovoTheluim, Lead Scientist of Diagnostics and Therapeutics at 59th Medical Wing |
| January 20, 2026 | Methodist Health System | Sarah Huml, RN, Regulatory and Compliance Officer, HCA |
| January 21, 2026 | The Congressional Research Service | Dr. Bryce Mendez, CRS Defense Health Care; Selected Panel Members from CRS (Mental Health & Substance Abuse, ACA SMEs...etc) |
| January 23, 2026 | Office of the Congressional Legislative Liaison, Office of the Surgeon General | Col. Kait Perkins, OCLL, OTSG |
| January 26, 2026 | Defense Health Agency, Healthcare Optimization/Operations Division | Dwayne Mentis, Deputy Branch Chief, DHA Healthcare Operations/ Healthcare Optimization Division (HOD) |
| January 28, 2026 | Tricare Health Plan | Curt Prichard, Deputy Director, TRICARE Health Plan; Elan Green, Chief, Medical Benefits and Reimbursement Branch |
| February 2, 2026 | TriWest | Jeremy Howell and Alisha Smith, TriWest Military and Veteran Services |
| February 20, 2026 | U.S. Army/ Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army | Retired Gen. James McConville |
| February 23, 2026 | Methodist Health System | Retired Col. Wade Adair, VP Operations, Methodist Healthcare Stone Oak |
| March 17, 2026 | Consultant to the Office of the Surgeon General | Col. James McWherter, Commander, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital |
| March 26, 2026 | Third Order Effects, LLC | Retired Col. Doug Hurst, CEO |
| April 17, 2026 | Commander, 59th Medical Wing; Director, Wilford Hall Medical Center | Brig. Gen. Gwendolyn Foster |
