Name: Phoenix Healthcare and Life Sciences Summit
Start: 2024-04-04T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-04-04T11:00:00-07:00
Location: JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

Speakers and Panels

Economic Catalysts: How Collaborative Efforts Drive Industry Excellence

Discuss how Arizona's commitment to research, technology and innovation has positioned it as a hub for healthcare and life sciences

Ann-Marie Alameddin

As President and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA), Ann-Marie Alameddin keeps her expertise with the needs of both Arizona hospitals and patients alike at the forefront of her work. With an extensive background in community service and organizing, she is well-versed in bringing people and organizations together not only to exchange ideas but to take affirmative action and achieve desired results in driving health policy. AzHHA is the statewide association giving Arizona hospitals a voice to collectively build better healthcare and health for Arizonans. AzHHA and its member hospitals explore ideas and take collaborative action at the state capitol, in hospitals and at home to attain the best healthcare outcomes for Arizonans. Ann-Marie provided counsel on major healthcare issues affecting Arizonans while serving as AzHHA’s Vice President of Strategy and General Counsel for four years before being named its President and CEO. During that time, she took part in a coalition of healthcare providers and community organizations instrumental in the passage of Medicaid Restoration and Expansion, which she later helped defend in Arizona Courts. Prior to working at AzHHA, Ann-Marie served as in-house counsel and government relations officer at John C. Lincoln Health Network, where she led the $1.4 billion affiliation with Scottsdale Healthcare, now HonorHealth. For more than a decade, Ann-Marie’s volunteer work has focused on creating and sustaining a monthly free legal clinic at St. Vincent De Paul that serves the working poor. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers, American Health Lawyers Association, Academy for Leaders, and Arizona Women in Healthcare Leadership. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Creighton University, Ann-Marie went on to earn a master’s degree in theology from the University of San Francisco with a focus on bioethics, and a Juris Doctorate and health law certificate from Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. A third-generation Arizonan, Ann-Marie, her husband DJ, and their four children Sophia, Camille, Chris and John, reside in central Phoenix and are very involved in their community. In her downtime, she enjoys getting together with family and friends, playing pickleball, hiking and volunteering at St. Vincent de Paul and mentoring up-and-coming healthcare leaders. About the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association AzHHA is the association giving Arizona hospitals a voice to collectively build better healthcare and health for Arizonans. As the champion for healthcare leadership in Arizona, AzHHA and its member hospitals explore ideas and take collaborative action at the state capitol, in hospitals and at home to attain the best healthcare outcomes for Arizonans. Through Better Care, Better Health, and Lower Costs, we will make Arizona the Healthiest State in the Nation. Visit https://www.azhha.org for more information.

Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA)

President and CEO

Ann-Marie Alameddin

President and CEO, Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA)

Aric Bopp

Aric Bopp is the Executive Director for Discovery Oasis at Mayo Clinic, Arizona. Discovery Oasis (www.discoveryoasis.com) is an expansive 120-acre development in Phoenix, adjacent to world-renowned Mayo Clinic, envisioned as a biotechnology corridor of collaboration to advance groundbreaking solutions to humanity’s most complex medical challenges. Discovery Oasis creates an ecosystem of biomedical innovation among a community of established and early stage biotechnology companies, researchers, educators, entrepreneurs, and medical practitioners who are leading the transformation of healthcare. With an ideal climate, location and economic development infrastructure, Discovery Oasis is an exceptional co-location opportunity for companies with biomedicine, health sciences, medical technologies, big data, and computational focus. Aric Bopp previously led the economic development and innovation zone efforts of ASU Knowledge Enterprise, with a specific focus on development of the NOVUS Innovation Corridor and the seven (7) ASU Innovation Zones. In his role, he helped make Arizona more economically competitive and promote the assets available at ASU to the private sector. He worked closely with the Arizona Commerce Authority, Greater Phoenix Economic Council, brokerage and real estate community, and local economic developers. Internal to ASU, he also worked with ASU Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, Career Development and Professional Services, Office of Government and Community Engagement, and the University Real Estate Office. Before coming to ASU, Bopp served as the deputy director of strategic initiatives for the city of Mesa, where he focused on development of the Mesa Gateway area. He also served as the program manager for the city of Phoenix, where he directed and implemented projects that support the city’s commercial, office and industrial development. Prior to moving to Arizona in 2015, Bopp was the executive director for Virginia’s New River Valley Economic Development Alliance. Bopp has served on a variety of economic development boards and organizations throughout the years, including the Arizona Technology Council, Queen Creek Economic Development Commission, and the Chandler Economic Development Advisory Board. He also volunteers with the community in several capacities, including coaching Little League Softball. He was named as one of the Top 20 Leaders Under 40 in 2007 by the Blue Ridge Business Journal and the 2011 Business Executive of the Year by the Pulaski County (VA) Chamber of Commerce. Bopp earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Johns Hopkins University, attended graduate school in economics at the University of Virginia and received his certified economic developer certification (CEcD) in 2014 through the International Economic Development Council.

Mayo Clinic

Executive Director, Discovery Oasis

Aric Bopp

Executive Director, Discovery Oasis, Mayo Clinic

Allison Bakovic

VP, Bioscience Business Development, Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)

Charlie Thompson

Project Executive, DPR Construction

Moderator

Benjamin Ayers

Studio Director, Gensler

Enhancing The Patient Experience Through Thoughtful Development & Design

Analyzing the Trends Shaping Phoenix's Healthcare Sector

Meghan Shapiro

Meghan Shapiro is the Chief Operating Officer of Hospital Operations for Laboratory Sciences of Arizona, LLC (LSA), joining the SQL/LSA Senior Leadership Team in 2015. She is responsible for providing oversight, leadership, and strategic direction for more than 30 laboratories that support Banner Health Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers, and Cancer Centers across the state of Arizona and five western states (California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Wyoming). Key areas of responsibility include operational and strategic oversight of hospital laboratories, integration of new hospital laboratories into the system, test standardization, and centralization of testing. She was formerly the Senior Administrator, Department of Pathology for Banner University Medical Center Tucson & South, Banner University Medical Group–Tucson, and the University of Arizona College of Medicine. Shapiro received her Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Georgia in 2000 and her Master of Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. She is also a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt. She has worked in various progressive management roles at Wake Forest Baptist Health prior to moving to Tucson, Arizona, including as the Assistant Administrator for Stokes-Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Administrative Director of Laboratories, and finally the Director of Academic and Clinical Operations for the Department of Pathology. Shapiro has been active in numerous professional organizations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives, where she served as a member of the Regent’s Advisory Committee and past Chair of the Early Careerist Committee, the Association of Pathology Chairs/PDAs, and served on the Novation Lab Council and the University Health System Consortium Laboratory Steering Committee (last held position of Vice Chair), as well as on the Cardinal Health Laboratory Advisory Committee. Shapiro currently serves as the Chair of the American Heart Association Greater Phoenix Board of Directors, and a Board Member of the Jewish Family & Children’s Services.

Laboratory Sciences of Arizona

COO of Hospital Laboratory Operations

Meghan Shapiro

COO of Hospital Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Sciences of Arizona

Ryan Rodgers

System Director - Ambulatory Program Delivery, CommonSpirit Health

Sheila Schmidt

Managing Director of Strategy and Development, Meridian

Tara Brown

Health Principal, Phoenix, HDR

Nick Veldman

President & Owner, Venn Construction

Sheila Bale

Sheila Bale joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2016 and specializes in the marketing, sale and leasing of medical space in the Greater Phoenix area. A seasoned real estate and healthcare professional at the top of her field, Ms. Bale has facilitated over 780 healthcare and office real estate transactions and projects in the past 23 years. Ms. Bale is recognized throughout the Valley as one of the first commercial real estate brokers to contact for optimum site selection and positioning of assets. Prior to her focus in commercial real estate ( 2001) Ms. Bale served as the vice president of product development for iTool.com, a local dot–com later acquired by Seattle-based Onvia in 2000-2001. From 1988, prior to graduating from college, until 1999, Ms. Bale was employed by Honeywell/Bull, later Bull HN, where she worked in software development and contributed to some of the company’s most significant technology advancements as an individual contributor, project manager and finally director of engineering in the computer storage division in Arizona. Ms. Bale graduated cum laude in 1988 from Grand Canyon University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science. As the leader of her commercial real estate team they have been involved with some of the most complex and competitive transactions in the recent markets, including the disposition of the First National Bank Portfolio for Sorenson Group Management, placement of IRIS USA’s new US Headquarters in Surprise and multiple site selections for Skilled Nursing Facilities for OrthoArizona. Currently her team provides agency representation for Healthpeak and Healthcare Realty Trust portfolios in Arizona, leasing for ground up projects for Irgens of Phoenix Healthcare developments and many individual owners and physicians looking for the best location. Ms. Bale also serves as an advisor to cities in Arizona as they grow and strategize healthcare options.

Cushman & Wakefield

Managing Director

Moderator

Sheila Bale

Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield

The Rise of Biotech and Biomanufacturing

Understanding Demand and Growth in the Phoenix Life Sciences Market

Matt Likens

After graduating cum laude from Kent State University with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree and a major in Marketing, Mr. Likens began his professional career with Johnson & Johnson Corporation. He then spent more than twenty years in domestic and international sales, marketing and general management roles at Baxter Healthcare Corporation, culminating in the position of President, Baxter Biotech North America, followed by President of Baxter’s Renal Division in the U.S. In July of 2006, Mr. Likens became President and CEO and the second employee of Ulthera, Inc., a venture capital-backed start-up company in energy-based aesthetics in Phoenix, AZ. Beginning with European regulatory clearance in late 2008, followed by FDA clearance in September of 2009, Ulthera realized net revenue growth from $0.5M in ’08 to over $117M in 2014 achieving ongoing profitability from 2012. After filing for an IPO in early 2014, Ulthera was acquired by Merz Pharma GmbH for $600M in July of that year. The Arizona Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) recognized this as Transaction of the Year for 2014. Phoenix Business Journal honored Mr. Likens in 2012, naming him one of Arizona’s Most Admired CEOs. In June of 2015, Ernst & Young presented Mr. Likens with the Entrepreneur of the Year for the Mountain Desert Region Award, which recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Mr. Likens was appointed president and CEO of GT Medical Technologies in October, 2017, a company that developed and markets GammaTile(R) Therapy, seeking to improve the lives of patients with brain tumors. He led the company from a venture capital-funded start-up with full commercial release in March of 2020 through its series C funding round in 2023. With over 1400 patients treated in more than 100 hospitals nationally, Mr. Likens now serves as a Senior Advisor to the company.

GT Medical Technologies

President and CEO

Matt Likens

President and CEO, GT Medical Technologies

Brad Halvorsen

EVP, Flinn Foundation

Kyle Jardine

VP, Wexford

Lynne Cooper

Principal, El Sea LLC, Partnered with Gilbane

Joan Koerber-Walker

As President and CEO of AZBio, Joan Koerber-Walker works on behalf of the Arizona Bioscience and Medical Technology Industry to support the growth of the industry, its members, and our community on the local and national level. Ms. Koerber-Walker is also a life science investor and has served on the boards of numerous for-profit and non-profit organizations. The Arizona Bioindustry Association, Inc. (AZBio) serves as the unified voice of the bioscience industry in Arizona. AZBio strives to make Arizona a place where bioscience organizations can grow and succeed. It accomplishes this by creating a forum for the bioscience community to come together, educating policy makers and the public, influencing public policy, and advancing the economic interests of individual organizations as well as the sector as a whole. In the life science industry, Ms. Koerber-Walker is a past-Chair of the State Medical Technology Alliance (SMTA), a consortium of state and regional trade associations representing their local medical technology companies. SMTA’s mission is to collectively support the medical technology industry on the local, state and national levels by fostering a collaborative environment through sharing of best practices, promoting the industry, and advocating for public policies that support innovation. She also represents Arizona as a member of the Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA) and the Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI). Active in the entrepreneurial and investment communities, she also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Opportunity Through Entrepreneurship Foundation which provides entrepreneurial education, mentoring and support to at-risk members of the community and AZAdvances, OTEF’s initiative to support the community effort to make Arizona home to a Top-Ten health innovation sector, on the Board of Advisors to CellTrust, Inc. which provides secure communication technology to the healthcare industry, and as Chairman of CorePurpose, Inc. which she founded in 2002. Her past experience includes two years as the CEO of ASBA (the Arizona Small Business Association), service as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Small Business Association in Washington D.C.; President of the National Speakers Association/Arizona; Chair of the Board of Advisors to Parenting Arizona, the state’s largest child abuse prevention organization; as a member of the Executive Committee of the Industry Advisory Board for the Thomas and Joan Read Center at Texas A&M University; on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Technology Council; as Treasurer and Board Member for Ribomed Biotechnologies, Inc.; and as an executive at Avnet, Inc, where, for over a 20 year, span she held a wide variety of roles in sales, marketing, technology, supply chain management, and global administration.

Arizona Bioindustry Association

President and CEO

Moderator

Joan Koerber-Walker

President and CEO, Arizona Bioindustry Association

Opening Remarks

Scott Martin

CEO & President, InteliGlas

WHY THIS MATTERS

Why You Won't Want To Miss This CRE Deal-Making Event:

How are major healthcare systems in Phoenix increasing their market share through new developments and expansions?
How has the Valley's population growth influenced the strategic placement of new hospitals, and what are the factors driving healthcare systems to target fast-growing neighborhoods?
How does the healthcare industry in Phoenix collaborate with local research institutions or universities to advance medical research and innovation?
What efforts are being made to attract and retain top healthcare talent in Phoenix, and how does this contribute to the overall quality of healthcare services?
How are public-private partnerships shaping the future of healthcare delivery and accessibility in Phoenix?
How are healthcare organizations in Phoenix leveraging new technologies to enhance patient care, streamline operations and improve overall healthcare delivery?
What are the growth projections and future opportunities for Phoenix's life science industry, and how is the city positioning itself as a hub for life science excellence?
What role does the bioscience industry play in fostering job growth, attracting top talent and contributing to economic development in the Greater Phoenix area?
What initiatives are supporting the development of life sciences growth in Arizona, and how are they funded and administered?
How does the bioscience industry in Phoenix intersect with other sectors, such as healthcare, technology or manufacturing?
What investments are strengthening the technological infrastructure of the bioscience industry, particularly in the production of advanced components for medical devices and biotech equipment?

How You’ll Do More Business From Attending This Conference: Phoenix's healthcare and life science market is experiencing a dynamic phase marked by growth, innovation and strategic collaborations. The healthcare industry in Phoenix has seen significant developments with major healthcare systems contributing to the region's robust landscape. The city's life science industry is thriving, with an increasing number of bioscience jobs and a growing focus on research and technology. Initiatives like AZAdvances and collaborations between educational institutions, governmental funding initiatives and over 140 healthcare startups in the region demonstrate Phoenix's commitment to becoming a prominent hub for healthcare and life sciences. The convergence of healthcare and technological advancements, coupled with favorable economic conditions, positions Phoenix as a key player in shaping the future of healthcare and life sciences in the southwestern United States.

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Venue

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
5350 East Marriott Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85054

Ballroom: Grand Saguaro East-West

Parking Information:

Valet Parking - Up to 4 hours: $15.00; 4-6 hours: $30.00; 6+hours: $40.00, Gated Self-Parking – Up to 6 hours: $10.00; 6+ hours: $25.00

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Breakfast and Networking
9:00 AM 9:10 AM	Opening Remarks
9:10 AM 9:55 AM	Enhancing The Patient Experience Through Thoughtful Development & Design Analyzing the Trends Shaping Phoenix's Healthcare Sector
9:55 AM 10:10 AM	Networking Break
10:10 AM 10:55 AM	The Rise of Biotech and Biomanufacturing Understanding Demand and Growth in the Phoenix Life Sciences Market
10:55 AM 11:40 AM	Economic Catalysts: How Collaborative Efforts Drive Industry Excellence Discuss how Arizona's commitment to research, technology and innovation has positioned it as a hub for healthcare and life sciences.
11:40 AM 12:00 PM	Closing Networking

Phoenix Healthcare and Life Sciences Projects & News

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Phoenix Healthcare and Life Sciences Summit

Exploring Innovation and Development in an Expanding Market

Speakers and Panels

Economic Catalysts: How Collaborative Efforts Drive Industry Excellence

Discuss how Arizona's commitment to research, technology and innovation has positioned it as a hub for healthcare and life sciences

Ann-Marie Alameddin

Aric Bopp

Allison Bakovic

Charlie Thompson

Benjamin Ayers

Enhancing The Patient Experience Through Thoughtful Development & Design

Analyzing the Trends Shaping Phoenix's Healthcare Sector

Meghan Shapiro

Ryan Rodgers

Sheila Schmidt

Tara Brown

Nick Veldman

Sheila Bale

The Rise of Biotech and Biomanufacturing

Understanding Demand and Growth in the Phoenix Life Sciences Market

Matt Likens

Brad Halvorsen

Kyle Jardine

Lynne Cooper

Joan Koerber-Walker

Opening Remarks

Scott Martin

WHY THIS MATTERS

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Phoenix Healthcare and Life Sciences Projects & News

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