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Dennos Museum Center, NMC
1701 E Front Street
Traverse City, Michigan, 49686
United States

Barb Smith

Barb Smith has served Michigan since 1989 through the Barb Smith Suicide Resource & Response Network focusing on suicide prevention and aftercare. Barb's drive and passion for suicide prevention came through her personal experience of losing her 20-year old brother, John, to suicide. Her pain became purposeful as she continues to partner and advocate for change in the way we talk about and respond to suicide. Her founding network provides prevention and aftercare training to people where they live, work, play, and learn. From a grassroots organization to being named as a partner with CMU College of Medicine, a faculty member at the National Suicidology Training Center and newly appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Suicide Prevention Commission. Her grief journey has been life-changing, not only for herself but for the many other people's lives she has impacted along the way.

Bruce Patterson M.D

Bruce Patterson, MD received his undergraduate training in molecular biology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He then received his MD at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine followed by a residency in pathology. During the early stages of the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Patterson began investigating cellular reservoirs of HIV-1 using molecular and in situ cell based technology patented in his laboratory and used today around the world. Dr. Patterson determined that enough HIV virus was present in infected individuals to account for the massive destruction of the immune system. This paradigm altering work was published in Science in 1993 and featured in Scientific American, Rolling Stone, and on the Discovery Channel. Dr. Patterson has authored over 150 manuscripts and book chapters focusing on single cell biology and diagnostics. Dr. Patterson was formerly Associate Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases and Director of Virology at Stanford University. He currently serves as CEO and founder of IncellDx Inc., a growth-stage company that has translated his research discoveries into state-of-the-art single cell diagnostics in Cancer, Immuno-Oncology, and Infectious Diseases

Chris Hindbaugh

Christopher Hindbaugh has worked in the behavioral health field for over 20 years. A native of Michigan, he obtained both his undergraduate and master’s degree in social work from Western Michigan University. He spent the early part of his career working in a variety of hospital-based programs around the Chicago area before returning to Michigan to run a youth crisis and counseling center. He subsequently spent three years as an Officer for a community foundation. In 2009, Hindbaugh moved to Traverse City where he is currently the CEO of Addiction Treatment Services (ATS), bringing with him a wealth of administrative, program development, and business skills to the organization. Since taking over ATS, the organization has more than doubled in size and is now the region’s largest treatment provider, earning Hindbaugh a spot on the 2010 “40 under 40” list (an honor he sadly no longer qualifies for). In 2012, Hindbaugh was honored with an award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for his organization’s efforts to promote recovery principles in the region. Additionally, the Recovery Month event Hindbaugh organized that year was featured in the award-winning documentary “The Anonymous People.” Thus, Hindbaugh now serves as a National Recovery Month planning partner facilitated by SAMHSA in Washington D.C. In January of 2015, Hindbaugh was invited along with other “leading experts in the field” to be the first-ever Office of National Drug Control Policy Forum: Access, Recovery, and the Affordable Care Act held at the White House. In March of 2016, Hindbaugh accepted another national award on behalf of ATS from the National Council of Behavior Health who bestowed their “Change Maker” award on the organization.

Jack Miner

Jack is a leading-edge, results-driven global leader for venture-stage technology start-up companies with a deep understanding and affinity for the Venture Capital industry. He successfully partners with Research & Development, strategic investors, and investment colleagues to create and communicate the vision and launch strategy to optimize the global success of assets. Jack is adept at vetting companies and teams, evaluating investment strategies, and measuring results. He is focused on designing and implementing corporate venture processes using the most current techniques and trends to attract investors, improve company valuations, and bottom-line return to stakeholders.

Laura Glenn

Laura Glenn joined Munson Healthcare as the Vice President of the Physician Network in December, 2017. In July, 2019 her role expanded and she was appointed the President of Ambulatory Services and Value Based Care. In this role, she remains responsible for integration of the employed and aligned physician practices across the system. In addition, she is responsible for advancing population health strategies including the Munson Clinical Integration Network and other value based payment models as well as providing leadership to the home health division, MHC’s clinical service lines and clinical business intelligence. Prior to joining Munson, Laura served as the Senior Vice President & Executive Director of Beaumont Health Physician Partners. In this role, she had responsibility for the integrated Beaumont Medical Group which was comprised of approximately 1,000 employed physicians and 200 advanced practice providers across the 8 Beaumont Health Hospitals and over 180 ambulatory sites across Southeast Michigan. In addition, she was responsible for physician compensation and contracting and led the implementation of the system’s strategies around value based payment models. Laura joined Beaumont Health System as an administrative intern in 2004 and served in numerous leadership roles during her tenure. Laura received her Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan School of Public Health and her Bachelors in Health Fitness in Preventative & Rehabilitative Programs at Central Michigan University. She was the recipient of the Centralis Scholar Scholarship at CMU, a full 4-year academic merit scholarship. Laura was named to Crain’s Detroit Business’s “40 Under 40” Class of 2012 and the Oakland County Executive’s Elite 40 Under 40 in 2015.

Pennie Foster-Fishman

Dr. Pennie Foster-Fishman has over 30 years of experience partnering with communities to build places where all children and families can flourish. Her consulting and research efforts are grounded in the belief that change is most possible when all residents and local leaders become active agents of change who are empowered to create neighborhoods, schools, organizations, service delivery systems, and communities responsive to local needs and designed to promote connection and equitable opportunities. Dr. Foster-Fishman’s frameworks for promoting collaborative capacity, youth and adult engagement, and community systems change have been adopted by communities, state/national agencies, and funders around the world. Dr. Foster-Fishman recently retired from Michigan State University where she was a professor in the Department of Psychology for the past 25 years. She is currently the President of Transform Change, a company that partners with communities to create system solutions engineered for health, economic security, and educational success.

Randy Oostra

Randy Oostra, DM, FACHE (63), is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ProMedica, a not-for-profit mission-based, integrated health and well-being organization headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. The $7 billion organization serves communities in 28 states. It offers acute and ambulatory care, an insurance company with a dental plan, and post-acute and academic business lines. The organization has more than 56,000 employees, 13 hospitals, 2,600 physicians and advanced practice providers with privileges, 900+ healthcare providers employed by ProMedica Physicians, a health plan, and more than 400 assisted living facilities, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, memory care communities, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and hospice and home health care agencies. Randy has 40 years of health care and management expertise, with 22 of those years spent at ProMedica. Randy is regarded as one of the nation’s top leaders in health care and has earned a spot on several prestigious listings, which include Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People for three consecutive years and Becker’s Healthcare’s 100 Great Leaders to Know in Healthcare

Roman Barraza, MD, Phd

Dr. Barraza is the medical director of Munson Palliative Medicine in Traverse City, Michigan. He also serves as medical director for Munson’s Hospice Care program, and occasionally works as a hospitalist. Dr. Barraza received is MD and PhD degrees from Mayo Clinic, completed Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University and completed fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He serves on the Bioethics Resource Committee at Munson Medical Center, the Munson Healthcare Opioid Stewardship Committee, and Cancer Committee at Cowell Family Cancer Center. He is also involved in the clinical education of medical students and physician residents in hospice and palliative medicine. He has served as an invited lecturer at the University of Michigan, the Michigan Society of Hematology and Oncology, Northern Physicians Organization, and the Michigan Association of Osteopathic Physicians, among others. His clinical interests are in palliative care and include education and effective communication with patients and families, managing complex pain symptoms in patients with serious illness, and leading efforts to promote palliative care in community-based hospitals and rural communities.