Presenters

Sameer Gupta has served as the Vice President of Medical Affairs at University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) since 2019.  In this role he is primarily responsible for quality and safety across the medical center, patient flow, and medical staff oversight.  Prior to his current role Dr. Gupta was the Chief Medical Officer of Masonic Children’s Hospital and held a number of other operational leadership roles at the children’s hospital.  Sameer also previously served on the Board of Directors for University of Minnesota Physicians.

Dr. Gupta is a Pediatric Intensive Care physician by clinical background and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School.  His previous research was primarily centered on clinical quality improvement in pediatrics.

Sameer received his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency and pediatric critical care fellowship at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.  He received his bachelors degree in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University and completed his MBA from The Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota.

Mark Hansberry is senior vice president, chief strategy and marketing officer at HealthPartners, responsible for strategically positioning and growing the organization. In this role, Mark is accountable for organizational business strategy, product development, business development, brand management, marketing, communications, and digital experience. He has more than 30 years of experience building innovative partnerships, products and business ventures that attract customers and grow revenues.

Mark joined HealthPartners in 2016 as vice president of business development, where he led planning, development and implementation of initiatives that supported the organization’s long-term growth. Prior to that, Mark spent over a decade at Fairview Health Services where he served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. His experience also includes leadership positions at Boston Children’s Hospital and Advocate Health Care in Chicago. Mark earned his B.S. in Finance and Economics from Boston College and his MBA from the University of Minnesota.
 

Olivia Jefferson serves as Vice President of Social Impact at Best Buy where she is responsible for developing, executing and enhancing Best Buy’s Social Impact strategy to align company objectives and the external environment. In this role, Olivia also serves as the Executive Director for the Best Buy Foundation, leading giving and ensuring sound governance and fiscal responsibility for the Foundation’s multimillion dollar annual grants programs and employee engagement.   
 

Prior to Best Buy, Olivia was the Vice President of Philanthropic Programs at UnitedHealth Group, leading their largest philanthropic commitment - $100M to diversify the healthcare workforce by providing 10,000 scholarships to underrepresented future and current health professionals. While at UnitedHealth Group, Olivia also led the strategic oversight and execution of the Empowering Health local partnerships and grant program focused on expanding access to care and addressing social determinants of health for people who are uninsured and underserved along with the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation, and employee volunteerism programs. Olivia is driven by the possibility of creating a more equitable society. 

Dr. Nancy Morden, MD, MPH, is the Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer Clinical Policy, Clinical Program Evaluation, and Clinical Program Innovation at UnitedHealthcare.  She is a family physician and health services researcher. Her Clinical Policy team is responsible for defining clinical guidelines and coverage criteria for all UHC health plans. Her Clinical Program Evaluation and Innovation teams are tasked with designing, deploying and evaluating a broad range of clinical programs, care models, and digital solutions, generating real-world evidence to inform clinical program investments.

Prior to joining UHC, Dr. Morden led a team in Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence and Research division advancing Microsoft’s strategic response to the innovation and modernization needs of diverse healthcare sectors. Dr. Morden was on faculty at The Dartmouth Institute for over 12 years where she led studies of low-value care, unwarranted care variation, health disparities, and care delivery changes associated with CMS payment models. She continues her research as an Adjunct faculty member at Dartmouth.

She is an avid skier and runner. With her daughter, she enjoys and survives at least one Tough Mudder and one Sprint Triathlon each summer. She wastes way too much time playing pickleball.