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.

Biography forthcoming

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. 

Biography forthcoming