# Teaching Team ## Learn from leaders shaping the future of care The Convergent Leadership Program brings together visionary faculty and industry experts who are driving innovation across clinical practice, health systems, technology, and business. Explore the confirmed speakers to date—with more to be announced, including leaders from major health systems and global industry. [### Goly Abivardi ](/people/goly-abivardi)Co-CEO and Co-Founder vVARDIS ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/goly_abivardi.png?h=88e31a48&itok=t2tSlS2N) [### Haley Abivardi ](/people/haley-abivardi)Co-CEO and Co-Founder vVARDIS ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/haley_abivardi.png?h=8e544be0&itok=K0q3u8_C) [### Lyle Berkowitz ](/people/lyle-berkowitz)Founder and Chairman KeyCare ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/LB%20Headshot%20_2026_2.png?h=c04dfe73&itok=7mltrWYc) [### Daniel Burke ](/people/daniel-burke)Chief Enterprise Strategy Officer PDS Health ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Daniel-J-Burke.jpeg?itok=dJviu40c) [### Natalia Chalmers ](/people/natalia-chalmers)Chief Dental Officer and Head of Clinical Innovation, Overjet ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Natalia-Chalmers.jpeg?itok=A_maQLd3) [### Daniel Croley ](/people/daniel-croley)Chief Dental Officer Delta Dental of California and Affiliates ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Dr%20Croley_headshot.jpg?itok=2tjWRUH7) [### Mariya Filipova ](/people/mariya-filipova)Course Director CEO, Proclaim Health Managing Director, 4100 Group ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/Headshot_Filipova_10162024_DE%20%281%29.JPG?h=c5865d69&itok=9XF6Vwmr) [### Graham Gardner ](/people/graham-gardner)Managing General Partner Kinetic Distribution Partners ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Graham%20Headshot.jpg?h=fd728285&itok=jONFvaDb) [### Joseph Gough ](/people/joseph-gough)CEO & President Joyn Health & Town Doc, Inc. ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/image%20%284%29.jpg?h=1cec924f&itok=WxHzfEel) [### Catherine Hayes ](/people/catherine-hayes)Course Director Chair, Department of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology, HSDM ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/Catherine_Hayes.jpg?itok=SfN78OaY) [### Robert Huckman ](/people/robert-huckman)Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Robert-S-Huckman.jpeg?itok=2OfH6xnP) [### Brett Kessler ](/people/brett-kessler)Past President and Consultant American Dental Association ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/headshot.png?h=515852e5&itok=dOk9Nj8W) [### David Kochman ](/people/david-kochman)SVP, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Henry Schein, Inc. ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/DK-Headshot-Casual-web.jpg?itok=vTH6eUoB) [### Ramon Lizardo ](/people/ramon-lizardo)CEO Tele911 ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Lizardo_Ramon_521-1053.jpg?h=cb2d80d3&itok=c53jz7zq) [### Rebecca Love ](/people/rebecca-love)Chief Clinical Officer Quadrivia AI ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/R.-Love-1.4F.jpg?itok=r_hlXaWZ) [### Laura Makaroff ](/people/laura-makaroff)Senior Vice President, Cancer Prevention American Cancer Society ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Headshot-%20Laura.png?itok=orXgUg4A) [### Martha Mutis ](/people/martha-mutis)President American Association of Hospital Dentists ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Martha-Mutis.JPG?itok=X47tFoRN) [### Jonathan Norris ](/people/jonathan-norris)Pediatric dentist/president Montshire Dental, PC ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/Jonathan-Norris.jpeg?itok=t8S3ihmM) [### Laurie Owens ](/people/laurie-owens)Director of Medical Billing PPO Profits ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Image%204-7-26%20at%205.35%E2%80%AFAM.png?h=cf60f2f2&itok=kVJzzQ0O) [### Rich Rosato ](/people/rich-rosato)President American Dental Association ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Rosato-Headshot%20%281%29.png?h=5efb01f3&itok=c5NK9gVc) [### Anna Singh ](/people/anna-singh)Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations Heartland Dental ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/Anna-Singh-11-WEB_Head_Square.jpg?itok=Pq8Lxy-S) [### Stephen Sonis ](/people/stephen-sonis)Chief Scientific Officer Biomodels, LLC ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-03/SONIS_Steve_007.JPG?itok=oNZ4I1Sk) [### Stephen Thorne ](/people/stephen-thorne)Founder & CEO PDS Health ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/stephen_thorne_1.png?h=600ca37f&itok=5VvKP4oo) [### Justin Zachariah ](/people/justin-zachariah)Associate Professor Texas Children's Hospital- Baylor College of Medicine ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/Zachariah%2C%20Justin%20Philip%20copy%202_3474.jpg?itok=FgcFlMBx) [### Erica Zerante ](/people/erica-zerante)Vice President of Global Strategic Partnerships Pearl, Inc. ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum12906/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-04/EZ%20headshot%20%282%29.jpg?itok=wM7xLbLr)