Explore the potential impact of the new administration on the health industry, as well as the tools and techniques health systems are employing for planning in uncertainty.
Panelists
Steve Love
President
DFW Hospital Council
Topic: Economic impact on the Industry and communities served; where is healthcare headed?
Mr. Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration, cooperation, and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry), including prominent accounting, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity in North Texas. He was the United Nations Association Award Winner in 2018 for Global Goals. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States. He received the 2020 D CEO’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He also received the Dallas Medical Society’s Millard J. and Robert L. Health Award for a non-physician providing outstanding leadership to the community. He previously served on the Children at Risk Board for North Texas, Southwest Region Board for the American Heart Association, Chair for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies Campaign and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas. He serves on the Southwest Transplant Alliance for organ transplants; Cure Glaucoma Foundation Advisory Board; North Texas Eye Research Institute; formerly the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors and received the 2024 Theodore P. Beasley Distinguished Leadership Award in 2024; the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is the Chair-Elect for the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber for 2024-2025. Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 50 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt, investor-owned, specialty and private hospitals in operations, finance, and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States.
Wendy Weitzner
The Innova Group
Partner
Topic: Tool and Techniques for Planning in Uncertainty; tactics Health Systems are employing.
Wendy Weitzner, a Partner with The Innova Group in Boston, is an “operations-based planner.” Her 30 years’ experience both as a client and as a consultant allows her to bring a unique and balanced perspective to strategic and facility planning projects. Wendy is particularly appreciated for her ability to interface among strategic, capital, clinical, and facilities planning, and helping clients turn data into decisions in complex development projects.
Prior to joining the Innova Group in 2008, Wendy was the Corporate Director of Real Estate, Planning & Development at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. She led the medical center’s long-term facilities capital strategy development including the downtown campus master planning and suburban expansion planning. Prior to working at Tufts, Wendy was the National Director of Strategic Facilities Planning at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, where she was part of the leadership team developing Kaiser Permanente’s $24 billion investment in new facilities. She led the organization’s “Hospital of the Future” and “Medical Office Building of the Future” efforts while also leading the development of capacity & asset utilization standards.
Wendy is widely published, has presented at numerous conferences and is a recipient of the Strategist of the Year Award from the New England Society for Healthcare Strategy and Distinguished Healthcare Executive and Service Awards from the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Moderator
Will Maddox
Senior Editor
D CEO Magazine
Will Maddox is a senior editor at D CEO magazine and the editor of D CEO Healthcare. He writes about the business of healthcare, as well as other business news and profiles. Before becoming a journalist, he was a teacher and coach for eight years.