Adapting to Uncertainty in an Evolving Environment,
Mastering your Strategy in an Unpredictable World

Learn from leading Healthcare Strategists:
1. How to keep ahead of the constant challenges impacting healthcare.
2. How to build in flexibility and resilience to be able to face the headwinds of regulatory changes, workforce shortages and dynamic shifts in available capital.
3. The skills needed to find opportunities within this changing landscape and achieve success despite these challenges

Keynote Speaker:

Aaron Bujnowski,
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

Keynote Title:
Strategic Agility in the Storm: Leading Healthcare Through Uncertainty

Keynote Summary:
In an era of relentless disruption, healthcare leaders must cultivate strategic agility—balancing clarity with flexibility—to sense change early, seize emerging opportunities, and lead their organizations with resilience and purpose.

Morning Speaker:

J.J. Ewing, BSN, RN, CCRN
Chief Nurse Executive, ShiftMed

Speaking Topic:
What Old is New: Reimagining Workforce Strategies for a Sustainable Future

Summary:
Healthcare’s most pressing workforce challenges are not new…..clinician expectations, efficiency, and resilience have always mattered. What’s changed is the scale and complexity and the resource dynamics. This session explores how timeless principles, paired with modern tools like automation and AI, can help leaders redesign workforce models that put people first, reduce dependence on expensive travelers, and build long-term stability by leveraging internal float pools and community-based resources.

Conference Agenda

9:00 am – 2:30 pm:
Check-in begins at 8:30 am

9:00 am :  Keynote Speaker – Aaron Bujnowski, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
10:00 am: Morning Networking Break
10:30 am: Speaker #2: J.J. Ewing, Chief Nurse Executive, ShiftMed
11:15 am:  Speaker #3:  Dr. David Nagel, New Hampshire State Representative
12:00 pm:  Lunch, including 2025 Annual Meeting and presentation of Strategist of the Year and Early Careerist f the Year awards
1:00 pm:  Speaker Panel moderated by Aaron Bujnowski.  Panelists include:  J.J. Ewing, Chief Nurse Executive, ShiftMed; Barbra Rabson, CEO, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners; Melania Turgelsky, AVP, Planning and Business Development, Maine Health; Chris Chou, Managing Director, Capital Markets Analytics Group, Colliers; Malisa Schuyler, Sr. VP, Government Affairs, Beth Israel Lahey Health
2:20 pm:  Sponsor Raffle Prize drawings (must be present to win)
2:30 pm:  Meeting close

Thanks to the generosity of our NESHS Sponsors !
All attendees will be entered into a raffle for prizes – will need to be present at drawing to win.

Location

The Verve Hotel by Hilton
1360 Worcester Street | Natick, MA 01760
Link to 15% Hotel discount to reserve a room

Special Offer to non-members – If you would like to attend the Fall Conference and become a NESHS member, you can save $25 off your individual membership by joining now ($175 discounted member rate for conference + $125 discounted individual membership fee = $300). That’s only $80 more than the non-member conference fee). 

Investment
NESHS Members: $175
Non-members: $220
New Membership + Conference: $300
Student-members:  $60 (must be a full-time student)

Refunds for events: NESHS appreciates that you may register/pay for an event with every intention of attending, but something unexpected comes up and you can no longer attend. If you need to cancel and request a refund, please contact our Administrator, Deb Fiumedora via e-mail at admin@neshs.org or use the form below. NESHS is not able to honor cancellation/refund requests within 30 days of an event as the funds are used to prepay for event expenses.