Speakers

####Featured Speakers

###Benjamin Anderson

Since June 2013, Benjamin Anderson has led Kearny County Hospital where he is committed to helping the underserved and struggling residents in rural Kansas. In 2014, he was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Up & Comers - young executives who have made significant contributions in the areas of healthcare administration, management and policy. Read his full bio.

###Daniel Gomez

Daniel Gomez is a dynamic speaker with 14 years' experience in the arena of Leadership Development, Team Building, Sales Training, and Confidence Coaching. He is the International Best Selling Author of "You Were Born to Fly", a book written to inspire and give people the high-performance habits and confidence needed to be the leaders of their own destiny. Daniel gives your organization the principles, skills, and mindset to develop and build a winning team. He encourages them to "Be Original", to love and believe in themselves at all times, to value their own opinion, and to step out of their comfort zones. He raises the level of expectations in people's lives and helps them to change their limiting beliefs, giving them the tools necessary to succeed and live a positive life.

###Phil Hansen

Referred to by his fans as "the Artist for the People", Phil Hansen is an internationally recognized multimedia artist, speaker, author and innovator -- at the forefront of bringing art to a wider audience. Crashing irreverently through conventional boundaries, Phil works at the intersection of traditional art, electronic media, offbeat materials, and interactive experiences. He is most widely known for his meta­ art, videos that document the creation process (sometimes even through destruction), showing millions that art is action, not just result. Hansen's work also extends deeply into traditional media with features on the Discovery Channel, Good Morning America, the Rachael Ray Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, Glamour and many more. His work is sought-after by many influential clients including the Grammy Awards, Disney, Skype, Mazda and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Besides speaking and doing art, Phil is an advocate for advancing art education. He's the author of Tattoo a Banana, a guide to exploring creativity through art with everyday materials. And he's the founder of Goodbye-Art Academy, providing high quality and free art education videos to teachers and students everywhere.

###Kenneth Hoats

Kenneth Hoats is an educator. He has been in the field of education for over 35 years. He is a licensed professional counselor and also a certified educational counselor. Kenneth served on the staff at Woodward Acedemy in Atlanta, GA for 17 years. In addition to his work with schools, he has been in private practice as a family counselor for 27 years. Through his private practice he has provided EAP (employee assistance) services for numerous businesses and governmental agencies. During his career in education, he has also had the opportunity to provide training for companies, hospitals, and schools.

###Jessie McGill, RN, RAC-MT, MU-MT

Jessie McGill is a curriculum development specialist for AANAC. Previously, Jessie worked as the director of clinical reimbursement for a large long-term care organization overseeing 17 clinical reimbursement consultants across 21 states including nearly 300 living centers. She has more than 18 years of long-term care experience including restorative nurse, MDS coordinator, regional clinical reimbursement specialist, clinical reimbursement trainer, and director of clinical reimbursement. Jessie is passionate about developing the skills of nurse assessment coordinators, restorative nursing, and improving residents’ quality of life and care.

###Amy Stewart, MSN, RN, DNS-MT, QCP-MT, RAC-MT, RAC-MTA

Amy is the vice president of curriculum development for AANAC and AADNS. Formerly, she was a legal nurse consultant for the law firm Hall, Prangle, Schoonveld (HPS), in Chicago. She has over 22 years of experience in the post-acute healthcare industry, with expertise in the areas of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI), clinical reimbursement, quality, and regulatory change. Prior to joining HPS, Amy was the division director of reimbursement for 18 skilled nursing facilities in the Chicagoland area, part of a larger hospital system that participated in CMS innovative payment models. Previous roles include director of nursing, pharmacy quality consultant, wound care consultant, and MDS coordinator. Amy is a Master Teacher for AADNS curriculum as well as AANAC curriculum, and has presented at numerous conferences including AHCA, AADNS, and AANAC.