"Greg A. Adams is the chair and chief executive officer of Kaiser Permanente. A nationally recognized leader and a champion of health care transformation, improving access, and advocating for better health outcomes, Adams, since his time with Kaiser Permanente, has been driving the comprehensive work focused on growing the organization’s membership, improving affordability for members, and transforming and expanding access to care. Adams has over 30 years of leadership experience as a senior health care executive and has played an integral role in leading the transformation and improvement of patient care outcomes at Kaiser Permanente. In addition, Adams has been a key leader in driving Kaiser Permanente’s mission of providing high-quality care and coverage for its members. Adams is a member of the board of directors for America’s Health Insurance Plans, both a governor and steward within the Health and Healthcare Community at the World Economic Forum, and chair of the Health and Retirement Committee of the Business Roundtable. Additionally, Adams is a member of the National Association of Health Services Executives and The Executive Leadership Council. He also serves on the board of directors for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. He is a past member of the American Nurses Foundation, the California Chamber of Commerce board of directors, and the California Hospital Association’s board of trustees.

Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., was appointed by President Barack Obama as the 18th United States Surgeon General in July, 2009 and served a four-year term. Dr. Benjamin also oversaw the operational command of 6,700 uniformed public health officers who serve in locations around the world to promote, and protect the health of the American People. Dr. Benjamin served simultaneously as Surgeon General and as the first chair of the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council (National Prevention Council) - 17 cabinet-level Federal agencies that developed the road map for the Nation’s health – The National Prevention Strategy.

Rhea Goswami is a student at Cornell University and the founder and executive director of the Environmental Justice Coalition, which is a national organization focusing on creating a pipeline of future climate activists, researchers, scientists, and community leaders. Rhea co-founded EJC to empower youth and magnify their voices in the environmental justice space, which is heavily dominated by adults. Some of her notable work in EJC has been being the producer of EJC's original podcast, A Cup of EJ, working on original advocacy and policy at the state level, speaking to climate leaders and youth across the nation, and working on high school curriculums.

Adrienne Hollis, PhD, JD, Vice President for Environmental Justice, Health and Community Revitalization, Conservation for the National Wildlife Federation, leads the environmental justice team to advance climate justice policy and programs. With more than 20 years of experience in the environmental justice and public health arena as a toxicologist and an attorney, she works at the intersection of environmental justice, health disparities, and climate change. She works to identify priority health concerns related to climate change and other environmental assaults and evaluate climate and energy policy approaches for their ability to effectively address climate change and benefit underserved communities.

Dr. Ivor Horn is Chief Health Equity Officer at Google where she leads a cross-functional team that provides health equity leadership to ensure that health-related products, research and other initiatives are diverse, fair, accessible and inclusive. Dr. Horn is a pediatrician and health services researcher has over 25 years of experience in health equity and social determinants of health addressing the needs of marginalized communities. Prior to her role at Google, Dr. Horn served as Chief Medical Officer at Accolade. Before Accolade, she served as Medical Director of the Center for Diversity and Health Equity at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. A nationally recognized leader in health equity, social determinants of health and healthcare innovation, Dr. Horn has served on advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Office of the National Coordinator. Dr. Horn currently serves as a Board Trustee for Boston Children's Hospital, on the Advisory Board of the Harvard Public Health Journal and a Board Director for Care Academy. She holds an MD and MPH and has authored several peer-reviewed journal publications on health communication and health equity.

Andrew Moose is Head of Health and Wellness at the World Economic Forum. At WEF, he is responsible for the collaborative development of strategies to advance preventative health and well-being through the Centre for Health and Healthcare. His current focus is on initiatives related to nutrition, personalized well-being, and workforce health. Prior to WEF, Andrew worked as a management consultant with a focus on strategy, innovation, and technology-enabled growth, serving clients in North America, South America, and Europe. He holds a BA degree from Duke University, a master’s degree in international management from the University of Paris – Sorbonne, and an MBA from Georgia State University.

Denise was born in Cairo, Egypt, where she lived for half of her childhood before moving to Michigan, Minnesota, and finally Oregon. She attended the University of Oregon, earning a Bachelor of Science in Geography with an emphasis on biological and human impacts on the environment. After graduating, Denise became involved with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, implementing environmental education programs at various locations. In 2005, Denise moved to the Cayman Islands to implement Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment program at The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman. Naguib moved to Washington, D.C., and led the environmental strategy for the brand, as well as supporting the growth of the Cousteau program within The Ritz-Carlton. In January 2010, Denise joined the Global Operations group at Marriott International and continued her work on sustainability strategy for all brands, as well as expansion of the Cousteau program. In 2012, Denise was named GlobalVice President of Sustainability and Supplier Diversity, integrating both of these important subjects in the company’s global operations. In 2017, Naguib launched the company’s new Sustainability and Social Impact platform, Serve 360, and accompanying goals. Denise is working on a variety of projects including climate strategy, responsible sourcing, food waste, and supporting efforts to increase spend with diverse businesses globally. Denise currently serves as Chair of the Board for WEConnect International, the global organization supporting women businesses around the world. She is also on the board of The Ocean Foundation, Arbor Day Foundation, and Sheridan School.

Kevin Rabinovitch is the Global VP of Sustainability and Chief Climate Officer for Mars, Incorporated. In his role he leads the corporate strategy for the Healthy Planet portion of Mars’s Sustainable in a Generation Plan—particularly carbon, water, and land targets. As part of this program, his team directly manages a global portfolio of renewable energy projects. He also leads the assessment of environmental impact for Mars’s entire value chain and the translation of external environmental science into policy and strategy for the business. Kevin helps lead the CGF Deforestation Coalition of Action and the High Value Ecosystem pillar of OP2B, and he frequently speaks externally on behalf of Mars’s sustainability program. He has been with Mars for 26 years: the first 13 in R&D functions of multiple Mars business segments in the U.S. and Europe, specializing in technology development, scale up, and intellectual property, and 13 years in sustainability.

Samantha Ahdoot is a practicing pediatrician at Pediatric Associates of Alexandria in Virginia and an Assistant Professor of Medical Education at University of Virginia School of Medicine. She was elected to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Environmental Health Executive Committee for two terms, during which time she served as lead author on their Global Climate Change and Children’s Health Policy Statement and Technical Report, published in Pediatrics in November 2015. Dr. Ahdoot wrote the Climate Change chapter of the AAP’s book, Pediatric Environmental Health, 4th Edition, published in 2019, and served as the AAP representative on the Steering Committee of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. She acts as Environmental Champion on the Board of the Virginia Chapter of the AAP and is Chair and Founder of Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action, a coalition of clinicians bringing climate and health education and advocacy opportunities to the medical community in Virginia.

Ruth E. Williams-Brinkley is president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. In this role, Williams-Brinkley oversees all of Kaiser Permanente’s care delivery and health plan operations in Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland, Baltimore, and Northern Virginia. The Mid-Atlantic States Region operates 45 medical office buildings and has 834,131 members. Williams-Brinkley reports to the group president for markets outside California, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals. Williams-Brinkley is a trained nurse and a veteran health care senior executive. She joined Kaiser Permanente in November 2017, serving as president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest. She oversaw all of Kaiser Permanente’s care delivery and health plan operations in Oregon and markets in Vancouver and Longview/Kelso, Washington. Prior to that, she served as CEO of KentuckyOne Health, Kentucky’s largest integrated health system. KentuckyOne was a division of CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems.

Dr. Vi Thuy Nguyen recently completed a ¬5-year term as Assistant Chief of Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente San Diego, where she managed more than 90 outpatient general pediatricians with special oversight in South County. She was responsible for pediatric quality measures with special emphasis on pediatric asthma health and vaccine measures. She earned her MD at Harvard Medical School and trained in general pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has pivoted to focus on environmental health. She is a fellow of environmental health as part of the American Academy of Pediatrics and serves as co-chair of San Diego’s AAP Climate Change and Health Committee, and AAP California State Government Affairs Expert Committee on Environmental Health and Climate Change. She is co-founder of San Diego Pediatricians for Clean Air.

Dr. Bechara Choucair is the Executive Vice President and Chief Health Officer for Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading integrated health systems with more than 12.5 million members. His work includes the creation of the nation’s largest social health network to meet the housing, food, and transportation needs of Kaiser Permanente’s members. He also manages the organization’s community health portfolio, including $3.4 billion dedicated to supporting medical financial assistance and charitable care as well as grants and community health initiatives. From January through November 2021, Dr. Choucair served as the White House national COVID-19 vaccinations coordinator. In that role, he focused on coordinating the timely, safe, and equitable administration of COVID-19 vaccinations for the U.S. population. During his tenure, more than 450 million doses of the vaccine were administered nationwide. He returned to Kaiser Permanente in December 2021. Dr. Choucair served as Chicago’s Public Health Commissioner from 2009 to 2014. Among other accolades, Dr. Choucair has been named by Modern Healthcare as one of the 50 Most Influential Health Executives in the U.S., one of the Most Influential People in Healthcare, and one of the Top 25 Innovators in Healthcare. A family physician by training, he completed his family practice residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He holds an MD from the American University of Beirut and a master’s degree in health care management from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Candace Vahlsing is an Associate Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), serving as the head of its Climate, Energy, Environment, and Science Divisions and charged with leading the financial management of the U.S. government’s domestic climate operations, including overseeing a portfolio of more than $350 billion in direct investment across more than 20 Federal agencies. At OMB, Vahlsing has led a team of senior economists, scientists, and policy experts in designing, negotiating, and structuring the largest set of climate-focused investments in U.S. history; and advanced the President’s broader infrastructure, innovation, and natural resources priorities. Vahlsing has strategically and successfully integrated and elevated climate change and environmental justice into funding, financing, and infrastructure development across the federal government through a data-driven, evidence-based approach. Before her appointment to OMB, Ms. Vahlsing led the domestic climate, energy, environment, and natural resources policy for the Biden-Harris Transition Team, developing a detailed roadmap for the first 100 days of the new Presidential administration. Prior to that, she was the Science and Technology Policy Advisor to the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, the agency charged with leading the State of California’s climate program, including global partnerships with other subnational governments. In the 115th and 116th Congress, she served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet and was the Minority Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Finance Subcommittee for Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, where Ms. Vahlsing was responsible for developing tax policy aimed at catalyzing private investment into clean energy and manufacturing. During the Obama-Biden administration, Vahlsing served as a Senior Policy Advisor for Energy and Climate Change, working with the Domestic Policy Council, National Security Council, and Council on Environmental Quality. She holds a PhD in Environmental Health Sciences and a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California at Berkeley.

John Vu is Kaiser Permanente’s Vice President of Strategy for Community Health. He is responsible for providing leadership in the development and implementation of key strategies to help deliver on Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to improving the health of communities. His focus is to ensure alignment and integration of major priorities and business plans. John serves on the advisory council for the Association for Community Health Improvement as part of the American Hospital Association, was a fellow in America’s Health Insurance Plans’ (AHIP) Executive Leadership Program, and was named a Diversity MBA Top 100 Under 50 executive leader in 2013. He is a graduate of executive leadership programs at Harvard Business School and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. John earned a bachelor's in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego and a master's in public health from San Diego State University.

Seema Wadhwa is the Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship for Kaiser Permanente. Her environmental stewardship work includes collaborating across a wide set of functions including facilities, purchasing, finance, community health, physician groups, and more. Seema represents KP externally in coalitions, policy arenas, and other critical forums. Seema works to continue KP’s leadership across healthcare and evolve efforts to support communities to create equitable and inclusive action for environment and health.