2025 Business and Leadership Conference
June 1-4, 2025 | JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes
Sunday, June 1, 2025
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Description
Board of Directors Only.
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2:00 PM - 7:00 PM Mediterranean 1-3 Foyer
Registration and Information
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Description
Great ideas don’t sell themselves — you do. In the healthcare distribution sector, your ability to influence others isn’t a “nice-to-have”; it is a crucial skill to help save time, money, and ultimately, patients’ lives. Whether you’re an up-and-coming leader raising a red flag, a manager ensuring protocols are followed the right way, or a senior leader driving change across organizations, your success depends on how well you pitch your ideas and rally support.Tami Reiss, a leadership coach and CEO of The Leader Within, will share practical techniques to communicate with clarity, build trust and move others to action — no matter their title. You’ll walk away ready to pitch your vision, influence others at all levels, and gain momentum behind your ideas.
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Speakers
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Tamara Reiss
CEO
Leader Within
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Citrus Garden
VIP Reception (By Invitation Only)
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Monday, June 2, 2025
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7:00 AM - 6:00 PM Mediterranean 4-5 Foyer
Registration and Information
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7:00 AM - 7:45 AM Mediterranean 6-8
General Breakfast
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7:45 AM - 10:00 AM Mediterranean 4-5
General Session
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Chester "Chip" Davis, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Distribution Alliance
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Remember when being a leader meant having all the answers?Today's most successful leaders are asking better questions. In a world of economic volatility, AI advancement, cybersecurity challenges, and employee mental wellbeing responsibility, leadership has evolved beyond simple command-control tactics to drive productivity.Today's exceptional leaders acknowledge complexity as a reality and leverage curiosity over unrealistic certainty, asking better questions amid constant change. In this talk, Heather reveals how forward-thinking leaders succeed by unlocking their teams' natural capacity to adapt and innovate. You'll discover practical frameworks to transform challenges into opportunities and evidence-based strategies replacing outdated leadership models. Through compelling research and real-world examples, learn how empowering teams, nurturing curiosity, building trust, and harnessing collective intelligence creates both agile organizations and fulfilled teams that thrive amid change.
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Heather McGowan
Future-of-work Strategist
Bestselling Author
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To the untrained eye or casual fan, it is often believed that it is the fighter with the strongest muscles or best physique who will win an MMA fight. Actually, the last person standing in the cage is often the fighter with the deepest purpose.Learning to strengthen and stack your WHYs is a skill — and one that sets apart a winning fighter from the rest. Reminding yourself of why you are fighting and who you are fighting for is how the bar of high performance gets raised during a fighter’s “peak week.” This is the crucial time before a fight, as you let yourself heal from a grueling “fight camp” of training.We are all fighting for something: at home, at work, with our teams, for our personal goals or for our community. Tapping into both a fighter’s mind and a fighter's heart, and applying it to life, will help anyone achieve peak performance and find that flow state while in hot pursuit of any goals and give you a new game plan — and a new edge — for victory.Speakers
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Justin Wren
Humanitarian, Author, MMA Fighter, Podcast Host
Mental Health Advocate
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10:20 AM - 12:00 PM Coquina Ballroom
One-on-One Business Appointments
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Speakers
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Ameer Ali
Sr. Director, Manufacturer Operations
Cencora, Inc.
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Perry L. Fri
Chief Industry Relations Officer and President, HDA Research Foundation
Healthcare Distribution Alliance
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Anthony Mihelich
VP, Supply Chain
Anda, Inc.
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Scott A. Mooney
Vice President Distribution Operations, Traceability
McKesson Corporation
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Stacey Waweru
Vice President Strategic Sourcing
Cardinal Health, Inc.
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1:25 PM - 4:45 PM Coquina Ballroom
One-on-One Business Appointments
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6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Mediterranean 4-5 Foyer
DIANA and Nexus Awards Reception
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9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Mediterranean Porte Cochere
DIANA and Nexus Awards Celebration
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Mediterranean 4-5 Foyer
Registration and Information
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7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Mediterranean 6-8
General Breakfast
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9:00 AM - 11:55 AM Coquina Ballroom
One-on-One Business Appointments
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11:55 AM - 12:55 PM Mediterranean 6-8
General Luncheon
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1:05 PM - 5:40 PM Coquina Ballroom
One-on-One Business Appointments
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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Whisper Creek Kitchen
Networking Reception
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Mediterranean 4-5 Foyer
Registration and Information
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8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Mediterranean 6-8
General Breakfast
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9:00 AM - 11:55 AM Coquina Ballroom
One-on-One Business Appointments
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