Featured Speakers
Meagan has worked with over a thousand clients, including Boeing, Women in Cable Telecommunication, Ingram Micro, CIT Bank, Intel Corporation, American Architectural Manufacturers Association, TransUnion, MERCK Pharmaceuticals, Grainger, Women in Trucking, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble and Sodexo.
She is the co-author of the best-selling book Generations Inc.: From Boomers to Linksters–Managing the Friction between Generations at Work. She has been quoted by the Indy Star, Weight Watchers, The Advocate, Chicago Tribune, CNNMoney.com and US News & World Report. Meagan has been heard and seen on; NEWSY.com, CBSN, ABC Talk Live, NPR and profiled on Conde’ Nast’s Portfolio.com.
Recently, Meagan was an invited guest on the Dr. Phil Show!
Meagan was featured on It’s Not a Crisis Podcast Hosted by Doryn Wallach, The Preconceived Podcast Hosted by Zale Mednick and the Wise Idea Podcast by Christopher J Harris.
Her company, Meagan Johnson Inc. is based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jeff McManus doesn’t just grow landscapes—he grows leaders. For nearly 25 years, he transformed Ole Miss from an overlooked campus into the most beautiful in the nation, earning recognition from Forbes, The New York Times, Huffington Post, PGMS, Newsweek, and USA Today. His bestselling book, Growing Weeders into Leaders, reveals how he turned an unmotivated disorganized team into a nationally recognized powerhouse.
A dynamic speaker and member of the National Speakers Association, Jeff has inspired top companies, universities, and leadership teams with his high-impact programs on teamwork, leadership, and building world-class training programs. Dan Cathy, Chairman of the Board for Chick-fil-A, put it best: “Jeff reminds us that all leaders can be cultivated with the right pruning and nurturing.”
Auburn University educated him in Horticulture, but hands-on experience made him a cultivator—of landscapes, teams, and cultures of excellence. After retiring from Ole Miss in 2025, he took on a new challenge at the University of Texas—where the only thing tougher than the weeds is deciding between brisket or tacos for lunch.
Speakers
Andrea Neal is a population health management professional and East Carolina University graduate with 15 years of experience in hospital, health plan, university, and employee benefit consultant settings. As a part of MMAs Planning and Analytics for Total Health team, Andrea provides strategic population health and well-being insights and solutions based on the unique profile and needs the organization’s she supports. She also provides expert evaluation of well-being platforms, point solutions, strategies, and programs. Andrea is passionate about improving population health, and helping clients create an environment and culture that is supportive of holistic employee health and well-being.
Prior to joining MMA, Andrea worked with the North Carolina State Health Plan to manage both member and worksite health components of the Plan’s population health management strategy. While there, Andrea served as a Plan liaison and strategist on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Choosing Wisely campaign, as well as the NC Department of Health and Human Services’ Opioid and Prescription Drug Abuse Advisory Committee. Prior to that, Andrea worked with ECU Health (formerly Vidant Health), a regional health system in Eastern North Carolina, to provide employee well-being services across the organization’s multiple hospital locations, as well as to employer clients of the health system.
Andrea holds a BS in Public Health Studies, with a concentration in Worksite Health and a minor in Business Administration, and a MA in Health Education—both from East Carolina University. Andrea is also a Certified Health Education Specialist®.
Shane Spees serves as President and CEO of North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS), where he is leading a forward-thinking transformation of healthcare delivery in the region. Known for his strategic mindset and commitment to community-based care, Shane brings decades of leadership experience across major health systems in the South.
Before joining NMHS, Shane was President and CEO of Baptist Health System in Birmingham, Alabama (2007–2013). Prior to that, he held executive leadership roles within Valley Baptist Health System in Texas, including President of Valley Baptist Hospital Holdings, Inc. and CEO of Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen (2004–2007). He also spent nearly a decade in leadership roles with Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, which serves the greater Houston area.
Shane holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Houston–Clear Lake, where he was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award for his academic and leadership excellence. He earned both his undergraduate degree in Public Administration and his law degree from the University of Mississippi and is a member of the Mississippi Bar.
At NMHS, Shane is driving innovation through what he calls the A.G.R.E.A.T. Redesign Strategy—a bold approach to reimagining how healthcare is delivered in a rapidly evolving environment. His belief is clear: the healthcare industry must shift to thrive. By rethinking systems and embracing change, NMHS is advancing its mission to continuously improve the health of the people it serves.
Craig is the service line leader for the National Strategy and Finance practices within the Healthcare Consulting Practice at Forvis Mazars. He brings more than 30 years of experience with the healthcare industry focusing on enterprise strategic planning, service line planning, physician alignment, partnership strategy, value-based care strategy and regulatory compliance.
Craig has played an integral role in building the firm’s value-based care solutions around a variety of revenue transformation business issues, including the transition from fee-for-service to alternative payment models, which focuses on bundled payments; shared savings models; clinically integrated networks; co-management arrangements; and funds flow models for these value-based programs. He also has extensive experience delivering reimbursement consulting services focused on revenue enhancement and federal and state regulatory issues.
Craig is a member and former Past President of the Alabama Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). He currently serves on the HFMA Value-Based Healthcare Innovation Council. Craig holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Alabama.