Featured Speakers
Alex Weber is a highly acclaimed International Speaker on Leadership and Peak Performance. Alex has positively ignited over 3.5 Million people worldwide to overcome obstacles, realize their fullest potential, and achieve record-breaking success!
Alex is an Award-Winning Performer for NBC, The Discovery Channel, FX, and more! Bringing his experience as a Professional Entertainer to the Keynote stage, Alex has been critically acclaimed for his contagious energy, bursting humor, and long-lasting positive impact. Alex engages audiences with riveting stories of resilience as a Competitor on NBC’s Emmy-nominated series American Ninja Warrior, referred to as one of the most difficult competitions on earth.
Alex is also a Record-breaking Coach and Leader. Alex took over a program that had never won a playoff game in history, and in Alex’s first year, he transformed them into the Champions of Los Angeles. Alex was awarded US Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors. Alex brings that same passion now to transforming individuals and organizations!
Alex is also a World Record holder, 5x TEDx Speaker, and a World Championship level Athlete.
More than anything, Alex’s passion is to give audiences an actionable roadmap to seize their goals, fulfill their potential, and lead their organizations to record-breaking success!
Anne Bonney is a fun, energetic international motivational keynote speaker and trainer.
She is also an authority on Change Management, author of 2 books on embracing the discomforts of change, podcast host of Dancing in the Discomfort Zone Podcast, and an experienced in-person, virtual and hybrid workshop facilitator. After 20 years in highly successful corporate ad non-profit leadership positions, Anne, now uses her experience, education, and expertise to ignite YOUR Courage, Confidence and Resilience in the face of the discomfort of change, courageous communication and emotional intelligence.
You’d better turn on the AC because this “ball of fire” will light you up with fun and relevant stories, time-tested knowledge and immediately applicable strategies to make a difference for you, your team, and your organization.
This spunky little redhead shares business lessons from her crazy life experiences, which arms her with relatable and hilariously memorable stories from growing up overseas, running international marathons, animal training, morale building tours to the military in Iraq, volunteering at an elephant sanctuary and singing opera at a performing arts school and yes- there’s more. You won’t want to miss Anne’s session as Anne is a mindset shifting motivator who fires people up to catalyze powerful change in their lives, their teams and their organizations.
Speakers
Ashley Thompson, JD, BS serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of TrueCare. She brings extensive experience in health care policy, government relations and Medicaid managed care. In her role, Ashley leads teams and oversees efforts to expand health care access and improve health outcomes across Mississippi.
Prior to joining TrueCare, Ashley served as an Advocacy Director and Government Relations Specialist for the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Mississippi Chapter. She also practiced law and worked as a lobbyist with Jones Walker LLP, representing corporations, trade associations and other organizations on legislative and public policy matters.
Ashley earned a Juris Doctor from Mississippi College School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Mississippi. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Miss Mississippi Corporation and is passionate about strengthening healthcare access and improving outcomes for Mississippi communities.
On a personal note, Ashley lives in Madison, Mississippi, with her husband, Jim, and their two children, Cora and Jack. She is actively involved in the Miss Mississippi organization and programs that support and develop future women leaders.
About TrueCare
TrueCare, licensed as Mississippi True, is a nonprofit, provider-sponsored state Medicaid health plan. TrueCare is owned and operated by nearly 60 Mississippi hospitals and health systems. TrueCare is designed to transform the health and well-being of Mississippi communities with its innovative provider-payer alliance model, giving providers a real voice in decision-making, prioritizing patient care, optimizing care coordination and providing members access to innovative solutions that address their needs beyond health care.
TrueCare understands that improving the long-term health and well-being of Mississippians requires solutions that provide more than basic health care.
For more, visit us at https://www.mstruecare.com/ms/plans/ or follow us on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @MSTrueCare, Instagram, LinkedIn or Facebook.
Aaron Sisk has served as President & CEO for Magnolia Health Plan since May of 2016. He was promoted to CEO from his role as Chief Operating Officer, a position that he held with Magnolia since joining the company in May of 2013. Originally from Madison, MS, Aaron completed his undergraduate education at Mississippi State University in 1999 with a B.A in Sociology and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law in May of 2003.
Prior to joining Magnolia, Aaron served for seven years as a Senior Attorney for the Mississippi Department of Insurance and Director of the Department’s Life and Health Actuarial Division. A large part of Aaron’s work with the Department involved monitoring market reforms associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and managing the Department’s efforts to implement a state-based health insurance exchange for Mississippi.
Aaron is actively involved in the insurance industry in Mississippi serving on Boards for the Mississippi Life and Health Guaranty Association, the Mississippi Association of Self Insurers, the American Cancer Society, the Mississippi Business Alliance Board of Directors, the Mississippi Association of Health Plans, and the Ole Miss RMI Advisory Board.
Aaron resides in Madison County, MS, with his wife Brittany and their daughters, Ella, Harper, and Ivy.
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.