SummitONE: July 28-29, 2026

ELEVATE SOLUTIONS TO END DRUG SHORTAGES Hosted by: Pfizer


Tuesday, July 28

2:00 – 3:00 PM
Registration

3:00 – 3:15 PM
Opening Remarks: We Must Rise

  • Speaker: Laura Bray, Founder & Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change 

3:15 – 3:45 PM
Keynote Address: Rising Together: Strengthening Access. Advancing Resilience. Protecting Patients.

  • Speaker: Tanya Alcorn, President, Global Hospital & Biosimilars, Pfizer

3:45 – 4:30 PM
Executive Panel: The State of the Drug Supply Chain
A cross-sector discussion on vulnerabilities, market signals, and near-term actions

  • Moderator: Laura Bray, Founder & Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change

  • Panelists:
    Tanya Alcorn, President, Global Hospital & Biosimilars, Pfizer
    Ammie McAsey, President of McKesson Health Systems, McKesson
    David Senior, President & SVP, Strategic Global Sourcing & Policy Economics, Cencora
    Arunesh Verma, President, Fresenius Kabi Region U.S.

4:30 – 4:55 PM
Patient Stories, Audience Dialogue & Reflections
Interactive discussion with Patient Jennifer Flowers and facilitated Q&A

  • Moderator: Terri Lyle Wilson, Vice President of Pharmacy, Children’s Hospital Association

  • Panelists: 
    Meera Bhavsar, U.S. Commercial Lead, Global Hospital & Biosimilars, Pfizer
    Jennifer Flowers, Patient Advocate
    Beth Gore, Caregiver & CEO, The Oley Foundation

4:55 PM
Patient Spotlight

Brannon Warn-Johnston, Composer, Violinist, and Drug Shortage Warrior

5:00 – 7:00 PM
Welcome Reception

  • Hosted by: Vizient


Wednesday, July 29

8:00 - 8:45 AM
Registration & Breakfast

8:45 – 9:35 AM
Expanding the Horizon: Elevating International Lessons on Supply Chain Resilience
A global view on supply chain coordination, early warning systems, and manufacturing resilience with the Global Leaders

  • Moderator: Chandresh Harjivan

  • Panelists: 
    James Coburn, Portfolio Lead, Scalable Solutions, ARPA-H
    Valerie Jensen, Associate Director, FDA Drug Shortage Staff
    Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HHS
    Celeste Frankenfeld Lamm, Senior Director, Merck & Co., Inc.

9:35 – 10:15 AM
Project PROTECT Update

  • Moderator: Alison Walters, Chief of Staff & General Counsel, Angels for Change

  • Panelists: 
    Jennifer Bair, Vice President Pharmacy Services & Chief Pharmacy Officer, Prisma Health
    Viraj Gandhi, CEO, Medivant Healthcare
    Mark Spiecker, President, STAQ

10:15 – 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 – 11:10 AM
Buffer Supply, Emergency Response & Rapid Mitigation
*Showcase of 2026 Guardian Award Winners
What works when shortages hit and how to scale effective response models. 

  • Moderator: Eric Edwards, Founder, Phlow Corp

  • Project GOLD founding pilot members: Angels for Change, Cencora, Fresenius Kabi USA, McKesson

  • Panelists: 
    Christine Dunn, VP Portfolio Strategy Supply Chain, Cencora
    Anthony Flammia, Chief Operations Officer, Angels for Change
    Nicole Pace, Sr. Drug Shortage Risk Advisor, McKesson
    Lindsey Thomas, Senior VP of Marketing, Fresenius Kabi USA

11:10 AM – 12:30 PM
Rising Resilience: How We Measure What Matters
Panel Deep Dive followed by 5 Measures Exercise (facilitated by PwC)

  • Moderator: Stephen Colvill, Consortium Lead, Duke-Margolis ReVAMP 

  • Panelists: 
    Tim Casey, Senior Director, U.S. Government Affairs, US Pharmacopeia
    Jennifer Maguire, Director, FDA
    Jesse Schafer, Executive Director, Healthcare Industry Resilience Collaborative (HIRC)

12:30 – 1:30 PM
Lunch

1:30 – 2:00
Patient Spotlight: Warn-Johnston Family 

  • Moderator: Laura Bray, Founder & Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change

  • Panelists: 
    Warn-Johnston Family, Warn-Johnston Family, Dana, Jennifer, Brannon, & Arly
    Carrie Peluso, Director Pharmacy Demand Planning & Procurement, Kaiser Permanente

2:00 – 2:40 PM
Lifting Barriers to Access: Addressing Schedule II Drug Shortages
Featured Presentation: White Paper Findings and Policy Implications

  • Speaker: April Giles, Executive Director, End Drug Shortages Alliance

  • Moderator: April Giles, Executive Director, End Drug Shortages Alliance

  • Panelists: 
    Melanie Welcher, Supervisor Pharmacy Service, Sutter Health 
    Susan Winckler, CEO, Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
    Marta Wosinska, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
    DEA (invited)

2:40 – 3:30 PM
Elevating Onshore Capacity: Fortifying Patient Access
This panel will explore how to activate onshore capacity by aligning policy, investment, and agency strategies to incentivize domestic manufacturing to ensure patient access to essential medicines.

  • Moderator: Allan Coukell, Chief Government Affairs & Public Policy Officer, Civica 

  • Panelists: 
    Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HHS

    Alicia Kerry Mica, Director of Government Relations, B. Braun Medical
    Polly Webster, Senior Health Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance

    White House, EOP (invited)

3:30 – 3:45 PM
Closing

  • Speaker: Laura Bray, Founder & Chief Change Maker, Angels for Change

*Agenda is subject to change