SummitONE: July 28-29, 2026

ELEVATE SOLUTIONS TO END DRUG SHORTAGES

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
  Matthew Glucksmann, President, Health Systems & Government Services, Cencora
  Kirk Kaminsky, Group President, North American Pharmaceutical, McKesson (invited) 
  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 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

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
  Diane Hustead, ISPE Drug Shortages Chair, Merck & Co., Inc.
  Arlene Joyner, Deputy Assistant Secretary, HHS

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
Showcase of 2026 Guardian Award Winners
Buffer Supply, Emergency Response & Rapid Mitigation
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

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

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

• Panelists: 
  Tim Casey, Senior Director, U.S. Government Affairs, US Pharmacopeia
  Brooke Courtney, Sr. Regulatory Counsel, FDA Office of Emerging Threats
  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
  Carrie Peluso, Director Pharmacy Demand Planning & Procurement, Kaiser Permanente (invited)

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: 
  Heiko Aschenbrenner, Corporate Vice President, B. Braun Medical
  Anna Brown, White House Office of Management and Budget (invited)
  Joesph Hamel, Senior Advisor, HHS
  Polly Webster, Senior Health Counsel, Senate Committee on Finance

3:30 – 3:45 PM
Closing

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

*Agenda is subject to change