Demosthenes (Dick) Argys is the Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations and Chief Culture Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is an experienced leader in all aspects of hospital operations and administration. Prior to his tenure at Boston Children’s Hospital, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Denver Children's Hospital. He has over 34 years of experience leading pediatric academic hospital operations. Dick has a Masters in Health Care Administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelors from Cornell University. Dick serves on several volunteer boards and mentors many young professionals inside and outside of Boston Children’s Hospital.

Lisa Abbott is the Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, a comprehensive, pediatric teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Ms. Abbott is a transformational leader responsible for all facets of human capital strategy and HR operations for the enterprise and is charged with creating a world-class human resources organization.

Prior to taking this role in 2023, Ms. Abbott was the Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Community Affairs at Lifespan Corporation, an academic health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the largest employer in the state of Rhode Island. With her transformative leadership approach, she created synergy across the system by centralizing service delivery, focusing on superior customer service and keeping the patient at the center of the change agenda.

Ms. Abbott holds a Masters of Business Administration from Binghamton University with a concentration in International Business and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Cortland State University. She is SPHR credentialed and is a graduate of the Michigan Business School Executive Human Resources Program.

Chris R. Viney is the Executive Vice President and System General Counsel at Boston Children's Hospital. Chris joined Boston Children’s Hospital in October 2023. In his prior role, Chris served as the General Counsel and Executive Director of Legal Services and Compliance at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. In that role, he led the SickKids legal team in support of the hospital's clinical, research, and academic operations. Prior to joining SickKids, Chris served in roles of progressive leadership and responsibility concentrating on legal issues facing hospitals, physicians, payers, and shared service organizations, including Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York.

Chris has also served for 25 years in the United States Navy Reserve, in which he is currently a Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He was most recently called to active duty in 2020-21.

Chris earned his BA in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and his JD from Albany Law School of Union University, in Albany New York. He has also completed the Rotman School of Management Executive Program

Michele M. Garvin is the Executive Vice President and Chief of Staff at Boston Children's Hospital. Michele joined Boston Children’s Hospital in September 2014 as General Counsel and later as General Counsel and Chief of Staff. In October 2023, Michele transitioned to full-time chief of staff and is a member of the executive leadership team reporting to the President and CEO. Prior to joining Boston Children’s Hospital, Michele was a Partner at Ropes & Gray and previous chair of its Health Care Group. Michele is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including: The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers Leading Healthcare Lawyers, Expert Guides: Guide to the World’s Leading Healthcare Lawyers, and Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Michele is also a past recipient of the John and John Quincy Adams Pro Bono Publico Award of the Massachusetts SJC. Michele obtained her B.A. in 1974 from The College of William and Mary, her MA/PhD in Sociology in 1981 from Boston College and her J.D. in 1987 from Suffolk University Law School.

As Executive Vice President of patient Care Operations and System Chief Nursing Executive at Boston Children’s Hospital, Dr. Laura Wood leads the discipline of nursing, provides system-level oversight of patient care delivery throughout the organization, and guides key strategic initiatives. Since joining Boston Children’s in 2013, Wood has further strengthened the hospital’s exceptional nursing practice environment through the creation of a novel advanced practice provider leadership model, expansion of nursing and interprofessional healthy work environment strategies with positive system-wide outcomes, leadership of quality-safety-experience innovations, and advocacy for child-health and digital health public policy.

Together with the hospital’s President and CEO, she launched and continues to contribute to the organization’s high-reliability organization (HRO) quality improvement initiative, resulting in ongoing reductions in the rate of serious safety events and numerous improvements to care quality - including national recognition of nurse sensitive outcomes measurement performance.

Under Wood’s leadership, Boston Children’s Nursing is currently pursuing its fifth ANCC Magnetâ re-designation representing the most prestigious international distinction a health care organization can receive for direct care nursing excellence. The hospital has also received numerous specialty-focused awards including the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Beacon Awards and five successive Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award designations. Earlier in her career, Wood held progressive nursing and operational leadership roles within three leading academic healthcare settings: The Johns Hopkins Hospital Children's Center, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania Health System serving in pediatric nursing, educational, and operations improvement roles. Additionally, Wood served as National Vice President, Clinical Solutions, Siemens Healthcare - now Cerner/Oracle Corporation where she managed clinical and business professional services, and subsequently led clinical IT business development nationally.

Wood received a Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree in Nursing, Magna Cum Laude from West Virginia University, a Master of Science (MS) degree in maternal-child nursing / pediatric oncology clinical nurse specialist preparation from The University of Maryland, Baltimore, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from The Johns Hopkins University. She completed a Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation Executive Nurse Fellowship as part of a selective three-year national executive leadership program and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). Wood currently serves on a wide range of boards including President, American Nurse’s Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet/Pathway to Excellence Board of Directors, Boston Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees (ex officio), CRICO Board of Directors, Children’s Hospital Coalition/PHLOW Board, Pediatric Physician Organization of Children’s (PPOC) Board, Simmons University Board, and The Joint Commission’s Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) Advisory Board.

LeManuel Lee Bitsóí (Diné/Navajo), EdD, is a critical ethnographer and bioethicist who specializes in guiding institutions and organizations to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive for equity seeking students and scholars. Dr. Bitsóí currently serves as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Brandeis University. Previously, he served as Associate Vice President for Diversity Affairs and Special Advisor to the President for Indigenous Affairs at Fort Lewis College. He has also served in administrative and faculty roles at Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, Rush University and Stony Brook University. In addition, Dr. Bitsóí serves on various national boards and associations, including the Editorial Board for INSIGHT into Diversity and the Board of Directors for the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).

Admirably, Dr. Bitsóí has devoted his career to broadening the participation of underrepresented, underserved and unmentioned students to become scientists, researchers and scientifically-informed community members. Dr. Bitsóí relies on indigenous epistemologies to guide his work and emphasizes that diversity is a constantly evolving interdependent ecosystem that requires mindful participation by everyone. Dr. Bitsóí has been honored and recognized for his diversity, equity and inclusion accomplishments by various entities and institutions including the Navajo Nation, Harvard Medical School, University of Central Florida, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Northern Arizona University, North American Indian Center of Boston and SACNAS.

Dr. Bitsóí earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of New Mexico (Phi Beta Kappa), holds a master of education degree from Harvard University (Phi Delta Kappa) and a doctorate degree in higher education administration from the University of Pennsylvania.

Greg Pollock, is a partner at Agite Consulting in New Zealand. He heads up their transport and infrastructure practice and advises clients on how to deliver critical urban development and infrastructure projects. An experienced executive, director, advisor and consultant, Greg is passionate about delivering positive outcomes for businesses, cities and communities. Greg has recent CEO and C-suite experience working in large public transport organizations in both the public and private sectors. Prior to this, he led company turnarounds, and worked in the consulting sector at senior leadership levels.

Ellen Miller is the Executive Director of the International Ombuds Association. An advocate for organizational ombuds, Ellen speaks, writes, and educates policymakers on issues impacting the field. She is a collaborative, creative leader with more than 25 years of experience, including organizational management, program development, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning/positioning.

Richard Binner is General Manager Operations of Fair Way, New Zealand’s largest specialist conflict management and dispute resolution organisation.

Richard has held a number of senior and executive management positions during his career. He has broad experience in developing and executing business strategies, together with leading client relationships, business development and service delivery functions.

At Fair Way, Richard uses his experience to lead and inspire a dedicated and highly capable team of professionals.  He encourages constant process and system improvements to help them excel in their roles and provide a great experience for Fair Way’s customers.

Richard joined Fair Way in November 2017 as General Manager: Business Development, having accountability for leading strategic business development and client relationship management for emerging opportunities within the business.  In 2019 Richard became Chief Client Officer, with responsibility for providing strategic and people leadership of all client facing roles and for the effective delivery of all Fair Way’s professional services.

As General Manager Operations, Richard works within the Senior Management Team to guide Fair Way’s strategic priorities, together with having full operational responsibility for the day to day resourcing and delivery of all Fair Way’s professional services.