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Sam Patel is an accomplished serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the healthcare sector. As an alum from Purdue University and carrying both a Doctor of Medicine and Master in Business Administration degrees, he possesses a unique skill set to optimize medical practices and patient care while achieving substantial profits. As the previous owner of multiple healthcare practices, Sam excels in both the initial development and long-term success of businesses in the industry. Today, Sam serves as an international consultant helping thousands of practices grow along with speaking globally at conferences.

Daniel Wrenne is the owner of Finance for Physicians. Daniel loves helping people use their finances to live better lives. Ultimately, he wants to live a life worth imitating and help others do the same. Above all, he values his faith in Christ and his family. Most of his spare time involves wrestling his boys — Noah, Henry, and Andrew —coaching soccer, and spending time with his wife, Alison. It should also be noted he has a pretty serious hot sauce obsession.

Stu Schaff is an expert in physician compensation and physician engagement. For over 15 years, he has worked closely with the leadership of more than 100 healthcare organizations across the United States, like Dignity Health and Trinity Health, to develop truly impactful physician compensation strategies and plans. As a trusted advisor, Stu empowers medical group leaders to break the cycle of constantly having to react to dissatisfied physicians. His proactive approach is thoughtfully tailored to each group he serves, leading to improved recruitment, retention, and engagement.

Tony Schifano founded Antos Environmental 36 years ago and has been driving environmental initiatives long before the word ‘sustainability’ was ever used. Their clients include many of the nation’s large hospital systems. Their services span operational initiatives including single use plastic elimination, environmental monitoring, and changing culture in an organization to support them, and sustainable strategies and compliance ranging from environmental management policies and procedures to environmental stewardship. Tony is the exclusive consultant for the American Hospital Association, a Director of the Green Hospital Initiative in China, he co-wrote the Medical Waste Tracking Act in 1988 and State Regulations relating to waste tracking and waste disposal in 17 States and in Puerto Rico.

Tracy Cherpeski, MBA, MA, CPSC, is a Business Consultant and Executive Coach with over 20 years of experience. Tracy is the go-to expert for private practice owners and their teams, teaching them how to optimize their time and scale their practices without sacrifice. She helps her clients take back their time and energy to start living a fulfilled life as a high-impact provider and CEO. Tracy is host and executive producer of Thriving Practice podcast, and works with healthcare practice owners around the world.

Jonathan Bonanno is the principal at Cultura Co, a psychology-based talent agency. Jonathan holds over a decade of healthcare experience working alongside senior leadership and executive teams of reputable Fortune 100 companies and small to midsize start-up businesses in the disciplines of people operations and implementation management. Jonathan has coached over 100 dental offices, operations leaders, and entrepreneurs across the country to become high-performing teams, as well as facilitated the sale of multimillion-dollar practices. Jonathan is a certified talent optimization consultant with added certification in social and behavioral research.