2024 Agenda

Registration, Breakfast & Networking

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Christopher J. O’Connor, CFRE, MBA, Chief Development Officer, Mass General Brigham

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Plenary 1: Current Trends in Fundraising
Bill Stanczykiewicz, Ed.D., Senior Assistant Dean for External Relations;
Director & Rosso Fellow, The Fund Raising School, Indiana University;
Clinical Associate Professor

9:15 am – 10:15 am

Break

10:15 am – 10:30 am

Plenary 2: 25+ Years: Building Community and a Fundraising Program One Step at a Time
Howard Weinstein, MD, Unit Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Joined in conversation by patient-partner turned runner Callie Belichick, runner Tim Sullivan, and patient-parent turned runner Tarrah Zedower

10:30 am – 11:30 am

Lunch & Networking

11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Plenary 3: Community Health and Health Equity
Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH, Chief Community Health & Health Equity
Officer, Mass General Brigham
Josh Kraft, President, New England Patriots Foundation and Member of the Board of Trustees, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Break

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Plenary 4: A Fireside Chat with MGB Leadership
Niyum Gandhi,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mass General Brigham
David F. M. Brown, MD,
President, Academic Medical Centers, Mass General Brigham

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Reception

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm