Agenda – Day 3

An Aussie native with more than 20 years of award-winning, worldwide experience in all facets of technical direction and event production, Steve is known industry-wide for excellence in large scale concert tours, international televised events and large-scale B2B and B2C programs. His acclaimed work includes tours with AC/DC, Billy Joel, Pink, Katy Perry, Coldplay and Taylor Swift; and with brands such as Gatorade, YouTube, Bud Light, Toyota and Qantas, to name a few.

Lindsay Scola is Friends At Work’s head of social impact. Lindsay began her career in politics working for Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) until 2007 when she began work on Barack Obama’s Presidential bid. She worked with the Obama Administration doing advance work for the White House, running First Lady Michelle Obama’s advance operation during the 2012 election and directing the Inaugural Parade. In 2016, Lindsay moved into entertainment to head up talent relations for the Television Academy. During her tenure she merged her love of entertainment and social good to work on moving the social needle in television by creating a speaker series that paired showrunners and experts to talk about how television can do more to educate the public. Using her experience as a logistics and publicity savant in both the government and entertainment worlds, Lindsay became Director of Strategic Communications and Social Impact at Friends at Work. Representing impacters and changemakers such as Obama Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, Lindsay helps her clients expand their reach via the entertainment industry and to and further their missions through storytelling.

Jennie Morton is an Osteopath with a graduate degree in Psychology who has been specializing in the field of Performing Arts Medicine (PAM) for over 20 years, following a career as a performing artist. She is on the Clinical Advisory Board for Backline, and the Board of Directors for the Performing Arts Medicine Association and the Dance Resource Center (LA). She is the Wellness Professor at the Colburn School and is the author of many papers and publications on PAM topics, including three books. Jennie co-created the Master of Science degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College, London, and provides education on PAM topics for healthcare professionals, arts educators, and artists themselves. Based in Los Angeles, she is currently developing a certification course for mental health professionals to specialize in working with the musician population, and a healthy practice certification for dance teachers.

If you ask NOMC co-founding director and NOMAF President Bethany Ewald Bultman what she does, she may tell you, “I am the crust of bread the puts the cultural peas on the fork.” Her proud pink hair is Bultman’s way of publicly advocating for universal health care. As a cultural anthropologist, author, journalist and documentary filmmaker, Bultman is known for her vibrant insights and historical commentary. She and her husband, Johann, are civil rights activists who founded the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic in 1998 and subsequently the New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Foundation in 2005. Today, Bultman remains a vibrant Tour de Force in the New Orleans community including receiving an honorary doctorate from Loyola University.

She is currently serving as the 2020 symposium co-chair for the International Performing Arts Medicine Association which will meet in New Orleans, the first time in the south, June 18-22, 2020.

Tatum Allsep is the Founder/CEO of Music Health Alliance, a non-profit organization that removes barriers and finds healthcare solutions to Heal The Music. To date MHA has served over 11,000 music industry professionals in their most vulnerable time of need saving $50 million in healthcare costs in only 7 years. Her career includes 6 years with MCA Records, several years as an artist manager, and the launch of the first-ever Vanderbilt University Medical Center/ Children’s Hospital Music Industry Relations Department where she pioneered a number of impactful programs that are still going strong. In 2012, Tatum left the for-profit world to build Music Health Alliance. Through MHA, Tatum initiated a new model of healthcare support whose outcomes have garnered national accolades and recognition, however, the greatest achievement for Tatum will always be found in the clients whose lives have been positively impacted by the work of Music Health Alliance.

If you ask NOMC co-founding director and NOMAF President Bethany Ewald Bultman what she does, she may tell you, “I am the crust of bread the puts the cultural peas on the fork.” Her proud pink hair is Bultman’s way of publicly advocating for universal health care. As a cultural anthropologist, author, journalist and documentary filmmaker, Bultman is known for her vibrant insights and historical commentary. She and her husband, Johann, are civil rights activists who founded the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic in 1998 and subsequently the New Orleans Musicians’ Assistance Foundation in 2005. Today, Bultman remains a vibrant Tour de Force in the New Orleans community including receiving an honorary doctorate from Loyola University.

She is currently serving as the 2020 symposium co-chair for the International Performing Arts Medicine Association which will meet in New Orleans, the first time in the south, June 18-22, 2020.

Reenie Collins is the CEO of Health Alliance for Austin Musicians – a unique organization that is both a cultural support and a healthcare safety net provider for Austin’s low income, working musicians. A seasoned executive with more than 25 years’ experience in the healthcare arena working in hospital systems and community health. During the course of her 25-year career she has a proven track record of leading teams through successful change and developing strong community and patient mission driven programs. During her tenure, HAAM has received multiple community awards and has been locally and nationally recognized for both fundraising and operational excellence. She is recognized as a strong connector of people and contributor to the community in many different areas. An Austin native, Reenie grew up listening to music in many of Austin’s iconic venues and loves all types of music but especially Americana and Folk Music.

Renata Marinaro is a licensed social worker. As National Director of Health Services at The Actors Fund, she manages the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center and Entertainment Industry Health Solutions and helps manage the Samuel Friedman Health Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with Mount Sinai Doctors. Renata has created many online and print resources to help increase insurance literacy in the arts and entertainment community, including a series of online tutorials, available at http://tinyurl.com/AHIRCvideos. She is also a certified application counselor.

A native of Detroit’s East Side, B.C. Vermeersch has guided the Musicians Foundation as Executive Director since 1996. Having earned Bachelor and Master degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit, he was awarded his PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He also holds a Certificate from the Columbia University Institute for Not-for-Profit Management. His professional career has been based in New York City as an administrator of non-profit organizations, including Composer’s Forum, Greenwich House Music School and volunteering with the Washington Square Association and Washington Square Music Festival. He is a founding member of the Coalition of New York City Community Schools of the Arts and is a recipient of the National Guild for Community Arts Education’s Milestone Award.

Susan Dentzer is one of the nation’s most respected health and health policy thought leaders and a frequent commentator on television and radio, including PBS and NPR, and an author of commentaries in Modern Healthcare, the New England Journal of Medicine, and other prominent publications. She is a Senior Policy Fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, the Washington, DC-based arm of Duke that focuses on health system transformation, biopharmaceutical policy, and other key health policy issues. Dentzer was previously senior policy advisor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; editor-in-chief of the journal Health Affairs; and on-air Health Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine; a member of the Boards of Directors of the Research!America and the Public Health Institute. A Dartmouth graduate, she is a trustee emerita of the institution and chaired the Board of Trustees from 2001-4.

Peter Grant is President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC, a company which sponsors media and educational events, including national conferences, internet-based events, and publications on matters of health care practice and policy. He also Chair of Train for Compliance, LLC, , and Health IT Certification. Dr. Grant is a partner and chair of the Health Law Section of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP. Dr. Grant is a health law specialist with special focus on structuring physician organizations and integrated health systems. He has special expertise in antitrust, corporate practice of medicine regulation, fraud and abuse and Stark, and HMO and health insurance regulation. He is special counsel to the American Medical Group Association, and general counsel to the Integrated Healthcare Association and the IPA Association of America. He is the former general counsel to the Hospital Council of Northern and central California. Dr. Grant maintains offices in San Francisco and Seattle. He is Past President, California Society for Healthcare Attorneys and the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Northern California Chapter.