The Oregon Health Forum provides a public venue for healthcare leaders, consumers, policymakers, and advocates to collectively and constructively address timely health policy issues and interact with their colleagues and peers.

Past event topics have included:

• Health care inequities
• Industry consolidation
• Primary care shortages
• Workforce supports
• Behavioral health challenges
• Medicaid reforms

Oregon Health Forum Event Planning Committee

The Event Planning Committee generates topics for Oregon Health Forum events, and suggests panelists, moderators, solicitates sponsorships and helps drive event attendance. Members include representatives from health care associations, the business community, insurers, medical providers, hospitals, consumers and government interests.

Chris Bouneff, Executive Director, NAMI Oregon

Dr. Samuel Metz, Retired Anesthesiologist, Oregon Physicians for a National Health Program

Anne King, Oregon State Director, Comagine Health

Kevin Fitts, Executive Director, The Oregon Mental Health Consumers Association

Art Suchorzewski, Director Of Government Affairs and Public Policy, FamilyCare Health

Heather Jefferis, Executive Director, Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

Jeremiah Rigsby, Chief of Staff, CareOregon

Robin Henderson, Chief Executive, Behavioral Health, Providence Oregon

Sil Pienovi, Owner, Pienovi Healthcare

Michaella Johnson, Senior Manager, Healthcare Industry Marketing, Moss Adams

Jeff Heatherington, President, FamilyCare Health and The Heatherington Foundation