Glenn Hadley
SVP of Strategy
Dreamscape Marketing
About the Host
Glenn Hadley is the senior vice president of strategy for Dreamscape Marketing. Having spent years working nationally to revitalize behavioral healthcare conferences and pioneering the virtual trade show platform, Glenn wanted to get back to his core goal of helping people break through personally and professionally. He brings a unique, broad, and informed perspective of the healthcare profession to Dreamscape Marketing.
Nationally, Glenn is heading the development of new professional business relationships in hopes of bringing healing to new markets. As a former professional tennis player, coach, and director, Glenn brings a wealth of knowledge in team-building and community organization to the behavioral healthcare industry. Additionally, his personal journey into recovery, both emotional and physical, is inspiring and continues to spread hope wherever he speaks. Glenn is also the host of “Perspective Matters: This Week in Behavioral Healthcare,” an online talk show that highlights and interviews experts in the field.
Ben Dittman
SVP Partnerships
Kipu Health
About Ben
Ben established Avea Solutions, the industry-leading revenue cycle management software for behavioral health treatment providers. Ben is now Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Kipu Health, the top electronic medical records platform, which recently acquired Avea.
Before founding Avea, Ben spent 15+ years in banking, system design, and consulting.
Ben enjoys mountain biking in Bend, Oregon, taking photographs while traveling, and acquiring cool gadgets in his spare time.
Bethany Nelson, PhD
Director of Foundation Operations
NAATP
About Bethany
Dr. Bethany Nelson (she/her) serves as the Director of Foundation Operations for FoRSE within the NAATP team. Bethany earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Tennessee where her research focused on criminology, identity, and mass media. Prior to joining the FoRSE team, Dr. Nelson worked in both fundraising and program management for several nonprofits across the southeast. As the new Director of Foundation Operations, Bethany will be responsible for the day to day functionality, fundraising, and operational growth of FoRSE.
Dan Gemp
President
Dreamscape Marketing
About Dan
A nationally recognized speaker on ethical digital marketing for healthcare organizations, Dan maintains a year-round speaking schedule, forecasting digital marketing trends and delivering strategies to capitalize on them. His unique perspective at the intersection of business, digital marketing, and healthcare has positioned him as a thought leader and go-to contributor to healthcare conferences, podcasts, webinars, and publications, including Bloomberg and The New York Times.
As president of Dreamscape Marketing, Dan has made it the company’s mission to provide healthcare leaders a trusted partner in the development, execution, and management of a performance website and ROI-focused digital marketing campaign that achieves their business development goals through connection with and nurturing of highly qualified new patient opportunities.
Dexter Braff
Founder and President
The Braff Group
About Dexter
Dexter W. Braff is the Co-Founder The Braff Group, one of the nation’s leading health care merger and acquisition advisory firms (source: Refinitiv). Since its founding in 1998, The Braff Group has closed transactions with an aggregate transaction value in excess of $5 billion.
With 30 plus years of experience representing health care service companies, Dexter is recognized as one of the preeminent industry experts in health care M&A. Dexter has been the keynote speaker, panelist, or speaker on various issues regarding health care mergers and acquisitions or finance at conferences across the country.
Dexter holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master of Science from the University of Oregon, a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University, and received the Vincent W. Lanfear Award for academic achievement from the University of Pittsburgh. Dexter has been selected to serve on the board of several companies and institutions including the advisory board for the Home Care Innovation & Investment Conference. Dexter was inducted into The Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association Hall of Fame as “Dealmaker Extraordinaire” in 2018.
Michelle Mullany
CEO
Prosperity Behavioral Health
About Michelle
Michelle Mullany is the CEO of Prosperity Behavioral Health, a Revenue Cycle Management company specializing in Behavioral Health. She is an innovative, visionary healthcare executive with 18+ years of diverse experience in leading Behavioral Health organizations of all sizes and creating elastic, scalable strategies primed for future business development. Throughout her career, Michelle has been recognized for her ability to lead business turnaround, reinvigorate strategy and identify opportunities to improve processes and operations to ultimately affect the bottom line. Michelle has built a reputation as an entrepreneurial, strategic-minded team builder who consistently delivers on growth goals through partnership development, collaboration and strategic business planning. Michelle brings a unique portfolio of clinical skills, business and financial acumen to develop big-picture strategies and solutions that help businesses succeed.
Prior to her role at Prosperity Behavioral Health, Michelle held a long tenure at Main Line Health and Inova Health System as Vice President of Behavioral Health. Michelle has held multiple roles as a psychiatric social worker and served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps. Her professional experience is complemented by a Master of Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new adventures and surfing.
Sam Slaton, M.ED., LPC-S, MBA, MHSM
CEO
Santé Center for Healing
About Sam
Sam Slaton is the CEO of Santé Center for Healing. With a Master’s in Business Administration and Master’s in Health Systems Management from Texas Women’s University and his Master’s in Counseling and Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of North Texas, Sam has magnified his education with more than two decades of mental and behavioral health experience and leadership. Sam started his Santé tenure in 2004, working in Santé’s Intake and Admissions Department. When Santé needed additional leadership for an expanding and evolving team, Sam oversaw all aspects of Intake and Admissions.
As Santé has grown, so has Sam’s career working his way up from Director of Outpatient Services to Chief Operations Officer and being the go-to person for system improvements and program expansions company-wide. His knowledge of addiction treatment, key processes, and system capabilities has helped Santé Center for Healing become what it is today. He stewards the mission-centric culture that staff describe as “family” and is known as a conscientious leader who prioritizes the clients and what gives them the best chance at long-term recovery. He takes great pride in that his team has a reputation for integrity, quality treatment, and life-changing impact.
Sam loves spending time with his family – especially at Disney – and shaping the local community as a former President of the Argyle Education Foundation and Argyle ISD’s current School Board President.
Tani Weiner
Principal and Co-Chair, Behavioral Health Law Group
Polsinelli LLP
About Tani
Tani Weiner is a seasoned Health Care M&A lawyer with over 20 years of experience in the behavioral health space, and serves as Co-Chair of Polsinelli’s Behavioral Health Group. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California by The Daily Journal (2023) and for legal excellence by Chambers USA (2021-2023).
Tani’s clients include private equity funds, major national providers and owner/operators in the behavioral space, who entrust him with their most consequential and strategic legal matters. In addition to guiding some of the largest behavioral M&A transactions to successful completion, Tani supports his clients in de novo, regulatory/reimbursement, and restructuring matters.
