Stephanie D. Willis, an attorney in the Health Law Practice of Mintz, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., will be an introductory speaker at the 2013 Minority C-Suite Executive Roundtable presented by the Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter of the National Association of Health Service Executives.  She also served as co-chair in planning the event.  The roundtable will take place on Thursday, March 21 at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center.

The 2013 Minority C-Suite Executive Roundtable will feature a discussion on topics relevant to the advancement of minorities in positions of power within health care management and delivery organizations. Kenneth Grant, Vice President for General Services & Supply Chain Management, Johns Hopkins Health System, will moderate the roundtable. The panelists include:

• Dr. Joseph Wright - Senior Vice President, Acting Executive Vice President & Chief Government External Affairs Officer, Children's National Medical Center
• Dr. Manisha Singal - Chief Medical Officer & Vice President for Medical Affairs, The Specialty Hospital of Washington
• Rawle Andrews, Jr. - Regional Vice President for Mideast States, AARP
• Donita Fleming - Vice President for Professional and Support Services, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
• Charlisa Watson - Vice President for Community Development, Southeast Region, United HealthCare Community Plan
• Franklyn Baker - Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Volunteers of America Chesapeake, Inc.
• Dr. Kulleni Gebreyes - Director of Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Deanna Banks, Principal, Furst Group

Ms. Willis primarily works with health care clients, including clinical laboratories, renal dialysis providers, and hospitals to comply with state and federal laws and regulations governing licensure, reimbursement, health care fraud and abuse, telemedicine, and health information privacy requirements.

Attorneys in Mintz Health Law Practice, many of whom have held senior government positions or served as in-house counsel, represent for-profit and non-profit, domestic and international companies in connection with a wide variety of business and legal transactions, challenges and issues that they confront both on a daily basis and in bet-the-company matters. Clients span the full spectrum of the industry, including hospital systems, managed care organizations, laboratories, long-term care providers, durable medical equipment suppliers, behavioral health companies, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers.