Mr. Russo is the Chief Executive Officer of The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, an independent medical group community practice based in Dallas/Fort Worth. The Center is a member of OneOncology, a national network of fifteen high-value oncology medical group practices.  Barry has over 30 years of healthcare experience including academic medical center, community practice and community hospital settings.

Barry serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Community Oncology Alliance (COA) and is a member of the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Texas Medical Group Management Association (TXMGMA). He holds an MBA from the University of Dallas and resides in Colleyville, Texas. Barry is a Founding Member of the Cancer Business Forum.

Dr. Saulet is passionate about changing how we pay for and deliver cancer care. In her role as Market Vice President of Oncology at Carrum Health, she oversees the Cancer Centers of Excellence program, which connects self-insured employers to high-value cancer care providers.

Prior to Carrum, Deirdre spent ten years at Advisory Board (an independent subsidiary of Optum), where she served as Expert Partner, Practice Manager, and Consultant for the Oncology Roundtable. She managed client relationships and led research on oncology trends and best practices in payment reform, patient experience, and clinical innovations. She received her Bachelor’s of Science from the College of William & Mary and her PhD in Immunology from Duke University. Deirdre is a Founding Member of the Cancer Business Forum.

Mr. Barkley is a healthcare business advisor specializing in the transaction of physician and hospital business relationships, particularly consolidated oncology service lines and cancer centers and in value-based care and alternative payment models in oncology. Ron is the President of the Cancer Center Business Development Group.

Ron served as Executive Director for a regional oncology medical group practice and during his tenure, developed an innovative business model relationship between the practice and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. He also served as Regional Market Executive for the Chicago-area practices of the McKesson/US Oncology Network and as professional business advisor in oncology practice mergers, acquisitions and oncologist-hospital affiliations in numerous market settings nationally.

Mr. Barkley holds a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration and a Law Degree with emphasis in healthcare transactional and regulatory law. He is a member of the State Bar of California; American Health Lawyer’s Association (AHLA) and the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) and is a Founding Member of the Cancer Business Forum.

Carla is a tenured healthcare executive with expertise in building infrastructure and enterprise growth in the healthcare technology market sector.  As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spesana, her motivation to create ground-breaking technology products and innovative market strategies is rooted in the belief every patient deserves the best care available. Carla realized her passion for patient care technology solutions as Director of Product Development and Senior Financial Operations Manager of SOS/ACORN, an oncology research firm and community research network formed by the West Cancer Center, Memphis.

Prior to founding Spesana, Carla served as President of Nantcare, a California-based oncology clinical trials and technology company.  Further, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Altos Solutions, the first web-based oncology electronic medical record and big data company, Carla led its acquisition by to Flatiron Health, a Google-Ventures backed organization that was subsequently acquired by Roche.

A graduate of University of Memphis with a cum laude Master of Science in Psychology, Carla holds patents for machine vision and molecular diagnostic interpretation and serves as a Healthcare Board Member of the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves on the Board of Directors of Florence Healthcare.

Alexis Bortniker is a health care transactional lawyer in the San Diego office of Foley & Lardner LLP and is chair of the firm’s health care transaction group. Alexis is a strategic advisor, working with health care providers, payers, private equity companies, and technology companies on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, payment structures, and complex business transactions. Alexis has extensive experience in alternative payment models, population health management, risk-based reimbursement systems, and payer/provider alignment. She has significant experience working with providers in Medicare Advantage and CMMI demonstration models. Alexis also advises emerging companies in navigating the move away from direct-to-consumer payment models to third party payment strategies, including commercial payment, direct to employer, centers of excellence and more.

She also has considerable experience in matters involving fraud and abuse compliance, including self-referral and anti-kickback laws, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, self-disclosures and overpayments. This experience allows her to provide full-service transactional guidance to health care entities in their transactions. Alexis also works regularly with oncology practices, advising on a variety of developing legal areas, including risk and outcomes-based payment models and joint ventures.

Nina Chavez is Vice President of Customer Experience at Flatiron Health. Nina leads the Flatiron Healthcare (HC) community oncology customer experience from go-live onward, encompassing the Implementation, Optimization, Strategic Partnerships and Projects and Account Management teams. She is a subject matter expert in value-based care and clinical practice transformation.

Nina joined Flatiron in 2020 with 16 years of practice experience at the New Mexico Cancer Center (NMCC). In her previous role as Chief Operating Officer at NMCC, she served on the boards of the Association of Community Cancer Centers and the Coalition of Hematology and Oncology Practices. Additionally, she is a fellow with the American College of Medical Practice Executives.

Nina received a Bachelor of Science and an MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Phoenix.