IDEAL Speakers Bureau
Keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and workshops from women leading across home care, hospice, home health, nursing, and healthcare technology.
Why IDEAL Has a Speakers Bureau
IDEAL exists to move more women into healthcare's top seats. Part of that work is making sure the leaders already in those seats are seen and heard.
Our speakers are CEOs, COOs, nurse leaders, founders, operators, and leaders who run organizations and lead teams through the same staffing, growth, and technology pressures your audience is facing right now.
They bring practical experience your attendees can use on Monday morning. Every booking also puts more women's leadership in front of the industry.
Meet Our Speakers
Executives, operators, and clinical leaders from across the care continuum. Browse speakers by specialty tag, or submit an inquiry and we'll recommend the right fit.
Speaker Focus Areas
Operational & Growth Strategy
Women in Healthcare Leadership
Speaker Focus Areas
Operational & Growth Strategy
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Speaker Focus Areas
Founder & CEO, Momentum Healthcare & Technology Consulting | Founder, IDEAL for Healthcare
Tampa, FL - Open to travel
Operational & Growth Strategy
Leadership Development
Speaker Focus Areas
Leadership Development
Kristen Duell
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Kristen has spent more than 25 years across care delivery, healthcare technology, and enterprise operations, serving as CEO, CMO, EVP, and VP of Sales and Marketing in post-acute and care at home. She founded IDEAL to advance women into the C-suite.
Workforce strategy and operational sustainability in care at home
Aligning marketing, sales, and operations for scalable growth
Technology enablement that delivers real ROI
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Jordan Kandt
VP of Strategic Initiatives, Momentum Healthcare & Technology Consulting | Executive Director, IDEAL for Healthcare
Kansas City, KS - Not currently available for travel
Jordan has nearly a decade of experience coaching hundreds of small business owners on intake, sales, and customer experience, starting as the first Home Care Sales Enablement Manager at A Place for Mom. She leads strategic advisory and go-to-market work and serves as IDEAL's Executive Director.
• Aligning strategy, marketing, and operations for scalable growth
• Improving sales and customer experience performance
• Leading teams through change and competing priorities
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Mentorship & Career Growth
Amber Monroe, MHA, PMP
SVP of Enterprise Growth, Paradigm
Clermont, FL - Open to travel
Amber helps enterprise and franchise organizations across care at home navigate growth, government payer strategy, and technology transformation. Home Health Care News named her a 2025 Future Leader in Home Health & Home Care, and she has spoken at HCAOA, the National Alliance for Care at Home, and major franchise conferences.
• Unlocking VA and Medicaid opportunities for care-at-home providers
• Revenue cycle strategy and the economics of scaling home care
• AI, automation, and the future of home care operations
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Nena Hart, MSN, RN
President, National Nurses in Business Association | Founder, Hart Healthcare Solutions
Decherd, TN - Open to travel
Nena is a nurse executive and entrepreneur who has led large-scale healthcare operations. She grew a regional hospice census from 700 to more than 1,500 patients, led what was then the nation's largest single-provider ACHC accreditation survey, and opened 10 locations in under three years.
• Leadership that drives results
• Navigating healthcare's regulatory challenges
• From employee mindset to ownership mindset
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Operational & Growth Strategy
Mentorship & Career Growth
Mentorship & Career Growth
Speaker Focus Areas
Mentorship & Career Growth
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Cheryl Lovell
CEO, VossiaCare · Founder & CEO, CLC Group
Arizona - Open to travel
Cheryl started as a U.S. Navy Corpsman and has spent 27 years across home health, hospice, home care, palliative care, and mobile physician services, holding nearly every leadership seat. She grew a home health startup into a multi-million-dollar, multi-line company in six years. CEU-eligible sessions available.
• Operational excellence and innovation in post-acute care
• Growth strategy: M&A, de novo, joint ventures, and new service lines
• Building cultures where patients and caregivers come first
Leadership Development
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Michelle Pickering
COO, Momentum Healthcare & Technology Consulting
Charlotte, NC - Open to travel
Michelle brings more than 20 years across hospice, home health, home care, and post-acute services, including serving as CEO of Paradigm Health and leading acquisitions and integrations in private equity-backed organizations. She serves on the IDEAL board.
• Building sustainable growth strategies for care-at-home organizations
• Strengthening operations and workforce without increasing burnout
• Preparing organizations for M&A, private equity, and investment
Operational & Growth Strategy
Women in Healthcare Leadership
Leadership Development
Speaker Focus Areas
Operational & Growth Strategy
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Speaker Focus Areas
Workforce & Industry Challenges
Leadership Development
Naomi James, RN, MSN, CPAN, CNEcl
Owner & Founder, Building Better Nurses, LLC
Atlanta, GA - Open to travel
Naomi is a registered nurse and educator who founded Building Better Nurses to give nurses continuing education, on-site training, and wellbeing support. A 2023 American Heart Association Go Red For Women advocate, she speaks on the challenges facing women's heart health and today's nursing workforce.
Professional wellbeing
Staff empowerment and engagement
Emerging leaders development
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Book a Speaker
Tell us about your event and audience. We'll confirm availability, recommend the best fit if you're not sure who to request, and connect you with the speaker directly.