📢Check out our keynote speakers

This year’s conference theme is centered around advocacy in action as we bring healthcare leaders together to reflect on the current state of the industry and ‘lead forward’ to support Arizona’s healthcare ecosystem. Conference attendees will hear from a dynamic lineup of speakers and network with fellow healthcare executives, trustees, thought leaders and community partners from across the state.

Featured keynote sessions  

Lead from within: building stronger teams through personal growth 
Richard Coffey, leadership expert
True leadership goes beyond supervision—it inspires, empowers and uplifts. Are you guiding with vision or simply managing tasks? Are you a true leader or just a boss? This session explores what it truly means to build a dynamic, growth-driven team.

Get it right today, not tomorrow 
Mercedes Ramirez Johnson, speaker and advocate
Mercedes’ gripping story moves participants to put their lives in perspective and carefully consider how the choices they make profoundly affect their future. This program dispels the notion that there will always be a tomorrow in which we can finish today’s unfinished business and moves individuals to work and live with intentionality.

The big picture: View the 2-and-a-half-day conference agenda here, including breakout session tracks with best practices in innovation, leadership, and policy and advocacy.

What’s next: 

Register by Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, to receive the early bird discount: $600 for AzHHA members.

Reserve a room for the conference. Deadline to reserve a room under the conference block is Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.

Questions? Contact communications@azhha.org.