2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016

Steven J. Thompson, MBA

Senior Vice President
Chief Business Development Officer
Brigham and Women's Healthcare
USA
Samer Khoury

President of Engineering & Construction
Consolidated Contractors Company
Greece
H.E. Dr. Adnan Al-Ansari

Former Ambassador of Permanent Mission of GCC to the United Nations
Oman
Affan Khalfan Al Akhzami

Managing Director & CEO
ICEM
Oman
H.E. Dr. Hilal Ali Al Sabti

Executive President
Oman Medical Specialty Board;
Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Oman
Ambassador Frances D. Cook

Former Ambassador
Sultanate of Oman
USA
Dr. José Iglesias

Medical Director of
International Services and Pediatric Surgery;
Secretary
Cook Children’s Physician Network Board of Directors
Cook Children's Healthcare System
USA
Cynthia Gonzalez

Executive Director
International Patient Services
Cook Children’s Health Care System
USA
Dr. Walid A. Fitaihi

Founder
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
International Medical Center (IMC)
KSA
Isaac Blech

Founder, Director
Cerecor;
Founder of:
Celgene; ICOS (developer of Cialis);
Nova Pharmaceutical; Pathogenesis;
Genetics Systems Corporation;
(Please see Bio for additional Chairman/Vice Chairman Roles)
USA
Dr. Nizar N. Zein

Director
Hepatology Center;
Chairman
Global Patient Services
The Cleveland Clinic
USA
Dr. Maan Fares

Vice Chairman
Global Patient Services
The Cleveland Clinic
USA
Dr. Ghassan Abou-Alfa

Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;
Chair Heatobiliary Task Force
National Cancer Institute
USA
Dr. John Duke Anthony

Founding President & CEO
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
USA
David A. Paterson

55th Governor of New York State;
Director/Investments
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
H.H. Dr. Sayyida Basma Al Said

Founder
Whispers of Serenity's
Mental Health Counselor and Psychotherapist
Oman
Annette Maresh

Vice President
Trade Finance and Insurance
U.S. Export/Import Bank
USA
Hiba Zalatimo

Education For Employment (EFE) Graduate;
Manager
Hospitality Academy
Caesar Hotel
Palestine
Dr. Rabi Hanna

Director of Pediatric of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Cleveland Clinic
USA
Reeta Roy

President & CEO
Mastercard Foundation
Canada
Dr. Lawrence ("Larry") Friedman

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs;
CEO
UCSD International Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
USA
Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi

Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology
Emory University;
Co-Director
HIV Cure Scientific Working Group
NIH-sponsored Emory University CFAR
USA
Mohammed Barakat

Managing Director
US-Qatar Business Council
USA
The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith

President & CEO
Council on Competitiveness
USA
Dr. Nihal (“Nina”) Afifi

Global Health Policy and Management
EPOS Health Management
Harvard
T.H. Chan
School of Public Health
USA
Nawaf Althari

Political Adviser
Counter-Terrorism
Counter-Piracy Focal Point
OIC Focal Point
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Permanent Mission to the United Nations
USA
Ambassador Isobel Coleman

U.S. Representative to the United Nations
UN Management and Reform
USA
Ron Bruder

Founder & Chairman of the Board
Education for Employment (EFE)
USA
Tamara Cofman Wittes

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy
Center for Middle East Policy
Brookings Institution
USA
Dr. George Cheriyan

CEO
Chief Medical Officer
American Mission Hospital
Kingdom of Bahrain
Ken Close

CEO & Founding Partner
The Quincy Group
USA
Dr. Mark A. Davis

Executive Director
Business Development and Strategic Initiatives
Brigham and Women’s Healthcare
Harvard Medical School
USA
Ambassador Adam Ereli

Former US Ambassador
Kingdom of Bahrain
Mariam Farag

Head of MBC Al Amal (CSR arm of MBC)
Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC)
UAE
Ambassador Marc Ginsberg

Former US Ambassador
Morocco
Dr. Adnan Hammad

President & CEO
Global Health Research
Management & Solutions
USA
Dr. Gabi Hanna

Executive Director
Duke Translational Research Unit;
Associate Director
Duke Cancer Institute, Surgical Facility;
VP
American Remote Health
USA
Olivier Jarry

CEO
Lifnano
UK
Dr. Allen Kachalia

Chief Quality Officer
Vice President for Quality and Safety
Brigham Health;
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
USA
Florian Kemmerich

Managing Partner
Bamboo Capital Partners;
Founder
Ryan-Kay
Switzerland
Mr. Rizwan ("Riz") Khan

Author
Former Senior Anchor
CNN International
UAE
Honorable Suresh Kumar

Independent Board Director
Former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce
Member of Sanofi’s Executive Committee
USA
Dr. Adam Landman

Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Brigham Health (BH)
Attending Emergency Physician at BWH;
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
USA
Dr. Karl Laskowski

Associate Medical Director
Brigham and Women’s Physicians
Organization (BWPO);
Instructor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
USA
Stephen P. Nash

Partner
Co-Leader
International Healthcare Practice Group
Squire Patton Boggs
USA
Tracey Webb

Vice President
Structured Finance and Insurance
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
USA
Hala El-Mohandes

Vice President
Structured and Project Finance
U.S. Export/Import Bank
USA
John Payne

Chairman & CEO
PURELIFE Health Sciences Group, LLC
USA
Ransel N. Potter

Founder, Managing Partner
C3 Summit, LLC
USA
Mr. Ali Abdul Hussain Shaban

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
W J Towell Group LLC.
Oman
Ms. Maimuna Said Al-Sulaimani

General Counsel;
Effective Board Member (EBM)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC-UK)
Oman
Kathleen Regan

Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer
The Commonwealth Fund;
Board of Trustees
Boston Children’s Hospital;
Board of Trustees
Boston Children’s Hospital
H. Delano Roosevelt

Director, New Business Development
Reza Investment Company
Kingdom of Bahrain
John L. Brooks III

Managing Director
Healthcare Capital LLC
USA
Dr. Brian Jacobs

Vice President
Chief Medical Information Officer
Chief Information Officer
Children's National Health System
USA
Dr. Evan P. Nadler

Co-Director
Children's National Obesity Institute;
Director
Adolescent Weight Loss Surgery Program
Children's National Health System
USA
Jasmine Nahhas di Florio

Senior Vice President
Strategy & Partnerships
Education For Employment (EFE)
USA
Dr. Yousef Al Weshahi

Department Chair
Examination, Certification, Continuing Professional Development
Oman Medical Specialty Board
Oman
Muneer A. Baig

Founder & CEO
SYSUSA Inc.
USA

Here are some of our extraordinary C3 Summit past speakers:

Chemi Peres

Managing General Partner and Co-Founder
Pitango Venture Capital
Talal Braidy

Director of Global Business Development
Houston Methodist Global Health Care Services EMEA
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
General Wesley K. Clark, (ret.)

CEO
Wesley K. Clark & Associates, LLC
Rabbi Arthur Schneier

Founder & President
Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Wael Fakharany

Regional Director
Egypt & North Africa
Google
Elizabeth Richard

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Ambassador William Roebuck

US Ambassador to Bahrain
Danny E. Sebright

President
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council
Dr. Henry Kissinger

Chairman
Kissinger Associates, Inc.
Former Secretary of State
United States of America
Ambassador Leslie Rowe

Office of Global Health Diplomacy
U.S. Department of State
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Chairman
Al Habtoor Group
UAE
Ambassador Joseph Westphal

US Ambassador to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Jared Kushner
Ellen Lord

President & Chief Executive Officer
Textron Systems
His Excellency Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Bahrain Foreign Minister
HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Tala bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Member International Advisory Committee
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Edward Burton

Chief Executive Officer and President
U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council
General David H. Petraeus

US Army, Retired;
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency;
Chairman
KKR Global Institute