2026 Delaware Healthcare Workforce Summit
This year’s summit will focus on behavioral health as an essential component of overall healthcare. A secondary focus, in the afternoon, will be on Delaware’s Rural Health Transformation Initiative.
Keynote speaker: Dr. Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, bestselling author, and medical doctor. She’s the founder of the renowned humanitarian organizations War Child Canada and War Child USA.
Registration is free. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are included at no cost.
7:30 am – Registration and Breakfast
8:15 am – Conference Welcome
2:30 pm – Conference Conclusion
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7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Neil Hockstein, MD
Chair, Delaware Health Care Commission
Surgeon General, State of Delaware
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks
The Honorable Kyle Evans Gay Lieutenant Governor, State of Delaware
8:45 a.m. What is Behavioral Health and Prevention Science, and What Parts of the Workforce Do This Work?
Amy Herb, PhD
Chief of Grant Operations and Prevention Delaware National Prevention Network Coordinator
Brianna Lombardi, PhD
Director. Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center
Deputy Director, Carolina Health Workforce Research Center at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9:40 a.m. Assessment and Crisis Stabilization – from SBIRT to Mental Health Screening
Zachary Meehan, PhD
Clinical Director of the Institute for Community Mental Health at the University of Delaware
Lynn Morrison, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Brandywine Counseling & Community Services
10:10 a.m. Treatment Planning and Active Treatment
Arlene Wood, MS
Clinical Director, Banyan
Tiffaney Gallo, MS, CADC
Clinic Director, Sussex CTC/Acadia Healthcare
Ashley Gray, LPCMH, LCPC, CAADC
Clinical Director, Impact Life
10:50 Break
11:00 a.m. Maintenance and Relapse Prevention and the Primary Care Connection
Gerard Gallucci, MD, MHS
Acting Medical Director, DSAMH
Collaborative/Integrated Care
Fabricio Alarcon, MD, FACP
Medical Director, La Red Health Center
Vishesh Agarwal, MD, EMBA
Chief, Addiction Services ChristianaCare
Ericka Taylor-Daniel, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, CARN-AP
Chief Executive Officer/Provider, A Peaceful Place, LLC
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Keynote Address
Samatha Nutt, MD
Founder and President: War Child Canada and War Child USA Staff Physician: Women’s College Hospital in Toronto
Assistant Professor: Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto
1:30 p.m. Rural Health Transformation – How Do We Keep Who We Have?
Tiffany Chan, MA
Chief Executive Officer, Atalan
2:00 p.m. Rural Health Transformation Updates
Neil Hockstein, MD
Chair, Delaware Health Care Commission
Surgeon General, State of Delaware
Franssy Zablah, PhD
Director, M.S. Program in Clinical Psychological Science
University of Delaware
Margaret LaFashia, DNP, MBA, RN, NPD-BC
Director, Workforce Development
Nemours Children’s Health
Meghan Lines, PhD,
Pediatric Psychology
Nemours Children’s Health
Adjournment