2026 Business and Leadership Conference

Chester "Chip" Davis, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Healthcare Distribution Alliance

Opening Dialogue with the HDA Board Chair and Power of Partnership Award Presentation
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 7:45—8:15 AM

Chester "Chip" Davis, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Healthcare Distribution Alliance

Opening Dialogue with the HDA Board Chair and Power of Partnership Award Presentation
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 7:45—8:15 AM

Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr., JD, is the President and Chief Executive Office of HDA and President of the HDA Research Foundation. HDA is the national association representing pharmaceutical distributors — the vital link between the nation’s 1,400 manufacturers and nearly 330,000 sites of care. Mr. Davis oversees HDA’s day-to-day

operations and is responsible for ensuring that the organization’s members have a strong advocacy voice in legislation, regulation and policy.

Mr. Davis joined HDA in March 2020 from the Association of Accessible Medicines (AAM), the nation’s leading trade association for manufacturers of generic and biosimilar medicines, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2015. Prior to AAM, Mr. Davis held leadership roles at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and AstraZeneca, where in 2007 he was recognized as one of the inaugural winners of the CEO Leadership Award.

Mr. Davis earned an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Paul Epstein

Best-Selling Author, Why Coach

The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster

Win Monday – The High-Performance Habit that Fuels Momentum, Growth, and Success
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 8:15—9:00 AM

Paul Epstein

Best-Selling Author, Why Coach

The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster

Win Monday – The High-Performance Habit that Fuels Momentum, Growth, and Success
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 8:15—9:00 AM

Paul Epstein is a former high-level executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams and a two-time bestselling author of The Power of Playing Offense and Better Decisions Faster. In 2022, he was named one of SUCCESS magazine’s top thought leaders who get results, and his work has been featured on ESPN, NBC, Fox Business, and in USA Today.

In nearly 15 years as a leader in the world of pro sports, Paul helped take NBA teams from the bottom of the league in revenue to the top two, broke every premium sales revenue metric in Super Bowl history while in the NFL’s league office, opened a billion-dollar stadium and founded the San Francisco 49ers Talent Academy, where he was known as the Why Coach.

As an award-winning keynote speaker, Paul’s impact has continued off stage through his leadership development and culture transformation programs for companies and teams including Amazon, Disney, Johnson & Johnson, NASA, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Cowboys.

When he is not on stage as a global keynote speaker, Paul is a proud father of PJ and Lucca, married his best friend on the field of Levi’s Stadium, and has a slight obsession with bacon — just don’t make it too crispy.

Baily Hancock

Connection Strategist

Overlap Collective

Professional Development Session: Connect Like a Person: Building Real Relationships That Last
Sunday, June 14, 2026 | 3:00—4:30 PM

Leucadia (First Floor - South Tower)

Baily Hancock

Connection Strategist

Overlap Collective

Professional Development Session: Connect Like a Person: Building Real Relationships That Last
Sunday, June 14, 2026 | 3:00—4:30 PM

Leucadia (First Floor - South Tower)

Baily Hancock is a connection strategist, keynote speaker, and leadership coach who helps ambitious humans move beyond surface-level networking to build real, lasting relationships. Known as a “Professional Friend-Maker,” she blends strategic insight and practical tools with a deeply human approach to connection — showing people how to relate to others more authentically, effectively, and meaningfully.

Her work is grounded in a simple belief: success is not a solo sport. Over the past decade, Baily has worked with hundreds of individuals and organizations to transform the way they approach relationships — from building trust quickly and connecting with purpose to how they ask for and offer support. Her signature framework, The Overlap Method™, helps people align who they are on the inside with how they show up on the outside, creating the conditions for genuine connection and collaboration.

Baily holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Management, has delivered more than 150 talks and workshops, and has been interviewed on over 60 podcasts. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Create & Cultivate and HuffPost.

Jody Hatcher

Chief Executive Officer

Morris & Dickson Co., L.L.C.

Opening Dialogue with the HDA Board Chair and Power of Partnership Award Presentation
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 7:45—8:15 AM

Jody Hatcher

Chief Executive Officer

Morris & Dickson Co., L.L.C.

Opening Dialogue with the HDA Board Chair and Power of Partnership Award Presentation
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 7:45—8:15 AM

Jody Hatcher is a visionary healthcare executive and the Chief Executive Officer of Morris & Dickson Co., LLC (M&D), the largest privately owned wholesale and specialty pharmaceutical distributor in the United States.

When Jody joined M&D in April 2021, he made history as the first leader outside the founding family to helm the fifth-generation company. Under his strategic direction, M&D has experienced an explosive growth trajectory, nearly doubling its revenue from $3.6 billion to almost $7 billion today. He has successfully transformed the company from a regional pharmaceutical distributor into a national powerhouse, securing licensure in all 50 states, rapidly expanding specialty pharmaceutical and cold chain capabilities, and successfully penetrating new markets, including community clinics and infusion centers.

A recognized voice in the industry, Jody currently serves as Chairman of the Board for the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) . In this role, he champions the critical role of distributors who form the vital network connecting pharmaceutical manufacturers with hospitals, clinics, and community pharmacies nationwide.

Before joining M&D, he served as President of Supply Chain Services at Vizient, overseeing the performance improvement company’s acute, non-acute, pharmacy and 340B businesses . Prior to that, he spent eight highly successful years as President and CEO of Novation, where he more than doubled the company's growth before its integration into Vizient in 2016.

Beyond his executive roles, Jody is an active industry advisor, currently serving on the Board of Directors for Pharma Logistics. His deep governance experience includes past board positions with SpendMend, PDI Healthcare, Cohealo, PartsSource, Inc., Provista, the Health Care Supply Chain Association and GHX .

Beth Sanner

Former Intelligence Briefer to President Trump

Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence

Global Intelligence Brief: Geopolitics Knows No Boundaries
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 9:00—10:00 AM

Beth Sanner

Former Intelligence Briefer to President Trump

Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence

Global Intelligence Brief: Geopolitics Knows No Boundaries
Monday, June 15, 2026 | 9:00—10:00 AM

During her more than three-decade career as a leader in the Intelligence Community — including roles in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, CIA, U.S. Department of State and the White House — Beth Sanner was a trusted adviser to multiple U.S. presidents, congressional and cabinet officials, and foreign partners on the nation’s most critical intelligence and national security matters. In her roles as the senior-most analyst for the entire intelligence community, deputy director of national intelligence, President Trump’s intelligence briefer, and director of the president’s daily brief, she uncovered threats to the country and briefed U.S. presidents and senior leaders on their potential impact. Having served in several national security leadership, staff, policy and analytic positions, Sanner was among the most influential voices in presidential decision-making on national and global affairs. Her acumen remains highly sought after by our nation’s leaders and organizations across various industries.

Previously, she was the U.S. Department of State’s special adviser for Balkan Affairs and a director in the National Security Council’s Russian and European Directorate at the White House, a role in which she briefed Presidents H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, their vice presidents and national security advisers.

Sanner is currently the Director of Geopolitics and Strategy at International Capital Strategies, where she shapes geopolitical and geofinancial assessments in support of corporate and investment clients. In addition, Sanner is a senior fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and the US Chamber Foundation, a distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund and a contributing expert to The Cipher Brief. She also appears as a national security contributor on CNN, providing analysis on today’s top intelligence and geopolitical matters.

Widely recognized for her influence on national intelligence strategy and policy, Sanner is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award (the highest honor bestowed on civil servants, awarded by President Biden), Distinguished Intelligence Service Medal, Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal, two Superior Intelligence Service Medals, multiple CIA and DNI Director’s Awards, and several other accolades. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sanner earned her BA in economics and international affairs from American University and was a Distinguished Graduate of the National War College, earning an MS in national security strategy.