Healthcare Innovation Track

Daniel (Dan) Summa is the Executive Director and Member of the Board of the U.S. Ecological Advanced Research & Conservation Hub. Over the last 25 years Mr. Summa has been a successful technology entrepreneur having built or been an advisor to several successful startup companies with the most recent being Kindling, an innovation software company he founded which was sold to Spigit in 2016. Mr. Summa is a former partner in Genesys Partners, a New York City investment banking, venture capital and venture development company that specializes in the early stage digital information industry. Dan is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. He is involved in various charities and community organizations including Semper Fi Fund and other veteran causes.

Kevin Wu is a graduate of Cornell University, where he received his Master of Engineering degree in Biomedical Engineering. He is currently an R&D Engineer in MTF’s Wound Care division, which offers highly advanced wound care solutions that are safe, clinically based, cost-effective, and work in concert with the body’s natural healing process.

Barry Demansky received a Bachelor of Arts in Technical Theatrical Production from Penn State University in 1991 and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics from Temple University as an adult learner in 2012.  His career arc has taken him from lighting design and hand crafting stage properties, apprenticing in foundry patternmaking and industrial prototyping, to CNC programming and machining footwear molds, cement industry ball mills, kilns and pressure vessels to his current role as Associate Director of Specialty Spine Operations at MTF Jessup’s facility.

Drew Kearney, JD, is the co-founder and CEO of Signallamp Health. Drew’s work on value-based payment models and HIT taught him that the most under utilized asset in healthcare is the physician-patient relationship. Drew believes that extending this relationship beyond the clinical setting without impeding physician workflow is essential to improving the management of chronic health conditions.

Signallamp’s proprietary process and technology aggregates and transforms data from both a patient’s medical history and real-time personal interactions into structured, actionable intelligence to improve patient care, while generating monthly recurring revenue by providing care management services on behalf of providers.

Drew lives in Northeast PA with his wife, Colleen and three children, J.D., Gwendolyn, and Leland.

Serial Healthcare Technology entrepreneur with 25 years product development/quality management and public health experience. Nominated for the National Medal of Technology and innovation in 2016 for his work to align medical care with the social determinants of health. He is the driving force behind Heudia Health which emerged as an extension of a multiyear collaboration with Dr. Michael Dulin, Chief Clinical Officer for Analytics and Outcomes Research at Carolinas Healthcare System.

Mr. Connors was also the lead technologist on the National Healthy Start Association’s Maternal and Child Health’s HIE Interoperability Toolkit program funding by The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. He is intensely focused on improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations through the empowerment of community-based participatory research teams, capacity building, and community engagement predicated on using software workflows and toolkits to digitally scale and sustain healthcare related innovations.

Jennifer Walsh, Esq. joined The Wright Center in August 2016 as Senior Vice President of Organizational Integrity and Compliance and General Counsel. Jennifer’s key responsibilities include oversight of organizational compliance, development of a robust patient engagement program and serving as legal counsel for The Wright Center, amongst additional responsibilities that arise within a dynamic, community owned non-profit. She has professional experience in representing clients in both state and federal courts, enhancing risk management initiatives, training board members and management/supervisors on critical areas of employment law and has presented seminars to client groups and attorneys on issues of importance in labor/employment law, social media and litigation arenas. Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, is learning the ropes of making natural/organic soap and is energized by the potential to impact healthcare in America by bolstering meaningful organizational innovations right here in NEPA.

Chason Sordoni is the COO of SnapSlide and a native of Northeast Pennsylvania, where his family has been operating businesses for four generations, including manufacturing, telecommunications, banking and construction. Growing up in operating businesses, Mr. Sordoni learned the value of team-work, trust and accountability. He is enthusiastic about SnapSlide as a cost-saving and environmentally-conscious convenience for the entire world, but he is passionate about SnapSlide becoming a life-changing solution for those with disabilities.

Marilyn White is the former Northeast Regional Cancer Institute VP of Registry Services, now NRCI Consultant. Marilyn was responsible for forming the unique NRCI community based registry and developing it into the success that it is today.