Agenda

Richard Marshall is Business Development Director for CareClever, the makers of Cutii, the companion robot for seniors at risk of being lost to isolation and loneliness. Richard has brought new technologies to market for 21 years. This includes 10 years as CEO of TenasiTech, an advanced manufacturing company working in healthcare, electronics and other applications. Previously Richard was a venture capital investor in health technology, engineering and manufacturing startups, with Uniseed Ventures. Richard previously enjoyed a technical career in software engineering including with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. Richard has an MBA (Honors) from Oxford University, and Bachelors of Engineering and Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology.

Esko Aho is Chairman of the Board of China Oy and Adven Group and on the Supervisory Board of Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank.  He is a member of Europe, Middle East and Africa Advisory Council at JP Morgan.

Mr. Aho was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 1983 to 2003 where he chaired the Centre Party from 1990 to 2002 and was elected Prime Minister at the age of 36, making him the youngest PM in Finland's history.  Under his leadership, Finland joined the European Union.  After his political career, Mr. Aho served as President of the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and then led Corporate Relations and Responsibility for Nokia.  Mr. Aho serves as elected member of the Executive Board at the International Chamber of Commerce. He is an invited member of Club de Madrid, an independent organization of former heads of state and government dedicated to strengthening democracy.

Melissa Gong Mitchell is Executive Director of the Global Coalition on Aging, the leading business voice on aging policy and strategy. She also serves as Managing Director at High Lantern Group, a strategic communications consulting firm. GCOA uniquely brings together global corporations across industry sectors to promote good public policy and market-based solutions centered on healthy and active aging.  In her role, Melissa is responsible for the operations and management of the coalition, internal and external communication strategies, and member and stakeholder outreach and development, including fostering relationships and aligning partners across industry, academia, the NGO community, advocacy organizations, governments and global institutions. Melissa has spoken around the world about the opportunities of the aging mega-trend and the role of business in leveraging aging for economic growth. She has served as a member of the Professions Working Group that advises the Age-friendly New York City Commission and as a member of the Benefit Committee of the Skin Cancer Foundation.

Nick Padula is the Vice President, Health & Human Services for Philips Healthcare. He is responsible for helping government partners and providers to evolve into a completely connected, clinically integrated healthcare organization with patient-centric solutions that help remove boundaries and enable systems, devices and people across the health continuum to share information easily and securely when and where they need it. 
Relative to extending care beyond hospital walls and population health management, he recently served as V.P. of Philips Home Monitoring business where he co-created new Artificial Intelligence based, predictive analytics engines enabling health systems to better monitor and care for patients, by combining actionable insights with wearable devices and monitoring. 
Mr. Padula is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and completed post-baccalaureate studies at Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Harvard, School of Business, Cambridge, Massachusetts with an emphasis on Leading Change and Organizational Renewal.

Chad Brough has worked in healthcare for more than 27 years.  His leadership experience began in community hospitals and has included work in large health systems and academic medical centers.  Today, Chad is the Vice President of Healthcare Transformation at Home Instead Senior Care, the world’s largest home care company headquartered in Omaha.
Chad graduated from Hanover College with a degree in Business Administration.  In 1999, he completed an MBA at Indiana University. 
From 2005-2006, Brough served on the Malcolm Baldrige Board of Examiners.  The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.
  Brough is a native of Salem, IN.  Since 2016, Brough has resided in Omaha, NE.  Since moving to Omaha, Brough has served on the Maha Music Festival Board of Directors and founded F3Omaha, a men’s fitness group focused on invigorating community leadership.