Brave Enough Women's Conference 2024: Never Walk Alone

PROGRAM COMMITTEE & AMBASSADORS

MEET OUR BE24 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Aimee L. Lowe

Aimee Lowe is the founder of Lowe Legal Group, PC LLO, a boutique law firm that provides legal services for executives and physicians, businesses, and entrepreneurs. She has worked with businesses, professionals, and physicians for years as executive advisor, general counsel, defender, and strategist. She represents professionals and physicians in complex contract and compensation negotiations and disputes. She is a frequent speaker and writer on well-being, business, legal, leadership, faith, and debt-reduction topics.

Dr. Brittney Roberts Terry

Brittney Roberts Terry, DO, FAAP is a board certified pediatrician practicing in northeast Tennessee. Her special interests include breastfeeding medicine, obesity prevention, community advocacy, and child abuse prevention. Dr. Terry is a passionate advocate for women in medicine and is very active with her local Women in Medicine groups as well as serving as a medical student mentor. Dr. Terry is associate faculty at Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, VA, as well as Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrogate, Tennessee.

Dr. Leigh Johnson

Dr. Leigh Johnson is a Family Physician in Johnson City, TN. She grew up in Bristol, VA, and attended Dartmouth College for her undergraduate education and Quillen College of Medicine for medical school. She also holds a Master's degree in Public Health from ETSU. She's an Army veteran, a staunch supporter of human rights, an avid exerciser, a self-proclaimed coffee addict, wife to Abraham and mom to Cole and Luke.

Dr. Sasha K. Shillcutt

Sasha K. Shillcutt, MD, MS, FASE is a tenured and endowed Professor and the Vice Chair of Strategy in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). Sasha CEO & Founder of Brave Enough, a well-published researcher in cardiac anesthesiology and gender equity, author, and international speaker. Sasha’s greatest passion is empowering and encouraging others to achieve wellbeing in their professional and personal lives. She speaks frequently to executives and leaders on the topics of professional resilience and gender equity.

Dr. Wendy M. Ledesma

Dr. Wendy Ledesma is a board certified Internal Medicine Hospitalist. She is currently the Medical Director for Hospital Medicine and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Chief Medial Patient Safety & Quality Officer. She continues growing wellness initiatives at her hospital for physicians and other providers to prevent burnout and promote high quality care. Dr. Wendy is a national speaker on topics of physician leadership, implementation of wellness initiatives and overcoming bad outcomes.

MEET OUR BE24 AMBASSADORS

Dr. Alexia Gillen

Dr. Gillen is a board certified family medicine physician, Medical Information Officer/Physician Informaticist, Certified Life Coach and founder of RISE Coaching for Women Physicians. Dr. Gillen loves to coach women physicians to overcome burnout and re-discover their own needs and priorities as humans, to become leaders in their practice and organization, to coach toward habits and beliefs that allow busy women physicians to leave work at work and create time to live the life they design. Dr. Gillen is married to her long time best friend, is a mother of 2 teenagers and 2 furry dogs. She lives in the Black Hills of western SD and loves being outdoors. She enjoys exercise, reading, travel, and coffee!

Dr. Barbara Edelheit

Dr. Barbara Edelheit is Head of the Division of Rheumatology at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut. She brings 20 years of clinical experience and is passionate about helping children and young adults with rheumatic disease. She believes strongly in the importance of balance and joy and focuses on activities in and outside of medicine to create this. She is passionate about her desire to help women colleagues achieve this same balance.

Dr. D’Anna Mullins

Dr. D’Anna Mullins is an academically-trained community hematologist/oncologist who has practice at a community hospital right outside of Columbus, OH, for the past 9 years. She lives there with her husband of 21 years, Randy, and 3 girls, ages 18, 13 and 10. She has been a proud member of the Brave Enough community since 2016!

Dr. Jennifer Hall

Dr. Jennifer Hall is a Geriatric Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor, and the Interim Vice Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She lives in Burlington, VT with her husband and two yorkiepoos and is an avid gardener.

Dr. Marion Mull McCrary

Marion Mull McCrary MD FACP is a primary care internal medicine physician at Duke Signature Care. She is also a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She is a coach and curriculum developer for the American Medical Women’s Association ELEVATE and EVOLVE leadership programs for female physicians and residents. She loves to coach female physicians who feel stuck or unhappy in their job – helping them get creative and intentional with even the smallest frustrating detail up to major career shifts. In doing so, she helps them start and excel in their own personal leadership journey.

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