As the national director of strategy and partnerships for the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine (KNN), Kimara fosters long-term engagement with individuals and groups across the healthcare ecosystem and society. She also provides operational leadership for the KNN program office while helping to shape strategic plans for expanding the KNN’s work and influence. Kimara’s three-part leadership philosophy—put people first, seek to understand, and get to yes—supports strong relationships and inspires collaboration. Prior to her national director role, Kimara spent more than 20 years in a variety of other leadership roles, including interim vice president of human resources and faculty affairs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Her expertise in relationship building and organizational development allowed her to play an integral part in shaping executive recruitment, talent acquisition, and staff and faculty development. Her visionary leadership and acumen also have helped position MCW as a national model for productive, cost-effective integration of Faculty Affairs and Human Resources. Kimara recently was recognized with the Distinguished Service Award, MCW’s highest honor, reflecting her ability to lead transformative institutional change in the academic medicine setting.

Her experiences and skills have earned Kimara national leadership roles with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Faculty Affairs as an elected member of the National Steering Committee and as Chair of the Program Planning Subcommittee. Additionally, she co-authored a chapter in “Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Medicine” and has shared strategies and presented nationally on salary equity, career development, and personal/professional thriving in the field of medicine.

Kimara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Master of Business Administration, and she is currently pursuing her EdD. Ultimately, she endeavors to influence cultures and relationships through systems change in a way that helps all flourish.

Adaira Landry is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Co-Author of MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact. Co-Founder of WritingInColor.org. Wife and a mother to three children. Eager to discuss current challenges in healthcare.

Dr. David A. Rogers is the chief wellness officer for UAB Medicine and senior associate dean of faculty affairs and professional development in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine. He is a pediatric general surgeon with a primary appointment as a professor in the Department of Surgery with secondary appointments in the Departments of Medical Education and Pediatrics. He also has a secondary appointment as a professor of management at the Collat School of Business. He is also co-director of the UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy.

Dr. Rogers received his medical degree from the University of South Florida and completed his general surgery training at the Medical College of Georgia. He subsequently completed his pediatric general surgery training at the University of Tennessee and a pediatric surgery oncology fellowship at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He received a Master of Health Professions Education degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has also completed the Surgical Education Research Fellowship program sponsored by the Association for Surgical Education. He has been involved in a number of research programs related to clinical surgery, leadership development and medical education.

Dr. Rogers's research has been focused on medical education and clinical pediatric general surgery. His past educational research programs have focused on feedback, technical skills instruction, and conflict management. His clinical research projects have investigated innovations that advance the quality of surgery in this unique patient population. Dr. Roger’s clinical interest spans across the spectrum of general pediatric surgery.

Ken Masters, PhD, FDE, is Associate Professor of Medical Informatics at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. A member of the IACAI, Dr. Masters has published papers on AI in medical education, and presented several workshops on AI.