Gabe Charbonneau is a family physician, technology entrepreneur, and nationally recognized advocate for physician well-being. As a co-founder of Medicine Forward, he has been instrumental in shaping the organization’s vision of empowering healthcare leaders to protect and strengthen the patient-physician relationship.

Todd Otten is a healthcare innovator, author, and leader in physician advocacy who is dedicated to challenging the status quo in healthcare. Since joining Medicine Forward in 2023, Todd has played a pivotal role in expanding the organization’s reach, developing its leadership structure, and fostering valuable collaborations.

MaryAnn Wilbur is a physician, author, public health strategist, social entrepreneur, and Executive Producer of Suck It Up Buttercup, a documentary project highlighting themes of resilience, equity, and systemic change in healthcare. With more than twenty-five years of experience in clinical medicine and public health, she brings deep expertise in health equity, clinician well-being, and systemic reform.

Camille Burnett is Vice President of Health Equity at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, where she leads the US Equity portfolio and oversees national initiatives advancing equity across the healthcare ecosystem. A Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and author of Justice in Health, she has held senior academic and leadership roles at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Virginia. Her career has been defined by a commitment to dismantling structural inequities and advancing justice as a foundation of healthcare.

Frank Cacace is a recently retired primary care internist whose career spans three decades at Northwell Health and North Shore University Hospital. He served as Associate Program Director of the internal medicine residency and Associate Chief for Education in the Division of General Internal Medicine. A graduate of New York Medical College and Amherst College, Frank is a longtime advocate for primary care, longitudinal patient relationships, and the clinicians who hold them. His work focuses on reforming the structural pressures that threaten the future of primary care and supporting the next generation of clinicians.

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