2026 SAMA Annual Conference Speakers

Speakers
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David Adams
Partner
Performance Methods Inc. (PMI)
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Jerry Alderman
Founder and CEO
Valkre
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Steve Andersen
President and Founder
Performance Methods, Inc
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Brad Aufdenberg
Vice President of Sales Operations
Ecolab
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Scott Benjamin
Partner
Performance Methods, Inc.
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Dino Bertani
Vice President, Head of Alliance Management
Zealand Pharma
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Manasa Billa
Manager
ZS Associates
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Liz Bohannon
Entrepreneur, author, and leading workplace and community connection expert
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Mark Bourgeois
CEO
Oratium
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Kate Burda
CEO & Founder
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Muriel Carroll
Managing Director, Corporate Strategic Accounts
Hilton
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Dennis Chapman
CEO
The Chapman Group
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David Chapnick
Partner
Vantage Partners
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Patrick Charpentier
Global Customer Director
DHL
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Jeff Cochran
Partner
Shapiro Negotiations Institute
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Janine Coleman
Senior Director of Strategic Accounts
Premier Applied Sciences
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Michelle Curtis
Go-to-Customer Program Director
Polaris IO
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Adrian Davis
President
Whetstone
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Richelle Deveau
Partner
McKinsey & Company
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Joshua Dey
SVP Global Accounts
The Summit Group
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Brian Dietmeyer
CEO
CloseStrong
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Erin Doughty
Director, Global Strategic Accounts Program
AVI SPL
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Bill Dwoinen
Chief Revenue Officer
Mural
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Michael Evans
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Geisinger Health System
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Kristin Fitz-Coy
Director, KAM Training Design & Delivery
Pfizer
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Jim Ford
Operating Partner
True North Venture Partners, and SAMA Chairman
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William Ford
Founder
The Prime Meridian Group
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Lisa Gaskin
Managing Partner & Director of Client Services
The Chapman Group
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Debbie Giammanco
Managing Director, Corporate Strategic Accounts
Hilton
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Christine Gibbons
Director of Sales, Corporate Strategic Accounts
Hilton
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Kirollos Hanna
Director of Pharmacy
Minnesota Oncology
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Molly Hite
Sr. Business Operations Manager
Ecolab
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Craig Jones
Managing Director
Performance Methods, Inc.
Madeline Kaminski
Mandie Kaminski
Director of Strategic Account Management Learning and Development Excellence
Johnson & Johnson
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Logan Kessler
Director of Business Transformation
Vantage Partners
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Dan Kosch
Co-owner and Co-CEO
IMPAX
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Jenya Kubashevskiy
Director
Revenue Management Labs
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Marco Lippuner
Head of Sales Excellence
Siemens
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Myla Maloney
Chief Growth Officer
Premier Applied Sciences
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Christine Marsh
Senior Vice President, Value and Access
Boehringer Ingelheim
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Joe Marsh
Director, Account Management
TreviPay
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Danielle Matteson
Senior Director, Global Professional Services & Strategy
Everpure
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Zine Moufakir
Senior Director, Commercial Readiness, Building Automation
Honeywell
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Denise Murray
Division Vice President
TaskUs
Nancy Murray
Nancy Murray
Director, Key Account Management
Allnorth Consultants Limited
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Khushtar Pandit
Business Technology Manager
ZS Associates
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Shawn Parker
Executive Director, Strategic Accounts & Corporate Group Sales
Hilton
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Stephen Phillips
Associate Principal
ZS Associates
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Tim Pollard
Founder
Oratium
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Martyn Poller
Director / Managing Partner
Axiomata
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Namita Powers
Principal
ZS
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Hajo Rapp
SAM and Head of Cybersecurity Sales
TÜV SÜD
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Erik Rippon
Senior Director – Sales
Sonoco Products Company
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François Safi
Senior Manager, KAM & Sales Efficiency Office EMEA
Terumo Europe
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Jacques Sciammas
President
Selling to Executives
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Malaea Seleski
Director of Strategic Account Management Training
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
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Mil Shah
Vice President of Global Accounts
AVI SPL
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John Shulman
President
Alignor
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Pem Shulman
Director of Strategic Relationships
Alignor
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Ben Siddall
Partner
Vantage Partners
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Alex Simon
Principal, ZS Associates
ZS Associates
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Todd Snelgrove
Founding Partner
Experts in Value
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Brooke Spatz
VP of Go-to-Customer Programs
Polaris I/O
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Dr. Philip Styrlund
CEO
The Summit Group
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Amelia Summerell
Manager
ZS Associates
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Kerri Sutherland
Manager, HR Business Partnerships
Axis Communications
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Sara Theis
Vice President of Customer Excellence
Valkre
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Michael Thomas
Strategic Account Executive, North America CPG
Schneider Electric
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Alex Tremblot
VP Group Corporate Development & Strategic Accounts
Air Liquide
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Heidi Tripp
Program Manager, Americas
Axis Communications
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Kerry Tuttle
Associate Director SAM Training/ Senior KAM
Boehringer Ingelheim
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Ed Wallace
Managing Director of Human Capital
AchieveNEXT
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Grant Wallace
Inside Sales Specialist
AchieveNEXT
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Brad Weintraub
Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Accounts Program
AVI SPL
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Carrie Welles
Partner
Think! Inc.
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Chris Wells
Director, Strategic Accounts
bioMerieux
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Elizabeth Winstanley
Director of Sales, Worldwide Accounts
Hilton
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Dee Dee Van Wormer
Sr. AD, Customer Facing Effectiveness
Boehringer Ingelheim