Quality Events

Caring for Wisconsin’s Caregivers: 2026 WHA Healthcare Workforce Well-Being Summit

This event brings hospital and health system leaders together for a focused day of learning, alignment and strategic action planning centered on health workforce well-being. Designed for executive and senior leaders, the summit blends national thought leadership with collaborative strategic planning to help shape a shared, statewide approach to caring for Wisconsin’s healthcare workforce.

This event is made possible through Caring for Wisconsin’s Caregivers, an initiative supported by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment (AHW) Landmark Initiative for Health Workforce Well Being.

 

The summit will feature Gaurava Agarwal, MD, Chief Wellness Executive and Vice President at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, as keynote speaker to frame the strategic context for this work. Stef Simmons, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, will also join the program, bringing nationally recognized expertise in clinician well-being. Additional leaders include Michael Stadler, MD, FACS, Medical College of Wisconsin and Health Workforce Well-Being Landmark Initiative Champion and Nadine Allen, Chief Quality Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association.

This in-person event is intended for hospital and health system leadership teams, including C-suite and director level leaders or appropriate delegates such as CEOs, CMOs, CNOs, CHROs, CWOs, CQOs, data leaders and well-being leaders. Organizations are encouraged to attend as teams.

Join us to help shape the pillars that will guide health care workforce well-being across Wisconsin.


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DATE

Sep. 10, 2026
7:30 AM
- 4:00 PM

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LOCATION

Hilton Garden Inn
1220 S. Grand Ave
Sun Prairie, WI 53590