2027 Keynote Speaker
Lamiaa Laurène Daif
Executive Coach
Lamiaa Laurène Daif is a former Apple executive, private equity investor and award-winning keynote speaker who helps leaders and organizations reinvent before disruption forces them to. She spent a decade at Ardian, Europe’s largest private investment firms, before joining Apple, where she led worldwide sales strategy and business planning for Mac and iPad. Her keynotes and executive education programs focus on strategic reinvention, innovation and human centered leadership. She has trained more than 10,000 leaders across industries and spoken to audiences ranging from executive teams to conferences of more than 2,000 people.
Lamiaa is the creator of the Inside-Out Model®, a guest lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford d.school, and a TEDx speaker. She serves as a Board Member and Treasurer of Resonate Workshops, which advances the leadership and economic empowerment of women and girls in East Africa. She was named Women in Tech Speaker of the Year in 2024 and one of Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence in 2025.
2027 Speakers
Carmen Anderson, MS, CCC, SLP
Reimbursement & Market Access Consultant
Carmen is a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) with a blend of clinical expertise, reimbursement knowledge, and durable medical equipment (DME) industry insight. Her hands-on clinical experience provides her with an understanding of the challenges patients face and the intricacies of delivering effective care. Carmen has engaged with medical device and insurance companies nationwide to provide education, facilitate product coverage, effect positive changes in medical policies, and collaborate to secure new contracts.
Over the past two years, Carmen has partnered with the U.S. Medical Compression Alliance (USMCA) to support the implementation of the Lymphedema Treatment Act. This effort involved advocating with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and their contractors to promote coding, coverage, and reimbursement for lymphedema compression products.
Carmen’s unique perspective and passion for bridging the gap between health care providers, payers, patients, and the industry continues to drive her towards obtaining quality interactions and outcomes for all stakeholders.
Matthew Gruskin, MBA, BOCO, BOCPD, CDME
Chief Operating Officer, BOC
Matt is responsible for leading the direction, strategy, policies, and day-to-day operations of the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) accreditation and certification programs. With nearly a decade of experience in the O&P field, most recently serving as Director of Orthotic Operations for a chain of more than 20 O&P clinics, Matt is focused on growth of the credentialing programs and ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service. He holds an MBA in healthcare from Florida International University, a graduate degree in O&P from University of Hartford and a post graduate certification from the International School of Pedorthics.
Courtney Mascio, OT/L, CLT
Professional Education Manager, Lipedema Foundation
Courtney Mascio is the Professional Education Manager for the Lipedema Foundation. After receiving her B.S. in Exercise Science from Appalachian State University in 2010, she went on to receive her M.S. in Occupational Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in 2014. Shortly after graduating from OT school, Courtney completed the required course to become a Certified Lymphedema Therapist. Since then, she has been passionate about serving the Lipedema community through advancing advocacy and creating better awareness surrounding the disease.
Caroline Pinney
National Education and Training Manager, Juzo USA
Caroline Pinney has been the National Education and Training Manager for Juzo since 2008. She has participated in various lymphedema and wound care certification courses over the years. Caroline develops and implements numerous educational programs, as well as participates in direct sales training for company sales representatives, dealers, therapists, nurses and distributors.
Noel Neil
Chief Compliance Officer, ACU-Serve
Noel joined the ACU-Serve team in 2021. He has over 16 years’ experience in the DME industry working in Intake, Billing and Compliance Departments. He brings to the team years of experience in audit defense. He represents multiple suppliers in practically all types of Medicare audits from initial request all the way to the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and in some cases the Depart of Appeals Board (DAB). In his current role, Noel is responsible for implementing and monitoring of the company’s corporate compliance program. He also oversees our Internal Audit Department.
Noel serves on the Medicare Provider Outreach and Education Advisory Groups for Jurisdictions A, C and D, the MYCGS Advisory Group and the Medicare Jurisdictions B and D Councils. He speaks at Medtrade and various state associations on topic related to Medicare reimbursement and audit and appeal strategies.
Noel received a Juris Masters (JM) Law Degree, from Florida State University College of Law, with concentration in Health Care Regulation. Noel is also a Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC), Certified Durable Medical Equipment Specialist (CDME) and a subject matter expert (SME) for the 2021 – 2022 revision of the CDME exam.
Noel enjoys interacting with suppliers and breaking down seemingly complex policies in simpler terms most suppliers can relate to.
Mary Reineke-Ferguson
DME Provider Outreach and Education Consultant, Noridian Healthcare Solutions
Mary Reineke-Ferguson proudly serves as a Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Consultant, offering expert guidance and support to both Jurisdiction A and Jurisdiction D Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) administered by Noridian Healthcare Solutions. With an impressive 25 year tenure at Noridian, Mary brings a wealth of experience, insight, and passion to every aspect of her work.
In her role as an Education Consultant, Mary is deeply committed to empowering the supplier community. She develops and delivers comprehensive training courses that break down complex billing, coding, and coverage requirements into clear, actionable guidance. Her goal is always the same: to ensure suppliers have the knowledge and confidence needed for accurate claim submission and proper Medicare DME reimbursement.
Mary has also had the privilege of presenting at numerous collaborative events across the supplier community. Through these partnerships, she has helped DME suppliers strengthen their understanding of Medicare DMEPOS policies, navigate evolving guidelines, and improve compliance with program requirements. Her dedication to education, combined with her approachable style and deep subject matter expertise, makes her a valued resource and trusted voice within the Medicare DME community.
Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, FACSM
Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine
Kathryn (Katie) Schmitz is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is an exercise interventionist who has led multiple trials, including a large randomized controlled trial, the Physical Activity and Lymphedema Trial (PAL), to assess the safety of upper body exercise among 295 breast cancer survivors with and without lymphedema. In Spring 2011, her research group began work to translate the PAL intervention to become more broadly disseminable through oncology clinics and physical therapists (R21-CA152451). Katie’s research extends from the role of physical activity in the prevention and etiology of obesity related cancers, to the usefulness of activity for rehabilitation and health promotion in cancer survivors of all cancers. Her meta-analyses on the topic of exercise interventions in cancer patients and survivors, published in 2005 and 2010, provide a starting point for clinicians to understand the effects of exercise among cancer survivors.
Katie has published more than 160 peer reviewed scientific papers (scopus h-index of 39) and has had continuous NIH funding for her research since 2001, including three R01s, two R21s and a TREC Center (Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer). She has also received research support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
Katie’s long-term professional goal is to see that all oncologists, fitness trainers, and cancer patients will eventually be as cognizant of the usefulness of exercise for cancer control as they are in its role in controlling heart disease.
Kelly Sturm, PT, DPT, OnCS, CLT-LANA
Owner, Cancer Rehab PT
Kelly Sturm is a physical therapist who received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from the Mayo Clinic. She became a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT) through Klose Training and is certified by the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA). In 2019, Kelly became one of the first Board-Certified Oncology Clinical Specialists in the United States.
She’s spent more than 13 years in practice and now splits her time between clinical work and Cancer Rehab PT, the education platform she built to reach patients and clinicians who can’t access this level of specialized care in person. Across social media and email, she’s built a combined audience of more than one million cancer survivors, caregivers and clinicians.
Kelly also teaches for physical therapy programs and speaks nationally and internationally on oncology rehabilitation and lymphedema care.
Joshua Trock, DPT, CLT-LANA
Doctor of Physical Therapy and Lymphedema
Joshua Trock is the Doctor of Physical Therapy and Lymphedema Specialist at San Antonio’s leading vein treatment center, Medical Vein Clinic. He has more than a decade of experience caring for patients suffering from various forms of lymphatic disease. He is passionate about creating novel and adaptive plans of care that positively impact the socioeconomic, emotional, and relational outcomes for lymphedema and lipedema patients and their caregivers.
After receiving his doctorate in Physical Therapy from UT Health San Antonio in 2011, he went on to complete his CLT with Klose Lymphedema Training that same year. Joshua developed the first and only in-home lymphedema treatment program in South Texas. During his work with a locally owned home health company, he grew the program, training a large team of treating therapists to care for hundreds of patients throughout multiple counties. Through this volume and assortment of cases, he developed and optimized the best practices for the diversity of venous-lymphatic disorders along with associated wound care.
Joshua is accredited with the Lymphedema Association of North America (LANA), certified as an Edema Wound Specialist through Norton Lymphedema Training, certified as an Exercise Expert for Aging Adults through the Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, and certified through APCA for diagnostic ultrasound physics.
Belinda Yandell
Provider Relations Senior Analyst, CGS Provider Outreach and Education
Belinda began her career with CGS Administrators, the DME MAC for Jurisdictions B and C, in 2013 in Medical Review, but quickly found her true calling with the Provider Outreach and Education team. As a Senior Analyst, she is dedicated to helping suppliers understand Medicare policy and achieve compliance. In addition to regular webinars and workshops, Belinda collaborates with other MACs, supplier associations and tradeshows to provide education to the DMEPOS supplier community.
Belinda also is the Community Coach for Georgia and Tennessee, acting as the primary contact for suppliers in those states. Before coming to CGS Administrators, she worked with TennCare, Tennessee’s state Medicaid program.
