February 8, 2023
Speaker session
9:30-11:30 a.m.
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Marlo Thomas Center Auditorium and Microsoft Stream
Coffee bar and breakfast snacks
Expo
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Marlo Thomas Center Board Room
Interactive booths, snacks and giveaways
Questions? Email AskSCEO@stjude.org
About the Create Summit
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is undergoing the largest strategic expansion in the institution’s 60-year history. The plan will impact scientific discovery, clinical care, global medicine and infrastructure while creating 2,300 new jobs.
At this important moment in the institution’s history, a new team is guiding efforts to excite, educate and engage people about this ambitious plan and the St. Jude mission. Created in 2021, the Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach (SCEO) team combines experts in business support, communication, education, technology and visual arts into a single mission—to provide strategic guidance and to use modern-day storytelling to help advance the hospital’s globally-renowned mission of finding cures and saving children’s lives.
Join us on February 8 to hear inspirational speakers, engage with subject matter experts in SCEO and learn more about what’s ahead.
Emcee
Diane Roberts
Diane Roberts is vice president of Strategic Communication, Education and Outreach (SCEO) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In this role, she oversees a team of experts in the fields of business support, communication, education, technology and visual arts.
SCEO comprises six dedicated groups designed to meet the growing needs of the institution: Digital Integration, Education and Communication Collaboration, Internal Communications, Media Relations, Medical Content Outreach, and Scientific Communications.
Roberts holds a Master of Business Administration degree and has more than 25 years of experience in marketing, sales and operations. She joined St. Jude in 2015 to build Together, which has turned into a leading worldwide resource for information for patients and families regarding pediatric cancer diagnoses and treatments.
Prior to joining St. Jude, Roberts held leadership roles in sales and marketing at Coca-Cola and Jana North America, Inc.
Speakers
Mick Ebeling
Named by Fortune magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, Mick Ebeling harvests the power of technology and story as founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs.
Ebeling, a career producer and filmmaker, founded the award-winning social innovation lab on the premise that nothing is impossible. Guided by his mantra “Commit, then figure it out,” Ebeling’s team creates devices that enhance accessibility for all. This unconventional approach has fueled initiatives including EyeWriter, Project Daniel, Don’s Voice, and Music: Not Impossible.
Recognized as one of Wired’s “Agents of Change,” Ebeling shares emotionally resonating stories of using technology and creativity to inspire people across the world to make an impact.
Ebeling’s work has twice earned the SXSW Innovation of the Year Award. He is a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award and has been listed as one of the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50’s.
Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH
Nickhill Bhakta, MD, MPH, is an associate member in the Department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Within the St. Jude Global Program, Bhakta serves as regional director of the Sub-Saharan Africa Program, where he coordinates capacity-building initiatives.
Additionally, as director of the Disease Burden and Simulation Unit, Bhakta leads an epidemiology and health economics research program focusing on global disease burden, microsimulation and cost-effectiveness. His other primary implementation roles at St. Jude include leading the SJCARES Global Hospital-Based Cancer Registry Network and co-Directing the ARIA Guide and Adapted Management Guideline initiative in collaboration with the International Society of Paediatric Oncology.
Bhakta came to St. Jude in 2013 as a clinical fellow in pediatric hematology/oncology. In 2016, he joined the faculty and currently practices clinically within the Division of Leukemia/Lymphoma.
Lori Spicer Robertson
Memphis native Lori Spicer Robertson was named vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at St. Jude in December 2022. In this role, she oversees the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ensuring these principles remain at the heart of institutional operations and culture.
As a member of the senior leadership team, Spicer Robertson will help build on established programs, such as institution-wide DEI training, employee and ally resource groups, and the St. Jude High School Research Immersion Program.
Spicer Robertson previously served as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion for Saks Fifth Avenue and saks.com. She founded the DEI Collective in Memphis, a cross-industry collaborative of DEI leaders, and launched Wundher, an experiential platform and membership community for women and mothers.
Spicer Robertson was named to the Memphis Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 class in 2022.
Todd Henry
Todd Henry teaches leaders and organizations how to establish practices that lead to everyday brilliance. He is founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be more productive and generate brilliant ideas.
Henry speaks and consults on creativity, leadership and passion for work, combining experience as a creative director with in-depth research from his four books.
Focusing on concrete practices that lead to sharper focus, improved productivity and better collaboration, Henry provides takeaways that audience members can implement to become more effective and passionate in their work.
Henry has been delivering weekly tips and ideas since 2005 through his podcast The Accidental Creative, which has millions of downloads. He also hosts The Daily Creative and Herding Tigers podcasts.
His work has been featured in major media outlets including Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, CNN, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek.