Jillian Foster, PharmD, MBA, FACHE, FASHP

Chief Operating Officer–Primary Care for Baptist Medical Group and Chief Pharmacy Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care

Jillian Foster serves as Chief Operating Officer–Primary Care for Baptist Medical Group and Chief Pharmacy Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Mississippi, completed a Health Policy Fellowship with U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and completed residencies in Pharmacy Management and Administration at North Mississippi Medical Center. She later earned her MBA from the University of Mississippi.

Jillian joined Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi as Director of Pharmacy in 2009 and has held numerous leadership roles across the organization, including positions within Baptist Medical Group, the Baptist Cancer Center, and Service Line Administrator. In June 2025, she assumed her current leadership roles.

A Fellow of both the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Jillian has served in numerous professional association leadership positions and most recently served as President of the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy. She and her husband, Doug, live in Olive Branch, Mississippi, with their three children.

Chris Anderson

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Chris serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation. Chris has been with Baptist since March 2014 and served previously as Vice President and Market Leader for Mississippi (2017-2023), then for the Memphis Metro market (2023). From March 2014 to April 2017, Chris served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mississippi Baptist Health Systems. As President of MBHS, Chris was responsible for all operations of MBHS and subsidiaries. Chris has worked in healthcare for over 38 years. Prior to coming to Baptist, he served as the Chief Executive Officer for Singing River Health System for sixteen years.

Chris is a graduate of Mississippi State University, a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1986. He has served in numerous professional and civic organizations, including service on the Board of Directors of the USA International Ballet Competition, Board of Directors of the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Mississippi Hospital Association Board of Directors, and the Mississippi Economic Council.

Kristy Gay

Chief Experience Officer

Kristy Gay is the Chief Experience Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. In this role, she is responsible for making strategic improvements to Baptist's patient experience, employee experience, and provider engagement and collaborates with system and entity leadership teams to identify, prioritize, plan, and oversee improvement efforts. Additionally, she works closely with engagement leaders to identify best practice and opportunity for teams and partners with physician leaders to provide insight and coaching to hospital providers, including joint ventures. Kristy is also responsible for re-framing existing evidence based practices to better align with current healthcare processes.

Prior to joining Baptist, Kristy served as a Senior Advisor with Press Ganey for seven years. During her tenure at Press Ganey, she worked with organizations to present integrated approaches to employee and physician engagement and patient experience.

Kristy earned her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Henderson State University and masters in Healthcare Administration from Ohio University. Kristy serves as a STEM mentor with the American Heart Association and was named as a Woman of Impact in 2022.

Jason Little

President and Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care

Jason Little is Baptist Memorial Health Care's president and CEO. He is the fifth president in Baptist's history, and under his leadership, Baptist has grown from a 14-hospital system to over 20 hospitals, integrated health system in three states with >20,000 team members and more than 5,000 affiliated physicians. He came to Baptist in 2002 after serving as an operations administrator at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to his role as president and CEO, Jason served as system COO and CEO of three different Baptist hospitals.

Mr. Little is passionate about improving his community and the delivery of healthcare. He serves on the boards of the Greater Memphis Chamber, Memphis Tomorrow, the New Memphis Institute, the Tennessee Hospital Association, the Mississippi Hospital Association, the Healthcare Institute and the American Hospital Association's Health Systems Committee. Jason also serves as a deacon and Sunday School teacher at Germantown Baptist Church.

He received his bachelor's degree in health administration from the University of Tennessee, where he received the prestigious Whittle Scholarship and was elected student body president. He earned master's degrees in business administration and health care administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dan Chuparkoff

Guest Speaker

Dan Chuparkoff is a trailblazer with over 30 years of experience leading innovation and technology initiatives for industry leaders including Google, McKinsey & Company, Atlassian, and his own firm, Reinvention Labs—helping organizations harness AI, robotics, and emerging technologies to transform the way people work. The understandable Technology-speaker – his superpower is making complex things simple and useful. He has captivated audiences everywhere from the Fortune 100 to South-by-Southwest. Dan isn’t just a keynote speaker – he’s a technology executive with three decades of hands-on, technology-transformation experience. He will ignite your imagination and unlock success and growth with his powerful toolkit for operating in the AI-powered future of work.

Dan reinvents the way we work with the power of AI. Since getting started, Dan has led teams through six massive collaboration-altering shifts and he’s working on the seventh right now. With each of these changes, everything we thought we knew about innovation and work transformed before our very eyes. Through his informative talks and workshops, Dan Chuparkoff helps people prepare for the AI future of work.

AI and the Future of Everything: Adapting to an AI-powered future may be today’s most urgent challenge. But teams are divided. Some are excited about “AI-powered everything” and overlook the pitfalls. Others are unsure or anxious about the disruption AI could bring—and don’t know where to begin. Dan’s “AI and the Future of Everything” breaks down what AI is good at, and what it’s not. He shows how it’s evolving and how to pair its capabilities with the power of human expertise. Audiences walk away with practical strategies to leverage AI and other emerging technologies—unlocking new levels of performance, creativity, and a competitive edge. It will change the way you think about AI and work.

Tom Barnett

Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer

Tom Barnett is the Chief Information and Digital Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation. In this role, Tom is responsible for information technology, application services, as well as digital solutions and digital patient engagement for the 24-hospital health system, ambulatory physicians group, and Baptist Health Sciences University serving Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.

Tom works with his talented team to focus on bringing value to Baptist through a collection of technologies that support clinical workflows, improve patient care, facilitate patient interactions, and drive business process automation.

He is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and was named one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 Technology Leaders in 2016.

Tom holds a bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and a Masters of Business Administration from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.

Sherri Brooks

Chief Learning Officer

Dr. Sherri Brooks has over two decades of experience in academia, corporate, and executive leadership roles. She currently serves as the Chief Learning Officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care, overseeing Organizational Learning and Development for more than 24,000 team members.

As a Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker, Coach, and Trainer, and an ICF credentialed professional coach, Dr. Brooks is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their full potential. Her leadership philosophy is encapsulated in her motto: "Think like a hero asking, ‘Who can I help today?’ Work like an artist by asking, ‘What else can we try?’ Strive for excellence and celebrate achievements without taking credit."

Recognized as one of Tennessee’s Top 50 Women Leaders in 2023 and a 2026 AHA-Woman of Impact, Dr. Brooks has a passion for empowering others to unlock their purpose, potential and personal calling through intentional growth and development.

Allison Chase

Chief Executive Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children’s Hospital

Allison Chase serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children’s Hospital. She joined Baptist Memorial Health Care in 2016 as a Groner Fellow and began her leadership journey at Baptist Women’s and Children’s in 2017 as Administrative Director. She later served as Associate Administrator before being named CEO. In addition to her role at Baptist, she serves on the American Hospital Association’s Maternal Child Health Committee and the March of Dimes Tennessee Board of Directors, helping advance initiatives that improve the health of mothers, infants, and children.