Dr. Arpan Waghray is a geriatric psychiatrist who serves as the CEO of Providence’s Well Being Trust. In this role, he oversees the foundation’s strategy to drive measurable improvement in the mental health and well-being of communities within the Providence footprint of Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, and Washington. Dr. Waghray has served on the Well Being Trust team since its inception in 2016 in the capacity of chief medical officer. He also serves as chief medical officer of Behavioral Medicine at Providence, one of the largest non-profit health systems with 120,000 employees, 52 hospitals, 1,085 clinics and a comprehensive range of health and social services across its footprint. In this role, he facilitates clinical collaboration across the organization to design, develop, and deploy solutions that reduce variation and spread innovation in behavioral medicine.

He additionally oversees Providence’s Tele-Behavioral Health Network that brings access to essential mental health services across 36 Providence ministries, including many rural and critical access hospitals. In partnership with key stakeholders from human resources, population health, Mission and digital innovation, he is leading efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of 120,000 Providence caregivers.

Dr. Waghray co-chairs the Providence Behavioral Health Leadership Council, which aligns system-wide mental health efforts by bringing together teams from the clinical services division, population health, community partnerships, government affairs, human resources, digital innovation, Mission integration, and social engagement.

Tiffany Chan is CEO and Co-Founder of Atalan, the Clinician Retention Intelligence (CRI) platform helping health systems predict and prevent clinician resignations up to 12 months in advance. She leads Atalan’s mission to turn workforce data into actionable insights that improve retention, care continuity, and financial performance. Previously, Tiffany managed a Harvard University engineering and applied sciences research center and earned a graduate degree in policy from Yale University. 

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