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ICAHN Annual Member Meeting and Trailblazer Forum

Trailblazing Together: Teamwork and Transformation in 2026

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Annual Membership Meeting

9:35 - 10:25 a.m.
Frontline Forum: What it Means to be Rural in 2026
Sarah Jane Tribble, Senior Correspondent and lead reporter on the rural health desk of KFF
Health News; Keven Stansbury, CEO Lincoln Health in Hugo, CO, and Tracy Warner, ICAHN
Executive Director

10:30 - 10:55 a.m.
Leadership that Transforms Rural Care: Why APP Development Matters
Susan Corbridge, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FCCP, FAAN Chief Education Innovation Officer, American
Association of Colleges of Nursing

  • Rural Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) face complex healthcare challenges that demand more than clinical expertise—they need leadership skills. Developing these competencies empowers APPs to drive innovation, improve team performance, and expand patient access in resource-limited settings. Leadership growth also strengthens confidence, increases job satisfaction, and reduces burnout, building a resilient, engaged workforce—while providing a strong return on investment for health systems through improved retention, efficiency, and quality of care

11:05 – 11:30 a.m.
Fragile Systems: Revising Hospitals’ Approach to Community Health
Zachary Benedict, AIA Principal, MKM Architecture and Design

  • Less than twenty percent of the population’s health drivers are a result of clinical care or our genetic makeup.  The remaining determinates result from the socio-economic factors that frame our everyday lives – a system that has become increasingly fragile in recent years (especially within rural settings).  Over the next two decades many communities throughout the Midwest will see unprecedented challenges. While the needs of a rapidly aging society will continue to shape local economies, the growing financial complexities of the healthcare system will jeopardize the sustainable presence of hospital facilities in many communities. This presentation will discuss how healthcare providers can inform a new approach to economic development aimed at creating lifelong communities whose effectiveness is measured by their ability to provide robust social interaction and a sense of communal belonging. It’s a bold vision for the future of healthcare that will require dynamic leadership at the local level to overhaul the industry’s approach to health.

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Trailblazing: Discussion and Question and Answer
Tracy Warner, Will Davis, Don Robbins

  • The  ICAHN Economic Summit: Advancing Rural Economic Growth and Community Transformation will be March 31, 2026 at the Crowne Conference Center in Springfield, IL. The panel will discuss how rural hospitals are not just healthcare providers but vital economic anchors—and why they must take an active role in reversing local decline.