National Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine
Dr. Ellefson is a visionary leader, culture strategist and consultant, and frequent keynote speaker on leadership, organizational development, and systems change.
As the national director of strategy and partnerships for the Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine (KNN), Dr. Ellefson partners with medical schools and healthcare organizations across the country to identify opportunities to shape organizational cultures of human flourishing and inspire action at multiple institutional levels. She also provides leadership for the KNN program office, developing strategic plans that have enabled the KNN to grow from a network of seven founding medical schools to a vibrant movement of healthcare organizations engaged in various ways.
Her research interests include leadership development for flourishing grounded in Feminist Relational Theory (FRT), praxis and community. Her work aims to explore whether a new paradigm for leadership and followership could support Ecosystem-Wide Flourishing (EWF) in medicine.
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Opening Plenary Session I - Physician Well-Being: Fatigue to Flourishing
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM ET