Alabama MGMA and Florida MGMA Conference

Opening Keynote: "Increasing our Brain's Performance for a Fresh New Outlook, While Managing the Stress of Change"

Dr. Jerry V. Teplitz' background is as unique as the techniques and approaches he teaches.  He is a graduate of Hunter College and Northwestern University School of Law.  He practiced as an attorney for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.  

At that point, Dr. Teplitz’ career took a dramatic change of direction.  He studied and received a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Holistic Health Sciences. He was also on the faculty of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management for nine years.

Dr. Teplitz has been President of his consulting firm and as a professional speaker, he has spoken at over 1800 meetings and to over one million people. He conducts seminars in the areas of leadership, management, stress management, employee productivity and sales development. 

The list of clients Dr. Teplitz has spoken and consulted for includes such organizations as the following MGMA Chapters – Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. For AAHAM Chapters he’s spoke  to - Inland Empire, South Florida, Mountain West Chapter, Greater Florida Buccaneer Chapter, Georgia and Carolinas. For HFMA Chapters – Georgia (2 times), North Carolina, Alabama, Nevada, Virginia, Arizona, Idaho, Wisconsin, as well as to many other healthcare organizations.

Jerry is the author of Switched-On Selling and Switched-On Networking, both Bestsellers on Amazon.  Other books he has authored include Managing Your Stress In Difficult Times, Switched-On Living and Brain Gym for Business. 

Finally, Jerry has been selected by the Professional Convention Management Association as a “Best-In Class” speaker and by the Canadian Society of Association Executives as an Association Excellence Speaker based on the quality and impact of his presentations.

In 2022, he was inducted as a Legend in the Speaking Profession by the Veteran Speakers Network.

Closing Keynote: Avoiding Burnout: Building the Culture You Want

Dr. Ankrehah “Kre” Johnson is a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician. She is from Marion, Alabama and absolutely loves her Black Belt roots.  Dr. Kre is a proud graduate of Spelman College and has her Bachelor of Science in Biology. After leaving Spelman she took some time to transition before medical school and attended a post baccalaureate program at SIU at Carbondale in Illinois.  Once admitted to medical school she travailed the cold and attended Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri. Happy to get back to her southern roots Dr. Kre completed her Family Medicine residency and training at St. Vincents East Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.  Immediately after residency Dr. Kre started her own practice Brownstone Healthcare.  She is the Medical Director for Brownstone BWell The City of Birmingham Employee Health Clinic & Living Well PrEP & HIV Clinic.

She resides in Trussville with her husband Jay,  have 2 children London and Zoe, and 2  dogs Apollo & Izzy. 

She loves reading, Jesus, & Sweet tea!