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SPEAKER TRACKS INCLUDE: Life Transitions & Relationships ~ Women's Sexual Health ~ Holistic Wellness/Functional Medicine ~ Maternal Health ~ Reproductive Health ~ Trauma in Women’s Health ~ Suicide/Ethics (Women’s Health Focus)
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SPEAKER TRACKS INCLUDE: Life Transitions & Relationships ~ Women's Sexual Health ~ Holistic Wellness/Functional Medicine ~ Maternal Health ~ Reproductive Health ~ Trauma in Women’s Health ~ Suicide/Ethics (Women’s Health Focus) 〰️
Our Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Christina Hibbert is a clinical psychologist, international speaker, patient advocate, and bestselling, award-winning author who has spent more than 25 years helping women understand, protect, and heal their mental and emotional health. Her advocacy began in maternal mental health, where she founded the Arizona Postpartum Wellness Coalition, created the internationally distributed Postpartum Couples program, testified before state legislators, and trained healthcare professionals to better recognize and treat women’s emotional needs.
Then, in 2019, she found herself on the other side of the exam table. Diagnosed at 44 with triple-negative breast cancer and a BRCA1 mutation, she endured chemotherapy, 17 surgeries, and multiple chronic illnesses that followed. In seven years of medical care, she discovered firsthand just how wide the gap between physical and mental healthcare can be. Almost no one asked about her mind. Today, Dr. Hibbert brings both sides of that exam table together—25 years as a psychologist and seven years as a patient—to advocate for a model of healthcare that treats the whole woman.
Her fourth book, Reluctant Warrior: A Breast Cancer Memoir & Emotional Survival Guide, releases October 5, 2026.
Plenary Speaker
Tom Telford is the President & CEO of LÉVO, where he is committed to developing leaders and cultivating a culture of care centered on the mental health and well-being of the people and communities LÉVO serves.
Tom believes women’s healthcare is at its best when women are given the time, attention, and space to feel truly seen and heard—and when care recognizes the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.
In 2026, LÉVO opened its fifth Utah location in St. George, continuing to expand access to mental health care across the state. As LÉVO grows, Tom remains focused on creating an environment where individuals can find hope, healing, and a greater understanding of how mental, physical, and emotional well-being work together to support whole-person health.
Desiree Ferrin is the Birth Trauma Patient Advocate for the Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative (UWNQC). In 2019 she survived an undiagnosed placenta accreta, which resulted in maternal code, an emergency hysterectomy, an ICU stay, as well as multiple blood transfusions. This was life changing. She struggled to make sense of the trauma she had experienced. She sought help and since then has advocated for other mothers who have experienced trauma and mental health challenges. In addition to her work with UWNQC, she sits on the Utah Maternal Mortality Review Committee, as well as the Intermountain Patient Advisory Council. She is a certified Patient Family Partner for Momma's Voices (a maternal mortality and morbidity advocate organization) as well as a member of Mom Congress, another organization that advocates for legislation that will decrease the maternal mortality rates in the United States. She has shared her story and perspective locally and nationally, consulted on the AIM obstetric emergency readiness resource kit, and is currently one of the faces of the CDC HearHER campaign.