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Dennis Wagner, MPA

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Principal and Managing Director, Yes And Leadership, LLC

Dennis Wagner, MPA is an enthusiastic, thoughtful and strategic leader who believes in committing to and delivering on bold goals in work and in life.  He strives to deliver on those goals in ways that are uplifting and joyous for those involved in the work. 

Dennis is currently the Principal and Managing Director of Yes And Leadership, LLC.  He recently completed service as volunteer member of the OPTN’s Expeditious Task Force and also served as a member of a Congressionally-chartered National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Committee.  Their report, “Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System” was released in February of 2022. 

Dennis and teams that he has led have supported national communities of practice in achieving unprecedented quantitative results on hospital patient safety, organ donation, indoor air quality, international environmental programs, and access to healthcare for underserved populations.  He has led large federal programs in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the US Environmental Protection Agency for more than 30 years.  Dennis and two fellow executives were recognized as Federal Employees of the Year in 2016 by the non-partisan Partnership for Public Service. 

Dennis grew up in rural Montana and attended Fertile Prairie, a one-room country school for grades K-8.  He received his BA and MPA degrees from Montana State University.  Dennis is married to Diane M. Hill. They live in Alexandria, Virginia and have three children: Tess, Grant and Margo.   

Speaker Disclosure

  • Volunteer Member of Former OPTN Expeditious Task Force
  • Volunteer Member of NASEM Study Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System published in February 2022
  • Serve as Consulting Lung Transplantation Advisory Council Member for United Therapeutics
  • Conduct Leadership Development and Training for several OPOs, AOPO, and other clients not in the organ donation and transplantation field
  • Co-author of Choosing to LEAD

Views expressed in presentations today are my own.