Vance, RFK Jr. to mingle with health execs, influencers at DC MAHA summit

Top Trump administration officials including Vice President JD Vance and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are slated to speak alongside biotech executives and influencers at an all-day “Make America Healthy Again” summit on Wednesday that has not been publicly disclosed. 

According to an agenda seen by The Hill, the event will feature many of the country’s leading health officials, including: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, acting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director and HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill, Medicare Director Chris Klomp, and White House AI czar David Sacks. 

The officials will be speaking with MAHA influencers and industry leaders from companies such as Regeneron, CRISPR Therapeutics, Walmart, Google and Neuralink. 

Sessions on the agenda feature high-profile topics like the future of the FDA and NIH, compounding and pharmacy innovation, psychedelic medicine, biohacking and making American food healthier.  

The event shows the drawing power of the MAHA movement and how President Trump’s administration is looking to tap into it to bolster Republican prospects in next year’s midterm elections. 

When asked if the administration officials’ remarks will be open to the public, HHS referred questions to the organizers of the event. The MAHA groups in the agenda did not respond to requests for comment. The White House has not responded to requests for comment. 

The event will kick off with remarks by Tony Lyons, a key Kennedy supporter and head of MAHA Action, followed by Finn Kennedy, one of Kennedy’s sons who is listed as a board member of MAHA Holdings. 

Then, Oz will have a “fireside chat” with Deputy CMS Administrator Chris Klomp, billed as the “Season 14 premiere of the Dr. Oz show.” The panel will be moderated by Katie Miller, a former White House press aide and wife of Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser.  

Calley Means, an influential adviser to Kennedy and wellness company co-founder who recently left official government service, will moderate a discussion with Bhattacharya. Calley is the brother of Casey Means, Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. Surgeon General. 

Vance is scheduled to give a noontime keynote address. 

Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill, who is also acting CDC Director, will moderate a panel on reversing aging and brain-computer interfaces. One of the featured speakers on that panel is DJ Seo, the co-founder and president of Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk that is developing brain-computer interfaces. 

One of the few sessions that doesn’t involve administration officials will focus on “The MAHA Athlete,” featuring former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick, an outspoken Trump supporter; Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White, another Trump ally; and Russell Cook, the co-founder and president of fitness app FitOn. 

Kennedy will deliver the closing keynote following an “eloquent rant” by actor, conspiracy theorist and MAHA acolyte Russell Brand. 

Julia Manchester contributed