AHIP 2023 Conference Speakers and Advisory Board
AHIP 2023 Advisory Board
The AHIP 2023 Advisory Board's renowned health care leaders share their expertise on cutting-edge issues shaping health care's future. With a shared goal of improving affordability, access, equity, and value for everyone, these advisors are instrumental in identifying emerging themes, strategies, innovations, and best practices to deliver a compelling content agenda. To date, advisory board members include:
Hear from the top industry thought leaders and experts in Portland.
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Nebeyou Abebe,Senior Vice President, Social Determinants of Health
, Highmark Health -
Greg A. Adams,Chair and Chief Executive Officer
, Kaiser Permanente -
Brian Anderson,Principal and Senior Pharmacy Consultant
, Milliman -
Joseph Aracri, DO,System Chairman, Pediatrics
, Allegheny Health Network -
Jill Archer,Vice President, Behavioral Health
, CareOregon -
Brian Arendt,Director, Product Development
, Optum -
Allison Arwady, MD, MPH,Commissioner
, Chicago Department of Public Health -
Dena Austin, BSN, MPA,Market Clinical Director, Population Health
, Blue Cross Complete of Michigan -
Nworah Ayogu, MD, MBA,Head of Healthcare Impact
, Thrive Capital -
John Baackes,CEO
, L.A. Care Health Plan -
L. Joy Baker, MD, FACOG, PMH-C, C-EFM, MT(ASCP),Board-Certified OB/GYN; CEO
, Delivering Joy MD -
Alinne Barrera, PhD,Perinatal Clinical Psychologist & Professor
, Palo Alto University -
Tony Barrueta,Senior Vice President, Government Relations
, Kaiser Permanente -
Toni Baruti,Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
, AllHealth Network -
Heather Bassett, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, XSOLIS -
Ariel Bayewitz,Vice President, Health Economics
, Elevance Health -
Adam Beck,Senior Vice President, Commercial Product & Employer Policy
, AHIP -
Jan Berger, MD,CEO
, Health Intelligence Partners -
Amy Berk, MSN, RN,Director, U.S. Health & Life Sciences
, Microsoft -
Kate Berry,Senior Vice President, Clinical Innovations & Strategic Partnerships
, AHIP -
Mrinal Bhasker,Partner & Co-Founder
, Leap Orbit -
Cybele Bjorklund,Senior Vice President, Policy and Strategy
, Virta Health -
Mark Bonham,Consulting Senior Director
, Oracle -
Eva Borden,President, Behavioral Health
, Evernorth Health Services -
Andrew Borgschulte,Principal Product Manager, Inform Care Decisions
, Surescripts -
Cole Bradham, MHA,National Director, Medicaid & LTSS
, Mom's Meals -
Roz Brewer,Chief Executive Officer
, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. -
Jonathan Burow,Vice President, Customer Experience & Digital Transformation
, Independent Health -
Darin Buxbaum,Co-Founder & CEO
, Wider Circle -
Andréa E. Caballero, MPA,Program Director
, Catalyst for Payment Reform -
Vanessa Campbell,Director, Clinical Pharmacy
, UPMC Health Plan -
Rena Cardenas,Associate Vice President, Financial Clearance
, Multicare -
Jenny Carrillo, PhD,President
, Ovia Health -
Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPA, FAMP, CPHQ,President, Magellan Behavioral Health & Chief Medical Officer
, Magellan Health -
Shawn Castellanos,National Executive, Emerging Strategies
, American Heart Association -
Kurt Cegielski,Chief Commercial Officer
, MOBE -
Liz Cheney,Former U.S. Representative for Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District (2017 – 2023)
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Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, FACP,Professor of Healthcare Ethics
, University of Chicago Hospital Health System -
Bechara Choucair, MD,Senior Vice President & Chief Health Officer
, Kaiser Permanente -
Nikki Cinis,Member Campaign Operations
, Prime Therapeutics -
Geoff Clapp,Vice President, Kidney Solutions
, Optum -
Jae Coleman,Director, Product Development
, Regence BlueCross BlueShield -
Rebecca Colon, DO,Regional Vice President, Health Services
, Humana -
Rob Coppedge,CEO
, Echo Health Ventures -
Gizella Crawford,Director, Account Management
, Mass General Brigham Health Plan -
Juliette Cubanski,Deputy Director, Program on Medicare Policy
, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) -
Matthew Cunningham,Executive Vice President, Product of Auth AI
, Availity -
Deborah Daly,Director, Corporate Strategy
, Bamboo Health -
Holly D'Amico, RN, BSN, MBA, FABC,Vice President, Clinical Services Engagement & Education
, Highmark -
Judith Davis, DHA,Vice President, Care Management Programs Ohio
, CareSource -
Jason Dees, DO,Executive Vice President & National Chief Medical Officer
, Molina Healthcare -
Subhayu (Archie) Dey,Senior Director, Consumer Experience & Insights
, SCAN Health Plan -
Twylla Dillion,President & CEO
, HealthConnect One -
Michael Drescher,Vice President, Payer Strategy
, XSOLIS -
Matt Eakins, MD,President, Lucina & Chief Innovation Officer
, Unified Women's Healthcare -
Joshua Elder, MD, MPH, MHS,Senior Vice President, Digital & Virtual Health Practice Medical Director
, Highmark Health -
Kathleen Ellmore,Co-Founder & Managing Partner
, Engagys -
Jackie Ejuwa, PharmD, MHL,Vice President, Health Transformation
, Blue Shield of California -
Tabatha Erck, EdD, MPA,Chief Executive Officer
, Zipari -
Crystal Eubanks,Vice President, Care Transformation
, Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) -
Tony G. Farah, MD,Executive Vice President & Chief Medical & Clinical Transformation, Officer
, Highmark Health -
Emily Ann Farrell, JD,Senior Director, Operations & Health Equity Administrator
, Trillium Community Health Plan -
Anthony S. Fauci, MD,Former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; World-Renowned Infectious Disease Specialist, and Trusted Advisor to 7 U.S. Presidents
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Sanjeeva Fernando,Vice President
, Optum Labs -
Deborah Fernandez-Turner, DO, DFAACAP, CHIE,Deputy Chief Psychiatric Officer
, Aetna, a CVS Health Company -
Caroline Ficthenberg, PhD,Research Scientist, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Co-Director
, Social Interventions Research & Evaluation Network (SIREN) -
Dave Fife,Director, Population Health
, CareOregon -
Mark Fish,Senior Managing Director
, FTI Consulting -
Sebastiaan Foppema,President & CEO
, instED -
Cathlyn Fraguela Rios, LICSW,Senior Manager, Behavioral Health Program
, Providence St. Joseph Health -
Richard Frank, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, Vida Health -
Peter Freeburg, MA, LPC,Behavioral Clinical Strategist (Pacific Northwest, and California)
, Cigna Behavioral Center of Excellence -
Jocelyn C. Frye,President
, National Partnership for Women & Families -
Vikas Garg,Principal
, ZS -
Mollie Gelburd, JD,Senior Director, Delivery System & Payment Transformation
, AHIP -
Linda Genen, MD, MPH,Chief Medical Officer
, ProgenyHealth -
Pamela J. Gentry,Acting Deputy Director, Office of Minority Health
, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) -
John George,Director, Health Strategy
, CGI -
Paul Giger, MD, MBA,Medical Director, Behavioral Health
, Providence Health Plan -
Shawna Gisch,CEO, Health Solutions
, Optum -
Robert Gluckman, MD, MACP,Chief Medical Officer
, Providence Health Plan -
Ty J. Gluckman, MD, FACC, FAHA,Medical Director, Center for Cardiovascular Analytics, Research, and Data Science (CARDS)
, Providence Heart Institute -
Angela Glyder, RN,Vice President, Clinical Operations
, Lucina -
Rajesh “Raj” Godavarthi,Associate Vice President, Technology & Interoperability
, MCG Health -
Olga Golovin,Vice President – Client solutions
, ResultsCX -
Tamir Gotfried,Chief Commercial Officer
, TytoCare -
Shivani Goyal, PhD,Senior Product Leader
, PointClickCare -
Darrell Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG,Chief Health Equity Officer
, Elevance Health -
Maya Gumatay-Marmo, MPH,Director, Data Analytics
, Health Net -
Sohini Gupta,Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Innovations
, AHIP -
Vin Gupta, MD, MSt, MPA,Practicing Pulmonologist & Chief Medical Officer
, Amazon Pharmacy -
Dara Hall, MSN, RNC-NIC,Maternal & Child Health Director, Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA)
, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) -
Mark Hamelburg,Senior Vice President, Federal Programs
, AHIP -
Cora Han, JD,Chief Health Data Officer
, UC Health -
Doug Hanna,Vice President, Product Management
, HealthEdge -
Kimberly Hansen,Senior Director, Clinical Technology Solutions
, Optum -
George Hart, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, Interwell Health -
Chiquela Harrison,Area Manager
, Wider Circle -
Nzinga Harrison, MD,Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer
, Eleanor Health -
Dianne Hasselman,Deputy Director
, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) -
Kristin Herrera,Executive Vice President & General Manager, Health Plans
, Accolade -
Todd Hill,Senior Vice President, Payer & Provider Strategy
, Spring Health -
Jocelyn Hines, MD, MBA,Medical Director, Clinical Operations
, Inovalon -
Craig Hittle,Senior Vice President, Health Plan Sales
, Kaia Health -
Michael Hochman, MD, MPH,Chief Executive Officer
, Healthcare in Action -
Brandi Hodor,Senior Analytic Advisor
, Merative -
Roger Holstein,Managing Director
, Vestar Capital Partners -
Douglas Holtz-Eakin,President
, American Action Forum -
Emma Hoo,Director, Value-Based Purchasing
, Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) -
Michelle Hood, FACHE,Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
, American Hospital Association -
Carly Hood-Ronick, MPA, MPH,Chief Executive Officer
, Project Access NOW -
Cindy Hundorfean, EMBA,Chief Living Health Development Officer
, Highmark Health -
Eric C. Hunter,President & Chief Executive Officer
, CareOregon -
James W. “Wells” Hutchison,President & CEO
, Delta Dental Plans Association -
Jason Iacobellis,Strategy & Consulting Practitioner
, Accenture Health Administration Practice -
Ben Isgur,Vice President, Health Care Thought Leadership
, Fidelity Health -
Andrew Jackson, MBA,Director, Strategy and Product Marketing
, Milliman -
David Jackson,Senior Consulting Manager, Payer Analytics
, Truven Health Analytics -
David Jackson,Vice President, Advisory Services
, EXL Health -
Lorenzo Jackson,Sales Account Director
, MedReview -
Jeff Jacques, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, Virgin Pulse -
Sachin H. Jain, MD, MBA,CEO
, SCAN Health Plan and SCAN Group -
Carolyn Jasik, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, Omada Health -
Michelle Jester, MA, PMP,Executive Director, Social Determinants of Health
, AHIP -
Jewel,Singer-Songwriter, New York Times Best Selling Author, Mental Health Expert
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Sharon K. Jhawar, PharmD, MBA, BCGP,Chief Pharmacy Officer
, SCAN Health Plan -
Rhys Jones,Vice President, Medicaid Advocacy
, AHIP -
Anne Jordan,Chief Customer Officer & Co-Founder
, Pyx Health -
Angie Kalousek,Senior Director, Lifestyle Medicine
, Blue Shield of California -
Hakan Kardes,Chief Technology & Experience Officer
, Alignment Health -
John Keith,CEO
, Exponential AI -
Naoko Koen,Associate Principal
, ZS -
Bryan Komornik,Partner
, West Monroe -
Dawn Kramer,Director
, West Monroe -
Jeff Krauss, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, Hinge Health -
Heidi Kriz, MPH, RD,Director, Medical Policy & Medical Management; PA Transformation Lead
, Regence -
Nikunj Kshatriya,Director IT Product Manager & Agile Software Delivery
, HCSC -
Robert Laumeyer,Chief Technology Officer, Auth AI
, Availity -
Patrick Lee, MBA,Director, Virtual Behavioral Health
, Providence St. Joseph Health -
Tom X Lee, MD,CEO & Founder
, Galileo -
Gregory LeGrow,Executive Director, Payer Product Strategy
, athenahealth -
Ingrid Lindberg,Founder & CXO
, Chief Customer -
Tanya Little,Chief Commercial Officer
, Vitality -
Danielle Lloyd, MPH,Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovations & Quality Initiatives
, AHIP -
Anil Loomba,Staff VP, Technology
, Elevance Health -
Sandra Lynn,Vice President, HSA Channel Relationships
, Fidelity Health -
Catherine Macpherson, MS, RDN,Senior Vice President, Healthcare Strategy & Chief Nutrition Officer
, Mom’s Meals -
Hossam Mahmoud, MD, MPH,Regional Chief Medical Officer
, Carelon Behavioral Health -
Hari Makkala,Co-Founder & CEO
, Myelth -
Dinesh Malhotra,Vice President, Digital Transformation
, Optum Advisory -
Jerold Mammano,Division President
, Aetna, a CVS Health Company -
Omar Manejwala, MD,Chief Medical Officer
, DarioHealth -
Emily Markoe,Senior Director, Specialty Drug Development
, OptumRx -
Dawn C. Maroney,President, Markets, Alignment Health & CEO, Alignment Health Plan
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Abner Mason,Founder & CEO
, SameSky Health -
Lisa Mason,Associate Vice President, Product Design & Insights
, Providence -
Sarah Mastrorocco,Vice President & General Manager
, Instacart Health -
Aaron Mauck, PhD,Vice President & Executive Partner
, Advisory Board -
Chris McCrary,Vice President & Head of Health Plan Solutions & Strategy
, Included Health -
Alexis McGill Johnson,President & CEO
, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund -
Cara McNulty, DPA,President, Behavioral Health & Mental Well-being
, CVS Health -
Frank McStay, MPA,Assistant Director, Health Care Transformation
, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy -
Nikhil Mendhi,President & Chief Operating Officer
, Exponential AI -
Laura Messineo,
, Independent Industry Expert -
Chris Michalak,CEO
, Virgin Pulse -
Donna L. Milavetz, MD, MPH, FACP,Chief Medical Officer
, Cambia Health Solutions -
Creagh Milford, DO, MPH, FACOI,Senior Vice President, Retail Health
, CVS Health -
Meghan Miller,Vice President, Payer Market Development
, Optum -
Amanda Minimi,Director, Corporate Development
, Aeroflow Healthcare -
Pooja Mittal, DO,Chief Health Equity Officer
, Health Net -
Cathy Moffitt, MD, FAAP, CHIE,Senior Vice President & Aetna Chief Medical Officer
, CVS Health -
Juan Montanez,Senior Managing Director
, FTI Consulting -
Jay Moore, MD,Senior Director, Programs & Strategy
, Walmart Health & Wellness -
Kelli Morrison,Vice President, Payer Partnerships
, Spring Health -
Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPCC,CEO & Co-Founder
, Psych Hub -
Farzad Mostashari, MD,Co-Founder & CEO
, Aledade -
Miranda Creviston Motter, JD,Senior Vice President, State Affairs & Policy
, AHIP -
Rich Moyer,Principal & MedInsight Chief Product Officer
, Milliman -
Adrianna Nava, PhD, RN,Research Scientist, Quality Measurement & Research Group
, NCQA -
Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA,Author, Dead Wrong: Diagnosing and Treating Healthcare's Misinformation Illness; Former Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce
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Douglas Nemecek, MD, MBA, BA, CHIE,Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health
, Evernorth Health Services -
Simeon Niles,Vice President, Health Care Innovation
, Morgan Health -
John Norkett,Vice President, Payor Solutions-East
, Labcorp -
Nigel Ohrenstein,President
, Kaia Health -
Ugo Okpewho,Managing Director
, FTI Consulting -
Alex Oshmyansky, MD, PhD,Founder & CEO
, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company -
Hilliard “Hilly” Paige, Jr., BS,Chief Innovation Officer
, Family Heart Foundation -
Payam Parvinchiha, MD, MPH, CHIE,Vice President & Medical Director, Integrated Care
, SCAN Health Plan -
Mihir Patel, PharmD, RPh,Chief Pharmacy Officer
, Cambia Health Solutions -
Meera Patel-Zook, PharmD,Vice President, Regional Pharmacy
, Centene -
Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc,Founder & President
, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) -
Scott Peterson,Vice President, Software Engineering
, Medica -
Paulo Pinho, MD,Vice President & Medical Director, Innovation
, Availity -
Pleasant Radford, Jr., MBA, CHIE,Health Equity Officer
, UCare -
Ajay Ramchandran,Product Management Leader – ORMB
, Oracle -
Jody Ranck,Senior Analyst, AI & SDoH
, Chilmark Research -
Monique Reese, DNP, ARNP, FNP, ACHPN,Senior Vice President, Home & Community Services
, Highmark Health -
Stephen L. Reintjes, Sr., MD,President & Chief Executive Officer
, North Kansas City Hospital -
Kyu Rhee, MD, MPP,CEO
, National Association of Community Health Centers -
David C. Rhew, MD,Global Chief Medical Officer & Vice President, Healthcare
, Microsoft -
Barbra Roldan, RN, FNP,Director, High Risk OB
, Molina Healthcare -
Kristina Rollings,Chief Growth Officer
, CAQH -
Brittney Roy,Program Director, Public Health
, National Governors Association (NGA) -
Bill Rush,Senior Director, Value & Access, Digital Health Solutions
, Sanofi -
Jeffrey Scott, MD,Chief Medical Officer & President, Population Health Solutions
, Integra Connect -
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS,Professor of Medicine
, University of California San Francisco -
Chris Severn,Co-Founder & CEO
, Turquoise Health -
Tina Shah, MD, MPH,Chief Clinical Officer
, Abridge -
Cary B. Shames, DO, CHCQM, FABQAURP,Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
, Sharp Health Plan -
Michael Sherman, MD, MBA, MS,Partner
, RA Ventures -
Deepa Sheth,Chief Development Officer
, SCAN Health Plan -
Salem Shunnarah,Executive Vice President & GM Health Plans & Systems
, Virgin Pulse -
Myra Simon,Director, Federal Policy
, Cambia Health Solutions -
Hunter Sinclair,Vice President, Solution Strategy
, Teladoc Health -
Anil Sipahimalani, MD,Medical Director
, Cigna -
Julie Smith,Executive Director, Value Strategy & Clinical Operations
, Sanford Health Plan -
Tara Smith,Primary Care & Affordability Director
, Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) -
Adrian Sovik, BSN, RN,Director, Healthcare Management, Clinical Accountability
, Amerigroup -
Michael Spicer,Vice President, Product
, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan -
Jeff Stanley, MD,Medical Director
, Virta Health -
Neema Stephens, MD,National Medical Director, Health Equity
, Cigna -
Lisa Suennen,CEO
, Venture Valkyrie -
Nicole Sunder, LCSW, CCM,Director, Health Plan Solution Design
, PointClickCare -
Greg Sweat, MD,Senior Vice President, Health Services & Chief Health Officer
, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) -
Michael Sweeney,Vice President of Provider Relations, Contracting and Reimbursement
, UPMC Health Plan -
Kimberly Switlick-Prose,Vice President, Enterprise Star Performance
, Elevance Health -
Jordan Taggart,Senior Vice President, Payer & Provider Growth
, Vida Health -
Erin Fair Taylor, MPH, JD,Vice President, Medicaid Programs
, PacificSource Community Solutions -
Christie Teigland, PhD,Vice President, Research Science & Advanced Analytics
, Inovalon -
Hemi Tewarson, JD, MPH,Executive Director
, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) -
Dan Thoma, LPC,Director, Behavioral Health
, Moda Health -
Jeanette Thornton,Executive Vice President, Policy & Strategy
, AHIP -
Jason Tibbels, MD,Chief Quality Officer
, Teladoc Health -
Jacob A. Timmerman, LMFT,Clinician
, Kaiser Permanente Northwest -
Melissa Topp,Executive Director, Care Management
, Providence Health Plan -
Tanya Travers,Vice President, Marketing
, Gray Matter Analytics -
Sara Vaezy, MHA, MPH,Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Digital Officer
, Providence -
Meredith Voltin,Associate Director, Integrated Marketing
, Advisory Board -
Anne Wanlund,CEO
, Canopie -
Cindy Ward,Managing Director
, FTI Consulting -
Vindell Washington, MD, MS,Chief Clinical Officer for Care & Director of Health Equity Center of Excellence
, Verily -
Tracy Watts,Senior Partner, National Leader for U.S. Health Policy
, Mercer -
David Webster, MD, MBA,Chief Clinical & Provider Strategy Officer
, Medica -
Karen Weintraub,Executive Vice President
, Healthcare Fraud Shield -
Evan Weiss,Vice President & General Manager, Provider Enablement
, Optum -
Kevin Wheeler, MD,Medical Director, Practice Transformation & Value-Based Contracting Strategy
, AmeriHealth Caritas -
David Williams, MD,Executive Vice President & CMO
, CareSource -
Ashley Yeats, MD, FACEP, FCFPC(EM), CHIE,Vice President, Medical Operations
, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts -
Elio Yepez,Principal Sales Engineer
, Nuance -
Gigi Yuen,Chief Data & AI Officer
, Availity -
Charles R. Zachem, DO, FASN,Managing Partner
, Kidney Care of Oregon -
Jamie Zajac,Director, Care Management
, Colorado Access -
Judy Zerzan-Thul, MD, MPH,Chief Medical Officer
, Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) -
Ramiro Zúñiga, MD, MBA, FAAFP, CHIE,Vice President & Medical Director
, Health Net