
Roster of Speakers For Our 2021 Conference

Senator Ron Wyden Oregon
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Jacey Cooper State Medicaid Director and Chief Deputy Director, Health Care Programs
California Department of Health Care Services

Dave Richard Deputy Secretary, Medicaid
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Jami Snyder Director
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Chris Priest Regional Vice President, Business Development and Medicaid Solutions
Centene Corporation

Kelly Munson President
Aetna Medicaid

Catherine Anderson Senior Vice President, Policy & Strategy
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Craig Kennedy President and CEO
Medicaid Health Plans of America

Gary Jessee Managing Director
Sellers Dorsey

Stephanie Stephens Deputy Executive Commissioner of Medicaid & CHIP Services
Texas Health & Human Services Commission

Jennifer Kucera Long-Term Services and Supports Consumer

John Barger III Medicaid President
Humana

Francoise Culley-Trotman Chief Executive Officer
AlohaCare

Peter Jakuc Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
AmeriHealth Caritas

Ellen Syvertsen Provider Network Manager II
Simply Healthcare Plans, Inc.

April Todd Senior Vice President of CORE and Explorations
CAQH

Andrea Bennett, PhD, MSW Senior Director of Public Policy
CVS Health/Aetna

Catherine Macpherson, MS, RDN Vice President of Product Strategy and Development, and Chief Nutrition Officer
Mom's Meals

Katie Domalakes, MSW, LSW Senior Director of Clinical Affairs & Program Development
UPMC Health Plan

Shannon Attanasio Vice-President, Government Relations and Advocacy
Medicaid Health Plans of America

Andrew Wilson Director, Medicaid Clinical and Consumer Products Team
Aetna Medicaid

Kathy Szafran Executive Director
Aetna Better Health of West Virginia

Serita Cox Co-Founder & CEO
iFoster

Cheryl Roberts, J.D. Deputy of Programs & Operations
Department of Virginia Medical Assistance Services

Dr. Jordan Weisman Behavioral Health Chief Medical Officer
AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware

Shrenik Jain CEO
Marigold Health

Kieran Hurley Director of Behavioral Health Programs
CareSource

Charles Wayland CEO
UnitedHealthcare Community & State of New Jersey

Cheston Newhall Senior Market Manager, Health Care and Compliance
Appriss Insights

Kerry Delaney CEO
Partners Health Plan

Maulik Trivedi, MD, FACEP Chief Strategy Officer
StationMD

James Stover Plan President
Arizona Complete Health

Joel Conger Director of System Transformation
Molina Complete Care of Arizona

Kathy Oestreich Former Vice President and CEO
Banner University Health Plans (Retired)

Juan Pablo Segura President
Babyscripts

Karen Dale CEO, and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia

Patrick Murta Chief Interoperability Architect & Fellow
Humana

Anthony Lo Sasso Professor and Driehaus Fellow
DePaul University

Carol Cianfrone Director of MLTSS Clinical Operations
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Dr. Johanna Vidal-Phelan Senior Medical Director of Quality and Pediatrics
UPMC

Kate Paris Vice President of Policy & Influence
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Dr. Arethusa Stevens Kirk, MD FAAP National Senior Medical Director
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Dr. Daniella Heller Medical Director of Behavioral Health
Centene

Seth Gold Staff Member
House Energy and Commerce Committee

Jeanine Boyle, JD MHPA Policy Consultant
Rock Creek Policy Advisors

Jerry Mammano Chief Executive Officer
Aetna Better Health Plan of Virginia

Rick Van Buren Health Counsel
House Energy and Commerce Committee

Jennie Reynolds Plan President, Virginia Medicaid
Anthem Healthkeepers Plus

Tameeka Smith CEO
UnitedHealthcare Community & State of Virginia

Stuart Portman Senior Health Policy Advisor
Senate Finance Committee

Stephanie Wilkinson Director of Policy
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Steve Cozzo Director of Public Policy
AmeriHealth Caritas

Liz Dervan Health Counsel
Senate Finance Committee

Brendan Harris Vice President, Community HealthChoices (CHC)
UPMC

Elizabeth Simmons Chief Executive Officer
National Doula Network

Tony Solem Vice President, Medicaid
Gateway Health Plan

Dr. Sayeed Khan, MD Chief Medical Officer
Molina Healthcare of California

Dr. Neil Solomon, MD Co-Founder, Chief Strategist, Chief Medical Officer
MedZed Physician Services

Darrin Johnson Plan President
Molina Healthcare

Nicole Truhe Senior Director of Policy, Medicaid
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Dr. Meera Mani Partner
McKinsey

Patti Barnett Regional Vice President, Health Policy
Centene

Colby Tiner Health Policy Manager
CAQH

Gary R. Proctor, MD Regional Chief Medical Officer, West and Federal/Employer
Beacon Health Options/Anthem

Dr. Neil Leibowitz Chief Medical Officer
Beacon Health Options/Anthem

Andrew Ramish Associate Partner
McKinsey & Co

Michelle Martin Senior Policy Director, LTSS
UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Errol Pierre Senior Vice President
HealthFirst

Andrew Renda, M.D., MPH Vice President of Bold Goal and Population Growth
Humana

Dr. Carlos Pardo Martin Partner
McKinsey & Co.