
Roster of Speakers At Our 2020 Annual Conference

Larry Hogan Governor
State of Maryland

Anne Marie Costello Acting Deputy Administrator and Director
Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services

Beth Kidder Deputy Secretary for Medicaid
State of Florida

Jennifer Langer Jacobs Assistant Commissioner, Division of Medicaid Assistance and Health Services
State of New Jersey

Allison Taylor Director of Medicaid
State of Indiana

Catherine Anderson Senior Vice-President, Health Care Policy
United Healthcare Community & State

Deb Bacon Chief Operating Officer
Aetna Medicaid

Melissa Holmquist CEO
Upper Peninsula Health Plan

Carolyn Ingram Executive Vice President, Policy & Government Affairs
Molina Healthcare

John Lovelace President
UPMC For You

Wendy Morriarty Chief Medicaid Officer
Horizon NJ Health

Chris Priest Vice-President, Medicaid Solutions
Centene

Craig Kennedy President and CEO
Medicaid Health Plans of America

Stuart Portman Health Policy Advisor
Senate Finance Committee -
Republican Staff

Liz Dervan Health Counsel
Senate Finance Committee -
Democratic Staff

Rick Van Buren Health Counsel
House Energy & Commerce Committee -
Democratic Staff

Caleb Graff Deputy Chief Counsel
House Energy & Commerce Committee -
Republican Staff

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

John Baackes Chief Executive Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan

Manik Bhat Founder and CEO
Healthify

Jeanine Boyle, JD, MPH Founder
Rock Creek Policy Advisors

R.J. Briscione Senior Director, Social Determinants of Health Strategy & Execution
CVS Health | Aetna

Megan Callahan Vice-President, Healthcare
Lyft

Claudia Chavez-Rhoades Quality Improvement Project Coordinator
Upper Peninsula Health Plan

Crystal Clark, MD Associate Vice President & General Manager, Government Programs
UPMC Health Plan

Karen Dale, R.N., M.S.N. Market President
AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia

Georgina Dukes Network Director
Unite Us

Adaeze Enekwechi, PhD, MPP President
IMPAQ

Erika Ferguson Director, Office of Healthy Opportunities
NC Department of Health and Human Services

Rob Garnett President and CEO
AmeriGroup Tennessee

Ayo Afejuku Gathing, MD Medical Director of Behavioral Health
Molina Healthcare

Brendan Harris Vice-President, Community Health Choices
UPMC Health Plan

Kristy Kent Senior Program Manager
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Gary Jessee Managing Director
Sellers Dorsey

Janey Joffee Director of Population Health
Upper Peninsula Health Plan

Cindy Jordan CEO and Founder
Pyx Health

Sarah Lash, MS Director, Clinical Quality Growth
Anthem, Inc.

Jennifer Lloyd Vice President, Medical Management
Centene, Health Net of California

Meera Mani, MD, PhD Partner
McKinsey’s Health Systems and Services Practice

Scott Monteith, MD Regional Medical Director
Beacon Health Options

Kevin Moore Vice-President - Policy, Health and Human Services
United Healthcare Community & State

Kathy Oestreich Vice-President & CEO (retired)
Banner University Health Plans

Indira Paharia, Psy.D., MBA, MS Chief Operating Officer
Centene Behavioral Health

Rachana Pradhan Correspondent
Kaiser Health News

Sara Ratner, JD SVP Government Programs & Strategic Initiatives
Revel

Sarah Schmidt Senior Director of Government Affairs
CVS Health

Sheila Shapiro Senior Vice-President, National Strategic Partnerships
United Healthcare

Neil Solomon, MD Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
MedZed Physician Services

Miranda Steele Senior Director of Rural Health Partnerships
Centene Corporation

Courtney Sullivan Murphy Chief Operating Officer
Commonwealth Care Alliance

Steven Szebenyi, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Gateway Health

Lucy Theilheimer Chief Strategy and Impact Officer
Meals on Wheels America

Jaime Young, MBA Aetna Head of National Partnerships
Aetna, a CVS Health Company

Carla Zachodni, RN, MBA-HCM, CPHQ Director II GBD Quality Management
Anthem Medicaid