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