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.