6th Annual Medicaid Summit

2016 Speaker Faculty

Stephanie Anthony
Director
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Alan Avery
Chief Operating Officer
Kern Health Systems

Cheryll Bowers-Stephens, MD, MBA
Behavioral Health Medical Director
Amerigroup Louisiana

Jessica Briefer French
Senior Research Scientist
NCQA

Jerry Friedman
Program Coordinator, Former Associate Vice President, External Relations and Advocacy
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Jill Fyock
Administrative Director, Managed Care
ProMedica

Nancy Garrett
Chief Analytics Officer
Hennepin County Medical Center

Stefan Gildemeister
Health Economics Program Director, Division of Health Policy
Minnesota Department of Health

Mark L. Hayes, JD, RPh
Senior Vice President, Federal Policy
Ascension Health

Marcia Guida James, MS-CH, MBA, MS-HP, CPC
Senior Director, National Network Lead, Value Based Solutions
Aetna Better Health

Gary Jessee
State Medicaid Director, Health and Human Services Commission
Texas

Alex Keeton
Deputy Director, Policy
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Joanne Kenen
Health Editor
POLITICO

Lawrence J. Kissner
CEO
Aetna Better Health of Illinois

Robert LoNigro, MD, MS
SVP and Chief Clinical Officer
Envolve

Jordan J. Luke
Group Director, Program Alignment & Partnership Engagement Group
Office of Minority Health
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Thomas H. Lutzow, Ph.D, MBA
President, CEO
iCare/Independent Care Health Plan

Calder Lynch
Director, Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care, Department of Health and Human Services
Nebraska

Mary R. Mailloux , MD, MMM, FACEP
Medical Director Medicare Special Needs Plans (SNP)
Coventry Health Care of Florida, an Aetna Company

Cindy Mann
Partner, Healthcare
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Mike Nardone
Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Chris Nicholson
CEO and Co-founder
mPulse

Jin Lee Palen
Health Policy Specialist
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers

Jennifer Ponski
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Medecision

Rachel M. Richards
Vice President, Government Relations
Caregiver Homes

Mark Santiago
Vice President, Retail Outreach
MVP Health Plan

Claudia Schlosberg, JD
Senior Deputy/State Medicaid Director
Department of Health Care Finance
Washington, D.C.

Naomi P. Senkeeto
Managing Director, Policy
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Judith Solomon
Vice President, Health Policy
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Karen Springer
Senior Vice President
Ascension Health
Executive
Tennessee Ministry Market

Carol Steckel, MPH
Senior Director, Alliance Development
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

Jonathan Watson
Public Policy Director
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers

David Weathington
Director, Medicare Operations
Johns Hopkins HealthCare

Gail R. Wilensky, PhD
Senior Fellow
Project HOPE

Heather Winters
National Director of Healthcare Accounts
mPulse Mobile

Chao Zhou
Economist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention