Michael Akinyele, MBA, SES, is the former, founding Chief Innovation Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest federal civilian agency with a ~$250Bn budget and ~400K employees. He was appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) in 2019, and was responsible for leading, transforming and scaling enterprise innovation at the Department. Prior to his role in government, he spent most of his professional career leading management consulting teams focused on developing and implementing solutions.

Tony Balda has dedicated over 15 years to the healthcare and med-tech industry. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Medicomp since 2014. Tony is responsible for day-to-day business operations, the organization’s strategic advancement in the marketplace, as well as the growth and development. Prior to Medicomp, Tony was VP of Marketing and Strategy for the Telemedicine division of United Therapeutics. Tony earned his MBA from Wharton and his BA in applied Economics and management from Cornell University.

Angie Breton is VP of Sales at Imagen. Previously, she was VP of Growth and Client Services for the MSO of Duly Health and Care (formerly DuPage Medical Group), an 800+ independent multi-specialty physician group. With over 20 years of healthcare industry experience, Angie has worked with payors, medical groups, MSOs and consulting firms. She has extensive experience in market strategy, network/product development, managed care negotiations, direct to employer arrangements, delegated services, capitation, physician hospital alignment, and the transition from fee-for-service to value based contracts.

Dr. David Carmouche brings over 23 years of progressive health care leadership to his current roles at Ochsner. As Senior Vice President, Community Care, he serves on the organization’s senior management team and leads Ochsner’s value-based care delivery organization. Prior to joining Ochsner, Dr. Carmouche served as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at BCBS Louisiana, the state’s largest commercial insurance carrier with over 1.6 million members.

Sri Chandrasekar is the Managing Partner of Point72 Ventures and leads investments in deep tech. He is based in Seattle. Sri joined Point72 from In-Q-Tel, the strategic investment arm of the CIA and the U.S. Intelligence Community. At In-Q-Tel, Sri led Lab41, an AI-focused lab that built and delivered solutions to some of the intelligence community’s toughest problems. Before Lab41, Sri led the Analytics practice at In-Q-Tel, a role in which he was responsible for setting the investment priorities for a team of technical investment professionals. Prior to In-Q-Tel, Sri spent nearly a decade designing and building communication systems for the military at BAE Systems.

Don Crane is the former President and CEO of America’s Physician Groups, the nation’s leading professional association representing medical groups and independent practice associations practicing coordinated care.  APG is the nation’s largest trade association that explicitly promotes capitation as the payment model for its members, all of whom accept various forms of risk-based capitation or other population-based payment. These groups are in the forefront of healthcare reform and represent the care model and payment methodologies adopted by federal legislation for the entire nation. 

Mr. Crane served as President and CEO of the organization from 2001 to 2022. During his tenure America’s Physician Groups expanded from being a division of a regional hospital trade association consisting of 40 member groups to a national professional association consisting of over 340 physician organizations in 45 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.  Those physician groups employ or contract with approximately 170,000 physicians that provide care to approximately 90 million patients.   Under Mr. Crane’s leadership, America’s Physician Groups has become the leading voice promoting value-based care in federal and California advocacy. 

Mr. Crane currently serves on the advisory committees of several physician organizations and is providing consulting services to a number of healthcare firms operating in the value based space.

A seasoned healthcare attorney, Mr. Crane has served as corporate counsel for several major integrated health systems. Mr. Crane speaks regularly on healthcare issues to a wide variety of physician groups, hospitals, and other professional meetings. 

In 2016 Mr. Crane received the prestigious Mathies Award for Vision and Excellence in Healthcare Leadership. 

Mr. Crane received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from Loyola University of Los Angeles.

Ms. Nanette (Nan) DeTurk has been the Principal of Black Powder Advisors, a healthcare strategy and advisory services firm, since 2016 and currently serves as a Special Advisor and Member of the Advisory Board for Echo Health Ventures. Previously, Ms. DeTurk held various senior executive roles at Highmark Health. Ms. DeTurk also served on the board of directors of numerous Highmark subsidiaries. Ms. DeTurk holds an MBA from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from The Ohio State University.

Bunny Ellerin is a Harvard-trained, award-winning leader, thinker, writer, and speaker who has dedicated her career to driving change in healthcare. She is currently Director of Columbia Business School’s Healthcare Management Program. Bunny co-founded and serves as President of NYC Health Business Leaders (NYCHBL), a community of 4,500 healthcare executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors. Previously, Bunny spent 15 years in healthcare brand management, digital and social marketing, etc. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School and BA from Columbia University.

Eric has more than 25 years of demonstrated success in building dynamic organizations and delivering high-impact services. Eric is currently Vice President of National Network Innovation and Strategy at Aetna. Prior to joining Aetna, Eric oversaw operations nationally for Evolent Health’s Value-Based Solutions group. Prior to joining Evolent, Eric was a senior member of the Policy and Programs Team at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).

Anthony C. Ferreri, DBA, Former Regional Director, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Vice President, Northwell Health and President and Chief Executive Officer, Staten Island University Hospital, has 40+ years of experience in the healthcare industry. He spent 12 years as President and CEO of a major NYC teaching hospital, and, three years as Regional Director of Region II of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. A Presidential appointee, Dr. Ferreri’s responsibilities included oversight of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, in a region encompassing the states of New York and New Jersey, the territories of Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. and the eight Tribal Nations of New York State.

A practicing general internist Dr. Fitzgerald has almost 30 years of experience in the senior management of physician group practices, development of population health programs, and leadership of risk bearing provider-based managed care organizations. During his career he has been president of IU Health Care Associates a 2000 provider multi-specialty physician group that accepted risk in Medicare, Commercial, and Medicaid value-based programs. Most recently he led population health efforts at Indiana University Health (‘IUH’) and was CEO of IUH’s ACO where he led the development of several innovative care delivery models that improved the quality and lowered the cost of care in their value-based programs.

Jack has more than 30 years of experience from both the provider health system side as well as the health plan side of the business. Jack was Senior Vice President of Accountable Care Services and Payor Relations for Providence Health & Services and Chief Executive Officer of Providence Health Plan. In his role, Jack was responsible for the strategic direction of accountable care delivery and financing models to improve quality, cost and access throughout Providence Health & Services’ five-state region.

Catherine has spent the past two decades focused on the business and systems of the U.S. healthcare system. Recently, Catherine rejoined Aetna, a CVS Health Company, as President of Arizona and Northwest Mountain Markets. Prior to joining Aetna, she led all provider contracting, provider relations, and provider partnership innovation for Cambia Health Solutions in the Northwest. Prior to her career in healthcare, Catherine served in the U.S. Army as a maintenance officer and is a volunteer board member for the Returning Veterans Project.

Dr. Joesph Habboushe is a practicing emergency physician and serial healthcare entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder of MDCalc, the largest physician-owned medical reference used by approximately ~65% of U.S. physicians weekly. He is also founder of Vitalis Pharmaceuticals, developing novel therapies in multiple sclerosis, opioid-sparing pain, and cholesterol. Joseph received his MD from Cornell University, his MBA from Columbia University, and his BS from Yale University.

Steve Hamman is a senior-level healthcare executive, advisor, and investor with 30+ years proven experience in growing and leading a large health plan organization. He has extensive experience managing a multi-billion dollar P&L with consumer-focused service operations. Steve most recently served as the President of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), where he was responsible for the state’s largest health insurer with almost nine million members, $22B in revenue and over $40B in medical spend.  His responsibilities included overall business and financial performance, long-term growth strategy, Sales, Care Management, Network/Provider Contracting, Government Relations and Communications across all commercial lines of business, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Jennifer Hajj, MBA/MPH is the Head of Partnerships at Galileo. Previously, Jen spent 13 years at the intersection of policy, strategy, and innovation at Sachs Policy Group (SPG), serving as a senior expert on NYS Medicaid and government programs across SPG’s client base (payors, etc.). She also built/led SPG’s innovation practice. Subject matter expertise includes, but is not limited to, Medicaid, DSRIP, managed care, value-based payments, duals, behavioral health, long-term care, and programs for vulnerable populations.

Ken Jennings PhD is a senior executive focused on population health, team development, and shared goal achievement across a health enterprise. Ken was previously a managing partner with Accenture in healthcare transformation, a partner on Wall Street, co-director of the University of Michigan Healthcare leadership development program, best selling author, a service academy graduate and a military officer.

Tim has been with UnitedHealth Group and/or affiliated companies for over 35 years. Currently, he is the SVP for OptumCare, responsible for network contracting standards, physician experiences, practice portals, workflow interoperability, and payment integrity. Prior to this role, Tim was SVP and COO of UnitedHealthcare Networks. He was responsible for managing and developing contract management and fee schedule development systems, workflows, interoperability and operations used by network contractors and network care providers when doing business with UHC.

Wilson has served as a product-focused executive for 10+ years. Most recently, Wilson served as the Chief Operating Officer at Clover Health, a tech-enabled Medicare Advantage plan based out of San Francisco that has raised $425m to build a tech-enabled health insurance company. Prior to Clover, Wilson held technical leadership roles at Yammer, Microsoft, and Change.org and is the Co-Founder of Irene Retirement.

Brandon is the President and CFO of Russell Street Ventures, an innovative healthcare platform focused on launching and scaling companies that serve some of our nation’s most vulnerable and underserved patient populations. He was most recently the Chief Financial Officer of Landmark Health, a national, risk-bearing house call provider serving chronically ill patients which sold to UnitedHealthcare. Prior to Landmark, he was Vice President at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he focused on healthcare services and IT investing. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Brandon received a BS in Applied Economics from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.

Mark has practiced for 30 years with Epstein Becker Green, specializing in compliance, health policy and reimbursement strategy. Prior to that, Mark was a legislative advisor to the Federal Trade Commission. Mark has a deep understanding of managed care markets and regulation and is often consulted by health plans and providers in structuring innovative payment arrangements.

Paul Mango, is the former, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans. In that position, Paul propagated industry-changing regulations, was central to the success of Operation Warp Speed and rebuilt the Strategic National Stockpile at the request of the White House. Prior to that, Paul was the Chief of Staff for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services.

Sonia Millsom is an executive leader, advisor, board member and investor of high-profile healthcare companies. She leads organizations beyond the intersection of brick and mortar and digital health into value-based care. Having worked at start-ups to large publicly traded companies – in the purchaser, payer and provider sides of the business – she has experience in every dimension of healthcare. Sonia’s key accomplishments include growing Iora’s revenue 10x which led to a $2.1B acquisition by One Medical. Sonia has a BA from Boston College and an MPH from Columbia.

Jenny O’Brien is an experienced compliance professional and attorney contributing to and serving on non-profit and publicly held executive leadership teams. Jenny serves on the Board of Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) as Chair of the Audit & Compliance Committee. Most recently, Jenny was the UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Chief Compliance Officer where she was a member of the Executive Leadership Team accountable for developing a national compliance strategy for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Commercial, and Employer products.

Dr. Richard Park is the founder and former CEO of CityMD, the leading urgent care provider in the New York metro areas with over 120 sites. Since CityMD merged with Summit Medical Group in August 2019, Dr. Park has been serving as Vice-Chairman of the combined entity. He is a managing partner at Ascend Capital Partners, a private equity firm investing in mid market healthcare organizations. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and was Chief Resident at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Dr. Soujanya (Chinni) Pulluru is a family medicine physician and healthcare executive with unique leadership strengths that include VBC, physician alignment, payor knowledge, etc. From 2015-2019 she served as Medical Director and Executive Medical Director for Illinois’ largest, 750-physician group – DuPage Medical Group (DMG) – and its subsidiary MSO, Boncura Health Solutions, Chinni spearheaded enterprise-wide transformation.

Dr. Rahim is currently helping to lead the Global Digital Center of Excellence at Merck. Previously, Dr. Rahim was the Chief Medical Officer at Alyvant, a portfolio company of Roivant Sciences; the Chief Medical Officer at Aetna Digital, Vice President of Integrated Health at Quartet, and Chief Medical Officer at CipherHealth. He has extensive experience in healthcare from both clinical and business perspectives.

Jacob Reider, MD, FAAFP is a family physician who wants to see a world where all people are healthy. He has worked for three decades to improve the health of our communities through the innovative use of innovative business ideas, technology, etc. He currently serves as CEO of Alliance for Better Health, a New York DSRIP care transformation initiative, and is the President of Healthy Alliance IPA, an Independent Practice Association for community-based organizations.

Noah is a practicing primary care physician, hospitalist, and healthcare executive. Noah serves as Chief Medical Officer for Employer Direct Healthcare. Noah has received several national awards for outstanding patient care and safety. Noah received his MD from the University of Massachusetts (Alpha Omega Alpha), his MBA from Harvard Business School and his BA from Pomona College.

A south Florida native, Michael Supino started his in the Private Client & Investment Banking divisions at UBS Financial Services. In early 2017, Michael took a leadership position as head of day-to-day operations and strategic efforts at Midland Medical and Midland Pharmacy, a nine-provider PCP group and community pharmacy in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Since that time, he has led growth and expansion efforts in clinical research, value-based care, and on-site pharmacy services.

Brad is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Primary and leads the firm’s enterprise and healthcare practices. He has been a venture investor since the waning moments of the Internet bubble in 2000. He was previously a strategy consultant with Monitor Group. Brad focuses his investing activities on B2B application businesses. At Primary, he has led the firm’s successfully exited investments in Tickefly, TxVia, Divide, Pump Audio, Threadsmith, and Allworx sold to Pandora, Google, Getty Images, Vistaprint, and PAETEC, respectively.

Robbert Vorhoff is a Managing Director and Global Head of General Atlantic’s Healthcare sector. He also serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Before joining the firm in 2003, Robb worked at Greenhill & Co., first in the mergers and acquisitions and restructuring advisory group, then in the private equity group, Greenhill Capital Partners.

Joe has a long tenured career with healthcare payors and managed care organizations. He was most recently the Vice President of Network Strategy and Operations at Connecticare developing innovative value-based care delivery. He is directly responsible for managing all aspects of network operations including budget controls, credentialing service, dispute resolution, and contracting. Prior to ConnectiCare, he was an AVP at Cigna for 10 years overseeing strategic relationships and developing local market strategies.

Dr. Marcus Zachary is a physician executive specializing in population health. He has provided clinical support and oversight for all activities occurring in Babylon Health. Marcus also provided a “California IPA” lens to organizational efforts around HCC/RAF, clinical analytics, quality, and physician compensation. Prior to joining Evolent, Dr. Zachary was the VP/Senior Medical Director for Quality and Population Health at Brown & Toland Medical Group.