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.

Mark has over 21 years of experience as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM). Mark is a board member of Blue Venture Funds, AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies, and Blue Cross Complete. Mark is at the forefront of innovation for value-based healthcare delivery, pioneering novel solutions that enhance the quality of care delivered to beneficiaries.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.