Contributors

Nancy Howell Agee is the President and CEO of Carilion Clinic, a nearly $2 billion not-for-profit, integrated health system headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia; serving over 1 million people in Virginia and West Virginia.  Carilion Clinic includes 7 hospitals ranging from a large, tertiary/quaternary medical center, Level 1 Trauma Center and teac

Mr. Alles served as Celgene’s Chief Executive Officer. He assumed the role on March 1, 2016. Previously he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr.

John Baackes is Chief Executive Officer of L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan serving approximately two million members. L.A. Care is dedicated to providing access to quality and affordable health care for Los Angeles County residents through a variety of health coverage programs, including Medicaid, L.A.

Jack Bailey was President, US Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline. Prior to leading the US business, Jack served as Senior Vice President, Policy, Payers and Vaccines. In that role, Jack was responsible for Government Affairs, Managed Markets, the US Vaccines business unit and the Puerto Rico operations.

David Blumenthal is president of The Commonwealth Fund, a national philanthropy engaged in independent research on health and social policy issues. Dr. Blumenthal is formerly the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer at Partners Healthcare System in Boston.

Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina as president and CEO-elect on Oct. 1, 2017. Conway most recently served as Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality at the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Bridget Duffy is the chief medical officer for Vocera, where she helps design the next generation of healthcare innovations that bridge communication gaps, improve care team collaboration, and address clinician well-being, resilience and joy. She has been disrupting the status quo in healthcare for more than 25 years. Dr.

Paul Fonteyne is former Chairman of Boehringer-Ingelheim USA. He has been with Boehringer-Ingelheim for 15 years in leadership roles both in the US and globally. Most recently, and since 2012, he was President and CEO of Boehringer-Ingelheim USA. During his 30+ years in the pharmaceutical industry Paul held roles at Merck and Co. Inc.

Dr. J. Mario Molina is former Founding Dean of the Keck Graduate School of Medicine and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Molina Healthcare, a FORTUNE 500 company founded by his physician father in 1980 to provide health care to low-income individuals receiving benefits through government programs, such as Medicaid and Medicare.

Betsy Nabel has served as president of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Health Care (BWHC) since 2010.  A cardiologist and distinguished biomedical researcher, Nabel is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In 2015 Nabel was appointed chief health and medical advisor to the National Football League.

Lee N. Newcomer is the former senior vice president at UnitedHealthcare with strategic responsibility for Oncology and Genetics.

Barbara Wachsman is the Director of Strategy and Engagement for all Enterprise Benefits for the Walt Disney Company.  In this position she leads the strategic initiatives and her team designs new benefits programs and evaluates existing offerings to address Disney’s long term healthcare and retirement goals and objectives.  She

Jeff White is the Director of Global Health Care and Well Being at The Boeing Company.  In this role he leads a team responsible for benefits strategy, contract negotiations and plan policy which accounts for $2.5 billion in annual spend.