Zetema Panelists

Drew Altman, Ph.D. is President and CEO of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (known as KFF).  He is an innovator in the world of foundations and non-profits and a leading expert on national health policy who publishes and speaks widely on health issues. 

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.

Alan Balch, Ph.D has more than 15 years of executive leadership in the non-profit sector with an emphasis on consensus-building and collaboration. He became the CEO of both PAF and NPAF in 2013.

Georges C. Benjamin, MD, currently serves as the executive director of the American Public Health Association, the nation's oldest and largest organization of public health professionals.

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP, KBE, is President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), an organization that Dr. Berwick co-founded and led as President and CEO for 18 years.  He is one of the nation's leading authorities on health care quality and improvement.

Bechara Choucair, MD serves as chief health officer at Kaiser Permanente and oversees the organization’s efforts to address the social health of its 12.6 million members and work to improve conditions for health and equity for all 68 million people living in the communities it serves.

Walt Cooper, PhD, is CEO of the Whole Health Institute, a nonprofit organization founded by Alice L. Walton to promote innovations that foster whole person health and well-being. Prior to his current role, Mr.

Bruce C. Cozadd, MBA, co-founded Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2003 and has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since April 2009.

 Ernest J. Grant, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, currently President of the American Nurses Association (ANA), has more than 30 years of nursing and leadership experience. Effective January 2019, Dr. Grant is the first man to serve as ANA president.

John D. Halamka, MD, MS is the President of Mayo Clinic Platform. Previously, he served for over 20 years as  the chief information officer (CIO) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Healthcare System.   He is chairman of the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), and a practicing emergency physician.

Amy Hall, MPA, is Minority Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. She previously served as a senior professional member, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S.

Sandra R. Hernández, MD, is president and CEO of the California Health Care Foundation, which works to improve the health care system so it works for all Californians. Prior to joining CHCF, Dr. Hernández was CEO of The San Francisco Foundation, which she led for 16 years.

Karen Ignagni, MBA serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of EmblemHealth. EmblemHealth provides quality, affordable health care coverage and administrative services to approximately 3.1 million people.

Tom lnsel, MD, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology.  From 2002-2015, Dr. Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Brent James, MD is known internationally for his work in clinical quality improvement, patient safety, and the infrastructure that underlies successful improvement efforts, such as culture change, data systems, payment methods, and management roles.

Chris Jennings is Founder and President of Jennings Policy Strategies.

Patrik Jonsson is senior vice president of Eli Lilly and Company, president of Lilly USA and chief customer officer. 

Gary S. Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, FACPE, has served as chairman and CEO of the Virginia Mason Health System in Seattle since 2000. He is also a practicing internal medicine physician at Virginia Mason. He is currently a Senior Vice President at CommonSpirit Health.

Bob Kocher, MD is a Partner at Venrock and focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. He currently serves on the Board of Jiff, Aledade, and Lyra Health, where he is also a co-founder, and is a Board Observer at Grand Rounds, Stride, and Doctor on Demand. He is a former Director at Castlight Health (CSLT).

Annie Lamont is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT where she focuses on venture and growth opportunities in Healthcare and FinTech.

Wright L. Lassiter III, MHA is the CEO of CommonSpirit Health.

Peter V. Lee, JD, served as the Executive Director of Covered California (the Exchange) until March 2022, where he oversees the planning, development, and ongoing administration and evaluation of the Exchange.

Vivian S. Lee, MD, Ph.D., MBA., is President of Health Platforms at Verily Life Sciences, an Alphabet company whose mission is to apply digital solutions that enable people to enjoy healthier lives.

Alan Lotvin, MD, MA is Executive Vice President at CVS Health and President of CVS Caremark. 

Kedar S. Mate, MD, is the President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Previously, Dr. Mate served as Chief Innovation and Education Officer.  In this role, he was responsible for research & development, innovation, and education at IHI.

Farzad Mostashari, MD is the CEO of Aledade, a start-up he co-founded aimed at helping primary care doctors transform their practices and form accountable care organizations (ACOs). Prior to Aledade, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC, where he focused on payment reform and delivery system transformation.

Stephanie Parks, MS is the Minority Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives.

Stuart Portman, MPH serves as Senior Health Policy Advisor on the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance for Ranking Member Mike Crapo. In this capacity, he handles all policies related to Medicaid and CHIP, and in the past has led policy development on issues related to the ACA Exchanges, health taxes, and health information technology.

John Prince, MBA was named president and chief operating officer of Optum in April 2021. In this role, he is responsible for driving Optum enterprise performance overall and overseeing Optum’s technology, digital, global operations and enterprise clinical capabilities and Optum Financial Services.

Sheila Savageau is the Global Health and Well-being Leader at General Motors.  Sheila has been with General Motors since 2013 and has strategic oversight for global healthcare innovation and well-being strategy.

Rishi Sikka, MD is currently a venture partner at Lifeforce Capital.  Since 2016 he has served on the Board of Directors for Presbyterian Healthcare Services in New Mexico.

Mark Smith, MD, MBA is currently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and Visiting Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley. He co-chairs the Guiding Committee of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network.

Adam Stavisky, MA, joined Walmart in 2018 and is the Senior Vice President of US Benefits.  Mr. Stavisky is responsible for the strategy, design, and delivery of all benefits for the 1.6 million US associates across Walmart, Sam’s Club and the eCommerce businesses. Mr.

As President and CEO of Atrius Health, Dr. Steven Strongwater, MD, leads 6,800 employees serving 675,000 patients across eastern Massachusetts with coordinated medical care, home health and hospice.

Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform.

Jay Want, MD, is Executive Director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare. He leads the Center’s expanding portfolio of initiatives and grants to identify high-performance models of healthcare, validate their impact on quality and cost, and facilitate their adoption on a national scale.

Alan Weil, JD, MPP became the Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs on June 1, 2014.  A multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the serious exploration of domestic and international health policy and system change, Health Affairs is the nation’s leading journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy.