Convening Panel

We are excited to list the members of our Convening Panel ahead of our 2019 Los Angeles State of Reform Health Policy Conference!

These are some of the most esteemed members of the health care and and health policy community in and around Los Angeles.  So, we’re excited they are helping us build what will become a unique agenda for a unique style of conference.

If you are interested in joining our Convening Panel process, or are interested in speaking or sponsoring State of Reform, drop us a note to let us know!  Let’s have a chat!

Name	Title	Company
Dimitrios Alexiou	CEO	Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties
Josh Axene	Partner	Axene Health Partners
John Baackes	CEO	LA Care
Bill Barcellona	Senior Vice President	APG
Heather Bates	COO and VP of Stakeholder Engagement	Transform Health
Verne Brizendine	Interim CEO	Aetna
Jon Freedman	Vice President	HMA
Christina Ghaly, MD	Chief Operations Officer	Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Mohit Ghose	Vice President	Beacon Health Options
Joel Gray	Executive Director	Anthem Blue Cross
Amber Kem	Vice President, State Medicaid Policy	California Association of Health Plans
Yunkyung Kim	Vice President	Blue Shield Promise Health Plan of California
Maria Lemus	Executive Director	Vision y Compromiso
Michael Lujan	California Market Director	Oscar Health
Sarah Lyman	Executive Director	Alliance Health Foundation
Aracely Navarro	Policy and Government Relations Manager	The Children's Partnership
David Panush	Partner	California Health Policy Strategies
Patrick Pine	Chief Administrative Officer	Robert F. Kennedy Medical Plan
Ed Quinlan	President/CEO	Community Health Improvement Partners
Carey Riccitelli	Director, Strategy and Innovation	San Diego County HHS
George Scolari	Behavioral Health & Community Services Administrator	Community Health Group
June Simmons	President/CEO	Partners in Care Foundation
Sara Steinhoffer	Vice President, Government Relations	Sharp Health Care
Scott Suckow	Executive Director	American Liver Foundation, Pacific Coast
David Wetherelt	Director, Payment and Population Solutions	3M Health Information Systems
Brandi Wolf	Policy Director	SEIU Local 2015
Lucien Wulsin	Health Policy Consultant