Convening Panel

We are honored to release our list of Convening Panel members ahead of our 2021 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. These folks will help shape our September agenda through a process that launches in the early summer of 2021.

Want to be a speaker? Want to join the convening panel? Just have questions? If so, drop us a line to let us know you’re interested.

FirstLastTitleOrganization
JohnBaackesCEOLA Care
BillBarcellonaSenior Vice PresidentAPG
AllisonBarnettSenior Director, Government AffairsHealth Net
VerneBrizendineBusiness Development DirectorAetna
HjalmerDanielsonSenior Director, Medical Director EngagementCMA
VitkaEisenCEOHealthRight 360
JulieElginerFacultyUCLA Fielding School of Public Health
JonFreedmanVice PresidentHealth Management Associates
MartyGallegosPrincipal PartnerGenesis Consultants
ChristinaGhaly, MDChief Operations OfficerLos Angeles County Department of Health Services
DawnJohnsonConsultantTransform Healthcare
YunkyungKimSenior Director, Business DevelopmentBlue Shield of California
MariaLemusExecutive DirectorVision y Compromiso
LouiseMcCarthyPresident & CEOCommunity Clinic Association of LA County
DawnMcFarlandVP, LegislationCAHU
AracelyNavarroPolicy and Government Relations Manager The Children's Partnership
JohnO'ConnorManaging DirectorHealth Management Associates
BobO'ReillyVP of Government ContractsMolina Healthcare
DavidPanushPartnerCalifornia Health Policy Strategies
PatrickPineChief Administrative OfficerRobert F. Kennedy Medical Plan
KristenPughVP, Advocacy & Government RelationsMemorialCare
JuneSimmonsPresident/CEOPartners in Care Foundation
ClaudiaWilliamsCEOManifest MedEx
BrandiWolfPolicy DirectorSEIU Local 2015
LucienWulsinHealth Policy ConsultantInsure the Uninsured Project
LesYbarraInterim Medicaid Plan PresidentAnthem Blue Cross
DianaYedoyanSenior Manager, Center for Business AdvocacyLos Angeles Chamber of Commerce