Convening Panel

We are honored to release our list of Convening Panel members ahead of our 2022 Alaska State of Reform Health Policy Conference taking place on October 6th, 2022!

If you know Alaska health care, then you know this is a “who’s who” of senior health care executives and health policy leaders in the state! These folks will help shape our October agenda through a process that launches mid-summer of 2022!

Want to be a speaker? Want to join the Convening Panel? Just have questions? If so, drop us a line and let us know you’re interested!

First	Last	Title	Company
Sarah	Alquist	Vice President of Business Development, West/Mid-West	Beacon Health Options
Anna	Brawley	Senior Associate	Agnew Beck Consulting
Jennifer	Bundy - Cobb	Director	Wilson Albers and Company
Heather	Carpenter	Health Care Policy Advisor	Dept. of Health and Social Services
Melinda	Freemon	Executive Director	Anchorage Project Access
Jesse	Gamez	Regional Market President	Humana
Jason	Gootee	Vice President	Moda Health Plan
Jim	Grazko	Senior Vice President, Alaska Market & Chief Underwriting Officer	Premera Blue Cross
Jodi	Hack	Senior Director, State Advocacy	PhRMA
Sandra	Heffern	Chief Executive Officer & Owner	Effective Health Design
Jerry	Jenkins	Former Executive Director	Anchorage Community Mental Health Services
Lindsey	Kato	Senior Consultant	Health Management Associates
Leila	Kimbrell	State Director	Office of Senator Lisa Murkowski
David	Kinard	Senior Vice President, Business Development	Physicians Insurance
Jared	Kosin	President/CEO	ASHNHA
Noah	Laufer	Physician	Medical Park Family Care
Monique	Martin	Chief of Staff	Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Nancy	Merriman	Executive Director	Alaska Primary Care Association
Jennifer	Meyhoff	Principal	Marsh & McLennan Agency
Robin	Minard	Chief Communications Officer	The Mat-Su Health Foundation
Jerry	Moses	Vice President, Intergovernmental Affairs	ANTHC
Brandon	Ousley	Chief Executive Officer	Anchorage Fracture and Orthopedic
Jocelyn	Pemberton	Chief Executive Officer	The Alaska Hospitalist Group
Emily	Ricci	Chief Health Administrator	State of Alaska, Division of Retirement and Benefits
Stephen	Rose	Attorney	Hall Render
Preston	Simmons	Chief Executive Officer	Providence Health & Services Alaska
Steve	Williams	Chief Executive Officer	Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Lori	Wing-Heier	Director	Alaska Division of Insurance
Laura	Young	General Manager of Image Exchange	eHealth Technologies