Convening Panel

We are honored to have such a diverse group of leaders from across the health care community joining us to help build our 2023 Northern California State of Reform Health Policy Conference!

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	Organization
Sean	Atha	Senior Vice President of Business Development	River City Medical Group
Bill	Barcellona	Executive Vice President, Government Affairs	America's Physician Groups
Melissa	Borrelli	Partner	Nossaman LLP
Verne	Brizendine	CEO	Aetna Better Health of CA
Rachael	Blucher	Senior Counsel	Nielsen Merksamer
Greg	Buchert, MD	CEO	GSB Health Management Solutions
Lisa	Chan-Sawin	CEO	Transform Health
Yvonne	Choong	Director of Government Affairs	California Association of Health Facilities
Cindy	Ehnes	Executive Vice President	COPE Health Solutions
Melissa	Garrett	Director, Government Relations	Elevance Health
Hilary	Haycock	President	Aurrera Health Group
Percy	Howard	President & CEO	California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions
Moira	Kenney	Regional Network Director, West Coast	Unite Us
Maria	Lackner	Director of Partnership Engagement	BlueShield Promise
Albert	Lowey-Ball	Health Economics and Policy Advisor	California Coverage and Health Initiatives
Dawn	McFarland	VP, Legislation	CAHU
Anne	McLeod	President/CEO	Private Essential Access Community Hospitals
Jeff	Miller	President & Chief Legal Officer	Western Dental & Orthodontics
Aracely	Navarro	Community Relations Representative	Health Net
Darrel	Ng	Vice President, Communications and Marketing	Health Net
David	Panush	President	California Health Policy Strategies
Kassy	Perry	President/CEO	Perry Communications
Jonathan	Porteus	CEO	WellSpace Health
Leah	Rosengaus	Director, Digital Health	Stanford Health Care
Kay	Strawder	Senior Public Health Advisor	Department of Health and Human Services Region 9
Amy	Thoma Tan	Director, Public Affairs and Reputation Management	Sutter Health
Tim	Valderrama	Managing Director	Wiedeman Group
Reggie	Wallace	Business Development Manager	Carelon Behavioral Health
Dawn	Weimar	Senior Regional Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs	3M HIS
Anthony	Wright	Executive Director	Health Access California