Convening Panel

We are honored to release our list of Convening Panel members ahead of the 2023 Washington State of Reform Health Policy Conference!

If you know Washington 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 agenda through a process that launches mid November 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	Organization
Lauren	Adler	Government Relations Director	Amerigroup
Liz	Arjun, MPH, MSW	Senior Consultant	HMA
Kelsey	Beck	Government Relations Director, Washington State	Kaiser Permanente
Jane	Beyer	Senior Health Policy Advisor	Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Emily	Brice	Senior Attorney & Policy Advisor	Northwest Health Law Advocates
Andrea	Davis	Vice President, Government Relations, Marketing & Communications, and Community Giving	Coordinated Care
Dekker	Dirksen	Director, Public Policy	Community Health Plan of Washington
Colin	Fields	Medical Director, Government Relations & Public Policy, Medical Program Director, HIV & PrEP Program	Kaiser Permanente Washington
Jim	Freeburg	Founder & Executive Director	Patient Coalition of Washington
Madeline	Grant	Director of Government Relations	UW Medicine
Jennifer	Hanscom	CEO	Washington State Medical Association
Nari	Heshmati, MD	Senior Medical Director, Central Region	The Everett Clinic
Nick	Jackal	Community Engagement Director	Cambia Grove
Michaella	Johnson	Senior Manager, Marketing - Health Care Industry	Moss Adams
Betsy	Jones	Managing Principal	HMA
Aaron	Katz	Retired Principal Lecturer, Health Services	Univ. of Washington
Amber	Leaders	Senior Policy Advisor - Behavioral Health, Aging and Disability	Office of Gov. Jay Inslee
Bob	Marsalli	CEO	Washington Association for Community Health
Robin	Metcalf	Manager of Behavioral Health Services	Beacon Health Options
Teresa	Mosqueda	Member	Seattle City Council
Jennifer	Muhm	Government Affairs Director, Washington	Cambia Health Solutions
Anne	Murray	State Government Affairs	Bristol Myers Squibb
Glenn	Puckett	Executive Director, Health Transformation	Arcora Foundation
Melissa	Putman	Director of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations	Kaiser Permanente
Stephen	Rose	Partner	Hall Render
Rick	Rubin	CEO	OneHealthPort
Caitlin	Safford	Chief of Staff	Amerigroup of Washington
Kennedy	Soileau	Acting Chief Communications Officer	Health Care Authority
Ashlen	Strong	State Director, Government Affairs	Washington State Hospital Association
Claudia	St. Clair	VP, Government Contracts	Molina Healthcare of Washington
Ingrid	Ulrey	Regional Director, Region 10	US Dept. of Health and Human Services
Molly	Voris	Senior Policy Advisor, Public Health and Health Care	Office of Gov. Inslee
Courtney	Wallace	Director of Strategic Communications	Premera Blue Cross
Ginny	Weir	CEO	Foundation for Health Care Quality
Shawn	West, MD	Chief Medical Officer	Embright, LLC
Laura	Zaichkin	Senior Policy Advisor	Washington Health Benefit Exchange