NEIL CALMAN, M.D., is a Board Certified family physician who has been practicing in the Bronx and Manhattan for the past 35 years. He is President and a co-founder of the Institute for Family Health and Chairman of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Medical Center. Since 1983 Dr. Caiman has led the Institute in developing family health centers in the Bronx, Manhattan and the Hudson Valley and in establishing health pmfessional training in medicine, nursing, administration and mental health. Dr. calman sits on many Federal and State advisory bodies including the Federal HIT Policy Committee where he serves on the Meaningful Use Subcommittee. He is the recipient of numerous awards and author of many published papers.

Dr. Stephen Montamat is a practicing general internist and geriatrician from St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho. He has been in practice at St. Luke's since 1993 after training in geriatrics and clinical pharmacology through the University of Washington at the Boise campus. He has been the medical director for St. Luke's HealthyU CoPartner since 2012. CoPartner is a service designed around the Intensive Outpatient Care Program (IOCP) model which identifies high risk patients and then assigns them to nurse care coordinators.

As Senior Vice President, Catalyze at Health Leads, Kelly Hall is responsible for building and executing Health Leads' overall strategy for catalyzing healthcare to incorporate social needs as a standard part of patient care. In this role, Kelly leads a team that is tasked with accelerating market demand for patient resource connections by establishing and disseminating shared quality standards, building a community of like-minded stakeholders within the healthcare community who can champion this approach to care delivery, and influencing financial and regulatory agencies to align incentives with more comprehensive patient care.

Dr. Marcus Zachary is the senior medical director for quality and population health at Brown & Toland Medical Group. He is primarily responsible for the strategic and operational oversight of medical services related to their ambulatory provider network and ACO portfolio which includes the Medicare Pioneer program. Within the organization, Dr. Zachary helps design and drive initiatives linking quality, utilization, and IT in the pursuit of the Triple Aim. Prior to joining BTMG, Dr. Zachary was the lead physician informaticist for a Dignity hospital in San Francisco. He oversaw the implementation of their hospital electronic medical records system. Dr. Zachary served as a Medical Director for both Cogent-HMG and Galen Inpatient Physicians for their respective Hospital Medicine Programs. He is board certified in internal medicine with over a decade of clinical experience as a hospitalist and is a Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Farzad Mostashari is a visiting fellow of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Mostashari's work covers a range of topics related to helping clinicians improve care and patient health through health IT, focusing on small practice transformation by developing innovative payment models that can better support these types of practices. This work will include expanding the reach of the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Learning Network, a Brookings-Dartmouth project that provides participating organizations the tools necessary to successfully implement accountable care.

Jennifer Green is the Director of Research at Civis Analytics, where she is currently working on building experimental design, implementation and measurement protocols.

Before joining Civis, Jennifer was the Executive Director of the Analyst Institute where she ran an applied lab of social scientists engaged in the design and execution of the largest political research portfolio of randomized controlled field experiments in existence. During her tenure at AI she has been credited with turning experimentation from a esoteric and fringe concept to a mainstream practice in politics.

Curt is the Vice President of Analytics at Thrive HDS. A serial entrepreneur in consulting and software development businesses, he oversees the analytic products and services Thrive HDS offers to health systems, Accountable Care Organizations (ACO's), hospital networks, large physician groups, payers, self-insured employers, Health Information Exchanges (HIE'S) and other healthcare related organizations.

Curt previously joined IHIE in 2012 as the Director of Business Intelligence and then served as Vice President of Analytics. Before joining IHIE, Curt held senior leadership positions with Oracle, Sybase, The Whitewater Group, Braun Consulting and was most recently the president of digitalKnowledge, an Indianapolis-based software development company. Two of the analytics applications digitalKnowledge developed for health care and energy clients were Mira Award finalists in 2011.

Fred Trotter is a founder of the DocGraph Journal, a healthcare data journalist and author. He is a technical blogger for O'Reilly Radar and is the co-author of the first Health IT O'Reilly book Hacking Healthcare. The DocGraph Journal is the result of Fred's efforts to create a comprehensive map of the healthcare system, by showing how healthcare providers collaborate to deliver healthcare.

As a technology entrepreneur he is an alumni of multiple successful technical startups including Rackspace, Exault (purchased by Verisign), and ClearHealth (the top Open Source EHR company).

He is a founder of Not Only Dev, which is a not-only-for-profit Data Journal and Software Development company. Not Only Dev focuses on creating game-changing healthcare data sets and software, sometimes at a loss, but usually not.

Sanjay K. Shetty is the President of Steward Health Care Network, a community-based network of 2600 employed and affiliate physicians and an accountable care organization in Eastern Massachusetts, one of 23 Pioneer Medicare ACOs. He is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and the Wharton School (MBA), and he trained in Radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Radiology at Tufts University School of Medicine. He was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as one of "Boston's 40 Under 40" in 2012 and by Becker's Hospital Review in its listing of “Rising Stars: 25 Healthcare Leaders Under 40” in 2013.

Dr. Vigorita currently serves as President and CEO of Optimus Healthcare Partners, LLC. He also serves as Executive Chairman and President of Vista Health System in Summit, NJ.

Dr. Vigorita has served as President of the Medical Staff at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey.

Dr. Vigorita is an active member of the American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ). He was certified in medical quality in 2007, was recognized as a distinguished fellow in 2008 and elected to the College's Board of Trustees in 2012.

Darshak Sanghavi is a fellow and managing director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, leading effort to enhance clinician involvement in health care delivery system and payment reform. Sanghavi is also associate professor of pediatrics and the former chief of pediatric cardiology and at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he directed clinical and research programs dedicated to children's heart defects. An award-winning medical educator, he also has worked in medical settings around the world and published dozens of scientific papers on topics ranging from the molecular biology of cell death to tuberculosis transmission patterns in Peruvian slums. A frequent guest on NBC's Today and past commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, Darshak is a contributing editor to Parents magazine and Slate's health care columnist, and often writes about health care for the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Washington Post.

Dan Mendelson is CEO of Avalere Health. He leads the firm's operations, and engages in strategic advisory work for major clients in life sciences, managed care, and the provider segments. Prior to founding Aval ere in 2000, Dan served as Associate Director for Health at the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Dan presently serves on the board of directors of two public companies: HMS Holdings and Champions Oncology. He previously served on the boards of Coventry Healthcare (2005-2013) and Phannerica (2007-2011). He is also presently Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Dan speaks frequently and is often quoted in the media on business strategy and public policy matters - typically highlighting the outstanding analytic work of the Avalere staff. He has a BA in Economics and Viola Performance from Oberlin College, and a MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Woody Eisenberg, M.D., is the Senior Vice President for Performance Measurement and Strategic Alliances for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Inc. (PQA, Inc). In this role, he leads the organization's strategic initiatives related to development, testing and implementation of PQA performance measures across the healthcare marketplace. He is also responsible for developing services that enable government agencies, employers, health plans, accountable systems of care, pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies utilize PQA measures for meaningful improvement of medication-use quality.

Edmund Pezalla, M.D., MPH, is Aetna's leading executive for issues related to pharmaceutical development, reimbursement strategy, and drug evaluation. He is active on projects in both the public and private sectors including: CDC and FDA as well as MIT's Center for Biomedical Innovation. Recently Dr. Pezalla served as a consultant for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology for their report: Propelling Innovation in Drug Discovery, Development and Evaluation. Dr. Pezalla is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Connecticut Innovations Biosciences Fund.

Dr. Pezalla is a graduate of Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences and Georgetown University School of Medicine. He also holds an MPH from the School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley and completed a research fellowship and post-doctoral studies at the University of Michigan Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

Dr. Will Shrank is the Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Provider Innovation and Analytics. In this role, Dr. Shrank will focus on the development of innovative pharmacy solutions to help improve the quality of care while lowering costs in order to help health care providers deliver services to distinct patient populations. Dr. Shrank will oversee the company's overall research and clinical program development with the goal of delivering new methods of evaluating innovative programs and initiatives.

Prior to joining CVS Caremark, Dr. Shrank was a practicing physician with Brigham Internal Medicine Associates as well as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Previously Dr. Shrank served as Director, Research and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Larry Kocot, J.D., LL.M, M.P.A, is deputy director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform and a visiting fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. He is examining the challenges of access, quality and financing that face the U.S. health care system. He is also Senior Counsel at Dentons, U.S. LLP. Mr. Kocot previously served as a senior advisor to the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In this capacity, he was involved in a wide range of health care policy issues and operations related to Medicare and Medicaid. Notably, he was a key member of the management and operations team responsible for the national launch and operation of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D). Mr. Kocot has served as a member of Virginia's Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB) from 2002-2012 and was chairman from 2005-2008. Prior to his government service, Mr. Kocot was senior vice president and general counsel of a national pharmacy trade association. He has also served as a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) where he participated in a wide range of policy studies. Mr. Kocot has been active in the start-up and management of a number of small businesses, including a management and legal consulting company, a pharmacy data and technology company and a pharmacy benefits management company. Mr. Kocot was interim CEO and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for a Healthier America. He also serves on the Board of Directors of ICF International, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICFI). Mr. Kocot received his BA and MPA degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He earned his JD and LLM degrees at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Dr. Meier is Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), a national organization devoted to increasing access to palliative care in the U.S. She is also co-director of the Patty and Jay Baker National Palliative Care Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She is the recipient of the 2008 MacArthur Fellowship; and was awarded American Cancer Society's Medal of Honor for Cancer Control in 2012 in recognition of her leadership of the effort to bring non-hospice palliative care into mainstream medicine. Dr. Meier served as a Policy Fellow in Washington DC in 2009-2010, working both on the Senate's HELP Committee and at the DHHS.

Currently, Neil is President and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Living, a leading provider of long-term care. He was the President and CEO of Worldwide Clinical Trials, an international clinical research operation which was purchased by United HealthGroup in 1999. Neil serves on the Board of Directors for Golden Living, Medidata Business Solutions (which is a multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in clinical development) and TeamHealth (the nation's leading provider of emergency department services). He holds a B.A. in Psychology from New York University and an M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, F ACP is the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging at the University of California San Francisco. She is a board certified geriatrician and palliative care physician who has helped develop a number of comprehensive clinical programs for seriously ill older adults, including inpatient and outpatient palliative care programs, community-based complex illness programs, and home care medicine programs. Dr. Ritchie is currently leading an effort to develop national quality of care metrics for home-centered primary and palliative care and is evaluating how technology can be used to support home-limited patients and their families.

Since joining Managed Health Care Associates in 2001, Michelle has held various roles within MHA's Long Term Care Pharmacy Division including National Account Manager, Western Region and Vice President LTC Sales. In July 2011, Michelle moved into the newly created role of Vice President of Strategic Business Development. Here Michelle oversees the strategy, development and implementation of the MHA ACO Network - the nation's largest network of post-acute care providers working with ACOs and Health Plans.

Ms. Templin is a graduate of Temple University with dual degrees in International Business Administration and Strategic Management and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Janet Corrigan has served in leadership positions at the national and community levels for over 30 years, and brings extensive expertise in the management of complex organizations and multi-stakeholder initiatives and knowledge of health system redesign. Currently a Distinguished Fellow with the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, her work is focused on performance measurement, transparency, and population health investment strategies. From 2006 to 2012, Dr. Corrigan served as president and chief executive officer of the National Quality Forum, the national standard-setting organization for performance measures. Prior to joining NQF, Dr. Corrigan was senior board director at the Institute of Medicine, where she provided leadership on a series of reports on quality and safety, including "To Err Is Human" and "Crossing the Quality Chasm." Dr. Corrigan received her doctorate in health services research and master of industrial engineering degrees from the University of Michigan, and master's degrees in business administration and community health from the University of Rochester.

As Executive Director, Sue Birch oversees the operations and strategic direction of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. The Department is the single state agency administering Colorado Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) program. Birch was appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in January 2011. Director Birch directs the Department's efforts to improve the health of Medicaid and CHP+ clients and increase access to care across the state while containing costs.

Under Birch's leadership, the Department has been awarded numerous grants and performance bonuses, including the highest bonus of any state in 2012 and 2013 in recognition for its innovation and modernization of eligibility and enrollment systems by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Director Birch is also leading the implementation of federal and state health care reform, while working with stakeholders to integrate care across the continuum and transform the Department's health care delivery systems.

Jennifer DeCubellis is the Assistant County Administrator - Health, for Hennepin County in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is an executive team member, responsible for County Health operations which include: Hennepin Health (a safety net ACO), Public Health, Metropolitan Health Plan (County operated HMO), NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center (County operated FQHC), and the Medical Examiner's Office. In addition, business alignment with the Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) is under her purview. Jennifer's focus is on health reform efforts and integration initiatives to drive service quality and efficiencies while lowering costs.

Jennifer leads Hennepin Health, an initiative to improve system efficiencies between multiple public sector agencies as a means to improve patient experiences and reduce costs. Hennepin Health has been awarded a ~$120 million contract by the Minnesota Department of Human Services to pilot a new health care model.

Jennifer has spent the last 18 years in health care administration with an emphasis on program redesign, system efficiencies, and quality improvements.

George F. Kerwin, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bellin Health, has served in his present capacity since 1992. Bellin is an integrated health system serving a population of 600,000 people in Northeastern Wisconsin. Bellin was an original member of the Quality Management Network, and is currently active in IHI's Triple Aim initiative. Mr. Kerwin is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a board member of the Green Bay Packers. He is also past-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Collaborative on Healthcare Quality.

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH is the Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the James W. Squires Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is also Co-Director of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. His early research focused on exploring the causes and consequences of the two fold differences in spending observed across U.S. regions. His more recent work focuses on evaluating the implementation and performance of Accountable Care Organizations - a payment and delivery reform now being implemented in the U.S. that he helped to develop. He has published broadly and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Michael O. Leavitt is the founder and chairman of Leavitt Partners, a health care intelligence business. In previous roles, Leavitt served as secretary of Health and Human Services (2005-2009), administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2003-2005) and three-time elected governor of Utah (1993-2003). While at EPA he oversaw the implementation of the most protective ground-level ozone standards in our nation's history and signed the Clean Diesel Rule, a landmark rule to cleanup nonroad diesel fuel. His service at HHS included the implementation of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program and the planning and preparation for a pandemic flu. Known as a seasoned expert in public policy, global health and health system reform, Leavitt is a sought after speaker and advisor to CEOs, governors, Members of Congress and political candidates. He and his wife Jackie have been married 37 years and lead a full live with five children and eleven grandchildren.

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH is the Director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the James W. Squires Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is also Co-Director of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. His early research focused on exploring the causes and consequences of the two fold differences in spending observed across U.S. regions. His more recent work focuses on evaluating the implementation and performance of Accountable Care Organizations - a payment and delivery reform now being implemented in the U.S. that he helped to develop. He has published broadly and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Mark McClellan is senior fellow, director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Established in 2007, the Engelberg Center provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

A doctor and economist by training, McClellan has a highly distinguished record in public service and academic research. He is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. McClellan served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and senior director for health care policy at the White House under President George W. Bush. He also served in the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy, where he supervised economic analysis and policy development on a range of domestic policy issues.

Previously, McClellan was an associate professor of economics and associate professor of medicine with tenure at Stanford University, where he directed Stanford's Program on Health Outcomes Research; served as associate editor of the Journal of Health Economics; and was co-principal investigator of the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal study of the health and economic status of older Americans.

McClellan holds an MD from the Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Division of Health Sciences and Technology, a PhD in economics from MIT, an MPA from Harvard University, and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

John Pilotte is the Director of the Performance-Based Payment Policy Staff in the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. John manages a team of analysts responsible for designing and implementing the Medicare Shared Savings Program for Accountable Care Organizations as well as other value based purchasing programs for hospitals, physicians and other providers. Previously, John was the Director of the Division of Payment Policy Demonstrations in CMS' Office of Research, Development and Information. Prior to joining CMS, he was a senior consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers healthcare practice, and an associate on the government relations staff of the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. He has a Masters in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelors of Science from Indiana University.