Connecting for Health - Steering Group

Steering Group Members

Zoë Baird, President, Markle Foundation, ex-officio (Bio)
Hunt Blair, Deputy Director, Health Care Reform, Office of Vermont Health Access
Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA, Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning, America's Health Insurance Plans
William R. Braithwaite, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Anakam Inc.
Neil S. Calman, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Institute for Family Health
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH, President, The Joint Commission
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Janet Corrigan, PhD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum
Rex Cowdry, MD, Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission
Mike Cummins, Chief Information Officer, VHA, Inc.
Mary Jo Deering, PhD, Acting Director, Office of Programs & Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Jim Demaioribus, Senior Director, Health Care Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
James Dempsey, JD, Vice President for Public Policy, Center for Democracy and Technology
Carol Diamond, MD, MPH, Managing Director, Health Program, Markle Foundation,
Chair, Connecting for Health (Bio)
Colin Evans, President and CEO, Dossia Consortium
Stefanie Fenton, Senior Business Leader, Quicken Health, Intuit, Inc.
Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc, Director, Regional Informatics, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Daniel Garrett, Managing Director, Health Industry Advisory Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Douglas A. Gentile, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions
Gail L. Graham, Deputy Chief Officer for Healthcare Information Management, Office of Health Information, Veterans Health Administration
Douglas M. Henley, MD, FAAFP, Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians
Joseph M. Heyman, MD, Immediate Past Chair, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association
Gerry Hinkley, JD, Co-Chair, National Health Care Industry Team, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Christopher Hoenig, President and Chief Executive Officer, The State of the USA
Kevin Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prematics, Inc.
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Health Level 7, Inc.
William F. Jessee, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Medical Group Management Association
Michael L. Kappel, Senior Vice President, Government Strategy and Relations, McKesson Provider Technologies
Brian F. Keaton, MD, FACEP, Chair, Northeast Ohio Regional Health Information Organization (NEO-RHIO); Attending Physician & EM Informatics Director, Summa Health System; ACEP
Linda L. Kloss, RHIA, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, American Health Information Management Association
Allan M. Korn, MD, FACP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Joseph C. Kvedar, MD, Founder and Director, Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare
Steven Lampkin, Vice President, Benefits Services and Strategic Initiatives, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
David Lansky, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health
Jack Lewin, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Director, Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Arien Malec, Vice President, Product Management & Strategy, RelayHealth
Philip Marshall, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Clinical Products, Press Ganey
Robert Marotta, Esq., Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, WebMD Health
Deven McGraw, JD, MPH, Director, Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
Howard Messing, President and Chief Operating Officer, Meditech
Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, Senior Advisor, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation
Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Director, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.; President and Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Health Information Exchange (RHIO); Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Herbert Pardes, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
Amanda Heron Parsons, MD, MBA, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Primary Care Information Project, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Joy L. Pritts, JD, Assistant Research Professor; Founding Director, Center on Medical Record Rights and Privacy, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
Carol Raphael, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Rick Ratliff, President, Virginia Division, Surescripts
Stephanie Reel, Vice Provost for Information Technologies, Johns Hopkins University
Alison Rein, Senior Manager, AcademyHealth
Wes Rishel, Research Vice President, Government and Healthcare, Gartner, Inc.
Cris Ross, Executive Vice President, Product and Information Services, Minute Clinic, Inc.
John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP
Peter A. Schad, PhD, Director and Principal Scientist, RTI International
Scott Schumacher, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist, Initiate Systems, Inc.
Raymond Scott, Chief Executive Officer, Axolotl
Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor, New York University Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program
Alfred Spector, Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives, Google
Thomas E. Sullivan, MD, Partner, Women's Health Center Cardiology; Chief Strategic Officer, DrFirst
Paul Tang, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Robin Thomashauer, Executive Director, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare
John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internists
Micky Tripathi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Charlene Underwood, MBA, Director, Government and Industry Affairs, Siemens Medical Solutions
Dennis J. Van Liew, Senior Director, Strategic Management Group, Pfizer, Inc.
Robert Wah, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Computer Sciences Corporation
Jeb Weisman, PhD, Chief Information Officer, Children’s Health Fund
Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD, Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Federation
Marcy Wilder, JD, Partner, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Hugh Zettel, Strategic Reimbursement Executive, GE Healthcare