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NASHP Academy Members
NASHP is a nonpartisan organization of, by, and for state policymakers, committed to developing and advancing health policy innovations and solutions. NASHP provides a unique forum for the productive exchange of strategies across state government, including the legislative and executive branches. NASHP’s work is guided by the Academy’s executive committee and four steering committees.
Executive Committee
Jane Beyer (Chair)
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Jason McGill
Assistant Director of Medicaid Program Operations
Washington State Health Authority
Jessica Altman
CEO
Covered California
Cathy Caldwell
Director
Alabama Children’s Rehabilitation Service Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Chris DeMars
Director, Delivery System Innovation Office
Oregon Health Authority
Richard Figueroa
Deputy Cabinet Secretary
California, Office of Governor Newsom
Lisa Lee
Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
Ana Novais
Assistant Secretary
Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Stuart Portman
Executive Director (Georgia Medicaid Director)
Georgia Department of Community Health
David Seltz
Executive Director
Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Dena Stoner
Director
Behavioral Health Innovation Strategy, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Norm Thurston
State Representative
Utah House of Representatives
Ex Officio
Hemi Tewarson
Executive Director
National Academy for State Health Policy
Steering Committees
Behavioral Health, Aging, and Disability Steering Committee
Dena Stoner (Chair)
Director
Behavioral Health Innovation Strategy, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Jason McGill (Vice Chair)
Assistant Director of Medicaid Program Operations
Washington State Health Care Authority
Drew Adkins
Assistant Commissioner
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Daisy Berbeco
Representative
Vermont House Committee on Health Care
Jimmy Blanton
Director of Value-based Initiatives
Texas Health and Human Services
Kim Boswell
Commissioner
Alabama Department of Mental Health
Allen Brenzel
Medical Director
Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
Manka Dhingra
Senator, Chair, Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee
Washington State Senate
Lee Grossman
Medicaid Director
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Valerie Huhn
Director
Missouri Department of Mental Health
Jakenna Lebsock
Deputy Assistant Director
Arizona Long Term Care System, Division of Managed Care, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Judy Lee
Senator
North Dakota
Annabelle Martinez
Deputy Director
Medical Assistance Division, New Mexico Human Services Department
Ursel McElroy
Director
Ohio Department of Aging
MaryLea Boatwright Quinn, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services
Greg Olsen
Director
New York State Office for Aging
Child and Family Health Steering Committee
Cathy Caldwell (Vice Chair)
Director
Alabama Children’s Rehabilitation Service Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Lonnie Barnett
Director
Michigan Children’s Special Health Care Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Hannah Bonsu
Division Manager
Treatment and Recovery, South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Christina Commons
Director
First Steps, Indiana Bureau of Child Development, Division of Disability Rehabilitation
Aileen Fink
Division Director
Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth & Their Families
Elaine Fitzgerald Lewis
Director
Massachusetts Title V Maternal and Child Health
Jacqueline Johnson
Section Chief
Tennessee Division of Family Health and Wellness, Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Lisa Lee
Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services
Shin-Yi Lin
Program Manager
New Jersey Division of Medical Assistant and Health Services
Edie Mayeshiro
Medical Assistance Program Officer
Hawaii Department of Human Services
Kelly Perry
Division Director
Children’s Services, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Laura Phelan
Policy Director
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Colleen Sonosky
Associate Director
Children’s Health Services,
DC Department of Health Care Finance
Coverage, Cost, and Value Steering Committee
Jessica Altman (Chair)
CEO
Covered California
Stuart Portman (Vice Chair)
Executive Director (Georgia Medicaid Director)
Georgia Department of Community Health
Amir Bassiri
Medicaid Director
New York State Department of Health
Kyle Brown
State Representative
Colorado General Assembly
Heather Carpenter
Deputy Director
Alaska Division of Insurance
Joylynn Fix
Director Life and Health
West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Meg Garratt-Reed
Executive Director
Maine Office of Affordable Health Care
Claudio W. Gualtieri
Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary, OPM
Office of Policy and Management
Jon Kromm
Executive Director
Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission
Cory King
Health Insurance Commissioner
Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner
Jay Ludlam
Assistant Secretary for Medicaid Administration and Operations
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Julie A. McGuire
Assistant Secretary for Medicaid Administration and OperationsState Representative
Indiana General Assembly
Teela Sanders
Director, Division of State Group Insurance
Florida Department of Management Services
Andria Seip
Senior Health Policy Specialist
Iowa Insurance Division
Renee Walk
Programs and Policy Director, Strategic Health Policy
Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds
Stacie Weeks
Nevada Medicaid Director
Division of Health Care Financing and Policy
Kirk Williamson
Project Director
Affordability and Pricing, Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont
Population and Public Health Steering Committee
Ana Novais (Chair)
Assistant Secretary
Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Chris DeMars (Vice Chair)
Director, Delivery System Innovation Office
Oregon Health Authority
Michelle Alletto
Health and Human Services Chief Program and Services Officer
State of Texas
Grace Arnold
Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Commerce
Natasha Bagdasarian
Chief Medical Executive
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Nathan Chomillo
Medical Director
Minnesota Medicaid
Oliver Droppers
Deputy Director of Legislative Policy Research
State of Oregon Legislature
Daniel Edney
State Health Officer
Mississippi Department of Health
David Lakey
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas System
Ashley Lauing
Policy Strategy Manager
South Dakota Medicaid
Charles Lee
Title VI Civil Rights Attorney
Mississippi Department of Health
Mamie Locke
Senator
Virginia State Senate
Mich’l Needham
Chief Policy Officer
Washington State Health Care Authority
Kolynda Parker
Medicaid Deputy Director – Program Operations and Compliance Division
Louisiana Bureau of Health Service Financing
Meghna Patel
Deputy Secretary of HHS Policy and Planning
Office of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro
Lynette Rhodes
Executive Director, Medical Assistance Plans Division
State of Georgia
Linette T. Scott
Deputy Director and Chief Data Officer, Enterprise Data and Information Management
Ian Yaffe
Director, Office of Population Health Equity
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Mona Zuffante
Chief Public Health Officer
Winnebago Public Health Department