Victoria Veltri, JD, LLM, is a senior policy fellow with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), where she works with states on cost, coverage, and value policies, including hospital and health system costs. She was executive director of Malta House of Care, in Hartford, CT, a free clinic providing comprehensive primary care to uninsured residents of greater Hartford. Prior to serving at Malta House of Care, Veltri was the executive director of Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy (OHS), overseeing its mission to implement comprehensive, data-driven strategies that promote equal access to high-quality health care, control costs, and ensure better health for Connecticut residents. She led a bipartisan process that implemented Connecticut’s first health care cost growth benchmarks, primary care spending targets, and quality benchmarks. She oversaw the state’s All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) and developed with partners the Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Index. Veltri also successfully led the launch of the Connecticut Health Information Exchange, Connie. Veltri was the chief health policy advisor to the lieutenant governor’s office, coordinating the state’s health reform initiatives, including the Health Care Cabinet and the creation of OHS. She was the state's healthcare advocate in the Office of the Healthcare Advocate, where she oversaw the office’s mission to assist consumers select health plans and understand their health care rights, and to pursue systemic healthcare advocacy. Veltri served on the boards of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange and Connecticut Partners for Health.