Connecting for Health - Steering Group

Steering Group Members

Zoë Baird, President, Markle Foundation, ex-officio (Bio)
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.
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, Director for Informatics Dissemination, National Cancer Institute
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)
David A. Epstein, Acting Chief Technology Officer, The State of the USA
Colin Evans, Director of Digital Health Policy and Standards, Intel Corporation
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
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, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Kevin Hutchinson, 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
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
Steven Lampkin, Vice President, Benefits Administration & Compliance, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
David Lansky, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health
Leslie Lenert, MD, MS, Director, National Center for Public Health Informatics (NCPHI), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jack Lewin, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology
J.P. Little, President, Minnesota Division, Surescript
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Director, Health Care Group, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Janet M. Marchibroda, Chief Healthcare Officer, IBM Corporation
Philip Marshall, MD, MPH, Vice President, Product Strategy, WebMD Health
Deven McGraw, JD, MPH, Director, Health Privacy Program, Center for Democracy and Technology
Howard Messing, President and Chief Operating Officer, Meditech
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Chairman, Center for IT Leadership, Partners Healthcare System
Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, Assistant Commissioner and Chair Primary Care Information Project, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
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
Joy L. Pritts, JD, Assistant Research Professor, 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
Alison Rein, Senior Manager, AcademyHealth
Craig Richardson, Vice President Global Business Intelligence, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Services
Wes Rishel, Research Vice President, Government and Healthcare, Gartner, Inc.
John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP
Peter A. Schad, PhD, Associate Director of Clinical Informatics, Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Steve Shihadeh, General Manager - Sales, Marketing & Solutions, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation
Clay Shirky, Adjunct Professor, New York University Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program
Alfred Spector, Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives, Google
Ellen Stovall, President, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Barry M. Straube, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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