Board of Directors
Chair
Michael RashidPresident and CEO, The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
Vice Chair
Frank SianoVice President, Business Development, Medicaid, Coventry Health Care
Secretary
Bryan BaierVice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
Treasurer
Dennis SmithPresident and CEO, Upper Peninsula Health Plan
General Counsel
Clifford E. Barnes, Esq.Partner, Epstein Becker & Green
Board Members
Gary BailySenior Vice President, Regulatory Management and Administration, HealthSpring
Danny BellamyCOO, Health Services for Children with Special Needs
Steven H. BohnerSenior Vice President, Finance and Chief Finance Officer, Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Patricia ClareySenior Vice President and Chief Regulatory and External Relations Officer, Health Net
Karen L. ClarkVice President, Medicaid, HBCBSNJ/President, Horizon NJ Health
Jon CottonPresident and COO, Meridian Health Plan
Brian CoyneVice President, Federal Government Relations, AmeriGroup
Christopher Drumm(ex-officio), AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan
Rebecca EngelmanExecutive Director, LaCare (a program of AmeriHealth of Louisiana, Inc. and part of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies)
Joe GlinkaLegislative Director, Gateway Health Plan
Kevin HaydenCEO, Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
Cindy HellingExecutive Director, Select Health of South Carolina
Tavarski HughesPublic Policy Liason, Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.
Rita Johnson-MillsSenior Vice President, Performance Excellence and Accountability, UnitedHealthcare
Kearline JonesVice President, Government Relations & Compliance, Health Partners of Philadelphia
John LovelaceVice President, Medicaid Programs (President, UPMC for You), UPMC Health Plan
Charlotte MacBethPresident and CEO, MDwise
Cynthia MacDonaldVice President, Medicaid, Health Care Service Corporation
Samuel MarchioSenior Director, Federal Affairs, WellPoint, Inc.
Scott MarkovichSenior Vice President, Magellan Complete Care
Maynard G. McAlpinPresident and CEO, DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc.
Joseph MuskerVice President, Federal Affairs, Centene
Mark PetersonDirector, Government Programs, Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
Lupe RiveroExecutive Director, South Florida Community Care Network
Mark Saffer, DPMPresident and CEO, Midwest Health Plan
Pamela SedmakPresident and CEO, Schaller Anderson, an Aetna Company; Head, Aetna Medicaid
Jai SeunarineCEO, Jai Medical Systems Managed Care Organization, Inc.
Dennis SmithPresident and CEO, Upper Peninsula Health Plan
Donna StidhamChief, Managed Care, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Mike Uchrin CEO, Health Choice Arizona
Eileen KostaneckiSenior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Federal Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Heidi Wilson
Manager, Government Relations, Universal American
Michael RashidPresident and CEO, The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
Vice Chair
Frank SianoVice President, Business Development, Medicaid, Coventry Health Care
Secretary
Bryan BaierVice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
Treasurer
Dennis SmithPresident and CEO, Upper Peninsula Health Plan
General Counsel
Clifford E. Barnes, Esq.Partner, Epstein Becker & Green
Board Members
Gary BailySenior Vice President, Regulatory Management and Administration, HealthSpring
Danny BellamyCOO, Health Services for Children with Special Needs
Steven H. BohnerSenior Vice President, Finance and Chief Finance Officer, Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Patricia ClareySenior Vice President and Chief Regulatory and External Relations Officer, Health Net
Karen L. ClarkVice President, Medicaid, HBCBSNJ/President, Horizon NJ Health
Jon CottonPresident and COO, Meridian Health Plan
Brian CoyneVice President, Federal Government Relations, AmeriGroup
Christopher Drumm(ex-officio), AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan
Rebecca EngelmanExecutive Director, LaCare (a program of AmeriHealth of Louisiana, Inc. and part of the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies)
Joe GlinkaLegislative Director, Gateway Health Plan
Kevin HaydenCEO, Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
Cindy HellingExecutive Director, Select Health of South Carolina
Tavarski HughesPublic Policy Liason, Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc.
Rita Johnson-MillsSenior Vice President, Performance Excellence and Accountability, UnitedHealthcare
Kearline JonesVice President, Government Relations & Compliance, Health Partners of Philadelphia
John LovelaceVice President, Medicaid Programs (President, UPMC for You), UPMC Health Plan
Charlotte MacBethPresident and CEO, MDwise
Cynthia MacDonaldVice President, Medicaid, Health Care Service Corporation
Samuel MarchioSenior Director, Federal Affairs, WellPoint, Inc.
Scott MarkovichSenior Vice President, Magellan Complete Care
Maynard G. McAlpinPresident and CEO, DC Chartered Health Plan, Inc.
Joseph MuskerVice President, Federal Affairs, Centene
Mark PetersonDirector, Government Programs, Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
Lupe RiveroExecutive Director, South Florida Community Care Network
Mark Saffer, DPMPresident and CEO, Midwest Health Plan
Pamela SedmakPresident and CEO, Schaller Anderson, an Aetna Company; Head, Aetna Medicaid
Jai SeunarineCEO, Jai Medical Systems Managed Care Organization, Inc.
Dennis SmithPresident and CEO, Upper Peninsula Health Plan
Donna StidhamChief, Managed Care, AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Mike Uchrin CEO, Health Choice Arizona
Eileen KostaneckiSenior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Federal Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Heidi Wilson
Manager, Government Relations, Universal American
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