Meet the Distinguished 2013 Speaker Faculty

• Mary Beach, AHFI, CFE, Associate Vice President, Corporate Investigations, Amerigroup Corporation
• Andrew Berenato, Director, Office of Exchanges, AmeriHealth Mercy
• Eric Berman, DO, MS, Regional Chief Medical Officer, Northern Division, AmeriHealth Mercy
• Steven Bohner, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies
• Philip Bonaparte, MD, Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer, Horizon NJ Health
• Jamie Bruce, MBA, CHC, Chief Development and Marketing Officer, MDwise
• Stephanie Carlton, RN, MBA, Health Policy Advisor, U.S. Senate Finance Committee
• Caroline Carney Doebbeling, MD, MSc, FAPM, Chief Medical Officer, MDwise, Inc.
• Harry Castleman, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, BMC HealthNet Plan
• Stephen Cha, Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Matthew Collins, Senior Medical Director for Medical Affairs Fallon Community Health Plan
• Karen M. Dale, RN, MSN, Executive Vice President Healthcare Management, DC Chartered Health Plan
• Bruce Darling, CEO, Center for Disability Rights New York
• Camille Dobson, Senior Policy Advisor, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Anne Donovan, Vice President, Cost Recovery and Premium Risk, Amerigroup Corporation
• Jacqueline Dowdy, Member Advocate, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
• Richard Gilfillan, M.D., Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Kari Dreyer-Goldman, MSW, Acting Vice President, Operations Support, Medicaid, WellPoint
• Linda Elam, PhD, MPH, Deputy Director – Medicaid, Department of Health Care Finance, Government of the District of Columbia
• David Evans, RN, MBA, Program Director, GHP Family, Geisinger Health Plan
• Clay Farris, Managing Editor, Mostly Medicaid
• Deborah Florio, Administrator, Center for Child & Family Health, Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
• Merrill  Friedman, Vice President, Advocacy, Amerigroup
• Joe Garten, Ph.D., Director of Behavioral Health-Medicaid, Wellpoint
• Kristin Gericke, PharmD, Director, Clinical Pharmacy Management, CalOptima
• Kay Ghahremani, Associate Commissioner for Medicaid/CHIP, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
• Philip Hanus, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Molina Healthcare of Ohio
• Russell Harper, Director of Government Relations, Coventry Cares of Kentucky
• Lisa Hatton, LSW, QMRP, Corporate Director, Provider Services, Molina Healthcare
• Julian J. Harris, MD, MBA, MSc, Medicaid Director, Executive Office of Health & Human Services Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Richard Jacobsen, PhD, Project Manager, Xerox State Healthcare/Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services
• Ken Janda, President and CEO, Community Health Choice, Inc.
• Christian Jensrud, Vice President, Business Development, Amerigroup
• Thomas Johnson, President, Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA)
• John Kaelin, Senior Vice President, Health Reform, UnitedHealth Group
• Michael Koetting, Deputy-Director for Planning & Reform Implementation, Department of Healthcare & Family Services
• Lawrence Kissner, Commissioner, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Medicaid Services, Kentucky
• Kathy Kuhmerker, Vice President, Medicaid Policy, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP)
• Leslie Naamon, Chief Operating Officer, Peach State Health Plan
• Margaret (Peggy) Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP, Sr. Vice President for Clinical Services, Hudson Health Plan
• John Lovelace, President, UPMC for You, President of Government Programs and Individual Advantage Products, UPMC Health Plan
• Robin Lunge, Director of Health Care Reform, State of Vermont, Agency of Administration
• Frances Martini, BSN, MBA, Director of Government Clinical Programs, BlueCare, the Medicaid Plan of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
• Mary Mason, Chief Medical Officer, Centene Corporation
• Dena Miller, Vice President, Clinical Innovation and Implementation, Executive Director, MassHealth Fallon Community Health Plan
• Wendy A. Morriarty, RN, MPH, State President, ‘Ohana Health Plan
• Joe Moser, Director of Government Affairs and Interim CEO, Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA)
• Susan Mosier, MD, Director of Medicaid Services, State of Kansas
• Meg Murray, Chief Executive Officer, Association for Community Affiliated Plans
• Michael Norton, Senior Manager of External Affairs and Carrier Relations, The Health Connector
• Julia Paradise, Associate Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Kaiser Family Foundation
• Ken Pariseau, Manager of Government Affairs, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island
• Mark Perriello, President and CEO, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• Cindy Pigg, Senior Vice President of Pharmacy, Magellan Medicaid Administration
• Patrick Piggott, MSW, LCSW, DCSW, Chief, Behavioral Health Review Section, North Carolina Division of Health & Human Services
• Jan Smith Reed, Director, Community Outreach, Molina of Ohio
• Cheryl J. Roberts, J.D., Deputy Director, Programs and Operations, Department of Medical Assistance Services, Virginia
• Paul Rothman, President, Prestige Health Choice
• Justin M. Senior, Deputy Secretary for Medicaid, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
• Christina Severin, Chief Executive Officer, Network Health
• Vernon Smith, PhD, Managing Principal, Health Management Associates
• Carol Smolij, BSN, RN, CPHQ, Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Operations, Health Partners of Philadelphia
• Michael Steele, Former Chair, Republican National Committee; Political Analyst, MSNBC
• Robert Thompson, Vice President of Community Health Engagement, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
• Charlisa Watson, Vice President, Community Development, UnitedHealth Care
• Julie B. Weinberg, Director, Medical Assistance Division, New Mexico Human Services Department
• William G Wood, MD, PhD, FAPA, Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Amerigroup Community Care of Tennessee
• Robert Wychulis, Chief Executive Officer, Community Care, Amerigroup New York