Our Councils
At HealthTech 4 Medicaid (HT4M), our esteemed Expert and Venture councils play a pivotal role in shaping our organization’s direction and impact within the Medicaid space. Representing diverse voices, expertise, and experiences, these councils provide invaluable insights, guidance, and collaboration opportunities, ensuring that our initiatives are grounded to meet the needs of the Medicaid ecosystem.
Expert Council
Adam Kaufman
Interim Category Lead, Products, Baylor Scott & White Health
Allison Hamblin
President & CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies
Castulo de la Rocha
President & CEO, AltaMed Health Services
Claudia Williams
Chief Social Impact Officer, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Clay Farris
CEO/Practice Lead, Client Solutions at Mostly Medicaid
Cristal Gary
Chief Advocacy Officer, Illinois Market, Ascension
David Smith
CEO & Founder, Third Horizon Strategies
Esther Dyson
Executive Founder, Wellville
Greg Buchert, MD, MPH
CEO, GSB Health Management Solutions
Jay Rosen
Founder, President & Co-Chair, Health Management Associates
Jon Kaplan
Senior Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director of Margolis Center for Health Policy/Professor of Business, Medicine and Policy at Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy
Melissa Buckley
Director, Health Innovation Found, California Health Care Foundation
Patrick Conway, MD
CEO of Care Solutions at Optum, UnitedHealth Group
Rich Roth
Chief Strategic Innovation Officer, CommonSpirit Health
Richard Bookman
Director at UHealth Care Lab
Rishi Manchanda, MD
President & CEO, Health Begins
Tim Petrikin
Managing Partner, pSQRD; Director, Care Connectors Medical Group; Operating Partner, Epilog Partners
Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Co-Founder of SOLVE Health Tech
Venture Council
Alyssa Jaffee
Partner, 7wire Ventures
Amit Aysola
Managing Partner, Create Health Ventures
Amon Anderson
Managing Partner, Acumen America
Anika Heavener
Managing Director, Clinical Strategy and Operations, Cigna Healthcare
Anna Haghgooie
Managing Director, Valtruis; Operating Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Anne Degheest
Founder & Managing Director, HealthTech Capital
Anula Jayasuriya
Co-Founder, Kidron Capital Assets
Beto Lopez
CEO & Co-Founder, Design Run Group; Managing Partner, Cura Health Fund
Bill Evans
Founder & General Partner, Rock Health Capital
Binoy Bhansali
Co-Founder & CEO, Diverge Health
Buffy Alegria
Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Founder, LOUD Capital, LOUD Collective, Alegria Ventures
Christie Pitts
Co-Founder, VCs for Repro
Christina Farr
Managing Director, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Christina Jenkins
General Partner, Convergent Ventures
Dan Gebremedhin
Partner, Flare Capital Partners
Daniel Galles
Partner, Allumia Ventures
Daryl Tol
President of Health Assurance Transformation Company, Head of Health Assurance Ecosystem, General Catalyst
Ella Schwartz
Chief Impact and Partnerships Officer, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
Esther Dyson
Director, BAMF Health; Director, Investor, Avanlee Care
Glen Tullman
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Transcarent; Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures
Jessica Zeaske
Managing Partner, Echo Health Ventures
John Banta
Vice President of Investments, BlueCross and BlueShield Association; President & Managing Director, Blue Venture Fund
John Thornbottow
Managing Partner, Co-Founder, & Chief Venture Partner, Cura Health Fund
Kesha Cash
Founder & General Partner, America Impact Fund
Lee Shapiro
Co-founder & Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures
Lisa Richter
Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Aviar Capital
Margaret Laws
President & CEO, Hopelab
Meera Mani
Partner, TownHall Ventures LLC
Melissa Bradley
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, New Majority Ventures
Michael Penn
Founding Partner, Health Equity Ventures; Founder & CEO, Penn Consulting Partners
Omar Edwards Nije
Principal, AlleyCorp; Co-Founder, Diversity Innovation Hub
Robert Garber
Managing Partner, 7wire Ventures
Ryan Alam
SVP & Principal, Citi Impact Fund
Sherman Leung
Venture Fellow, Andreessen Horowitz; Founder, MD+
Stasia Obremskey
Managing Partner, Foreground Capital
Trevor Price
Chairman & Founder, Oxeon Partners
Trish Costello
Founder & CEO, Portfolia
Unity Stoakes
Co-founder & President, StartUp Health
Vanessa Villaverde
Senior Program Investor, California Health Care Foundation