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The IHA Board of Directors guides our organization’s initiatives and programs—sharing ideas and having discussions that shape healthcare’s future. They meet regularly to stay on top of industry trends, make strategic decisions, and trade best practices. Our board is made up of 40 voting members and additional liaison non-voting members from organizations across the healthcare industry.

Health plans

  • Aetna: Benjamin (Ben) Katz, Chief Network Officer
  • Alameda Alliance for Health: Matthew Woodruff, Chief Executive Officer
  • Anthem Blue Cross: Mark Reynolds, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (1), (2)
  • Blue Shield of California: Mike Stuart, President & Chief Executive Officer (1)
  • Cigna: Michelle Demonteverde, MPH, Regional Vice President, Network Contracting, West Region
  • Health Net: Erika L. Sockaci, Vice President, Provider Engagement
  • Inland Empire Health Plan Edward Juhn, MD, MBA, MPH, Chief Medical Officer (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente: Cindy C. Striegel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Business, California market (1)
  • L.A. Care Health Plan: Sameer Amin, MD, Chief Medical Officer
  • Molina Healthcare of California: Abbie Totten, Plan President
  • UnitedHealthcare: Tami Adams, Chief Executive Officer, Southern California

 

Provider groups

  • Altais: Nishant Anand, M.D., FACEP, President and Chief Executive Officer
  • Astrana Health, Inc: Chan Basho, MBA, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  • Health Care LA, IPA: Sabra Matovsky, MBA, FACHE, CEO
  • Hill Physicians Medical Group: David Joyner, MA, MBA, Chief Executive Officer (1)
  • MedPOINT Management: Alex Carey, MBA, MPH, Chief Operating Officer
  • Optum Health: Raymond J. Chicoine, MBA, President and CEO (1), (2)
  • Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Elizabeth Vilardo, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Strategic and Philanthropic Initiatives
  • The Permanente Medical Group: Kevin C. Yee, MD, FACP, Associate Executive Director
  • Sansum Clinic: Chad Hine, Chief Operating Officer
  • Scripps Medical Foundation: Anil N. Keswani, M.D., Corporate Executive Vice President, Scripps Health, Chief Medical Officer and Operations Officer - Ambulatory
  • Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers: Andrea Snyder, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Nursing Officer (1), (2)

 

Health systems

  • Cedars-Sinai Health System: Jill Martin, Executive Vice President, Medical Network, IHA Board Secretary
  • Dignity Health: Scott Robertson, M.D., MBA, System Senior Vice President, Physician Enterprise, California Region for CommonSpirit Health
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital: John Fisher, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer
  • MemorialCare Health System: Barry Arbuckle, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer (1), (2)
  • Providence Health & Services: Vacant
  • Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System: Brian McBeth, MD, CPE, Chief Quality Officer
  • Stanford Health Care: Connie Wong, FACHE, Vice President, Managed Care and Payer Relations
  • Sutter Health: Conrad M. Vial, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer
  • UC Davis Health: Elizabeth (Liz) Boileau, Executive Director of Managed Care and Pharmacy Contracting

 

Purchasers and consumers

  • CalPERS: Donald Moulds, PhD, Chief Health Director, Health Benefits Program (1)
  • Covered California: S. Monica Soni, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Deputy Executive Director (1), (2)
  • University of CA Office of the President (UCOP): Susan Pon-Gee, MBA, Executive Director, Health & Welfare Benefits

 

At large

  • Bristol-Myers Squibb: Jill Carroll, Government Accounts
  • Genentech: Stephany Rogness, MBA, Healthcare Executive Director, Northern California
  • Pfizer: Allison Koch, Regional Director, West, Biopharmaceuticals Group, US Internal Medicine & Antiviral
  • Vituity: Theo Koury, MD, FACEP, President

 

Liaison (non-voting)

  • California Department of Health Care Services: Linette Scott, MD, MPH, Chief Data Officer and
    Deputy Director of Enterprise Data and Information Management
  • California Department of Managed Health Care: Mary Watanabe, Director
  • California Health Care Foundation: Kristof Stremikis, MPP, MPH, Director, Market Analysis and Insight
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Region IX: Ashby Wolfe, MD, MPP, MPH, Chief Medical Officer
  • RAND Corporation: Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD, MPH, Distinguished Chair, Health Care Payment Policy and Principal Senior Researcher
  • UC Berkeley, School of Public Health: James C. Robinson, PhD, MPH, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Economics, Endowed Chair in Health Economics and Policy, Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology
  • UC Berkeley, School of Public Health: Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA, Professor of Health Policy and Management and Dean Emeritus

Emeritus

  • Satellite Healthcare: Tom Williams, DrPH, Interim Chief Executive Officer
  • Stanford University: Alain C. Enthoven, PhD, Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management

(1) IHA Executive Committee member
(2) IHA Officer
(3) IHA Governance Committee chair