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Alexa Arao CEO & Administrator

Home Health Providers

Alexa is a patient-centric and visionary healthcare leader with over 25 years of clinical expertise and a proven track record of driving transformative outcomes in care delivery. Currently serving as CEO & Administrator of Home Health Providers LLC, a Mesa-based startup home health agency, she is dedicated to delivering timely, excellent care while advancing innovation in community health.

Prior to her entrepreneurial venture, she spent a decade at Kaiser Permanente-San Francisco, rising from Assistant Manager to Director. Among her groundbreaking achievements, she co-led the development of Kaiser’s first Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department, pioneering a 24/7 multidisciplinary care model that reduced patient falls at home by 55% and readmissions by 26% through AI-driven, patient-centric protocols. Her work set the gold standard across Kaiser’s national network and other non-Kaiser organizations across the nation.

She also spearheaded Kaiser San Francisco’s Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERAS/ERM), revolutionizing surgical care by slashing hospital stays— reducing joint surgery stays from 3 days to 22 hours and cardiac surgeries from 4 days to under 2. Her success became the blueprint for Northern California Kaiser hospitals, and she shared these innovations globally at the World ERAS Congress in France and Sweden.

A lifelong learner, she holds four master’s degrees spanning business and healthcare disciplines, blending strategic acumen with clinical excellence. With her years in executive leadership and a passion for collaboration, she remains committed to elevating health systems, improving patient outcomes, shaping the future of care delivery, and providing excellent care without delay to their patients and their families.

Eva Balint Chief Medical Officer

EB Consulting

Dr Eva Balint is a physician entrepreneur, advisor, and executive coach. She serves as a strategic advisor to leaders with bold visions to transform their teams, their organizations, and their fields. She began her academic career in endocrinology, basic science, and clinical research at Stanford University. She then pivoted to innovation and served as a physician advisor for the Concept Incubator at Roche Diagnostics. Subsequently, she shifted to the business of medicine. With roles including Chief Medical Officer for large organizations like UnitedHealthcare, LA Care, and Providence, her emphasis has consistently been on enhancing care delivery, value-based care, improvements in patient outcomes, and quality performance. Building on her career as a physician-scientist, she applies a deep understanding of data and analytics tools to identify opportunities and drive innovation. Her expertise spans government programs (Medicare, MediCal), and commercial, employer-based, and self-funded health plans. She brings a deep understanding of risk contracting, delegated partnership, and clinical program development from both the payer and the care delivery system point of view. Her deep understanding of organizational structure spans across payers, health systems, medical groups, and government organizations. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders, especially physicians.

An alumna of Semmelweis University Medical School in Budapest, Dr. Balint furthered her education with a residency in Internal Medicine at Tufts University, an Endocrinology fellowship at Stanford University, and a Masters in Epidemiology also from Stanford. Complementing her medical prowess, she is a Certified Executive Coach and holds Certificates in Entrepreneurship from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, in Physician Leadership from the University of California San Francisco, and in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Vandna Bhrany Principal 

8BAdvisors 

Vandna Bhrany, MPH is the Managing Partner of 8BAdvisors, a healthcare consulting firm that helps health plans, provider organizations, and emerging health tech companies accelerate quality improvement, optimize risk performance, and advance digital transformation. Known for turning strategy into scalable action, Vandna is a sought-after advisor and thought leader with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of data, quality, and innovation.

As a former Vice President at the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies, Vandna led a multi-market quality transformation strategy across 20 government-sponsored plans—driving substantial Star rating gains and elevating Medicaid performance through data-informed execution, interoperability, and value-based models. She also expanded Medicaid risk adjustment operations, launched enterprise-wide predictive analytics, and spearheaded the adoption of digital quality and automation solutions across EMRs.

Throughout her career, Vandna has held senior roles at Aetna, Centene, Evolent Health, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield ecosystem, consistently delivering measurable results—whether elevating NCQA accreditation status, redesigning care management programs, or driving provider performance through incentive design and analytics. She has also advised product leaders on aligning quality with employer plan priorities and piloted cutting-edge tools like NLP and digital gap closure.

A nationally recognized voice in the industry, Vandna has spoken at over a dozen major healthcare conferences, including RISE, NCQA, CHIME, and HLTH. She is a 2024 RISE Bedrock of Healthcare Fellow and a Peak Performer Award winner with KLAS Points of Light.

Vandna earned her MPH from UCLA and her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley. Based in Atlanta, she’s happiest running the city streets, cooking with friends and family, or shaping her latest (slightly wobbly) pottery creation.

Paul Chiang Senior Medical & Practice Advisor

HCCI

Dr. Paul Chiang, Former Medical Director, Northwestern Medicine Home Care Physicians, and Senior Medical and Practice Advisor, Home Centered Care Institute

Dr. Chiang served as the Medical Director for Northwestern Medicine HomeCare Physicians (HCP), a suburban Chicago practice focused on delivering care to medically complex patients in their homes. HCP house call program has made more than 142,000 house calls to more than 10,000 home-limited patients since its founding in 1997. Personally, Dr. Chiang has made over 38,000 house calls to more than 3,900 patients in his 24-year career. His practice and work have been featured on ABC News Chicago and in northeast Illinois’ Daily Herald. In 2014, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital named him as one of 50 Unsung Heroes. In October 2019, Dr. Chiang received the “House Call Doctor of the Year” award from the American Academy of Home Care Medicine. In 2024, Dr. Chiang received the Community Leadership Award from the Chicago Health Executives Forum.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Chiang serves as the Senior Medical and Practice Advisor for Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI), where he focuses his time on developing curriculum, teaching current and future providers and presenting locally and nationally on the value of home-based primary care.

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Elizabeth Chidothe Home care expert, regional health plan 

 Elizabeth Chidothe is a Value Based Program Manager with Medica.  She received her Master's of Science in Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.  She has worked in multiple primary care settings with a passion for an accessible holistic and preventative approach to chronic disease prevention and management. With this passion, she became a founding member of the nurse-led startups Retrace Health and Nice Healthcare whose missions were to provide affordable and convenient care to patients via video and in their homes. As a leader in both companies, she rigorously worked on establishing policies, programs, and frameworks for the company and for the people she managed that would set the stage for quality and holistic care for the populations they served. She came to Medica in hopes to impact the longevity and vitality of populations through her work with Value Based Care.  Outside of work, she sits on the ANA Innovation Advisory Committee for policy and determinants of health equity. 

John Criswell Founder, CEO & Chairman 

Porter 

John has over 25 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in the healthcare space, building relationships across major, national health plans and large regional healthcare systems. John’s newest venture, Porter, designed to reach beyond standard home interventions, is the only quality stars and risk adjustment-focused care coordination program. John previously founded Pulse8, a healthcare analytics and technology company delivering complete visibility into the efficacy of risk adjustment and quality management programs, and led them to a successful acquisition by a publicly traded health IT company. John was recently granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a method and apparatus for risk adjustment.  

Shannon Decker Founder & CEO

VBC One

Dr. Shannon Decker is Founder & CEO at VBC One, a consulting firm assisting physician groups, health plans and vendors maximize the performance of their value based contracts and offerings. Dr. Decker has more than 25 years experience in health care and most recently led teams in risk, quality, data and analytics, telehealth, COVID response and delegation compliance. Of her more than 25 years of experience in healthcare--17 include working with risk adjustment, quality and Medicare. Dr. Decker has a PhD. in Interdisciplinary Studies, dual MBA degrees--in Finance and in Marketing, as well as an M.Ed. in Secondary Education and a M.Ed. in Administration and Leadership. Dr. Decker is on the faculty at Arizona State University and is also an associate professor in the social and behavioral sciences for Walden and Capella Universities where she chairs and oversees the dissertations of doctoral students. An author of two books and several peer-reviewed articles, and a prolific national public speaker, her interests include the study of human behavior and how social and behavioral theories may be brought to bear in value based care and population health management as a whole. 

Tina Dueringer CEO, Principal Advisor

Dueringer Advisors, Inc

Tina Dueringer, BSN, RN, CCM, PCC, is the CEO and Principal Advisor at Dueringer Advisors Inc., a distinguished consulting firm dedicated to supporting health plans, vendors, and leaders in the health insurance and provider sectors. With a robust background spanning Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Duals, ACA, and commercial markets, Tina brings extensive expertise in care management, utilization management, clinical quality, Model of Care development, Stars ratings, HEDIS measures, and accreditation standards such as NCQA and URAC. 

Tina's career is marked by strategic insights into health plan operations, including strategic planning, joint ventures, partnerships, delegated relationships, and the advancement of value-based care models. She is deeply committed to advancing Health Equity, Population Health, and integrated care initiatives across the industry. 

Previously, Tina served as Vice President of Clinical Quality and Stars at Rebellis Group, specializing in Medicare Advantage and government consulting. Her leadership journey includes pivotal roles at Cityblock, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Medicaid Policy Division. 

Tina earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and holds a post-graduate certification in Population Care Coordination from Duke University. She is also a Board-Certified Case Manager (CCM), underscoring her dedication to enhancing healthcare delivery and outcomes through comprehensive care coordination strategies. 

Lauren Dunning Director

Milken Institute Future of Aging

Lauren Dunning is a director for the Milken Institute Future of Aging, where she develops initiatives and strategic partnerships that advance healthy longevity and financial security across the life course. In her role, Dunning leads work on integrated care solutions leveraging technology and oversees the Future of Aging Advisory Board, a group of global leaders from across sectors that provides advisement, expertise, and collaboration to maximize collective impact. Before joining the Milken Institute, Dunning served in key policy leadership roles over 10 years at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, where she was most recently the director of government affairs working with officials at all levels to shape public health policy. Dunning has written and presented on a variety of topics across public health, aging, and health care, held an appointment as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, and serves in an advisory capacity to a number of organizations including LeadingAge California and the Atria Research Institute. Dunning earned a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, a Master of Public Health, from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University. She works at the Milken Institute’s Santa Monica office. 

Ana Handshuh Principal

CAT5 Strategies

Ana Handshuh, Principal at CAT5 Strategies, is a government programs executive with expertise in creating and implementing corporate programs for the healthcare industry. Her background includes Quality, Core Measures, Care Management, Benefit Design and Bid Submission, Accreditation, Regulatory Compliance, Revenue Management, Communications, Community-based Care Management Programs and Technology Integration. Ms. Handshuh currently serves on the Board of the Resource Initiative and Society for Education (RISE), the preeminent national professional association dedicated to managed and accountable care financing and delivery. She is a sought after speaker on the national healthcare circuit in the areas of Quality, Star Ratings, Care Management, Member and Provider Engagement, and Revenue Management. Her recent consultancy roles have included assisting organizations create programs to address the unmet care management needs in the highest risk strata of membership, document their processes and procedures, achieve accreditation status, design and submit government program bids, institute corporate-wide programs and create communications strategies and materials. She possesses sophisticated business acumen with the ability to build consensus with cross-functional groups to accomplish corporate goals. Ms. Handshuh served as the Vice President of Managed Care Services at Central Florida Inpatient Medicine (CFIM). In this role, she provided leadership and strategy on CFIM projects and collaborations with physicians, risk entities, hospital health care systems, and health plans. CFIM is the largest Hospitalist group in Central Florida, with 70 providers discharging over 50,000 patients annually from multiple hospitals across two health care delivery systems and 24 skilled nursing facilities. At CFIM Ms. Handshuh previously served as the Vice President of Operations. Prior to those assignments, she worked with Precision Healthcare Systems as their Vice President of Quality Improvement. In that capacity, she led the IPA’s Quality efforts and collaborated with payers on implementing programs to move the needle on Quality and Star Rating initiatives. Ms. Handshuh also served as the Director of Corporate Program Development at Physicians United Plan. In this role, she led the Quality Management and Corporate Communications departments and spearheaded the development of innovative integrated technology solutions to drive business excellence and Star Rating achievement initiatives. For the past fifteen years Ms. Handshuh has taken an active role in redefining and implementing changes that have led to improvements and greater efficiency within Government programs and healthcare delivery. Prior to joining Physicians United Plan Ms. Handshuh was the founder of I-Six Creative. Under Ms. Handshuh’s vision and leadership, I-Six Creative provided expertise in the areas of managed Medicare benefit design, MSO/IPA operations, provider network strategy, new market launches, technology integration, corporate communications and quality improvement.  

Julie Kennedy Founder

Rubywell

Julie is the CEO & Co-Founder of RubyWell, a technology company that helps patients, caregivers, and care teams work together to safely manage health at home. . Prior to RubyWell, Julie was the founding Chief Operating Officer of Trusty.care, a Medicare technology company. Her work as the founder and leader at DC SCORES and AMERICA SCORES earned her local and national awards, including Washingtonian of the Year, a Daily Points of Light award from President Clinton, and a finalist mention for the Presidential National Service Award. Julie holds a BA from Georgetown University, and an MPA from Harvard University.

Charline Marcelle Manager, Quality & Accreditation, Government Programs

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Charline Marcelle is an accomplished healthcare leader with over a decade of experience driving quality improvement, accreditation compliance, and operational excellence across managed care organizations. As Manager of Quality and Accreditation, she leads cross-functional initiatives to enhance member experience, close HEDIS gaps, ensure NCQA readiness, and align programs with state and federal regulatory requirements.

With a strong foundation in data-driven decision-making and stakeholder collaboration, Charline specializes in designing strategies that elevate performance outcomes, streamline workflows, and promote equitable care. Her leadership has consistently resulted in improved STAR ratings, successful accreditation cycles, and stronger provider and community partnerships. Charline holds a Master of Business Administration and is passionate about member-centered innovation, health equity, and empowering teams to exceed quality benchmarks. Known for her analytical acumen, strategic mindset, and people first leadership, she is a trusted voice in the evolving landscape of healthcare quality.

Jake Mead CEO

Impact Sales Partners 

With over 23 years in healthcare, Jake Mead brings deep expertise across the payer, provider, and
vendor landscapes—spanning Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, STARS &
quality programs, health plan sales, managed Medicaid & MLTSS, care management,
home health & hospice, and DME. He has led sales teams, optimized processes, and driven
marketing initiatives to scale organizations of all sizes—delivering exponential growth,
margin improvement, and higher valuations by building the systems and strategies that
sustain it. He is also on the cutting edge of health-tech innovation, having advised AI and
robotics companies to integrate intelligent automation into care delivery.

Beau Muñoz

Independent Healthcare Technologist

J. Beau Muñoz, MD is a former Navy combat physician, battalion surgeon, published scientist, and patent holder in machine learning applications for ICU clinical decision support tools. He is a California native and a graduate of the University of Southern California with a degree in Economics. Upon completing his undergraduate degree, he was a recipient of the congressionally awarded Fulbright Fellowship which funded 2 years of full-time graduate work overseas. He graduated from Duke School of Medicine in 2010 and attended Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital General Surgery residency. In addition to multiple combat deployments and extensive international service, in 2018, Dr. Muñoz was the recipient of the Department of Defense Exchange of Scientists and Engineers Program (ESEP) award which supported a 1-year trauma surgery research fellowship at Queens Elizabeth Hospital in England. Prior to venturing out into the health-tech startup field, Dr. Muñoz was the Director of Operational Medicine for the US Naval Special Warfare Command (Navy Seal Teams) in Coronado, Ca. Dr. Muñoz has both a professional and academic interest in the application of machine learning technologies to clinical and population-based medicine. His works have been published in The Lancet and the journal Surgery. 

Hallie Noecker Partner

Whistleblower Partners

Hallie Noecker is a partner at Whistleblower Partners. She brings cases in federal and state courts and before various agencies on behalf of clients reporting fraud spanning various industries, including healthcare, technology, and financial services.

Hallie has particular expertise in healthcare fraud, including matters involving Medicare, Medicaid, and other government-funded healthcare programs.

She is part of the legal team pursuing a qui tam case against UnitedHealth Group alleging the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage Organization submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare Program by improperly inflating its members’ risk scores. Her broad healthcare experience also includes matters involving upcoding, kickbacks, lack of medical necessity, manipulation of clinical trial data, and various forms of improper billing under the rules applicable to the various government-sponsored healthcare programs.

Hallie earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of California, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of the Law) in 2015. During law school, she was an associate editor of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, a judicial extern for the Honorable Goodwin Liu at the Supreme Court of California and was inducted into the Pro Bono Society for her substantial debtor and consumer rights pro bono work. Hallie completed her first year of legal study at the University of Wisconsin Law School where she was on the Dean's List both semesters.

Hallie enjoys dragging her husband all over San Francisco on foot, escaping in a novel, and experimenting in the kitchen. She was a Taylor Swift fan before it was cool.

Sakina Pasha Wells Director, Population Health Strategy and Operations

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Sakina Pasha Wells leads value-based care, population health, and care-delivery performance strategies as the Director of Population Health Strategy and Operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Sakina spearheads cross-functional strategies that drive practice transformation for Arizona providers that lead to health outcomes improvement and cost of care strategies for patients across the state. Sakina is also the owner and a consultant for Integra Health Solutions, a consulting firm that focuses on strategic planning, population health and value-based care, as well as provider and practice management. In Sakina’s previous roles she focused on serving the provider community though healthcare and practice management, as well as through healthcare policy consulting. Sakina earned her Bachelor’s from Barnard College, Columbia University in Cellular Neuroscience and Behavior with a minor in Science, Public Policy, and Ethics, and soon after finished her Master’s at Arizona State University in the Science of Health Care Delivery as well as her Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. She is highly engaged in her community, and most recently served as the healthcare liaison on Arizona’s early childhood education board for the South Phoenix Council, and is on the Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association’s West Valley Heart Walk. Sakina is passionate about building solutions to fix our nation's healthcare system, promoting access to integrated health supports, and improving access to community resources. 

Bryant Saxon CIO

Pennant

Amy Sharrett Director, Clinical Services Operations & Performance Monitoring 

Community Health Plan of Washington 

Amy Sharrett is a dedicated leader with a passion for driving collaboration and innovation in healthcare operations. With a wealth of experience in managing complex projects, improving workflows, and integrating technology solutions, Amy has helped organizations achieve their goals and improve performance.

Currently, Amy serves as the Senior Director, IT at Community Health Plan of Washington, where she oversees strategic projects and key areas such as interoperability solutions, clinical systems support, the CIS system, and vendor contracting oversight.

Previously, Amy was the Director of Clinical Services Operations and Performance, where she provided strategic direction and fostered a culture of operational excellence. Amy has successfully facilitated collaboration between clinical, operational, and IT leaders, directed NCQA Health Plan Accreditation activities, and managed various programs and initiatives.

With a Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration from Eastern Washington University, Amy is committed to promoting professional growth, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement in healthcare settings.

Pippa Shulman Chief Medical Officer, Chief Strategy Officer

Medically Home

Eliza “Pippa” Shulman, DO, MPH, is the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Medical Officer at Medically Home, a leader in transforming healthcare by enabling hospital-level care at home. Medically Home partners with health systems, physician groups, and payers to implement a care model that safely shifts advanced medical care into the home, improving patient outcomes while addressing capacity challenges in traditional hospital settings.

Pippa is a pioneer in home-based care, ensuring patients receive hospital-level care where they want to be—at home. As the clinical architect behind Medically Home’s innovative care models, she drives advancements in patient-centered care delivery. Previously, she led the Center for Healthcare Innovation at Atrius Health, where she implemented cutting-edge care solutions, and served as Chief of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, focusing on value-based care and improving home and palliative care services.

Triple-boarded in family medicine, preventive medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine, Pippa trained at the NH-Dartmouth Family Medicine and Dartmouth Hitchcock Leadership Preventive Medicine Residencies, developing expertise in driving systemic care improvements. She is also the president of the American Academy of Homecare Medicine.

A sought-after speaker, Pippa has shared her expertise at events such as the Mayo Clinic Platform Conference, HLTH, and The World Hospital at Home Congress. Her insights are valued by regulators and industry leaders working to improve care quality and access. Pippa’s vision for the future is clear: the path to better healthcare begins in the home.

Max Voldman Partner

Whistleblower Partners LLP

Max Voldman is a partner at Whistleblower Partners. Max’s practice is focused on representing whistleblowers under the federal False Claims Act and numerous state law equivalents, and the whistleblower programs of the Internal Revenue Service, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Department of Transportation. 

He is part of the legal team pursuing a qui tam case against UnitedHealth Group alleging the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage Organization submitted false claims for payment to the Medicare Program by improperly inflating its members’ risk scores. Max also has experience analyzing complex data sets, developing damages models, and assisting with statistical analyses. He has also published numerous articles on issues of healthcare law, whistleblower programs, and environmental issues. 

Max received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. During law school, Max served as a research assistant on taxation to Professor John Brooks and as the Symposium Editor for the Journal of Law and Public Policy. Prior to law school, Max completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois, where he was a member of the Mathematics Honors Society and graduated with a degree in Actuarial Science and a Minor in Business. 

Max worked in State Farm’s actuarial science department and coached the debate team for a high school in Illinois, including one team that won the State Championship. He is fluent in Russian.  

In his spare time, Max enjoys hiking, tennis, and is, unfortunately, a devoted fan of the Chicago Bears.  

Darren Wethers CEO

Wethers Consulting, LLC

Darren Wethers is a board-certified internal medicine physician and certified physician executive. 

He graduated from Morehouse College, Northwestern University Medical School and completed internal medicine training at Emory University School of Medicine before establishing himself in internal medicine practice in the St. Louis, Missouri area, becoming a “Top Doctor” honoree several years running. Dr. Wethers was the medical staff president at SSM St. Mary’s Health Center in 2006-07 and chaired the facility’s Credentials committee 2007-11.  

In 2011, Dr. Wethers began a career in administrative medicine, servings as a medical director with Coventry Health Care and Aetna, vice president of clinical operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and at Atrio Health Plans, where he served as chief medical officer. He launched Wethers Consulting, LLC in 2023, which has clients including Rebellis Group, Toney Health and MetaDigital. Dr. Wethers is a strategic advisor to the Managed Care Resource Alliance (MCRA).  

Dr. Wethers is a member of the American Association for Physician Leadership, Fellow of the American College of Physicians, member of Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities; he is the immediate past chairman of the board for Gamma Mu Educational Services (GMES) and is a board member of Northwestern University Medical School Alumni Association, for which he serves as president-elect and co-chair of the Inclusion and Allyship committee.  

Kristen Wheeler Former Executive Director of Home Care & Supportive Services

National Alliance for Care at Home

Kristen Wheeler brings over two decades of experience in non-medical private pay home care to her roles as Managing Consultant at Corcoran Consulting Group and Principal Consultant at Furthur Strategies, LLC. A former agency owner and seasoned association leader, Kristen has built a career helping home care organizations launch, grow, and stay compliant in a complex and ever-changing regulatory environment.

Her journey in home care began in 2004 in Key West, Florida, when she was tapped to create a private duty program for a Medicare-certified home care and hospice agency. Recognizing the value of the independent private pay model, she went on to co-own a standalone private duty agency before transitioning into association leadership.

Kristen spent nearly six years as Director of Private Duty Services at the Home Care Association of Florida (HCAF), where she helped develop a strong and engaged network of providers. She later served as Executive Director of Private Duty Home Care at the National Alliance for Care at Home, where she led national efforts to support and advocate for the private duty and non-medical sector.

Through her consulting work at both Corcoran Consulting Group and Furthur Strategies, Kristen now advises home care entrepreneurs and established providers alike, guiding them through licensing, startup operations, compliance, policy development, and long-term operational success. Her expertise is particularly sought after in highly regulated states, where understanding the nuances of licensure and workforce management is essential.

Charlotte S. Yeh Former CMS Regional Administrator, Former Chief Medical Officer, AARP Services Inc 

Founder, Yeh Innovation 

Dr. Yeh is a passionate advocate for healthcare transformation and healthy aging. 

Her career has spanned the industry: providers, payers, tech companies, 

nonprofits, and the government. Roles have included Chief Medical Officer, AARP 

Services Inc.; Regional Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; 

and emergency department chief. Dr. Yeh received an MD from Northwestern University Medical School. She has extensive board experience and has garnered many honors for her work. 

Anthony Zizza Former National Chief of Longitudinal Care | Former Regional Medical Director

Optum | Landmark

• Passionate, experienced Geriatrician-leader with a proven record of achieving superior clinical outcomes for frail older adults in New England
• Successful Market/Regional Leader of a growing, complex interdisciplinary team during a time of intense change
• Innovative clinical leader who looks beyond the region to enhance our organization’s success, growth, scalability, and efficiency working across national teams and shared services
• Proven Motivational leader with the Interpersonal skills to successfully navigate Landmark’s integration into the larger organization while supporting our culture and outcomes