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Center for Health Policy Development (CHPD), DBA NASHP, was incorporated in 1987 in Washington, DC.
NASHP’s Board of Directors is responsible for the organization’s legal, fiduciary, and strategic oversight.
Center for Health Policy Development
2026 Board of Directors
Chair
Shannon M. McMahon, MPA
Executive Director, Medicaid Policy
Kaiser Permanente
Immediate Past Chair
Nikki Highsmith Vernick, MPA
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Horizon Foundation
Vice Chair
David Rousseau, MPH
Publisher, Kaiser Health News and Executive Director, Journalism and Information Technology
Kaiser Family Foundation
Treasurer
Christian Spencer, CPA
Partner
GRF CPA’s and Advisors
Secretary
Michelle Spencer, MS
Associate Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Ex Officio
Jane Beyer, JD
Senior Health Policy Advisor
Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Members
Darin J. Gordon
Founding Partner
Speire Healthcare Strategies, LLC
Neel Hajra
Chief Executive Officer
Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Jessica Kahn, MPH
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Christopher F. Koller
Qiana Thomason
President and Chief Executive Officer
Health Forward Foundation
President
Hemi Tewarson
Executive Director
National Academy for State Health Policy