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Board of Directors

Incorporated in 1987, the Center for Health Policy Development (CHPD) Board of Directors is responsible for the legal and fiduciary management and oversight of the organization, which includes the non-profit National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). 

Center for Health Policy Development –
2023 Board of Directors

Chair

Nicolette (Nikki) Highsmith Vernick, MPA

President and Chief Executive Officer

The Horizon Foundation

Vice Chair

Shannon M. McMahon, MPA

Executive Director, Medicaid Policy

Kaiser Permanente

Treasurer

Janette Schwartz, CPA

Partner

Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Secretary

David Rousseau, MPH

Publisher, Kaiser Health News and Executive Director, Journalism and Information Technology

Kaiser Family Foundation

Ex Officio

Jane Beyer, JD

Senior Health Policy Advisor

Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Members

Anne Barry, JD, MPH

Senior Faculty, School of Public Health

University of Minnesota

Darin J. Gordon

Founding Partner

Speire Healthcare Strategies, LLC

Jessica Kahn, MPH

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Michelle Spencer, MS

Associate Director, Bloomberg American Health Initiative

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Qiana Thomason

President and Chief Executive Officer

Health Forward Foundation

President

Hemi Tewarson

President and Executive Director

National Academy for State Health Policy

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