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Brian Blase, Ph.D

Former Special Assistant to Pres on Healthcare

Brian Blase

Brian Blase, Ph.D., is the President of Paragon Health Institute. Brian was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC) from 2017-2019, where he coordinated the development and execution of numerous health policies and advised the President, NEC director, and senior officials. After leaving the White House, Brian founded Blase Policy Strategies and serves as its CEO.

Brian guided the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s health care and entitlement program oversight and investigation efforts from 2011 to 2014, and then served as the Senate Republican Policy Committee’s health policy analyst from 2014 to 2015.

Brian serves as a policy advisor to Hoosiers for Affordable Health Care and as a visiting fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability. He has also worked at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and at the Heritage Foundation.

Brian is a prolific researcher and writer, authoring scores of research studies and policy analyses and regularly writing commentaries for The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Hill, National Review Online, and Forbes.

Brian received his PhD in Economics from George Mason University. He lives in Florida with his wife and five children.

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Patrick Quigley

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Alex Coonce

Alex Coonce

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Douglas Lynch

Douglas Lynch

Chief Actuary

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Chris Bussard

Chris Bussard

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Jason T. Delimitros

VP of Insurance Operations

Chris Patton

VP of Channel Sales

Emily Porter

Emily Porter

VP of Government Affairs

Meghann Seidner

Meghann Seidner

VP of Marketing

Patrick Quigley

Patrick Quigley

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

Veronica Osetinsky

Veronica Osetinsky

Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder

Rodney Barlow

Rodney Barlow

Chief Technology Officer

Who We Are

We are problem solvers

We embrace new ideas and develop creative solutions every day to achieve our mission.

Alex Coonce

Alex Coonce

Chief People Officer

Douglas Lynch

Douglas Lynch

Chief Actuary

Chris Bussard

Chris Bussard

VP of Product

Who We Are

We take ownership

We believe in holding ourselves and one another accountable.

Jason T. Delimitros

VP of Insurance Operations

Chris Patton

VP of Channel Sales

Emily Porter

Emily Porter

VP of Government Affairs

Who We Are

We’re always going

We value people who have a strong bias for taking action.

Meghann Seidner

Meghann Seidner

VP of Marketing

We lead with empathy

We are empathetic to one another. We actively work to understand one another’s point of view.

Alan Prescott

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Luminar Technologies

Jennifer

Jennifer Kent, MPA

Director, California Department of Health Care Services (fmr)

Anne

Anne Wojcicki

CEO and Co-Founder, 23andMe

R. Lawrence

R. Lawrence Van Horn

Founder and Director, Center for Healthcare Market Innovation, Vanderbilt University

Marty

Marty Makary

Physician and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Who We Are

We are problem solvers

We embrace new ideas and develop creative solutions every day to achieve our mission.

We take ownership

We believe in holding ourselves and one another accountable.

We’re always going

We value people who have a strong bias for taking action.

We lead with empathy

We are empathetic to one another. We actively work to understand one another’s point of view.

Brian Blase, Ph.D

Former Special Assistant to Pres on Healthcare

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, MD

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Keith Passwater

Former Chief Actuary of Anthem

Alan Prescott

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Luminar Technologies

Jennifer

Jennifer Kent, MPA

Director, California Department of Health Care Services (fmr)

Anne

Anne Wojcicki

CEO and Co-Founder, 23andMe

Who We Are

We are problem solvers

We embrace new ideas and develop creative solutions every day to achieve our mission.

R. Lawrence

R. Lawrence Van Horn

Founder and Director, Center for Healthcare Market Innovation, Vanderbilt University

Marty

Marty Makary

Physician and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Brian Blase, Ph.D

Former Special Assistant to Pres on Healthcare

Who We Are

We take ownership

We believe in holding ourselves and one another accountable.

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, MD

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Keith Passwater

Former Chief Actuary of Anthem

We’re always going

We value people who have a strong bias for taking action.

We lead with empathy

We are empathetic to one another. We actively work to understand one another’s point of view.

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