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The Honorable David J. Shulkin, MD

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

David Shulkin

The Honorable Dr. David J. Shulkin was the ninth Secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs in the Trump Administration and VA’s Under Secretary of Health in the Obama Administration. As such, Secretary Shulkin was the only member of the Cabinet to have served both Presidents and to have been confirmed by the US Senate by a vote of 100-0.

As Secretary, Dr. Shulkin represented the 21 million American veterans and was responsible for the nation’s largest integrated health care system with over 1,200 sites of care, serving over 9 million Veterans. VA is also the nation’s largest provider of graduate medical education and major contributor of medical research and provides veterans with disability payments, education through the GI bill, home loans, and runs a national cemetery system.

Secretary Shulkin is a widely respected healthcare executive having served as chief executive of leading hospitals and health systems including Beth Israel in New York City, Morristown Medical Center in Northern NJ, and currently advises leading health systems. Secretary Shulkin has held numerous physician leadership roles including the Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. Secretary Shulkin has held academic positions including the Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University School of Medicine. As an entrepreneur, he founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality one of the first consumer orientated sources of information for quality and safety in healthcare. Secretary Shulkin has served on boards of managed care companies, technology companies, and health care organizations. He now works with healthcare organizations that are leading the transformation of medicine around the world. Secretary Shulkin is a board-certified internist. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, his internship at Yale University School of Medicine, and a residency and Fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Presbyterian Medical Center. He received advanced training in outcomes research and economics as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. Over his career Secretary Shulkin has been named “One Hundred Most Influential People in American Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare. He continues to advocate on behalf of the country’s veterans by serving on the board of numerous nonprofits that serve veterans, is the host of the popular Policy Vets Podscast, and is the author of the recent book, “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans”.

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Jason T. Delimitros

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Natalie Leino

General Counsel

Emily Porter

Emily Porter

VP, External Affairs

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

Kevin Knight

Chief Marketing Officer

Douglas Lynch

Douglas Lynch

Chief Actuary

Who We Are

We take ownership

We believe in holding ourselves and one another accountable.

Chris Bussard

Chris Bussard

VP of Product

Jason T. Delimitros

VP of Insurance Operations

Chris Patton

VP of Channel Sales

Who We Are

We’re always going

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

Natalie Leino

General Counsel

Emily Porter

Emily Porter

VP, External Affairs

We lead with empathy

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

Adam Stavisky

Former Walmart SVP, US Benefit

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

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.

Marty

Marty Makary

Physician and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Brian Blase, Ph.D

Former Special Assistant to Pres on Healthcare

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, MD

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Adam Stavisky

Former Walmart SVP, US Benefit

Alan Prescott

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Luminar Technologies

Jennifer

Jennifer Kent, MPA

Director, California Department of Health Care Services (fmr)

Who We Are

We are problem solvers

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

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 take ownership

We believe in holding ourselves and one another accountable.

Brian Blase, Ph.D

Former Special Assistant to Pres on Healthcare

The Honorable David J. Shulkin, MD

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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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