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Jennifer Kent, MPA

Director, California Department of Health Care Services (fmr)

Jennifer

The Kent Group

Jennifer Kent is CEO of The Kent Group, and a Partner at The Messina Group. She has more than two decades of extensive health administration and policy experience that encompasses both private and public delivery systems. As Director of the California Department of Health Care Services, she oversaw the second largest public healthcare system in the nation with an annual budget of over $100B and serving approximately 13 million Californians. She oversaw the administration of 24 managed care plans and 56 county behavioral health plans, and acted as a consigliere to lawmakers at the highest levels and a bridge to the private sector. She also held various leadership roles in the state’s Health & Human Services Agency and Governor’s Office.

Her notable accomplishments include:

  • Serving as the Governor’s lead policy and strategic advisor on California’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including the creation of the state health exchange legislation (Covered California) and other federal health reform measures;
  • Leading the development and negotiation with the federal government to adopt early provisions of the Affordable Care Act through a Section 1115 Waiver and secure $10 billion in new federal funding;
  • Successfully developing and renegotiating the 1115 waiver in 2015 with CMS that authorized California-focused program modifications such as a global payment program, safety-net redesign initiatives as well as obtaining $7 billion in new federal funding and creating a new national model for substance use disorder;
  • Implementing several integration initiatives such as Whole Person Care and Whole Child Model, delivering enhanced primary care services using innovative and cost-effective mechanisms; and
  • Negotiating three multi-billion-dollar managed care tax proposals over her career with support from industry, elected officials and the federal government.

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

Alex Coonce

Alex Coonce

Chief People Officer

Douglas Lynch

Douglas Lynch

Chief Actuary

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.

Chris Bussard

Chris Bussard

VP of Product

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

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

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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