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34 EXECUTIVE LEADERSHP which manages publicly funded mental health, substance abuse and integrated care management services for more than 400,000 members throughout Massachusetts. Richard T. Lopes, MD. Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer of SCL Health (Den- ver). Dr. Lopes oversees the organization and management of SCL Health's healthcare delivery system. He rejoined SCL Health in May 2011 as senior vice president of SCL Health PSO (formerly Health Networks) before his promotion to his current position. He previously served in a leadership role and on SCL Health's board from 2004 through 2010. Prior to joining SCL Health in 2004, he was vice president of medical operations for two of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives' regions. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Lopes held a number of posi- tions with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West, which changed its name to Dignity Health in 2012. Rhonda M. Medows, MD. Executive Vice President of Population Health for Providence Health & Services (Renton, Wash.). At Providence, Dr. Medows oversees the Providence Health Plan, ACOs, payer strategy and contracting, physician services and the affiliated Pacific Medical Group. She has an extensive background in government-supported health programs including the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. Prior to joining Providence in May 2015, she served as executive vice president and CMO of UnitedHealth Group, one of the country's largest health insurance and population health management organizations. Until March 2010, she served as commissioner for the Georgia Department of Community Health and as the state health officer for Georgia. In that role, she oversaw Georgia's Medicaid and State Children's Health Insur- ance programs and ran the state employee benefit plan, public health emergency preparedness and rural health information technology. Dr. Medows also served under former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) as secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration. She also previously served as CMO for the CMS Southeast region. Sandy Melzer, MD. Executive Vice President for Net- works and Population Health at Seattle Children's. Dr. Melzer focuses on leading clinical and business transformation to help Seattle Children's achieve the triple aim of healthcare reform. His work includes developing systems that facilitate coordinated care between Seattle Children's specialists, prima- ry care physicians and other community providers. Dr. Melzer also works with the entire leadership team to position Seattle Children's as the preferred pediatric provider in all ACOs. Prior to his current role, he served as senior vice president and chief strategy officer at Seattle Children's. Peter Roberts. Executive Vice President for Popula- tion Health and Business Development at Children's Health System of Texas (Dallas). Since joining Children's in 2011, Mr. Roberts has conceived, organized and led the system's development of a pediatric value-based business model, including an HMO financing vehicle, a provider-led ACO, adult health system affiliations, data and analytics core and a comprehensive population health management support system. Mr. Roberts led the conceptualization and development of e Health and Wellness Alliance for Children, a collective impact social change initiative comprised of more than 30 nonprofit, government and business organizations dedicated to improving the health of Dallas children. He also led the establishment of adult health system affiliations with Children's Medical Center across the Dallas and Fort Worth areas. He is responsible for all functions related to population health, managed care, ACO laws and regulations, physician networks, physician corporations, external organization affiliations and recruiting, primary care strategy, disease management and corporate planning. Bert Scott. Senior Vice President of Population Health for Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). In his role at Novant Health, Mr. Scott partners with David Cook, MD, senior vice president of population health–clinical, and Amy Vance, senior vice president of population health–business operations. Together, they work with the team to integrate population health across the Novant Health system, both culturally and operation- ally. Mr. Scott joined Novant Health from Affinity Health Plan, a consumer-driven health plan organization in New York, where he was president and CEO. Prior to his role at Affinity Health Plan, Mr. Scott served as president of U.S. commercial markets for Cigna. Prior to Cigna, he was executive vice president and chief development officer at TIAA-CREF, a financial services or- ganization. During his 10 years with TIAA-CREF, he also served as executive vice president of strategy, integration and planning where he was responsible for leading the development and im- plementation of company strategy and all merger and acquisition activities. Joel J. Shu, MD. Vice President of Clinical Transfor- mation and Population Health for Catholic Health Services (Rockville Centre, N.Y.). Dr. Shu works in a newly created role designed to support the system's progressive population health strategy. Dr. Shu, a board-certified anesthe- siologist, reports to Patrick M. O'Shaughnessy, DO, senior vice president for medical affairs and CMO. Before joining CHS, Dr. Shu served in various roles at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center, including chairman of the medical staff peer review, director of the EMR implementation, director of continuing medical education and project director of an ACO. During his tenure there, he instituted clinical practice changes within the ACO to improve its bundled payment care, inpatient pain and symptom management program, outpatient cancer rehabilitation program and patient satisfaction. Mark Sparta. Executive Vice President and Chief Pop- ulation Health Officer of Hackensack (N.J.) University

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