Board of Directors

Benjamin K. Chu, M.D., Chairman
Dr. Chu is a managing director at Manatt Health. He previously served as president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, Texas.

Maureen Bisognano
Ms. Bisognano, president emerita and senior fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), previously served as IHI’s president and CEO for five years, after serving as executive vice president and COO for 15 years.

David Blumenthal, M.D.
Dr. Blumenthal is president of the Commonwealth Fund. Prior to joining the Fund in 2013, he was the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief health information and innovation officer at Partners HealthCare System in Boston. From 2009 to 2011, he served as U.S. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

Mitchell J. Blutt, M.D.
Dr. Blutt is founder and chief executive officer of the health care investment firm Consonance Capital. He is also clinical assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University.

Sheila P. Burke, R.N., M.P.A., FAAN
Ms. Burke is a faculty research fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Michael V. Drake, M.D.
Dr. Drake was appointed as the 15th president of The Ohio State University in 2014. Dr. Drake previously served as chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, from 2005 to 2014. He also served as distinguished professor of ophthalmology (School of Medicine) and education (School of Education).

Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.
Dr. Hamburg, an internationally recognized authority in medicine and public health, currently serves as foreign secretary, National Academy of Medicine. She is also president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Kathryn D. Haslanger
Ms. Haslanger is the chief executive officer of JASA (Jewish Association Serving the Aging), a leading nonprofit in New York serving more than 43,000 older adults.

Vivian S. Lee, M.D., M.B.A.
Dr. Lee is the president of health platforms at Verily Life Sciences. She is a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and professor of radiology, and former dean, senior vice president, and CEO of University of Utah Health.

Lois Quam
Ms. Quam is the chief executive officer of Pathfinder International and is on the faculty at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

Mark D. Smith, M.D. 
Dr. Smith is clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and an attending physician at the Positive Health Program for AIDS care at San Francisco General Hospital.

Simon Stevens
Mr. Stevens is CEO of the National Health Service, England. He began his career as a frontline health care executive, leading hospitals and health services in Britain and internationally.

Laura Walker, M.B.A.
Ms. Walker is president and CEO of New York Public Radio, the largest public radio station group in the nation.

William Y. Yun
Mr. Yun is executive vice president and head of portfolio management of multi-asset solutions for Franklin Templeton.