Sarah Hudson Scholle

Sarah Hudson Scholle, Ph.D., is a principal at Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company based in Washington, D.C., specializing in supporting multisector alliances to promote improvement in quality, equity, and person-centered health care. Prior to joining Leavitt Partners, Scholle was vice president of research and analysis at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). She led a portfolio of quantitative and qualitative research that contributed to national thought leadership in quality and equity, contributed to program development and policy action, and resulted in numerous peer-reviewed studies. Specifically, she led projects to develop and test quality measures, including those subsequently adopted into national programs. Her content expertise includes mental health, substance use, child health, care coordination and patient-reported outcomes. Scholle has served on national panels for the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and the National Quality Forum. Prior to NCQA, she was an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. Scholle earned a B.A. in history and an M.P.H. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.