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Martha, the 8th president and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, has been a recognized leader in healthcare since 2005. Martha came to Blue Cross from DaVita, where for almost seven years she led the company’s critical shift from volume to value-based care, taking full financial and clinical accountability for kidney patients on behalf of commercial payers. Martha also oversaw patient experience and patient education at DaVita’s 2800 dialysis clinics nationwide. Prior to joining DaVita, Martha worked at Aetna for nearly a decade in various leadership roles. She led the company’s effort to deliver simple solutions to help consumers navigate the healthcare system. Martha helped to start up Aetna’s Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plan business; was responsible for Aetna’s national direct-to-consumer sales capability; and served as the general manager for the Northeast Region for Aetna’s Medicare and consumer segment, with full accountability for more than a billion dollars in P&L. Martha was a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton from 2000 to 2005, focusing on growth strategies in the healthcare and media industries. She served in the Clinton Administration for more than six years in communications and legislative positions in The White House, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Martha earned her M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where she focused on strategy and managerial economics, and she received a B.A. in history from Swarthmore College. Martha served as executive director of the Aspen Group for five years, a non-partisan group of healthcare leaders dedicated to developing and promoting meaningful solutions that advance the health and healthcare of all Americans. She cares deeply about access to education and serves on the Kellogg Alumni Council, and recently stepped down from the Denver Scholarship Foundation board of directors, which provides tools, guidance and financial resources to Denver’s public school students to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions of higher education. Martha is passionate about food security and is an active volunteer with community food organizations in Denver.

Mr. Christianson has thirty years of experience leading divisions of Fortune 100 companies and in improving mid sized companies that provide SaaS health information technology, revenue cycle management, disease management, and third party administration services to payers, providers and employers. Phil previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Payment America Systems, Focused Health Solutions, RealMed, and Corporate Benefit Services of America, leading each to differentiated and improved services for employers, payers, physicians and hospitals. All four companies were sold to strategic investors. He also lead divisions of The Walt Disney Company and United Health Group. Just prior to joining HealthSmart, Mr. Christianson acted as an advisor to and investor in related health services and information technology companies. Phil earned a Master of Business Administration from The University of Southern California, a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

As CEO of one of the region’s largest health plans that provides health insurance coverage across the life span regardless of age or circumstance, Tom defines the company’s strategic plan, ensuring Tufts Health Plan maintains its strong culture of quality, innovation and customer service. Tom joined Tufts Health Plan in 2007 as chief operating officer and was named president in 2013. Tom is the current chair of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, which represents local insurers and is dedicated to improving the health of the Commonwealth by promoting affordable, safe and coordinated health care. He is a member of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, a commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace; New England Council; Massachusetts Business Roundtable; Rhode Island Quality Institute; and America’s Health Insurance Plans. He also serves as a board member emeritus for the Alzheimer’s Association Massachusetts/New Hampshire chapter. He is a past member of the board of directors of the National Committee on Quality Assurance and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. He is a chartered life underwriter.

Richard P Creedon is a Chairman at Utica National Insurance Group. He has worked as Senior VP/General Counsel at Utica National Insurance Group, Board Member at Utica National Insurance Group, and Assistant VP/Dir:Workers Compensation at Utica National Insurance Group. Richard works or has worked as MEMBER at New Hampshire Bar Association, MEMBER at American Society of Workers Compensation Professionals, and MEMBER at AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION. He studied at University of New Hampshire School of Law and Framingham State University.

Strategic and tactical business leader with a track record of achievement and accomplishment in start-up, growing, developing, and maturing organizations, including divestiture/acquisition. Exceptional record of revenue and profitability growth in the highly regulated health care industry and in technology markets. Recognized for vision, leadership, business development results and ability to create and manage an organization to high-achievement goals. Successfully grew and exited from a $300 million health care service and IT business in 2002.Specialties: Strategy, Innovation, Business Development, Corporate Development, Health Care, Technology, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Mergers and Acquisitions.

Tamara Boutte is a Chief Executive Officer at Priority Health and is based in Marrero, Louisiana. She has worked as Executive Director at Priority Health. Tamara studied at University of New Orleans between 2015 and 2017, Southern University at New Orleans between 1999 and 2002, and DILLARD UNIVERSITY between 1994 and 1999.