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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.

Karen Ignagni (b. 1954, Providence, RI) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of EmblemHealth as of 9/1/2015, until which time she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), formerly HIAA (Health Insurance Association of America). She is often mentioned as one of the most effective lobbyists and the most powerful people in healthcare. She is involved in health care reform in the United States, working to benefit health insurance companies.

David Anderson is a Board Member at IMPEDIMED LTD and President/CEO at HealthNow New York Inc. He has worked as Senior VP:PPO Products at HEALTH NET LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, VP/Chief Sales Officer at Health Net of California Inc, and Chief Executive Officer at Southern California Health Plan. David attended Kelley School of Business.

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.

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.