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Oliver J. Kim, LLM, JD

Chairperson

Oliver Kim has nearly two decades of experience in law, health policy, and policy-making as a former congressional advisor and a healthcare advocate. He serves as the public policy director for Corewell Health, an integrated health system in the Midwest, and as an adjunct professor of law with the University of Pittsburgh. Oliver spent a…

Neal Shah, JD, MPH

Vice Chairperson

Neal Shah is a Shareholder attorney with Polsinelli, an AmLaw 100 full-service law firm with one of the country’s largest health law practices. Neal’s practice focuses on health care compliance and regulatory issues, with a particular interest in health care fraud and abuse laws and innovative value-based care models. Neal helps health care provider clients…

Chang Rim Na, MD, MPH

Secretary

Chang Na, MPH, MD is an internist and an occupational and environmental health specialist practicing with the Southern California Permanente Group in Central Valley, California. She was born in South Korea and grew up in her adopted home in California. She graduated with a major in neuroscience from Wellesley College before going onto University of…

Heang K. Tan

Treasurer

Heang Tan is the Deputy Commissioner of Aging and CARE Services at the Baltimore City Health Department. As a long-time public health and community advocate, she leads the City’s efforts to improve the lives and well-being of older adults. Ms. Tan started her career as a community health worker; and has twenty years of progressive public…

Sheri Hamamoto Boyle, PhD, MSW

At-Large

Dr. Boyle is a Professor of the Social Work Department at Pennsylvania Western University (California). Penn West is one of the 14 Pennsylvania State System Schools. She has been at the University for 14 years. She previously served as Department Chair, BSW Program Director and Field Coordinator. Dr. Boyle has taught undergraduate policy, research and graduate…

Sohini Gupta, JD

At Large

Sohini Gupta, J.D., is Executive Vice President, Government Affairs & Innovations at AHIP. In this role, she leads AHIP’s advocacy teams in Washington, D.C., and in all 50 states, engaging with legislators and policymakers on matters impacting coverage, care, and patient outcomes. Gupta joins AHIP with 25 years’ experience in policymaking, advocacy, and strategic engagement…

Jeffrey S. Roh, MD, MBA, MSc

Executive Commitee Member

Dr. Jeffrey Roh is the Chief Executive Officer & Board Chair of IntuitiveX, a life science consultancy and incubator created to help entrepreneurs and startups transform their ideas from concept to commercialization. He is a board-certified, award-winning specialist in minimally invasive spine surgery and has published numerous research publications over the course of his twenty-year career. He is actively involved…

Bleu Blakslee

Bleu is the Senior Advisor for Emerging Markets and Philanthropy Partners, having recently returned to Save the Children US.  Save serves in over 100 countries working in the hardest-to-reach places around the world keeping children healthy, educated, and safe.  Bleu previously served 7 years at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the Senior Philanthropic Advisor…

Benjamin Eng, MD, MA

Benjamin Eng, MD, MA is an economist and a physician.   As an economist, he worked for the Federal government and in the private sector.  As a physician, he has held medical leadership roles across a wide spectrum of practice settings, including academic medicine, ambulatory care, specialty hospitals, and a residential senior care campus.  Unintentionally, he…

Kealoha Fox, PhD, MA

Dr. Kealoha Fox is Native Hawaiian Liaison at AlohaCare, a non-profit health plan in Hawai‘i, where she oversees organizational initiatives serving Native Hawaiians among the Medicaid and Medicare dual eligible population across all islands. In 2019, the Obama Foundation named Kealoha an emerging leader in the Asia-Pacific Region and the World Health Summit recognized her…

Nelly Ganesan

Nelly Ganesan is the Executive Director of Health Equity and External Affairs for Morgan Health. Morgan Health is a business unit within JPMorgan Chase focused on improving the quality, affordability and equity of individuals with employer-sponsored insurance. In this role, Nelly supports advancing equitable care among JPMCs employees and the communities where they live and work.…

Elizabeth Myung Sook Krause, ScM

Elizabeth is director of programs at Perigee fund, a Seattle-based national philanthropic organization. At Perigee, she advances prenatal-to-3 mental health through health systems, policy advocacy, birth equity, and practice change. Internally, she provides leadership to the program team and facilitates Perigee’s equity journey and organizational communications. It has been her honor to serve others through…

Donna Leung, MS, MBA

Donna Leung, MS, MBA Donna Leung is a Group Vice President in the Information & Technology Services group at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She leads the Strategy & Business Enablement group. She is currently serving as the Executive Sponsor for two bank initiatives: Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy and InspirAsian (promoting career, culture,…

Jeanette Quick

Jeanette is the Deputy Commissioner of Investor Protection for the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), to which she was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Jeanette was previously the Head of Compliance, Public Policy, and Financial Services Legal for Gusto, a small business and health care tech platform. Jeanette served as Senior Counsel to…

Sheldon Riklon, MD

Sheldon Riklon, MD, is a Marshallese family physician, born and raised in the Marshall Islands. He is one of only two Marshallese in the world who has completed medical school and residency training at an accredited program in the United States. He completed the Imi Ho’ōla Post Graduate Program at the University of Hawai’i at…

Jennifer “Jae” Requiro

Jennifer “Jae” Pi’ilani Requiro is the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for AEG Worldwide. In this role, she develops, implements, and drives the DEI strategy for AEG. Prior to this role, Jae served as the Director of Global Diversity and Inclusion at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Director of Diversity at Toyota Financial Services.…

Shao-Chee Sim, PhD, MPA

Dr. Shao-Chee Sim is the Episcopal Health Foundation’s Vice President for Research, Innovation and Evaluation. He leads the division by providing health policy analysis, research, planning and pilot projects to advance the strategic plan of the Foundation. Current priority areas include COVID-19 public opinion research, managed care organizations (MCO) social determinants of health strategies, multi-sectoral…

Karin Wang, JD

Karin Wang is a long-time civil rights and immigrant rights advocate and currently serves as Executive Director of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, the nation’s oldest training program for future social justice lawyers. Before joining UCLA in 2018, Karin was Vice-President of Asian Americans…