Todd Stottlemyer is CEO of CNSI, a private equity backed (Carlyle) healthcare software products and solutions company. He also serves as a member of the company’s board of directors.

Prior to joining CNSI, Stottlemyer served in multiple executive leadership roles as an executive vice president at Inova Health System, a 20,000-employee healthcare organization serving the Washington, DC region. In his most recent role, he served as CEO of the Inova Center for Personalized Health, where he was responsible for the Inova Schar Cancer Institute, the Inova Translational Medicine Institute, which he helped create, Inova’s clinical research programs, the Inova Strategic Investment Initiative (venture fund), and the Inova Personalized Health Accelerator. Prior to that, he also oversaw Inova’s information technology and the transition to electronic health records, innovation, biomedical engineering, international business, and other corporate functions.

Prior to Inova, Stottlemyer was CEO at Acentia, a healthcare-focused information technology company (backed by SnowPhipps and Blue Delta Capital Partners), where he also served as a member of the board of directors. During his tenure, the company grew to over 1,000 employees and more than $200 million in annual revenue. In April 2015, Maximus (NYSE: MMS) acquired Acentia, and Stottlemyer subsequently served on the board of directors for Maximus Federal Services.

In addition to these roles, Stottlemyer served as CEO and as a member of the board of directors of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), leading the nation’s largest business association (over 350,000 small businesses across the U.S.).

Before NFIB, Stottlemyer was the co-founder and CEO of Apogen Technologies, an information technology company (backed by Arlington Capital Partners). He and his team built the company from concept to over $200 million in annual revenue and more than 1,000 employees before selling it to QinetiQ Group PLC (LON: QQ). During his tenure, Apogen was named as one of the top 50 best places to work in the Washington, D.C. region and as one of the top 20 best places to work in the New Orleans, LA area.

Stottlemyer has also served as president of McGuireWoods Consulting, as chief financial and administrative officer of BTG Inc. ($300 million annual revenue publicly traded company acquired by Titan, now L-3), and as a corporate vice president and member of the executive team of BDM International (more than 9,000 employees and over $1 billion in annual revenue; backed by the Carlyle Group, taken public and acquired by TRW, and now part of Northrop Grumman).

Stottlemyer has served on or serves on the boards of 12 technology companies and two publicly traded commercial banks. He has been a Venture Fellow at Blue Delta Capital since 2015, having started with the firm as a member of the Advisory Board in 2009, and is an operating advisor to Blue Heron Capital.

He is a former chair of the board of directors of both the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Additionally, Stottlemyer previously served as rector (chair of the Board of Visitors) for his alma mater, The College of William & Mary, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree (Phi Beta Kappa), and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Mary Washington. Stottlemyer also earned a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the Virginia State Bar.

Kelly Loeffler serves as CNSI’s Chief Growth Officer. Loeffler is responsible for leading the business development, capture, marketing, solution, and proposal teams and acts as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team working to drive CNSI’s growth.

Loeffler joined CNSI with nearly 20 years of sales leadership and capture experience. Most recently, she served as Global Capture Management Leader at IBM Watson Health, where she led the creation and implementation of the government business development lifecycle.

A seasoned global strategic business leader, Loeffler has led capture teams responsible for securing over $1.5 billion in IT services revenue across multiple industries. She has also held leadership positions at Optum, HP Enterprise Services, and EDS.

Kelly graduated from Oakland University in Rochester, MI with a Bachelor of Science in marketing with a minor in applied technology in business.

Harish Nanda serves as CNSI’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Head of Technology. He brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in software product development and information technology across multiple industries, including deep expertise in interim management, program management, strategic planning, sourcing and, organizational change management.

Nanda has significant experience in enabling business transformation through technology. He has also developed comprehensive technology strategies with emphasis on process and operational improvements and led strategic global sourcing initiatives for companies to enable scale and cost savings.

He has deep experience across a broad scope of business areas including M&A, carve-outs, application portfolio analysis, consolidation and optimization, organizational transformation, and systems consolidation.

Prior to joining CNSI, Nanda worked with Alvarez and Marsal, NY, where he was a senior director responsible for engagements across a diverse set of industries including technology services, financial services, and healthcare. Before that he held senior positions at consulting firm Point B, including client-facing roles, and at Microsoft where he served as senior director responsible for end-to-end technology operations and application development for the Microsoft Partner Channel.

Nanda earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering from Karnataka University, India, and a master’s degree in management from Cornell University.

Kelly Schlageter serves as Chief People Officer at CNSI. In this role, she is responsible for leading human resources and communications, driving employee engagement, talent retention and attraction, and culture change at all stages of the employee experience. In addition, she serves as executive sponsor for CNSI’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council and CNSI Gives Back, CNSI’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program.

Previously, she led marketing and communications at the Inova Health System, the largest healthcare system in the Washington, DC region, where she developed the branding and advertising campaign for the new Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She also led a successful comprehensive public relations campaign to rezone the 117-acre Inova Center for Personalized Health campus.

Prior to Inova, Kelly spent 14 years at Sprint where she held multiple roles in IT, Managed Services, Communications, and Public Relations. Her strong technology and healthcare background will serve our organization well during this exciting time when technology is disrupting traditional ways of accessing and receiving care. Her experience and passion for the positive disruption that technology brings to bear on the healthcare market will be a great asset to CNSI.

Kelly currently serves on the board of the Northern Virginia Chamber, and has received several awards for her work in LGBTQI advocacy, including Washington Business Journal’s Business of Pride (2021) and OUTstanding Virginian (2015).

In recognition of her many strategically-led marketing initiatives, Kelly’s work has received awards for advertising and public relations campaigns. She has received a Silver Anvil and is nominated for an Effie Award. Kelly received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bowling Green State University.

Mike Jin serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for CNSI. Mike is an industry veteran with extensive experience in both implementing technology and security strategies while implementing appropriate standards, processes, and procedures that improve user experience and enhance overall enterprise security.

Prior to joining CNSI, Mike served as CIO at Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (SGT), where he led a global team across multiple business units responsible for a comprehensive suite of IT products and services including cloud-based solutions, digital industries, smart infrastructure, and cybersecurity initiatives. He has extensive leadership experience and expertise in IT strategy, informatics, product development, infrastructure services, technology assessment, and program implementation.

Mike holds a number of industry certifications, is a member of AFCEA, and also participates in several local and national technology committees, including the Washington Executive Cyber Council that help to widen his perspectives on the latest methods for effectively applying the latest technologies and best practices to solve enterprise challenges.

Mike was named to the 2019 class of “Loudoun 40 under 40” and serves as a member of an advisory board that helps alleviate hunger among students and families in Loudoun County.

Kevin McFarling is CNSI’s Chief Delivery Officer. In this role, he has direct responsibility and accountability for all corporate and client technical and service solution design, development, implementation, and operations.

Prior to joining CNSI, McFarling was senior vice president and general manager for IBM Watson Health’s state and local government health and human services division. In this corporate executive leadership role, Kevin had direct accountability for all client, financial, operational, offering, marketing and sales functions of this high-performing/high-growth $225m annual revenue business segment.

Kevin has also held senior executive roles for multiple private and Fortune 100 Healthcare Technology companies. Kevin was Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery for HP Enterprise Services (EDS). In this role, he was responsible for enterprise applications delivery functions that processed more than 2.4 billion healthcare transactions, over 1 billion health insurance claims and administered more than $100 billion in welfare benefits annually. He was a key architect of HP’s US Public Sector business transformation initiatives and multi-year Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) technology deployment, product, and service strategy. During his 27-year career with HP EDS, Kevin held positions of progressive responsibilities at the national and global level, with enterprise responsibilities for over 9,000 employees and $1.25b in annual revenue. Additionally, Kevin has successfully managed multiple large-scale system development and solution delivery projects across the Provider, Payer, Government, and Life Sciences market segments.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute. He also has attended graduate studies at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the London Business School. He honorably served in the United States Air Force. Kevin and his wife Angie reside in the central Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. They have five daughters, and their third grandson arrived this October.

David Adams is Chief Financial Officer for CNSI and oversees the company’s finance, contracts, and procurement operations. A technology industry veteran and certified public accountant, Adams brings more than 20 years of experience to the role. Before joining the company in 2019, Adams served as CFO at Endeavor Robotics, at Tribalco LLC, and at QinetiQ North America’s Services & Solutions Group. Prior to QinetiQ, Adams was vice president of finance at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He has significant experience with mergers and acquisitions and has worked in both public, private, and private equity-backed organizations. He began his career with PwC as a manager of audit and business advisory services.

Adams earned a bachelor’s degree from Clark University and a Master of Business Administration from State University of New York-Buffalo.

Arnold Morse comes to CNSI from CACI International Inc, where he served in several positions in contracts, subcontracts, and legal during a 20+ year career, culminating in his role as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. He held this position for 8+ years during CACI’s growth from $1B to $3.5B in revenue, while directing a 10-person legal department.  He also served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of The Orkand Corporation from 2001 – 2004, prior to its sale to The Harris Corporation.  Arnold earned his undergraduate degree at Union College in Schenectady, NY and his JD at Boston College Law School.

Maini has spent the past eight years as Managing Director of Philips VitalHealth Asia Pacific. In this role, he was responsible for establishing Philips as a leading provider of population health management solutions that focus on the management of health care data, coordination of care and patient and clinician engagement. Prior to joining Philips, Maini spent more than a decade at Epic, one of the world’s largest Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software providers where he was part of the Executive Committee. There he managed large deployments of EMR systems at Kaiser Permanente, Johns Hopkins, Sutter, Geisinger Health systems, and he has managed various development teams.

“I am excited to be a part of CNSI,” said Maini. “I am passionate about the confluence of technology and healthcare and am impressed by the products and solutions that CNSI offers in the healthcare technology space. I am thrilled to be a part of strong leadership team and an exceptional technology team delivering on CNSI’s vision: to be the market leader and most trusted partner for innovative and transformative technology-enabled solutions that improve health and social services outcomes and reduce costs.”

Verlon Johnson has over two decades of experience working in the health care policy and administration arena. She has a 23-year track record in public service optimizing processes, developing measurement systems, and building infrastructures to maximize program outcomes. She is also a nationally recognized expert in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP policy, operations and financing.

Prior to coming to CNSI, Verlon was an Associate Partner at IBM Watson Health where she provided strategic direction for innovation in Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance through financing, payment incentives, quality, and value-based care design consulting. IBM had the honor of providing support and assistance to the federal government as they strived to help their states and providers respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Working closely with leadership within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Verlon led her team in developing CMS’s recently released State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit.

Verlon held numerous leadership positions during her time in federal service including serving as the Associate Consortium Administrator for Medicaid & CHIP within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role, she oversaw the regulatory and policy implementation of the Medicaid and CHIP programs in each of CMS’ ten Regional Offices covering all states and territories. Verlon also served as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Director where she led regional efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, and as the Deputy Director for Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) where she focused on topics such as the Zika virus, the Flint water crisis, and other national issues impacting state Medicaid delivery systems.

Verlon earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and a Master of Public Administration with an emphasis on Health Care Policy and Administration from Texas Tech University. She is also a Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Executive Scholar and the recipient of many honors.  Most recently, Verlon the received the IBM Exceptional Account Director for her team, an IBM Watson Health Lady Boss award during her inaugural year at IBM, and the JKF Federal Employee of the Year Award.

John Harding serves as CNSI’s Senior Vice President of Managed Services with responsibility for delivery of operations, maintenance and technical services for state and federal healthcare programs. He has been with CNSI since 2009 and has played a key role in leading large-scale implementations and operations across state and federal programs. He has used this experience to architect and lead the transformation to managed services enabling efficient delivery of services to CNSI’s healthcare customers.

Prior to joining CNSI, John served in technical, managerial, and executive roles in multiple technologies and industries. He began his career in the retail industry implementing custom solutions as Director of IT for Midwest regional tire retailer Belle Tire. John then joined Washington DC-based Management Information Consulting (MIC) where he served as Managing Director for the Midwest region – leading delivery of services across a portfolio of customers in the healthcare, logistics, and industries. He further developed subject matter expertise in public sector healthcare business solutions at HTC Global Services in Troy, Michigan..

John earned a Bachelor’s in Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Oakland University.

John Gaddi serves as CNSI’s Senior Vice President of Finance.

John brings more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience to CNSI. Prior to joining CNSI, he served as the Vice President of Finance at Peraton, a national security company. He has also held VP positions at Constellis, Sotera Defense Solutions, QinetiQ North America and Leidos.

John holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Alabama – Huntsville and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

Nilay Patel serves as CNSI’s Senior Vice President of Implementations and is a seasoned delivery leader responsible for implementing and managing Federal and State Health IT systems.

Nilay has worked in the health care technology industry for more than 20 years, serving a variety of companies in diverse, progressively responsible roles, implementing and managing large healthcare systems for State and Federal Governments. More recently, Nilay worked for IBM Watson Health, having overall responsibility for Program and Delivery management for the State Government Healthcare business unit.

Nilay graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology.

Creighton Carroll serves as CNSI’s Senior Vice President of Business Development and has been with CNSI since 2006. Creighton has worked in state sales and government relations for 15 years. During his tenure at CNSI he has secured over $700m in state Medicaid contracts. Prior to joining CNSI, he worked in the United States Senate as a Senior Aide to U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell. Creighton played NAIA Division 1 football at Carroll College in Helena, MT and studied History at Seattle University. He and his wife Shelly and their children live in Seattle, WA.

Creighton serves on the nonprofit board of Camp Gallagher and is an active member of the St. Vincent de Paul Conference of St. Anne in Seattle, WA.

John Nixon serves as a Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Government Relations at CNSI. In his role, he is focused on corporate strategy, government relations and client management.

Nixon joined the University of Utah’s Presidential Cabinet on March 1, 2014 where he served as the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer until July 2019. He served as Michigan’s budget director from 2011 to 2014, reporting directly to Governor Rick Snyder, where he led a department of 2,700 employees responsible for the oversight of the state’s $52 billion budget as well as statewide government technology and administrative functions. Nixon is the former state budget director for Utah, having served for Governors Jon Huntsman and Gary Herbert.

John is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BS degree in Corporate Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA with an emphasis in Information Technology from the University of Utah.

Nixon was named Public Official of the Year in 2012 by Governing magazine, which cited his role in Michigan’s economic turnaround. He was also one of Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers in 2012. He served as President of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) in 2010. In 2008 he was named Chief Financial Officer of the Year for the public sector by Utah Business Magazine.

Donna Morea is Chair of the CNSI Board of Directors.

Donna is the retired President of CGI Technologies and Solutions, where she led CGI’s multi-billion-dollar IT and business process services in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific. Her clients included many of the world’s largest and most complex organizations in federal and state and local government; healthcare; and financial services. Prior to that, she served in numerous executive management roles at American Management Systems, which merged with CGI in 2004.

Since 2016, she has served as an Operating Executive at The Carlyle Group, where she serves on the boards of multiple portfolio companies. At Carlyle, she chairs the board of KLDiscovery, (OTCMKTS:KLDI) a leading provider of eDiscovery solutions and is the lead director of NetHealth, a provider of specialized care software and analytics to the healthcare industry, along with board positions on several other Carlyle portfolio companies.

Donna is also Chair of the board of directors of SAIC (NYSE:SAIC), and Chair of the technology committee of the Truist Financial Corporation Board of Directors (NYSE:TFC). She also serves as Chair of GCOM Software, providing digital government services, software, and analytics to state and local governments.

In addition to her business activities, she is a Director of Share our Strength, a national organization fighting childhood hunger in the U.S., and a Trustee of Inova Health System, the largest healthcare system in Northern Virginia. She is a Chair Emerita of the Northern Virginia Technology Council, the nation’s largest technology council with over 1,000 member companies, representing over 300,000 employees in the region.

Donna received a bachelor’s degree with high honors from Wesleyan University and an MBA with distinction from Wharton.

Dayne Baird is a Managing Director with Carlyle’s U.S. Buyout fund, focusing on buyouts, privatizations, and strategic minority investments throughout the United States in the aerospace, defense, and government services sectors. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Since joining Carlyle, Baird has been actively involved with Carlyle’s investments in ARINC Incorporated, Booz Allen Hamilton, CNSI, Landmark Aviation (both the original creation of Landmark Aviation in 2004 and the subsequent reinvestment in 2012), Novetta, Two Six Technologies and Wesco Aircraft Holdings. Baird is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CNSI and Two Six Technologies.

Prior to joining Carlyle in 2003, Baird worked in the M&A and Global Industrial groups of Lehman Brothers, where he focused on transactions in the industrial, aerospace and defense sectors. Baird received his MBA from Georgetown University, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, and a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Brigham Young University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Michael Echemendia is a Vice President with U.S. Buyout at Carlyle, focusing on investments in the aerospace, defense, and government services sectors. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Echemendia was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focusing on principal investments and M&A.

Echemendia received his MBA from Columbia Business School, where he was a Private Equity Fellow, and he received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from The Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

Echemendia is a member of the boards of Dynamic Precision Group and CNSI.

Larry Prior is an Operating Executive for The Carlyle Group focused on the aerospace, defense, and government services sectors for U.S. Buyout. He is based in Washington, D.C. and serves on the board of directors at three portfolio companies: KLDiscovery, where he chairs the audit committee; Two Six Technologies, where he serves as chairman, and CNSI.

Prior serves on the board of directors of Shift5, an operational technology data and cybersecurity company. He also serves as an independent non-executive director of QinetiQ Group Plc (QQ-L), a leading science and engineering company operating primarily in the defense, security, and critical infrastructure markets.

Previously, Prior served on the board of directors at Novetta, which was acquired by Accenture in 2021, and his most recent executive experience was as President and Chief Executive Officer of CSRA, Inc., where he led a spin-out from CSC, a merger with SRA, and an IPO on the NYSE in 2015. CSRA was acquired by General Dynamics in 2018.

Previously, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager of CSC’s North American Public Sector (NPS) business, providing next-generation technology solutions and mission services to the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and FedCiv sectors.

Before joining CSC, Prior held executive leadership positions at BAE Systems Inc., ManTech International, SAIC, LightPointe Communications, High Technology Solutions, the County of San Diego, and TRW.

Earlier in his career, Prior worked as a professional staff member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Prior earned his bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s degree in security studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Todd Stottlemyer is CEO of CNSI, a private equity backed (Carlyle) healthcare software products and solutions company. He also serves as a member of the company’s board of directors.

Prior to joining CNSI, Stottlemyer served in multiple executive leadership roles as an executive vice president at Inova Health System, a 20,000-employee healthcare organization serving the Washington, DC region. In his most recent role, he served as CEO of the Inova Center for Personalized Health, where he was responsible for the Inova Schar Cancer Institute, the Inova Translational Medicine Institute, which he helped create, Inova’s clinical research programs, the Inova Strategic Investment Initiative (venture fund), and the Inova Personalized Health Accelerator. Prior to that, he also oversaw Inova’s information technology and the transition to electronic health records, innovation, biomedical engineering, international business, and other corporate functions.

Prior to Inova, Stottlemyer was CEO at Acentia, a healthcare-focused information technology company (backed by SnowPhipps and Blue Delta Capital Partners), where he also served as a member of the board of directors. During his tenure, the company grew to over 1,000 employees and more than $200 million in annual revenue. In April 2015, Maximus (NYSE: MMS) acquired Acentia, and Stottlemyer subsequently served on the board of directors for Maximus Federal Services.

In addition to these roles, Stottlemyer served as CEO and as a member of the board of directors of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), leading the nation’s largest business association (over 350,000 small businesses across the U.S.).

Before NFIB, Stottlemyer was the co-founder and CEO of Apogen Technologies, an information technology company (backed by Arlington Capital Partners). He and his team built the company from concept to over $200 million in annual revenue and more than 1,000 employees before selling it to QinetiQ Group PLC (LON: QQ). During his tenure, Apogen was named as one of the top 50 best places to work in the Washington, D.C. region and as one of the top 20 best places to work in the New Orleans, LA area.

Stottlemyer has also served as president of McGuireWoods Consulting, as chief financial and administrative officer of BTG Inc. ($300 million annual revenue publicly traded company acquired by Titan, now L-3), and as a corporate vice president and member of the executive team of BDM International (more than 9,000 employees and over $1 billion in annual revenue; backed by the Carlyle Group, taken public and acquired by TRW, and now part of Northrop Grumman).

Stottlemyer has served on or serves on the boards of 12 technology companies and two publicly traded commercial banks. He has been a Venture Fellow at Blue Delta Capital since 2015, having started with the firm as a member of the Advisory Board in 2009, and is an operating advisor to Blue Heron Capital.

He is a former chair of the board of directors of both the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) and the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Additionally, Stottlemyer previously served as rector (chair of the Board of Visitors) for his alma mater, The College of William & Mary, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree (Phi Beta Kappa), and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Mary Washington. Stottlemyer also earned a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the Virginia State Bar.

Penny Thompson is a proven innovator and leader specializing in U.S. government health policy and operations, working with organizations committed to delivering high quality business solutions for the healthcare market. Thompson serves on multiple corporate boards and advisory committees, and also consults for select clients.

She has held numerous prominent positions leading national action on the Medicaid and Medicare programs. She has served as Chair of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) and was previously the Deputy Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Earlier in her career, Thompson was the Director of Program Integrity for CMS.

In addition to her public service, Thompson has held senior management positions at major U.S. technology and consulting firms. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Virginia.

Tom Weston is an experienced financial executive with an impressive record of accomplishment over a career spanning more than 30 years. Weston retired as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ECS Federal, LLC, which is based in Fairfax, Virginia. ECS is a leading provider of advanced technologies and solutions in the cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IT modernization areas. During his tenure, Weston led all accounting and finance initiatives for the company and played a key role in driving the strategic direction of ECS through both organic growth and a focused mergers and acquisitions program. Weston also oversaw the contracts, procurement, and corporate facility functions at ECS. Prior to his work at ECS, Weston was Executive Vice President, CFO, Treasurer and Secretary of Acentia, LLC.

Currently, Weston is a member of the Board of Directors of CNSI, MAG Aerospace, and the Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the audit committee for both MAG Aerospace and the HJF Foundation and is a member of the Investment and Executive Committees for the HJF Foundation.

Ryan Howells is a Principal at Leavitt Partners based out of the Washington, D.C. office. Ryan has worked with the White House, Congress, HHS, and VHA on health care policy and interoperability issues. He currently helps lead the CARIN Alliance, a multi-sector, public-private alliance focused on giving consumers digital access to their health information. Ryan is a member of the CMS Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) Governance Board, Carequality Steering Committee, ONC’s FAST Identity Tiger Team, Technology Association of Georgia’s Digital Health Board, and the COVID-19 Health Care Coalition. He also serves as board observer for multiple health care companies. Before joining Leavitt Partners, Ryan was the General Manager for the government business unit of a private-exchange software vendor where he oversaw the implementation of software in three different state-based marketplaces, managed a multi-million-dollar P&L, and was involved in the company’s IPO in late 2014. Earlier in his career, Ryan led the government operations division for iHealth Technologies (now Verscend Technologies) and served as an Account Executive for numerous regional and national health plans.

Ryan received his master’s in health administration from the University of Southern California, where he was a Dean’s Merit Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Brigham Young University and is a Project Management Professional (PMP). He and his wife Alison live with their five children in Atlanta.

For nearly 30 years Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, MD, MBA, FACS, served with honor and distinction as a highly respected Naval Officer and the first woman surgeon in the military to hold the rank of Vice Admiral.

Currently, Bono is the Chief Health Officer for Viking Cruises, an industry-leading model to establish a C-suite office for re-starting the cruise and travel business while maintaining a public health safety profile. Previously, she was a gubernatorial appointee as the Director of the State of Washington’s COVID-19 Health System Response Management. Bono is a Senior Fellow with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and a Visiting Scholar of the University of Texas Value Institute. As the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director, Defense Health Agency (DHA), Vice Admiral Dr. Bono led a joint, integrated combat support agency that enabled all branches of the U.S. military medical services to provide health care services to combatant commands. Dr. Bono integrated an unprecedented $50 billion worldwide health care enterprise composed of 50 hospitals and 300 clinics that provide care to 9.5 million military beneficiaries; oversaw the Department of Defense (DoD) deployment of the electronic health record (EHR) system; and advanced the development of the largest federated health system with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

A board-certified trauma surgeon, Dr. Bono is an inspiration and role model for all surgeons, especially female surgeons across the country and in the military. Dr. Bono received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas, Austin; her Master of Business Administration from Washington State University, Spokane; and her medical degree from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock. She completed her surgical internship and residency at the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA, and performed a trauma and critical care fellowship at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk.

Dr. Bono’s leadership positions in the DoD include: CEO/director, DHA (2015-2019); CEO/director, National Capital Region Medical Directorate (2013-2015); acting commander, Joint Task Force (JTF), National Capital Region (2013); functional champion, MHS GENESIS, the VA and DoD EHR (2014-2015); command surgeon, U.S. Pacific Command (2011-2013); chief of staff, TRICARE, DoD (2008-2010); commanding officer (CEO), Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL (2005-2008); executive assistant to the 35th Navy Surgeon General, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (2004-2005); director, medical-surgical services, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD (2003-2004); planning officer for the chief of the medical corps, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (2001-2002); director, restorative care, National Naval Medical Center (1999-2001); surgeon/surgeon intensivist, Naval Medical Center and Sentara Norfolk General Burn Trauma Unit (1991-1999); and head of casualty receiving, Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991).

Her honors include: American College of Surgeons Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award (2019); Federal IT Women in Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award (2019); Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executive Leaders (2019); 50 Most Influential Healthcare Physician Executives and Leaders (2018) and 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare (2018); an Executive Mosaic Washington Top 100 Executives (2017, 2018, 2019); the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Most Influential Women in Health Information Technology (2018); University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus (2017); Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Presidential Distinguished Alumni Award (2015); and the first Asian-American women promoted to Vice Admiral (three star) in the U.S. Navy.

As Founder and President, Ryan Bosch, MD, operates the Socially Determined business overseeing all core corporate functions and our greatest asset, our people.  Ryan is responsible for corporate strategy, supporting sales on key partnerships, and delivering strategic support to our clients ensuring they get the most value from our SocialScape platform.

Through his experience as an internal medicine physician, military officer and veteran, academic chair, leader at Deloitte Consulting, and health care executive (CMIO/CIO), Ryan has a distinct background of broad technical expertise with deep health care market knowledge. A learner and leader in each of these past positions, Ryan has built HIT businesses, managed academic departments, launched clinical software, run technology for health systems, and redesigned care delivery for value-based needs.

Ryan attended the University of Virginia for both undergraduate studies as an Echols Scholar and medical school with a USAF Scholarship.  He also holds an MBA from the George Washington University as a Presidential Scholar in healthcare informatics and is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians.  Outside of his professional responsibilities, Ryan enjoys spending time with his family and dog, fishing, and dunking basketballs.

Julie Boughn currently serves as Principal Consultant with JBoughn Consulting, LLC, providing guidance and advice to clients on strategy, leadership, and government technology. In December 2021, she retired from her position as the Director of the Data and Systems Group (DSG) within the Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services (CMCS) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).  She is passionate about measuring and delivering value from IT investments, engaging users in the design and development of systems, and developing leaders and organizations. Julie’s career in information technology is longer than she cares to admit, but includes serving as a software engineer, systems programmer, data analyst, as the CMS Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director of the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Deputy Director of CMCS, and roles in the private sector.

Julie has been named a Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive, to Information Week’s Health Care CIO 25 list, and, in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Julie was named to the FedHealth IT 100. She was inducted into the FedHealthIT 100 Hall of Fame in 2021.

Julie loves University of Maryland women’s basketball (#GoTerps), dogs, long bicycle rides, craft cocktails, shooting pool, traveling and hanging out beside a lake or on the beach.  Not necessarily in that order.

Aneesh Chopra is the President of CareJourney, an open data membership service building a trusted, transparent rating system for physicians, networks, facilities and markets on the move to value. He served as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer under President Obama (’09-’12) and in 2014, authored, “Innovative State: How New Technologies can Transform Government.” He serves on the Board of the Health Care Cost Institute, the New Jersey Innovation Institute, and earned his MPP from Harvard Kennedy School and BA from The Johns Hopkins University.

Charlene Frizzera is the President and CEO of CF Health Advisors, a health policy and business strategy advisory firm, she co-founded after her retirement from 30 years of federal service as the Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Prior to CF Health Advisors, Ms. Frizzera was the Acting Administrator of CMS, where she was responsible for all policy and operational management for CMS. Over Ms. Frizzera’s thirty year career at CMS she gained extensive, in-depth policy and operational knowledge having previously held the positions of Chief Operating Officer of CMS, Deputy Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Regional Administrator of the Philadelphia Regional Office, as well as various other positions in the Medicaid and Medicare programs.

She also is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Care Hospice, The Schumacher Group, and Noridian Healthcare Solutions, and DotLab. Ms. Frizzera, through CF Health Advisors, is also an investor and advisor to early-stage healthcare technology companies.   In addition, she is an adjunct professor at George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and serves as a Senior Advisor for consulting firm, Leavitt Partners.

Major General Granger is currently the President and CEO of THE 5Ps, LLC, a health care, education, and leadership consulting organization, Centennial, CO 80015 since August 6, 2009. Prior to his retirement from the US Army on July 1, 2009, MG Granger served as the Deputy Director and Program Executive Officer of the TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Washington, DC, from December 2005 to May 2009. In this role, he was the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) on DOD health plan policy and performance.

In his role, leading MG Granger required strong, value based relationships with major insurers to be affiliates. This required clear guidelines to assess and determine “best value”. A rigorous process was implemented to ensure clear requirements and criteria to manage these relationships to measurable, accountable outcomes.

He oversaw the acquisition, operation, and integration of TRICARE/DOD’s managed care program within the Military Health System. MG Granger led a staff of 1,800 in planning, budgeting, and executing a $22.5 Billion Defense Health Program and in ensuring the effective and efficient provision of high-quality, accessible healthcare for 9.2 million Uniformed Service members, their families, retirees, and others located worldwide.

Prior to joining TRICARE Management Activity, MG Granger led the largest U.S. and multi-national battlefield health system in our recent history while serving as Commander, Task Force 44th Medical Command and Command Surgeon for the Multinational Corps Iraq. He has led at every level of the Army Medical Department, with previous assignments as Commander, 44th Medical Command, XVIII Airborne Corps Command Surgeon and Director of Health Services, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Commander, Europe Regional Medical Command, Director of TRICARE Europe, and the Command Surgeon, US Army Europe and 7th Army, Heidelberg, Germany, Acting Assistant Surgeon General for Force Projection, Commander, Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany and Commander, Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, KY, and attended Army War College, Carlisle Barrack, PA.

MG Granger has received numerous awards, decorations, and honors, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the Board of Hematology and Oncology, certified Physician Executive by the Certifying Commission in Medical Management, certified by the American College of Healthcare Executives, and Certified in Medical Quality by the American Board of Medical Quality. CERT-certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University, certified in Healthcare Compliance by HCCA and is a certified Compliance Officer by AAPC.

His professional affiliations include. Member of the National Association of Health Services Executives, American Medical Association ,the Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives (Life Member) Governance Fellow, National Association of Corporate Directors, member and Fellow American College of Healthcare Executives, member and laureate American College of Physicians, member (life member) and fellow American Association for Physician Leadership, member and fellow American College of Medical Quality, Board of Directors, Defense Logistic Health, Cigna, and Berg Health. Board of Trustee-Rosalind Franklin University, member of Arkansas State University Chancellor Cabinet and, University of Arkansas School of Medicine Board of Visitors.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Arkansas State University in 1976.and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1980. MG Granger completed a residency in Internal Medicine in 1983 and a fellowship in Hematology-Oncology in 1986 at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado. MG Granger was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Meharry Medical College in 2009.

Bobbie Kilberg is President and CEO Emeritus of the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), one of the largest technology councils in the nation. She presently serves as Strategic Advisor to the Council. Kilberg held the position of President and CEO from September 1998 through June 2020, and was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) during his term in office.

Kilberg is a graduate of Yale Law School, Columbia University and Vassar College. In 2013, she was awarded an honorary associate degree in humane letters by the Northern Virginia Community College.

Kilberg served as a White House Fellow on the staff of President Nixon’s Domestic Policy Council, as Associate Counsel to President Ford, and as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. In the private sector, Kilberg was an attorney with Arnold & Porter, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mount Vernon College, Director of the Aspen Institute’s Project on the Future of Private Philanthropy, and Vice President of the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies.

In Virginia, Kilberg served as a member of the Northern Virginia Regional Council of GO Virginia and also served on a number of gubernatorial Task Forces. Governor-elect Mark Warner appointed her to his Transition Council and Governor-elect Bob McDonnell named her as one of the five Co-Chairs of his Transition Team. From 2010 to 2012, Kilberg served on the Governor’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring and the Governor’s Commission on Military and National Security Facilities. In 2016, Senator Warner appointed her to serve on his Cybersecurity Task
Force. She also has held other gubernatorial and General Assembly council and commission posts.

Kilberg presently serves on the Board of Directors of Appian, Inc., a publicly traded company that provides a platform as a service for building enterprise software applications and is a leader in the low-code development, business process management and case management markets. She also serves on the newly formed Health Advisory Board of CNSI, a privately held business solutions provider for innovative health information technology enterprise solutions and customizable products. And Kilberg has recently joined the Health Advisory Board of RevTek Solutions, a new consulting firm. Her past corporate board service includes United Bank – VA, the RG Group and Luna Innovations.

Kilberg is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Action Forum and the NVTC Foundation. She also is a Trustee of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation and is on the Board of the Virginia Children’s Science Center. In addition, she serves on the Honorary Board of Easterseals DC/MD/VA. Kilberg formerly served on the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia and the boards of trustees/directors of The George Washington University, public television station WETA, the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, The Potomac School, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, Lab School of Washington and the Greater Washington Sports Alliance, as well as the Health Advisory Board of the Global Good Fund.

Kilberg has been the recipient of many awards, including the Easterseals 2020 Advocacy Award, the Washington Business Journal’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2013 Laureate Award induction into the Washington Business Hall of Fame, and the 2004 Heroines in Technology Lifetime Achievement Award from Women in Technology and the March of Dimes. She was named the 2009 Business Leader of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.

Kilberg received Smart CEO’s Bravo! Women in Business Achievement Choice Award in 2007 and 2008, was in the 2004 inaugural class of awardees of the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Award and a Girls Inc. 2003 Honoree. She was named to The Forward Forty by Washington Business Forward in 2002, selected for the Washington Business Journal’s 2015 and 2017 Power 100, for Virginia Business magazine’s 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 Most Influential Virginians, for Washingtonian magazine’s 100 Most Influential Women in 2015, for 100 Tech Titans of Washington in 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the 2016 Loudoun Business Journal’s Women 100 List. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce’s NOVAForward Award. Finally, Kilberg was named a “Living Legend” by Virginia Business magazine in its 2020 Power List.

Kilberg resides in McLean, Virginia, with her husband Bill Kilberg, a retired senior partner at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and presently Chairman of the Board of Vorbeck Materials Corp. They have five children and twelve grandchildren.

Charles Milligan, JD, MPH, is Chief Operating Officer, Health Management Associates. A healthcare leader who has made significant contributions in both the public and private sectors, he previously served as a Medicaid and Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (DSNPs) consultant for states, foundations, associations, and others. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) appointed Milligan a commissioner to the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) in January 2015 and appointed him vice chairman in May 2019.

Milligan has served as the Medicaid director for two states, New Mexico and Maryland. In Maryland, he launched the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange and implemented the expansion of Medicaid. While leading the New Mexico Medicaid program, Milligan spearheaded its conversion from fee-for-service to managed care and launched the CHIP program.

Most recently, Milligan was CEO for UnitedHealthcare’s Community Plan in New Mexico. He also served as interim CEO for UnitedHealthcare’s Community Plan in Maryland and national vice president for UnitedHealthcare’s Dual Special Needs Plans. His career includes having been senior vice president of Enterprise Government Programs at Presbyterian Healthcare Services and executive director of The Hilltop Institute at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Milligan directed the 2005–2006 Commission on Medicaid and has conducted Medicaid-related research projects in numerous states. He received his Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, and his law degree from Harvard Law School.