Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Professor, Department of Health, Behavior & Society
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, Office of Ambulatory Care and Population Health, New York City Health + Hospitals; Clinical Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU School of Medicine
Chief Nursing Officer, Optum Health
Chief Operating Officer, Optum Home & Community Care
Co-Director, Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Editor-in-Chief, NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery; Co-Chair, NEJM Catalyst Editorial Board; Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
Member, Editorial Board, New England Journal of Medicine
Executive Strategic Counselor, Corporate Social Responsibility and Drivers of Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
President and Chief Executive Officer
Project Bread
Executive Editor, NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery; Physician, Brigham Health; Associate Faculty, Ariadne Labs; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Editorial Director
NEJM Catalyst
Catherine Lindsay Dobson Professor, Departments of Ob/Gyn and Medicine-Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago
Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, NowPow, LLC
Vice President of Health Equity and Community Partnerships
Corewell Health
Mary Catherine Beach is a Professor of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Center for Health Equity and the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Beach’s research focuses on humanizing health care by promoting respect for patients as well as improved patient-clinician communication. Much of her work has been targeted toward improving health care quality for patients who face systemic disadvantage and in the setting of HIV/AIDS and sickle cell disease (SCD). Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Greenwall Foundation.
Dr. Beach has won numerous awards for her scholarship and mentorship, including the Jozien Bensing Research Award from the European Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH) in 2010. She also is the 2017 recipient of the George L. Engel Award for outstanding research contributing to the theory, practice, and teaching of effective health care communication and related skills. In recognition of her outstanding mentorship, she was awarded the 2018 David M. Levine Excellence in Mentoring Award given by the Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has also honored Dr. Beach with the Daniel Nathans Scientific Innovator Award, and has named Dr. Beach a Mary & David Gallo CIM Scholar. In 2022, Dr. Beach was elected as a Fellow in the Hastings Center.
Dr. Berkowitz is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in the Division of General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology. He is a general internist and primary care doctor. He studies the relationship between health-related social needs, such as food insecurity, and health outcomes. His current work emphasizes interventions that address these needs as part of clinical care, and the health effects of policies that affect the distribution of unmet health-related social needs.
Dr. Nichola Davis is Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health and Hospitals. NYC Health and Hospitals is the largest public hospital system in the country. In this role, Dr. Davis leads the public hospital system’s Population Health’s portfolio, which encompasses innovative care models, population health analytics, chronic disease prevention and management, and the social determinants of health. Dr. Davis co-chairs the Equity & Access Council at NYC H+H. Dr. Davis previously served on the board for the Council on Black Health and is an Associate Editor for NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery.
Previously, Dr. Davis was the Director of Ambulatory Medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx and Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Departments of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Epidemiology and Population Health, Division of Behavioral and Nutritional Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Science from Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, her Medical Degree from New York University, School of Medicine, and completed her residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. She obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Davis is board certified in Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine.
Dr. Davis has received several awards, including a National Medical Association Council Award from the Council on Concerns of Women Physicians, induction into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for excellence in teaching medical students at Einstein, and a “Rock Star of Science” Award from the American Heart Association. Her research and clinical work has focused on addressing obesity among low-income African American and Latino communities, particularly among those with diabetes.
Kristy Duffey was named Chief Nursing Officer of Optum Health in November 2022 and Chief Operating Officer of Optum Home & Community Care in December 2021. She oversees Optum’s HouseCalls, Optum at Home, Senior Community Care, and Post-Acute Care programs.
Duffey is responsible for driving Optum Health’s position as employer-of-choice for advance practice clinicians by leading key workforce development strategies and initiatives. Duffey leads interdisciplinary clinical teams delivering care in the home, as well as in community settings such as skilled nursing facilities. Her clinical teams bridge home and clinic to coordinate care across physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, and other experts to address a patient’s full medical, behavioral, and social needs of all patients from healthy to the most complex.
Previously, Duffey served as Chief Executive Officer of Optum Population Health Solutions and led the business transformation and external partnerships for whole-person care products and services. Prior to joining Optum, Duffey served as Vice President of Clinical Operations at XLHealth and as Executive Director at Evercare Health Plan, which was acquired by Optum. She is a certified geriatric nurse practitioner and serves as a fellow at the American Academy of Nursing.
Duffey currently serves on the boards of the United Health Foundation, Calm, and Children’s HeartLink, and advocates for the clinician workforce through UnitedHealth Group’s Center for Clinician Advancement. She is also a member of Chief, a private network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.
Duffey received her MS from the University of Maryland School of Nursing and her BSN from the University of South Carolina
Dr. Fichtenberg is one of the codirectors of the Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network (SIREN) and Research Scientist in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In these roles, she leads efforts to conduct, catalyze, and disseminate high-quality research on health sector strategies to reduce health inequities by addressing social determinants of health. She brings to these positions more than a decade of experience working to improve health and economic outcomes for America’s most vulnerable families, including 7 years working on national efforts in Washington, DC. While Director of Research at the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), she led the development of a report that identified nine federal policy changes that could reduce child poverty by 60%.
As Director of Epidemiology and Planning at the Baltimore City Health Department, she oversaw the city’s first analysis of neighborhood health inequities that uncovered a 20-year gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest neighborhoods of the city. Caroline also served as Director of the Center for Public Health Policy at the American Public Health Association (APHA) and as Health Policy Advisor to Senator Tom Harkin on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, where she promoted health in all policies approaches to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequities. She earned her PhD in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University, an MS degree in Biology from Yale University, and an AB in Molecular Biology from Princeton University.
Dr. Thomas Lee is Chief Medical Officer of Press Ganey, and an internist and cardiologist who practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is a Professor of Medicine, part time, at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining Press Ganey, he served as Network President for Partners Healthcare System and Chief Executive Officer for Partners Community HealthCare, Inc., the integrated delivery system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Geisinger Health System, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Quality Options, Inc., and Geisinger Indemnity Insurance Company Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Health Leads; the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College; the Special Medical Advisory Group (SMAG) of the Veterans Administration; and the Panel of Health Advisors of the Congressional Budget Office. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the New England Journal of Medicine, as well as Editor-in-Chief of NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery and Co-Chair of the NEJM Catalyst Editorial Board.
He is the author of more than 260 academic articles and three books, Chaos and Organization in Health Care, Eugene Braunwald and the Rise of Modern Medicine, and An Epidemic of Empathy in HealthcarNamed in his honor, the Thomas H. Lee Award for Excellence in Primary Care is given each year to recognize a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who meets the needs of his or her patients exceptionally well.
Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in History and Science from Harvard College, a medical degree from Cornell University Medical College, and a master’s degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. He lives in Milton, Massachusetts, with his wife, Dr. Soheyla Gharib, who is Chief of Medicine at Harvard University Health Services. The couple has three daughters.
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH, (he/him/his) is the Vice President, Drivers of Health Strategy for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina since October 2019. In addition to this role, Lumpkin also serves as President of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. Most recently, Lumpkin served as Senior Vice President, Programs for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and as the first African American director of the Illinois Department of Public Health for 12 years. Lumpkin is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, American College of Emergency Physicians, and the American College of Medical Informatics. He has also served on, and advised, several federal-level committees and commissions to advance and improve health in the U.S. His many distinctions and honors include the Arthur McCormack Excellence and Dedication in Public Health Award from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, as well as the Jonas Salk Health Leadership Award. He earned his Medical Degree and Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree from Northwestern University Medical School and his Master of Public Health from the University of Illinois School of Public Health. He was the first African American trained in emergency medicine in the country after completing his residency at the University of Chicago and has served on the faculty of the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of Illinois at Chicago
Erin McAleer is the President and CEO of Project Bread, Massachusetts’ leading anti-hunger organization. With strong leadership experience and expertise in government affairs and nonprofit management, Erin was named the 2020 “Bostonian of the Year” by the Boston Globe for her guidance in fighting hunger throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Her background in health, human services, and public policy have informed Project Bread’s person-centered approach, and during her 5-year tenure, Erin has grown the organization and launched new initiatives critical to permanently solving hunger. This includes the integration of food access into health care, engagement of people with lived experience with food insecurity, and expanded research and data analysis. This work has directly led to the passage of two state bills and an invitation for Erin to attend the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September 2022. She was also appointed to an advisory role on the transition team for Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll.
Previously, Erin worked as Director of Opportunity Boston, for Be The Change, Inc., to improve opportunities for children in poverty. She has held several senior roles as a member of Governor Deval Patrick’s administration, including serving as Director of Cabinet Affairs, Legislative Director for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and Chief of Staff at the Department of Transitional Assistance. Additionally, she has served as Senior Associate and Government Affairs Consultant at Charles Group Consulting; Fiscal Policy Analyst in the Executive Office of Administration & Finance; and Research Analyst for the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Erin has been mentoring women in Boston since 2008 through Big Sister Association and Noonan Scholars. She holds a BA in History from Holy Cross and a MSW in Community Organizing, Public Policy, and Administration from Boston College.
Namita Seth Mohta, MD, is a physician executive with expertise in health care delivery transformation. As the Executive Editor for NEJM Catalyst; Innovations in Care Delivery, she is part of the founding leadership team and has responsibility for content strategy and quality. Most recently, Dr. Mohta served as the Director, Serious Illness Care Program (SICP), at Ariadne Labs, a health system innovation center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. SICP is focused on the design, test, and spread of solutions to improve care for patients and caregivers experiencing serious illness. Dr Mohta has been part of the founding Population Health and ACO leadership teams as Medical Director, both at Partners HealthCare (now MassGeneral Brigham) and the New England Quality Care Alliance (Tufts Medical Center), both in Boston. Her responsibilities have included designing and implementing value-based care with a focus on scaling tailored clinical interventions, integrating analytics and measurement, and leading system-wide change management efforts. Dr Mohta has worked with multiple start-ups, including PatientPing (now Bamboo Health), a digital health company, as their Physician Lead, with a focus on building products that improve care. She often consults with organizations to provide strategic and technical expertise and leadership. She worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group prior to medical training.
Dr. Mohta practices internal medicine as a hospitalist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mohta is former faculty at the Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences and current associate faculty at Ariadne Labs. She completed her Internal Medicine and Primary Care residency training at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Mohta is a graduate of Yale College and Yale School of Medicine.
As Editorial Director for NEJM Catalyst, Edward Prewitt oversees all editorial content for the monthly journal, NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery; monthly Insights reports; and quarterly events. He works closely with NEJM Catalyst advisors, authors, and colleagues to ensure that editorial content advances the national and international dialogue to drive innovation in health care delivery, while upholding NEJM Group’s high standards for quality.
Stacy Tessler Lindau is a tenured professor and practicing physician at the University of Chicago. Her work and interdisciplinary lab focus on engineering solutions to injustice with the patients and communities they serve. She is also the Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of NowPow, LLC, a mission-driven IT company, and President of MAPSCorps, a community asset mapping organization. Catalyzed by a 2012–2015 Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, these organizations close the information gap about vital community resources while creating meaningful jobs, especially for youth.
A practicing gynecologist, Stacy leads the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, which seeks to preserve sexual function in women affected by cancer. She is Director of WomanLab, a virtual platform to promote preservation and recovery of female sexual function after cancer and across the life span, and she was founding Chair of the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer. Stacy was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Chicago (’02) and served the program’s National Advisory Committee. She is a Fellow of the second class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Lynn Todman, PhD, is the Vice President of Health Equity and Community Partnerships for Corewell Health, a Michigan-based, integrated health care system with 22 hospitals and an insurance company. Lynn is charged with setting the vision and strategy, and providing oversight, guidance, and coordination for health equity and community partnerships across the enterprise. Prior to this role, Lynn held three other leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Spectrum Health (Corewell Health’s predecessor).
Prior to joining Corewell, Lynn held leadership, teaching, and research positions at the Adler School of Professional Psychology (Chicago), the University of Milan (Italy), the Politicnico di Milano (Italy), the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Western Michigan University, University of Notre Dame, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lynn has practiced, published, and presented, both nationally and internationally, in the areas of community development, social determinants of health (including mental health), health equity, social inequities, and urban poverty.
Trained to collaborate across multiple disciplines and professions, Lynn earned a BA from Wellesley College, and a Master in City Planning (MCP), and a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Currently, she is a member of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) Keystone Center and Co-Chair of the MHA Health Equity Task Force, and Mayor Pro-Tem for the city of St. Joseph, Michigan. She is also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader. Among her past organizational affiliations are the Community Development Commission of the City of Chicago, the Sergeant Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, the Heartland Alliance for Human Rights and Human Needs, and the National Public Radio Foundation.
