2025 Speakers

Research Scientist
MedStar Health Research Institute
  Kisha J. Ali, PhD, MS, is an expert in health services re...(read more)
Senior Content Engineer
NCQA
Amelia Bedri has been with the National Committee for Quality Assur...(read more)
Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Innovation
Howard University
Mr. Michael Crawford, MBA, MHL, is the Assistant Vice President for Strategy and Innovation at Ho...(read more)
Executive Director of Healthcare Strategy
Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design
Director, South Carolina Telehealth Alliance
Medical University of South Carolina
Sonya Ebeling is the Director of the South Carolina Telehealth Alli...(read more)
Director, Connected Care
VA Boston Healthcare System
Laurel Bailey Ghose is the Director of Connected Care at VA Boston Healthcare System, bringing 30...(read more)
Applied Research Scientist
NCQA
Director of Quality Sciences Innovation
NCQA
Stacy Grundy is the Director of Quality Sciences Innovation at NCQA...(read more)
Director of Midwifery Services and Mobile Health
University of Maryland Capital Region Hospital
Assistant Vice President, Health Equity
NCQA
Rachel Harrington, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist at NCQA, where she leads organizational ef...(read more)
Senior Analyst, Product Management
NCQA
Chief Medical Officer
Office of Medical Assistance Programs, and Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Dr. David Kelley is the Chief Medical Officer for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services O...(read more)
Applied Research Scientist, Chronic Conditions
NCQA
SIU Medicine Telehealth Executive Director
Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine
Laura Hepp Kessel, MSW, is the Executive Director of Telehealth Ser...(read more)
Department Chair of Population Health and Professor of Health Law, Policy, and Management
School of Global Health, Meharry Medical College
Medicaid Quality and Population Health Systems Analyst
North Carolina Health Information Exchange Authority
Jess is the Medicaid Quality and Population Health Systems Analyst at the North Carolina Health I...(read more)
Senior Health Policy Analyst
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
LathanHarris Inc.
Chief Medical Officer
Maryland Department of Health
Djinge Lindsay, MD, MP...(read more)
Product Manager
NCQA
Claire Mendelson is a Product Manager at NCQA. She has led our Virtual Care product development t...(read more)