Kate McEvoy is the Executive Director of the National Association of Medicaid Directors. NAMD is the dynamic and engaged professional community for state leaders who provide health insurance to and improve the well-being and economic security of the more than 84 million individuals and families served by Medicaid and CHIP in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.

Prior to joining NAMD, Kate led the Milbank Memorial Fund’s leadership programming for state executive branch staff and policymakers as well as its policy initiatives on healthy aging. Before her time at Milbank, she was the long-time Director of Health Services for Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, where she led Medicaid, CHIP, long-term services and supports, and implementation of the ACA. Kate oversaw major transformation in the program, migrating from capitated managed care arrangements to a successful self-insured, managed fee-for-service approach. This simplified and streamlined the program, freed up resources for reinvestment, improved member experience and outcomes, and controlled costs.

An elder law attorney by training, Kate’s early career was dedicated to working with and for older adults and people with disabilities at the Connecticut Association of Area Agencies on Aging. Her central focus since then has been on people served by Medicaid. Kate holds a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a B.A. in English and Economics from Oberlin College and is the author of journal articles on elder law and end-of-life care as well as the treatise Connecticut Elder Law