Board of Directors

Cheryl Phillips, M.D, AGSF is the immediate past-president and CEO of the Special Needs Plan Alliance, a national leadership association for special needs and Medicare-Medicaid plans serving vulnerable adults. Currently, she is a senior program consultant for the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative. 

A published writer and thought leader on philanthropy, social change, and civic engagement, Belk has held senior executive leadership positions in the government, corporate, and philanthropic sectors.

Melanie Bella has spent her career focused on transforming care for complex and costly populations in the Medicaid and Medicare programs with experience at all levels of government and in the private sector. She is the Head of Partnerships and Policy for Cityblock Health, a value-based provider built for low-income populations with complex needs.

Anna Maria Chávez developed the leadership skills growing up in Eloy, Ariz., that would propel her into a career of public service. Her desire to transform the world through servant leadership led her to Yale University, before pursuing a juris doctorate at the University of Arizona.

Benjamin K. Chu has more than four decades of healthcare experience as a clinician, administrator and policy advocate. He passionately believes that the quality of patient care, patient safety and the patient experience are of the highest importance.

Rosemary Ellis is a management consultant who helps organizations bridge management gaps and guides processes such as strategic planning, change management, core operations evaluations, key personnel hiring, brand building, and partnership building. She has worked with both nonprofit and private sector organizations, and has advised multiple start-up companies.

Brandon Jones is a technology executive with expertise in leading sales and operations functions for high-growth platforms. Currently, he serves as LinkedIn’s Head of North America Sales Development, overseeing its 130-person growth engine across its San Francisco, Chicago, and New York offices.

Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The SCAN Foundation. The SCAN Foundation is one of the largest foundations in the United States focused entirely on improving the quality of health and life for older adults.

Celeste Ortiz, Chief People Officer at Crossover Health, has dedicated her career to enabling successful business growth through a strong people agenda. During a 20-year career as a human resources executive for Fortune 50 health care companies, Ms. Ortiz has specialized in scaling talent and capabilities, developing strong cultures, growing leaders, and winning by building diverse and inclusive teams.

A behavior designer, social entrepreneur and mentor capitalist, Margarita Quihuis now serves as the Executive Director of the Peace Innovation Lab (PIL) at Stanford and the Peace Innovation Institute in the city of The Hague. Ms. Quihuis formerly served as the first Director of Astia—a technology incubator for women entrepreneurs where her portfolio companies raised $67 million in venture funding.

Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH, is a physician executive in academia and government, with broad experience in clinical care, health care delivery, population health, research, and health and regulatory policy. She is Dean Emeritus, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and is currently Professor of Health Policy and Management, Environmental Health Sciences, and Medicine at UCLA.

Dr. Arthur Southam brings over three decades of healthcare experience as a leader in health plans, integrated health systems and health industry associations.

Gary Trujillo has been a serial entrepreneur and venture capital investor for over 30 years with significant experience as a CEO, financier, founder, operator, and independent corporate board member.