Instructors

Equipping a new generation of health policy leaders.

Our Instructors

Our instructors are some of the most accomplished and recognized figures in the health policy field and have engaged in policy development and advocacy at the state and federal levels. They not only teach HRA students about important aspects of America’s healthcare system, but they share practical experiences and lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Gary Alexander

Fmr. Head of the Medicaid and Health Safety Net Initiative at the Paragon Health Institute, Fmr. Pennsylvania Secretary of Human Services & Fmr. Rhode Island Secretary of Health and Human Services

Dr. Ralph Alvarado

Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, Practicing Physician & Fmr. Kentucky State Senator

Joe Antos

Senior Fellow and Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute

Josh Archambault

Reformers Academy Founder and President, Senior Fellow at the Cicero Institute & Fmr. Senior Legislative Aide for Governor Mitt Romney and State Sen. Scott Brown

Christy Chapin

Associate Professor of 20th century U.S. Political, Business, and Economic History at UMBC & Author of Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System

Angel Fimbres Barcelo

Big Fish Senior Talent Advisor & Fmr. National Chapter Director of Independent Women’s Voice

Marilyn Bartlett

CPA, Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Health System Costs (NASHP) & Fmr. Montana State Employee Health Plan Administrator

Jonathan Bechtle

COO and General Counsel at the Foundation for Government Accountability

Brian Blase

President of the Paragon Health Institute & Fmr. Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, National Economic Council

Kimberly Brandt

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Administrator at CMS

Scott Centorino

Reformers Academy Senior Fellow

Dr. Jeffrey Colyer

Fmr. Governor and Lt. Governor of Kansas & Practicing Surgeon

Claire Dixon

Executive Director of Talent Market

Scott Darnell

Reformers Academy Founder and Executive Vice President & Fmr. Senior Advisor to Governor Susana Martinez and Mayor Richard Berry

Kevin Dayaranta

VP, Institute for Statistical Policy Analysis at Advancing American Freedom

Joe DeSantis

Chief Strategy Officer for Gingrich 360. Fmr. Communications Director for the Newt Presidential Campaign.

Alexanderia Honeycutt

Founder of Honeycutt Strategies & Fmr. U.S. Senior Aide to Senator Lamar Alexander

Tim Frost

Senior Fellow at Cicero Institute, Fmr. Chief of Staff for the Idaho Attorney General & Fmr. Deputy Administrator at the ID Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses

Robert Graboyes

Fmr. Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center & Author of “Fortress and Frontier in American Health Care”

Joe Grogan

Fmr. Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council & Fellow at the USC Schaeffer Center

Roy Lenardson

President of Strategic Advocacy & State Director of Government Affairs at the Foundation for Government Accountability

Jonathan Ingram

Vice President of Policy and Research at the Foundation for Government Accountability & Fmr. Director of Health Policy and Pension Reform at the Illinois Policy Institute

Kevan Kjar

Founder and CEO of ArrowHead3 Consulting

Demetrios Kouzoukas

Director of Paragon Health Institute’s Medicare Initiative & Fmr. Chief Executive of the Medicare program at CMS

Mary Mayhew

Fmr. Secretary of the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) & Fmr. Maine Commissioner of Health and Human Services

Jarrett Lewis

Partner at Public Opinion Strategies & Fmr. Executive Director of Health Policy at The Health Management Academy

Ryan Long

HRA Board Member and Director of Congressional Relations & Senior Research Fellow Paragon Health Institute & Fmr. Senior Policy Advisor, Office of U.S. House Speaker

Chase Martin

President of August Strategy Group & Fmr. Sr. Legal and Policy Advisor, Maine Department of Health and Human Services

Heidi Overton

Fmr. HRA Board Member & Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

Roy Maynard

Senior Writer for the Texas Public Policy Foundation & Fmr. Senior Editor of the Tyler Morning Telegraph

Adam Meier

HRA Board Member and Fmr. Director of the Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services & Fmr. Deputy Chief of Staff for Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin

Brian Miller

Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine & Fmr. FDA, FTC, FCC, and CMS

Scott Rasmussen

President of RMG Research, Inc. & Author of The Sun is Still Rising

Nina Owcharenko Schaefer

Director of the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at the Heritage Foundation & Fmr. Senior Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Stephen Parente

Professor in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota & Fmr. Chief Economist for Health Policy, Sr. CEA Economist at the White House

Randy Pate

Fmr. Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services & Director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight

Marie Sanderson

HRA Board Member and Founding Partner of Guidepost Strategies & Fmr. Policy Director for the Republican Governors Association

Laura Rigas

Fmr. Deputy Director at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & Fmr. Communications Director for the U.S. Department of the Interior and Massachusetts Executive Office of Education

Darren Webb

Sr. Government Relations Director for Vizient & Fmr. Health Policy Counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives

Joel White

President of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage & Executive Director of the Health Innovation Alliance

Satya Thallam

Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation & Fmr. Senior Counselor at the Office of Management and Budget

Robert Moffitt

Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, Fmr Senior Official U.S. Department of Health and Human Services & the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Brad Smith

Chairman and CEO of Main Street Health, Fmr. Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Fmr. Co-Founder and CEO of Aspire Health.

Tom Miller

Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Fmr Senior Health Economist for the Joint Economic Committee in Congress.

Drew Gonshorowski

Senior Fellow at Fiscal Lab & Fmr. Nebraska Medicaid Director

Lanhee Chen

Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University. Fmr. Presidential Campaign Advisor.

Mary Katherine Stout

Fmr. Special Advisor at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Fmr. Budget Director to Gov. Rick Perry.

Kelly Garcia

Fmr. Director of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

Marty Makary, MD

Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Business

Matt Maughan

Fmr. Dean of Health Reformers Academy & Health Economics and Health Services Researcher at Brown University

Trevor Carlsen

Dean of HRA and Senior Research Fellow for the Foundation for Government Accountability.

Tevi Troy

Sr. Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and Fmr. Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Chris Pope

Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Fmr. Fellow at the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Cecile Erwin Young

Principal at Cecile Young Consulting and Former Executive Commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services

Kim Borchers

Reformers Academy Senior Fellow and President & Owner of Bird Dog Recruitment and Consulting

Tom Oates

Senior Project Manager at Stand Together Trust

Joel Allumbaugh

President and CEO at The Allumbaugh Agency, Principal at Health Access Solutions, and Sr. Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Government Accountability

Robert Popovian

Founder of Conquest Advisors, Chief Science Policy Officer at the Global Healthy Living Foundation, and Sr. Health Policy Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute

Trevor Bragdon

Founder of 7-Figure Fundraising