Ashok Chennuru is a veteran Anthem employee with over ten years’ experience. He currently serves as the Vice President, IT Clinical Analytics for the Market Place Solutions/Heath Care Analytics team. In this role he over oversees the following:

• Technical delivery of all capabilities in Provider Collaboration/Enablement & Analytics. This includes all value based arrangements, Population Health Management, Bundled Payments, Provider profile, provider management analytics and Accountable Care Solutions.
• Clinical and Member Management analytics including delivery of clinical care gap engine with Resolution Health, Inc (RHI).
• Technical delivery of Commercial and Government Risk Adjustment initiatives, Medicare revenue Management including STARS, Clinical quality Management(HEDIS)
• Program Integrity(Fraud, Waste and Abuse) for Commercial and Government markets
• Health Information Technology strategy, execution of Longitudinal Patient Record and enterprise Clinical data acquisition and clinical interoperability.

In addition, Ashok has experience with implementing EMR/EHR systems in a wide variety of provider settings ranging from small provider groups, IPAs and integrated delivery systems.

Prior to joining Anthem, Ashok led the Information Management/Business Intelligence team at Liberty Mutual and focused on delivering analytics to key business areas like Actuarial & Finance. Preceding Liberty Mutual, Ashok worked in software giants SAP and Oracle as a software development engineer of Business Intelligence products.

Ashok holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of Missouri and BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Madurai University in India.

Jeremy Duncan currently leads Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island's brand and marketing efforts across consumer, commercial, and ancillary lines of business. With annual premium revenue in excess of $1.5B, Blue Cross has been recognized nationally for its consumer-focused products and services. The brand's strong consumer appeal has made it one of the fastest growing Medicare Advantage plans in the country in recent years.

Through his leadership, Blue Cross has developed key consumer marketing capabilities including customer experience design, retail storefronts, innovative product design, marketing automation, digital commerce and mobile engagement platforms. Jeremy leads a team which is focused on ensuring members have a differentiated experience across all channels of healthcare delivery and financing.

Jonna Kurucz is Staff Vice President for Anthem’s clinical client development. In that capacity, she is responsible for commercial business clinical strategy, business development and innovation. She frequently presents clinical strategy and custom solutions in finalist meetings with Fortune 500 companies, and delivers updates on Anthem’s total population health approach to national benefit consulting firms.

Prior to joining Anthem, Jonna was with Resolution Health, Inc., a technology company Anthem acquired in 2008. There she managed the relationship with Anthem, which was Resolution Health’s largest customer and strategic investor prior to the acquisition.

Jonna’s previous roles include being a member of Nextel’s Leadership Team, where she led the Strategic Business Solutions unit focused on the financial, insurance, health care, pharmaceutical and professional services industries. She was a key contributor in developing strategic direction for the Business Solutions teaming with cross-functional organizations.

Jonna was also a member of the Executive Team of BenefitPoint, Inc, a start-up technology infrastructure company. Her sales, account management and sales support organization managed executive relationships at the largest consulting customers, including Mercer Human Resources Consulting, Marsh Employee Benefit Services, Aon Consulting and Willis as well as large carrier customers, including UNUM. She grew the customer base to150 large brokerage/consulting firms including six of the top 10 in the U.S. Jonna created and supervised strategic and tactical project plans for 400 broker offices representing 52,000 employers, 120,000 employer benefit plans accounting for over $80B in employee benefits revenue.

Jonna’s career began at Prudential, where among various roles she developed and communicated corporate public policy positions reporting to consecutive CEOs. In that role, she represented Prudential Enterprise on national trade associations during height of health care reform including The Business Roundtable and the American Association of Health Plans (now AHIP). Jonna also served on national advisory groups for the American Academy of Family Practice Physicians and the National Business Coalition on Health.

Jonna earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College.

Kate McEvoy-Zdonczyk is Vice-President for the Central & Western Massachusetts Markets at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. In this role she is responsible for managing Harvard Pilgrim’s presence in the community and the development and implementation of regional strategies that will increase Harvard Pilgrim’s market share and membership in the central and western areas of Massachusetts.

Prior to joining Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Kate served as the Senior Director for Government & Community Relations at Fallon Community Health Plan, a role that included oversight of FCHP’s legislative affairs, issues related to public policy, as well as FCHP’s philanthropic activity. In Addition, Kate served in an interim capacity as Marketing Director for Summit ElderCare, FCHP’s P.A.C.E. program where she created and implemented a multi-year sales and marketing plan and led the entity’s rebranding effort.

An active volunteer in central Massachusetts’ political and non-profit communities, Kate is well-known for her success in the fundraising arena, and was selected as one of the Worcester Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” award winners in 2002, as well as being named one of the “25 to Watch in 2005” by Pulse Magazine. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Destination Worcester, the Women’s’ Initiative at the United Way of Central MA, the Young Professional Woman’s Association, and is currently involved with many other non-profit organizations. Past volunteer affiliations include service as a Board member for many central Massachusetts agencies including the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, Girls Inc, the Montachusett Girl Scout Council, and Worcester State University’s Alumni Advisory Board. Kate received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Worcester State University. Kate is married to Gary Zdonczyk and they reside in Auburn, MA with their two dogs Hope and Snickers.

Robin Randall-Lewis is a rule breaker, Rock-n-Roll Mom of 5 who is half of the fun couple and a seasoned healthcare strategist. She has spent the latter part of a 30 year career in healthcare helping to find ways to engage consumers in navigating and managing the complex terrain of healthcare. Building on years of core foundation of clinical information technology in hospitals, Robin moved over to consulting at Ernst & Young where her marquis solution was developing a consumer engagement portal that was ahead of its time. Leveraging that experience she jumped into the dot com foray and designed self-scheduling solutions for hospitals and Providers. Squarely ensconced in the vendor world, she moved over to be a P&L; owner for Clinical Solutions at Thomson Medstat/Truven/now IBM. Here she “leapfrogged patient safety” and elevated provider ranking methodologies to consumers and other healthcare stakeholders. Fast forward to the last 10 years where Robin has been working at engaging consumers at United/Optum Health, Consulting for J&J; and WebMD, and building out technology enabled consumer engagement solutions at Anthem. She is a published author and speaker on consumer engagement, Wellness, incentives, and healthcare data acquisition.

As one of the youngest Vice Presidents at Avera Health, Jennifer Schultz manages a multimillion-dollar budget, oversees strategic marketing for the major service lines and business units of the entire health system, physician communications, population health initiatives, leads a team of over 20 people, and has led numerous successful and award-winning campaigns. In 2015, she completed her MBA through the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Jennifer is skilled at connecting dots before other people see the overall vision. She has become a trusted resource for the physicians and leaders of Avera Health. Jennifer has volunteered for committee work for the South Dakota Symphony and was on the steering committee that founded Dress for Success in Sioux Falls. She has a passion for being involved in programs that improve the lives of women and children. She's also a graduate of the EmBE (formerly YWCA) Women's Leadership program and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the EmBe Marketingtz