Expert Panel

The CLAS Expert Panel members reviewed all applications submitted for an award, evaluated them according to program criteria and made recommendations for award recipients to the NCQA Leadership Team. They provided guidance and support throughout the judging and selection process.

Mel Chang, MPA Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Planning Evaluation and Data Analysis,  Florida Department of Health

K. Andrew Crighton, MD VP / Chief Medical Officer, Prudential Financial Inc.

Kaytura Felix, MD Chief Medical Officer, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA

Tawara D. Goode, MA Director, National Center for Cultural Competence, Associate Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Center for Child and Human Development and Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center

Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD Director, Center for Healthcare Equity and Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio, JD Campaign for Healthcare Equity, SEIU Healthcare

Bruce Kozlowski Director, Center for Health Care Financing and Health Policy, Center for Long-Term and Community-Based Care, Maryland Health Care Commission

Sunita Mutha, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions, Division of General Internal Medicine

David Nerenz, PhD Director, Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System

Guadalupe Pacheco, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Minority Health, Office of Public Health and Science

Marsha Regenstein, PhD Associate Research Professor, Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University

Robin Weinick, PhD Senior Social Scientist, RAND

Ellen Wu, MPH Executive Director, The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Mara K. Youdelman, Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program