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.
January Angeles, MPP Program Officer, Center for Health Care Strategies
Susan Brittman, MPH Special Studies Program Manager, The Underserved Quality Improvement Organization Support Center, QSource
Mel Chang, MPA, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Planning Evaluation and Data Analysis, Florida Department of Health
Romana Hasnain-Wynia, PhD Director, Center for Healthcare Equity and Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Carole J. DeSpain Magoffin, MSW Vice President, Quality Measurement and Improvement, National Minority Quality Forum
Sunita Mutha, M.D. 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, Outcomes. Research, Neuroscience Institute Henry Ford Health System
Guadalupe Pacheco, Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Minority Health, Office of Public Health and Science
Cecilia Rivera Casale, PhD
Fatema Salam, MPH Senior Program Director, National Quality Forum
Leah Trahan, MPH Program Associate, National Business Group on Health
Doreena Wong, J.D. Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program
Christy Woods, Outreach Manager, Americans for Quality Health Care, National Partnership for Women and Families
Ellen Wu, MPH Executive Director, The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
John Young, Technical Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services