Steering Committee Members

Richard Snyder Richard Snyder, MD Independence Blue Cross

Executive Vice President Facilitated Health Networks, Independence Blue Cross

Co-lead, Accelerate Health Equity
Rodrigo Cerdá Rodrigo Cerdá, MD, MPH Independence Blue Cross

Senior Vice President, Health Services, and Chief Medical Officer, Independence Blue Cross

Co-lead, Accelerate Health Equity
Tyra Bryant-Stephens Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD, MPH Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Chief Health Equity Officer, Center for Health Equity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Director and Founder, Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

 

 
Tariem Burroughs Tariem Burroughs, PhD, MS.Ed, MSODL Drexel University

Executive Director for External Partnerships, Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health
Steve Carson Steve Carson, MHA, BSN, RN Temple University Health System

Senior Vice President, Population Health, Temple University Health System

CEO, Temple Center for Population Health, Temple University Health System
Kinnari Chandriani Kinnari Chandriani, MD Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Director, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS Peter W. Groeneveld, MD, MS CPL Michael J. Crescenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center

Director, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, CPL Michael J. Crescenz (Philadelphia) VA Medical Center

Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 
Taryn Guy Taryn Guy, BS, MA Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic

Regional Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic
Tara Hayden U. Tara Hayden, MHSA Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

Vice President, Community Health Equity, Jefferson Collaborative for Health Equity, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

AHE Social Determinants of Health Subcommittee Lead
David Jaspan David Jaspan, DO Jefferson Health Plans

Chief Medical Officer, Jefferson Health Plans
Ron Keren Ron Keren, MD, MPH Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Gerald D. Quill Distinguished Chair in the Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Keith Leaphart Keith Leaphart, DO, MBA Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

Executive Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
Barry Mann Barry Mann, MD Main Line Health

Professor of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University

Chairman of the Board, Together for West Philadelphia

System Medical Director for Equity, Main Line Health
Alishia Richie MD Alishia Richie, MD AmeriHealth Caritas

Plan Medical Director, AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania (Keystone First)
Kenneth Veit Kenneth Veit, DO, MBA, FACOFP Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Provost, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kevin Volpp Kevin Volpp MD, PhD Penn Medicine

Director, Penn Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)

Mark V. Pauly Presidential Distinguished Professor, Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Senior Advisor, Accelerate Health Equity