"Effective partnerships between the public and private sectors that engage the commitment and energy of clinicians, patients, health care leaders, and payers are indispensable."
                 - Carolyn Clancy, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Officers & Board Members

 

Arizona Health-e Connection Officers and Executive Committee

  • Chair - Benton Davis

  • Vice Chair - David Landrith

  • Secretary - David Dexter

  • Treasurer - David Kempson

  • Additional Executive Committe Member - Amanda Weaver

 

Arizona Health-e Connection Board of Directors


Permanent Directors


Governor of Arizona

Don Hughes (designee)
Health Care Policy Advisor
Arizona Office of the Governor

 

 

 

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System

Thomas J. Betlach
Director

 

 

 

Arizona Department of Health Services

Janet Mullen
Deputy Director

 

 

 

Arizona Hospital and Healthcare

Association

Laurie Liles, President & CEO

 

 

 

Arizona Medical Association

David Landrith
Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs

 

 

 

Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association

Amanda Weaver
Executive Director

 

 

 

Arizona Department of Administration

Aaron Sandeen
State CIO & Deputy Director

 

 

Designated Directors

 

 

Institution of Higher Education

William G. Johnson, PhD
Director
Center for Health Information
Research Professor
Arizona State University

 

 

 

Hospitals and Health Care Systems

Michael Warden
Senior Vice President and CIO
Banner Health Systems

 

David J. Kempson
Vice President and CIO
Maricopa Integrated Health Sytem 

 

 

 

Clinical Laboratory (1)

David A. Dexter
President and CEO
Sonora Quest Laboratory

 

 

 

Health Plans and Insurers (≤5)

Sue Navran
Executive VP, Internal Operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Thomas L. Kelly
President and CEO
Schaller Anderson

Dr. James Burrell, III
Chief Medical Officer
CIGNA Medical Group

 

 

 

Medical Trading Areas (≤4)

Bruce A. Bethancourt, M.D.
Past President, Arizona Medical Association
Regional Medical Director
Banner Health
(Phoenix MTA)

Kathy Byrne, Executive Director, El Rio Community Health Center
Vice Chair, Health Information Network of Arizona
(Tucson MTA)

 

 

 

Employers (≤2)

Glenn Hamer
President & CEO
Arizona Chamber of Commerce

 

 

 

Celeste Fralick
Staff Architect/ Principal Engineer
Intel Corporation


At-Large (3)

Ronald S. Weinstein, M.D.
Founding Director
Arizona Telemedicine Program
Arizona Health Sciences Center
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Debra Nixon
Health Guide America
Partners in Quality

Mary Ellen Dalton
CEO
Health Services Advisory Group



Other Benton Davis
Senior VP, clinical community and Networks
Optum Insight