Governor of Arizona

Beth Kohler Lazare (designee)
Interim HIT Coordinator and Deputy Director, Policy
Arizona Office of the Governor

AZ Health Care Cost Containment System

Thomas J. Betlach
Director

AZ Department of Health Services

Janet Mullen
Deputy Director

AZ Hospital and Healthcare

Association

John R. Rivers
President and CEO

Arizona Medical Association

David Landrith
Vice President of Policy and Political Affairs

Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association

Amanda Weaver
Executive Director

AZ Government Information Technology Agency

Chad Kirkpatrick
State CIO, Director

Designated Directors

Institution of Higher Education (1)

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

Hospitals and Health Care Systems (2)

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

Pharmacy (1)

Mindy Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Arizona Pharmacy Alliance

Health Plans and Insurers (≤5)

Benton Davis
CEO, Western States
United Healthcare

Richard L. Boals
President and CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Thomas L. Kelly
President and CEO
Schaller Anderson

Mark El-Tawil
President
Humana Arizona

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
Co-Chair, Southern Arizona Health Information Exchange
(Tucson MTA)

Employers (≤2)

Celeste Fralick
Principal Engineer and Director
Biomedical Engineering
Digital Health Group
Intel Corporation

Glenn Hamer
President & CEO
Arizona Chamber of Commerce

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

Bennett Smiley
Tribal Gaming Office
Gila River Indian Community
Representing the Arizona Advisory Council on Indian Health Care & Arizona Commission on  Indian Affairs

Mary Ellen Dalton
CEO
Health Services Advisory Group