2026 Speakers

Federal Speakers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Alec Aramanda

Principal Deputy Director,
Center for Medicare

Gary Bacher

Chief Strategy Officer at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and Acting Director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO)

Dan Brillman

Director of Medicaid and CHIP,
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS)

John Giles

Director of the Managed Care Group (MCG), CMCS

Nishamarie S. Mills

Deputy Director
Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO)

Marla Rothouse

Senior Advisor

Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO)

Federal Speakers

State Speakers

Kirsten Coulombe

Deputy Administrator

Nevada Medicaid

Nevada Health Authority

Gregory Daniels

Deputy Director, LTSS

North Carolina Medicaid

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Benjamin Ebeigbe

Director of the Long Term Care Administration

Department of Health Care Finance

Government of the District of Columbia

Lee Grossman

Medicaid Director
Iowa Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS)

Amanda Lothrop

Chief Operating Officer
New York State Medicaid Program

New York State Department of Health

Juliet Marsala

Deputy Secretary,
Office of Long-Term Living
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Brad Turner

Commissioner, Department of Disability and Aging

State of Tennessee

Jesse Wyatt

Bureau Chief, Long-Term Services and Supports

Ohio Department of Medicaid