Anastasia Dodson is Deputy Director for the Office of Medicare Innovation and Integration at the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), the state Medicaid agency.  Her office provides focused leadership for Medicare topics in California, including both dual eligible and Medicare-only beneficiaries.  Anastasia has been part of the DHCS leadership team since 2013.  She previously served at the California Department of Finance and the California State Senate Budget Committee.  She earned a Master of Public Policy at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, and a BA in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.