Committees


Interested in serving on the GPIN Program Planning Committee?  Please reach out to Lindsay Giese at lgiese2@hfhs.org to express interest and obtain information about the selection process.

Steering Committee


Chair

Jonathan Nasser, M.D., MBA
President and Chief Medical Officer
Optum NY/NJ
Middletown, New York

Program Planning Committee Chair

Beth Averbeck, M.D., FACP
Senior Medical Director, Primary Care
HealthPartners
Bloomington, Minnesota

Chair Emeritus

Mark Mantei
Chief Executive Officer
Vancouver Clinic
Vancouver, Washington

Program Planning Committee Chair Elect

Dianna Caffarena
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services
UMass Memorial Health
Worcester, Massachusetts


Staff

Lindsay Giese
Executive Director
Group Practice Improvement Network
Detroit, Michigan		 

 

Program Planning Committee

 

Chair

Beth Averbeck, M.D., FACP
Senior Medical Director, Primary Care
HealthPartners
Bloomington, Minnesota

Steering Committee Chair Emeritus

Mark Mantei
Steering Committee Chair 2023-24
Chief Executive Officer
Vancouver Clinic
Vancouver, Washington

Chair Elect

Dianna Caffarena
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services
UMass Memorial Health
Worcester, Massachusetts

Steering Committee Chair

Jonathan Nasser, M.D., MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2024-2025
President and Chief Medical Officer
Optum NY/NJ
Middletown, New York


Alka Atal-Barrio, M.D., MMM
Chief Medical Officer
Optum Washington
Everett, Washington

Jenny Redman-Schell, PT, MHA
Steering Committee Chair 2020-23
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Aspirus
President, Aspirus Medical Group
Wausau, Wisconsin
Rick Bone, M.D.

Steering Committee Chair 2013-14 & 2015-16
Senior Medical Director Population Health – Advocate Medical Group 
Medical Director Gastroenterology Service Line – Illinois & Wisconsin
Advocate Health 
Chicago, Illinois

Colleen Sundquist
Chief Operating Officer
Regional Vice President
Baylor Scott & White Health
Round Rock, Texas
Michael Conroy, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer/President
Sutter Medical Group
Sacramento, California		Paul VerValin
Steering Committee Chair 2008-09
Executive Vice President, COO
Guthrie Clinic
Sayre, Pennsylvania
Kris Larsen
Region Primary Care Service Line Director
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, Utah		Russell C. Woglom, M.D.
Steering Committee Chair 2011-12
Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Transformation
Guthrie Clinic
Corning, New York
Andrew Perry
Steering Committee Chair 2023
Chief Executive Officer
McFarland Clinic, PC
Ames, Iowa


  

Past GPIN Steering Committee Chairs

 

William Conway, M.D.
Steering Committee Chair 1993-94
David Posch
Steering Committee Chair 2000-01
Sanford Kurtz, M.D.
Steering Committee Chair 2001-02
Kenneth Brin, M.D., PhD
Steering Committee Chair 2002-03
Robert Schneider
Steering Committee Chair 2003-04
James Blazar
Steering Committee Chair 2004-05
Beth Waterman, RN, MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2005-06
Nancy Rizzo
Steering Committee Chair 2006-07
Francis Marzoni, M.D., MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2007-08		Clyde "Bud" Chumbley, M.D., MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2009-10
Craig Samitt, M.D., MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2010-11
Cheryl Magnuson-Giese
Steering Committee Chair 2012-13
Rick Kratche, M.D
Steering Committee Chair 2014-15
Thomas Graf, M.D.
Steering Committee Chair 2015
Barbara Walters, D.O., MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2016-17
Paul Szilagyi
Steering Committee Chair 2017-18
Marilu Bintz, M.D., FACS, MBA
Steering Committee Chair 2018-19
Harris Levin, M.D., MMM
Steering Committee Chair 2019-20
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