Bea Grause began her tenure as President of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) on July 1, 2016 after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems for 14 years. In that position, she successfully led Vermont hospitals through a variety of reform initiatives, including the state’s single-payer debate, continuously and intentionally building the hospitals’ brand as trusted, competent leaders.

Bea recently completed a three-year term (2012 to 2015) as an at-large member of the American Hospital Association (AHA) Board of Trustees, including a 2015 term on the AHA Executive and AHA CEO Search Committees. As part of her AHA Board responsibilities, she also served as chairperson of the AHA Allied Advisory Committee on Medicaid.

Before moving to Vermont, Bea worked for ten years in Washington D.C. in a variety of positions. She began her D.C. tenure as a Legislative Assistant; first in the Office of U.S. Representative Norman Y. Mineta and then for U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II. After she left Capitol Hill, Bea simultaneously held senior governmental affairs positions with the Tennessee Hospital Association and Massachusetts Hospital Association. She spent the last three years working as counsel with the law firm of Foley Hoag. In this role, she developed tailored legislative and regulatory strategies for many healthcare clients.

Before coming to Washington D.C., Bea spent ten years in California. She worked as a registered nurse, primarily in the emergency room and intensive care areas at Santa Clara Valley of California. During this time, she earned her Juris Doctorate in 1991 from Santa Clara University School of Law.

Bea earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston College in 1979 and is currently a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is also a 2003 graduate of the Vermont Leadership Institute.

Through leadership, outreach, and research initiatives, Dr. Streck works with HANYS members to facilitate transitions in meeting key healthcare delivery reform imperatives. Dr. Streck works with HANYS member hospitals and health systems with a focus on emerging models of care, population health initiatives, risk management strategies, and physician relationships. In addition, he works with HANYS businesses to evaluate, develop, and execute new data-driven products and services that guide members' efforts to execute population health initiatives and risk management strategies.

Before joining HANYS in December 2014, Dr. Streck was one of the longest serving health system executives in New York State and the country, having retired in July 2014 after 30 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown. Under Dr. Streck's leadership, Bassett grew from an employed physician group of 70 physicians at a single hospital to its current regional network and programs as a vertically integrated healthcare system with academic, teaching, and research missions. He served five New York State governors on advisory boards, key Department of Health committees, and state policy groups. In addition, Dr. Streck has served on various professional and policy groups at the state and national levels. Dr. Streck received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Oklahoma State University and his medical degree from the University of Missouri. He began his medical career at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.

Jim Clancy joined HANYS in September 2016 after 20-plus years in state government, where he gained experience in local and state government relations, state budget negotiations, stakeholder engagement, policy implementation, and messaging. Mr. Clancy spent seven years in the New York State Department of Health as Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Governmental and External Affairs and Director of the Center for Healthcare Facility Planning, Licensure, and Finance. He built a solid reputation through his relationships with healthcare providers and decision makers. Before joining DOH, he served as Director of Legislative Affairs for Governors Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, and served on the staffs of New York State Senator Neil Breslin and U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as stints in the New York State Assembly and Senate. His transition out of state government began when he joined the law and lobby firm of Brown & Weinraub as a senior healthcare consultant. Mr. Clancy is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.

Susan Van Meter leads HANYS’ Washington, D.C. office, where she develops and implements HANYS’ federal regulatory and legislative agenda in consultation with the membership, New York’s allied healthcare associations, and national and state association partners. Ms. Van Meter also leads HANYS’ state and federal health information technology (HIT) advocacy, including facilitating the statewide HANYS HIT Strategy Group. Before joining HANYS in 2000, she served in the Office of Legislation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where she worked primarily on inpatient hospital issues as a liaison with Capitol Hill. Before that, she was a staff advisor for a member of the Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. Ms. Van Meter has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and French from Villanova University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Boston University.

Jeff Gold works with the payer community, state and federal regulators, and New York State government to address provider issues related to managed care. Mr. Gold has drafted, negotiated, and helped secure major packages of managed care reform legislation that impact external appeals, administrative denials, claims processing, and payer practices. He designed HANYS’ highly regarded Managed Care SWAT Training program and coaches hospitals on claims denial management and contract negotiation. Before joining HANYS in 2000, Mr. Gold was Special Counsel for Health Care to the New York State Attorney General. Mr. Gold served four Attorneys General in New York and was the founding Chief of New York’s Health Care Bureau. Previously, he worked at two private law firms in New York City, with a focus on civil litigation. Mr. Gold has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Sue Ellen Wagner is Executive Director of Healthcare Trustees of New York State (HTNYS), an organization dedicated to strengthening the governance of New York State’s voluntary and municipal healthcare facilities. As Executive Director, Ms. Wagner oversees the organization’s advocacy, communication, and educational programming, while serving as HTNYS’ spokesperson to state and national constituencies. Ms. Wagner also serves as Vice President, Community Health, at the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). HANYS represents the interests of New York’s nonprofit and public hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, and other healthcare organizations. Ms. Wagner has been a member of HANYS’ policy staff for more than 20 years, serving in many leadership roles.

Ms. Wagner attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program in June 2010. She holds a Master of Science degree in Health Administration from the Sage Colleges and a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Management from the State University of New York Institute of Technology.

Kevin Krawiecki leads HANYS fiscal policy and data informatics division. He has compiled nearly 15 years of Medicare and Medicaid fiscal policy experience during his tenure with HANYS, serving in various capacities including data analyst and data product director for both HANYS and its analytic subsidiary DataGen, and Associate Director of Federal Relations in HANYS Washington, D.C. office during the development and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In his current capacity, Mr. Krawiecki's focus is on the development of rational fiscal policy at both the state and federal levels. Mr. Krawiecki received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Loretta Willis is a registered nurse with more than 30 years of healthcare experience. As Acting Vice President, Quality, and Research Initiatives at HANYS, Loretta Willis provides strategic direction, planning, coordination, and oversight for development and execution of the association-wide quality and patient safety-related advocacy agenda and supporting initiatives to assist HANYS’ members to meet quality and safety expectations. Before joining HANYS in 2011, Ms. Willis served as the clinical director for case management, utilization management, and discharge planning for the national Medicare program at WellPoint. Her managed care experience also includes leadership roles in government programs, clinical utilization, case management, and quality improvement for Kaiser Permanente and Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan. Her nursing experience includes medical/surgical nursing, maternal/child, infection control, and long-term care. As part of her maternal/child experience, Ms. Willis achieved her graduate board certifications as an international board certified lactation consultant, and a board certified childbirth educator. Ms. Willis is a graduate of Russell Sage College in Troy, New York and is a board-certified case manager, and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.

As Vice President, External Affairs, Nicholas Henley leads HANYS’ Member Relations division to enhance overall member engagement in HANYS’ activities and programming. He serves as a primary liaison to the HANYS membership and contributes to and leads the strategic development of major policy initiatives within the organization. As Treasurer of HANYS’ state and federal political action committees (PACs), he leads an annual fundraising campaign and directs the disbursement of contributions to candidates for elected office. Mr. Henley took on his current roles in January 2015 after working in HANYS’ Governmental Affairs division for ten years. He served in several positions in the Governmental Affairs division, including Advocacy and Policy Specialist, Associate Director, and then Director starting in 2010. He has worked on the PAC team since 2006 and became the Assistant Treasurer in 2009. Before joining HANYS, Mr. Henley worked at the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy in Albany, New York, and in various capacities at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. Mr. Henley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts; and his Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Health Policy and Management from the School of Public Health at the State University of New York at Albany.

James Kelley directs all strategy, sales, and marketing for HANYS Benefit Services (HBS), a subsidiary of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). HBS provides retirement and employee benefit advisory services, including plan design, vendor analysis, investment, fiduciary guidance, and complete education and communication services offered primarily to healthcare providers. Mr. Kelley has more than 20 years experience in the institutional retirement market. He holds his New York State life, accident, and health and variable annuities license, and has his Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 6, 63, and 26 licenses. He is an accredited Plan Sponsor Retirement Professional. Before joining HANYS, he served as Vice President, Institutional Relations for The Hartford. He has spent much of his career working with healthcare and other not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Kelley earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Gettysburg College.

Nicole Harmon leads HANYS Solutions’ Practice Advancement Strategies. She has tremendous experience in the areas of primary and specialty care practice transformation, cross-functional teams, establishing a culture of change and quality improvement, redesigning workflow and responsibilities, and electronic medical record implementation and reporting. In addition, Ms. Harmon works on physician engagement and physician payment reform strategies to round out the overall Practice Advancement Strategies portfolio.

Ms. Harmon is a nationally recognized speaker on topics such as positioning physicians for success in the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment models, change management, the role of culture in transformation efforts, and practice transformation in both primary and specialty care.

Before joining HANYS Solutions, Ms. Harmon was a Practice Manager, Patient-Centered Medical Home, at The Exigence Group, and served as Assistant Director for Advanced Primary and Specialty Care at Independent Health. Ms. Harmon’s experience also includes the Windsong Radiology Group, where she spent two years as Marketing Specialist before moving into the Organizational Development Supervisor role.

Ms. Harmon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration degree from Canisius College. In November 2014, Ms. Harmon completed the Cornell-HANYS Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement. She is PROSCI® certified in change management and by National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a PCMH Certified Content Expert.

Nancy Landor’s work at HANYS spans the areas of policy, regulatory compliance, and education. She has led collaborative initiatives including the four-year statewide Institute for Healthcare Improvement Campaign in New York, the 18-month Teamwork: Achieving Critical Care Excellence initiative, a Crew Resource Management educational series, and HANYS’ Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Prevention Project. She is currently working on initiatives to improve diabetes and emergency care, and enhance hospital operations. Ms. Landor began her career as a registered nurse working in acute care medicine, emergency services, and discharge planning. She was one of the original members of the American Association of Continuing Care and headed the first two New York State symposia. In 1985, she worked as Director of Healthcare Resources Management in a tertiary hospital that provides acute, mental health, nursing home, and primary care services. Her responsibilities included quality management, utilization review, case management, social work services, infection control, and community-based service programs. She also served as Director of Quality Management for the Northeast and Empire Service Centers of ValueOptions Inc., the second largest mental health vendor in the United States. Ms. Landor has been active in a number of associations at the local, state, and national level. She was involved in committee activity and functions ranging from education and speaking programs to project coordination. She received a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from Russell Sage College and her Master’s degree in Business at Union College.

In his current position, Evan Brooksby works on HANYS’ governmental affairs, advocacy, and health policy priorities, particularly those related to the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. He also currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Hometown Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Schenectady, New York. Before joining HANYS in March 2016, Mr. Brooksby worked on numerous special projects at Albany Medical Center including the faculty practice certification of four sites as National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Homes, and a practice-wide hypertension initiative that helped improve the control of hypertension among patients from 68% to 90%—well above the national average. He also served as Deputy Director of the Center for Health Systems Transformation—the organization leading the Albany Medical Center DSRIP initiative, which covers Albany, Saratoga, Warren, Columbia and Greene Counties. Mr. Brooksby is a graduate of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He earned his Master’s in Business Administration in Healthcare Management degree at Union Graduate College.

Sarah DuVall is an experienced epidemiologist who has worked in healthcare for more than ten years. In her current position, she supports emergency preparedness efforts and provides assistance to members as they respond to disasters. Before HANYS, she led disease control and prevention efforts as a county epidemiologist and was a research scientist at the New York State Department of Health, with a focus on immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases. She has been published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice and has presented her work nationally. Ms. DuVall has had a wide array of involvement in healthcare; from her beginning as a certified nurse’s aide, to working in laboratories and her fellowship award in public policy. She holds a Master of Public Health degree with a focus in biomedical science from the State University of New York School of Public Health.