Board of Directors
Interim Treasurer
Gina Upchurch, RPh, MPH
- Founder & Executive Director, Senior Pharm Assist
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Member
Executive Committee Member
Dave Richard
- Former Deputy Secretary for Medical Assistance, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Medical Assistance
Vice Chair of the Board
C. Annette DuBard, MD, MPH
- VP of Clinical Strategy, Aledade Inc.
Chair of the Board
Samuel Cykert, MD
- Professor of Medicine and Director of the Program on Health and Clinical Informatics, UNC School of Medicine
- Associate Director for Medical Education, NC AHEC Program
Jamey Millar
- Senior VP, OptumRx
Chris Shank
- President and CEO, North Carolina Community Health Center Association
Cherry Beasley, PhD, MS, FNP, RN, CNE, FAAN
- Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UNC Pembroke
- Anne R. Belk Endowed Professor of Nursing, UNC Pembroke
- 2022 James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award Recipient for Excellence in Public Service
Robert L. Rich, Jr., MD
- Staff Physician, Bladen Medical Associates
- Medical Director, Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear
Marcus Wallace, MD
- Chief Medical Officer and VP of Clinical Operations and Innovation, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina
Dee Jones
- Former Executive Administrator, North Carolina State Health Plan
Betsey Tilson, MD
- State Health Director and Chief Medical Officer, NC Dept. of Health and Human Services
Christoph Diasio, MD
- Co-Owner and Pediatric Specialist, Sandhills Pediatrics
- Former President and Current Board Member, NC Pediatric Society
- Board Member, Community Care Physician Network
Julia Wacker, MSPH, MSW
- President, North Carolina Healthcare Foundation
- Senior Vice President, North Carolina Healthcare Association
Chris Collins, MSW
- Associate Director of Health Care, Duke Endowment
Brian Caveney, MD, JD, MPH
- Executive Vice President and Chief Medical officer, LabCorp
- President, LabCorp Diagnostics
Nelson Dollar
- Former Senior Chair of the NC House Appropriations Committee, NC General Assembly
- Former Senior Policy Adviser to Speaker of the House Tim Moore, NC General Assembly
- Executive Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Health Policy, UNC School of Medicine
Alan Hirsch, JD
- President, NCHQA