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KFF Board of Trustees<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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KFF\u2019s trustees have deep backgrounds in public service, academia, nonprofit organizations, health care, and the media. Trustees serve two, five-year terms. The KFF Board is currently chaired by former Senator, Olympia Snowe. Jim Canales, president and trustee of the Barr Foundation, serves as Vice Chair.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Drew Altman, PhD<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President and Chief Executive Officer<\/em><\/em>, KFF<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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James E. Canales<\/a> (Vice-Chair)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President & Trustee, Barr Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

President and Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Health & Hospital System<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, PhD<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kevin Merida<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Media Executive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Dean for Health Equity Research, Yale School of Medicine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soledad O’Brien<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Founder, Soledad O’Brien Productions Anchor & Producer, “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kathleen Sebelius<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CEO, Sebelius Resources LLC<\/em>Former United States Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susan E. Siegel<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Former Chief Innovation Officer of GE and CEO of GE Ventures<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olympia Snowe<\/a> (Chair)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center Former United States Senator, Maine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frederick O. Terrell<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vice Chairman of Investment Banking for Wells Fargo & Company<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Managing Partner, Tuckson Health Connections<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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