David Strong

Orlando Health

For the last eight years, Strong has served as the president and CEO of Orlando Health, a hospital system with 16 hospitals and more than 22,000 employees. The hospital system also owns Orlando Health Strategic Innovations, an innovation platform with a corporate venture fund that invests in promising early-stage health care companies from around the world. Strong serves on the boards of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the FHA, as well as the Executive Committee of SNHAF.

Shane Strum

Broward Health

Strum has been the president and CEO of one the nation’s largest safety net health care systems since March 2021. He was DeSantis’ Chief of Staff prior to taking the helm at the North Broward Hospital District, which operates as Broward Health. Strum was senior vice president at the North Broward hospital District, which operates as Memorial Healthcare System, before he went to work for DeSantis. Strum also worked as Chief of Staff for former Gov. Charlie Crist.

Jennifer Sweet

Aetna Better Health of Florida, a CVS health Company

Sweet, who was named CEO of Aetna Better Health of Florida in 2020, spearheaded the launch of a cost-saving program that combines in-home care with telemedicine and technology. Aetna Better Health partnered with Emcara Health for the Medicaid initiative, which will focus on medically complex adults living in Tampa Bay, Orlando and Miami-Dade.

Jason Weida

Agency for Health Care Administration

As AHCA Secretary, Weida is in charge of the agency that, thanks to the Medicaid program, has the largest budget of all state agencies at $38.6 billion in Fiscal Year 2022-23. In addition to administering the Medicaid program, AHCA also regulates health care facilities, from nursing homes to hospitals to abortion clinics. Weida presides over the agency as it prepares its third procurement of the Medicaid managed care program

Jamie Wilson

Moffitt Cancer Center

As Vice President of Government Relations for Moffitt Cancer Center, Wilson is responsible for government relations at the state, federal and local levels, advocating for increased funding for cancer research and education. Prior to joining Moffit in 2007, he was a founding member of the lobbying firm Liberty Partners. Wilson previously worked for the Republican Party of Florida and also spent 11 years in U.S. Sen. Connie Mack’s Office.

Amy Young

Ballard Partners

A managing partner at Ballard Partners’ West Palm Beach office, Young has had an influential role in Florida health care policy for the last three decades. Young’s clients list includes Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sage Therapeutics, District XII of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Florida Society of Ophthalmology and the Florida Society of Pathologists.

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