RISE National 2027 Steering Committee
Meet the Medicare Advantage leaders helping shape an agenda around the challenges your team is facing now
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For more than 20 years, RISE National has been built by the industry, for the industry. Our 2027 Steering Committee continues that tradition, bringing together senior leaders from across the Medicare Advantage ecosystem to help ensure the agenda reflects what's happening in the field right now.
And they're already at work. In our first planning session for RISE National 2027, the committee dug into the realities shaping Medicare Advantage today from tighter margins and shifting distribution to member retention and regulatory change. Those conversations are helping us determine which issues deserve time on stage, where attendees need practical answers, and which voices should lead the discussion.
With RISE National expanding to six tracks in 2027, their perspective is helping us build an agenda around the problems you're solving right now ... not last year's talking points.
The result? An agenda shaped by people who understand the challenges you're navigating because they're navigating them, too.
Meet the Medicare Advantage Leaders Shaping RISE National 2027
Missy Bazzo
Director, Medicare - Sales & Operations
Peak Health
Craig Blake
Agency Growth
Amsive Health
Ana Handshuh
Principal
CAT5 Strategies
Jenn Kerfoot
President & COO
DUOS
Donna Malone
Director Risk Capture - Population Health
Mass General Brigham
Andrew Napierala
Vice President, Medicare & Individual Market Sales
Lifetime Healthcare Companies
Kenneth Persaud, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Health Precision
Melissa Newton Smith
Founder, Senior Advisor
Newton Smith Group
Martina Lee Strickland
Chief Growth Officer
Clever Health Plan
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