Mr. Slaggert is the CEO of Children First Medical Group, a pediatric only multi- specialty IPA with 600 physicians caring for nearly 50,000 children through the California Medi-Cal managed care program. His expertise over 25 years includes health system strategic planning, physician compensation redesign, medical group operations, Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) and ACO development, health system business growth, physician leadership development and population health management. Jim holds a BS degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications from Rochester Institute of Technology and earned his MBA from the University of Cincinnati.

Previous positions include CEO, Medical Group Foundations at Providence Health and Services in Southern California and National Vice President of physician services at Catholic Health Initiatives, now part of CommonSpirit Health. Other roles in the Bay Area of Northern California included 13 years as the CEO of Alta Bates Medical Group.

Jim has also served on the APG Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Jim is an avid hockey fan and occasionally still gets on the ice for a spirited game.

Kirsten Anderson is the Chief Medical Officer at the Value Care Alliance where she leads efforts across statewide VCA member health systems to advance new models of care in risk-based contracts. She oversees the quality of care and total cost of care for an alliance of four health systems with six hospitals and 1800 physicians. During her tenure at the VCA, shared savings were achieved in all contracts with an accompanying improvement in quality. Previously, as Chief Medical Officer for Accountable Care Solutions at Aetna, she led the clinical design of novel payment and service delivery models.

Kirsten has led the development of alternative payment models in accountable and managed care and helped launch the clinical focus for Accountable Care Solutions at Aetna. She was instrumental in the development of Aetna Oncology Solutions, a new payment and support structure for oncologists. Through the VCA, she directs grants creating new models for integrating Community Health Workers into clinical teams and for establishing relationships with Community Based Organizations. She has also done work in standardizing care management functions.

Kirsten is a guest lecturer at Yale New Haven Hospital on accountable care and non-clinical careers in medicine. She completed an MPH at the Columbia School of Public Health in epidemiology and is comfortable using data analytics to provide strategic direction to projects. Kirsten provides board-level direction to a nonprofit charitable medical clinic that provides care to the uninsured.

Kirsten did an internal medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and is Board Certified in internal medicine. She concurrently earned her MD and MPH in epidemiology from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Columbia School of Public Health. She graduated with Honors from Harvard College.

Ryan is the Chief Strategy Officer for Brown & Toland Physicians. In this role, he is responsible for Brown & Toland’s growth agenda, business development, practice model evolution, network development & engagement, and marketing/communications. Prior to this role, Ryan was the Vice President of Acquisition Management & Development for OptumCare, heling to lead the integration of new businesses within OptumCare and bringing together Optum’s capabilities to address market needs. He focused particularly on improving the experience of providers across the country through innovative programs and tiered governance.

Ryan has over 20 years of experience focused in the healthcare and financial services industries. Prior to joining Optum, Ryan served as the Chief Human Resources Officer at St. Joseph Health and also held positions focused on growing the medical group, physician networks, and clinical workforce across the health system. Earlier in his career, Ryan served in both consulting and internal roles that included management of large Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contracts for key domestic and international clients.

Throughout his career, Ryan has been responsible for leading large-scale transformation, with an emphasis on re-shaping workforce capabilities to deliver greater value. His focus more recently has been on helping physician-led organizations address the reimbursement, clinical, and population health opportunities that are driving change across the healthcare industry.

He has an M.A. in Organizational Psychology and is a member of various Healthcare Industry Associations and Not-for-Profit Boards.

He lives in San Clemente, California and is active in the community as a coach and board member.

Sam Starbuck is AVP of Privia Quality Network at Privia Health. He oversees the organization’s shift to value-based care programs such as the Maryland Primary Care Program, and the evaluation of Pathways to Success, Primary Care First and Direct Contracting initiatives. In addition, Sam leads the operations of the Mid-Atlantic population health teams on behalf of Privia Medical Group providers.

Prior to joining Privia, Sam served as the Director of Strategic Operations and Integrative Care at Vicinitas Cancer Care and completed a two-year management fellowship with Cancer Treatment Centers of America, where he was responsible for a wide range of strategic and operational initiatives. Sam earned Bachelor’s degrees in English and Economics from Wabash College.