POWERUP DC 2020 Bios of Speakers, Moderators & Panelists Opening
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POWERUP DC 2020 Bios of Speakers, Moderators & Panelists In order of appearance Opening Session LINDA WHARTON BOYD Linda Wharton Boyd, Ph.D., Director of Communications, External Affairs and Strategic Partnerships – Dr. Wharton Boyd joined the Exchange’s senior management team from the DC Department of Health (DOH), where she had been the Senior Advisor, Communications and External Affairs, and helped the agency establish a social media presence. Prior to this appointment, she was detailed to the Exchange to assist in communications and media relations. She earlier served as Director of Communications in the DC Executive Office of the Mayor for Mayor Vincent C. Gray, and was a member of the Mayor’s Executive Cabinet and the official spokesperson for the Mayor and the Government of the District of Columbia. Linda Wharton-Boyd has spent much of her professional career working to improve the lives of District residents. She is a communications professional with a proven record of success in communications, marketing, public affairs, media relations, organizational development, strategic planning, and problem solving with the ability to effectively design, implement and manage internal and external communications and marketing programs, projects, information campaigns, promotions, as well as achieve organizational goals beyond expectations. In addition to her work at the Department of Health and the Executive Office of the Mayor, Wharton Boyd has also served as Chief of Staff/Chief Communications Officer for Councilmember Michael A. Brown; Chief Communications Officer for the DC Public Schools; Director of the Office of Communications and Public Affairs for the DC Department of Human Services/Office of the Deputy Mayor For Children, Youth, Elders And Families; Director of the DC Office of Cable Television and Telecommunications and Director of Communications / Press Secretary for DC Mayor Marion Barry. With a wealth of experiences to draw upon in strategic communications, public relations, media, telecommunications and external affairs in both the public and private sectors, Wharton Boyd is responsible for building the Health Benefit Exchange’s strategic communications and partnership engagement across the city with various community-based organizations, to include nonprofits, faith based institutions, and diverse populations. She will also serve as the liaison to the Council of the District of Columbia, District government agencies, Federal agencies and the White House. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications and Master’s in Speech Communications from the University of Pittsburgh as well as professional Certified Municipal Manager designation from George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. 1 MILA KOFMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mila Kofman is the Executive Director of the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (DCHBX). She is a nationally recognized expert on private health insurance markets and regulation including the ACA, HIPAA, and ERISA. She has a record of successfully implementing federal and state health insurance reforms and building, revamping, and leading organizations. As DCHBX’s first employee, Kofman successfully built the organization that now has 100+ employees, with a $30+million annual budget. Kofman has led policy initiatives and secured passage of legislation with unanimous support. She successfully guided the IT development of a State Based Marketplace (SBM) IT system for which there was no blueprint. Although DC was the last state to begin building its IT system, it was 1 of only 4 to open for business on time and stay open on October 1, 2013. Under Kofman’s leadership, DCHBX was recognized by AWS for Best Practices in Innovation (2016 and 2018), was selected by the Massachusetts Exchange to replace its technology for SHOP (first-in-the-nation SBM partnership), and ranks number one for consumer decision support tools. From March 2008 - May 2011, Kofman was the Superintendent of Insurance in Maine. She was the first woman to serve as Superintendent of Insurance, and while confirmed by a party-line vote of the legislature in 2008, she was unanimously reconfirmed in 2010. While on faculty at Georgetown University studying private health insurance markets, Kofman published 30+ articles in peer reviewed publications, served as an expert witness, and provided advice to elected officials. Kofman was named by the Washington Business Journal as one of 100 most powerful Washingtonians (2013). She has appeared on NPR, CNN, ABC News, CBS Evening News, and NBC Dateline and has been quoted in all national and many local news outlets, and trade press. She has testified before Congress and state legislatures. Kofman holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1996) and a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland (1993), summa cum laude. JOHN FALCICCHIO On July 2, 2019 Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the appointment of John Falcicchio as the Interim Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Mr. Falcicchio has served as the Mayor’s Chief of Staff since the start of her Administration after volunteering as a campaign advisor and director of Mayor-elect Bowser’s transition. Mr. Falcicchio previously served as a Senior Vice President of DKC, a New York based public relations firm; as a Regional Political Director for the Democratic National Committee during the re-election of President Obama; and as a long-time aide to former Mayor Adrian Fenty. 2 ANTONIO DOSS (DCHL PARTNER, PANELIST) Antonio Doss has a passion for serving and supporting the community and economic development needs of entrepreneurs and underserved communities. Throughout his career in government, community development, and finance, he has established a reputation for leadership integrity and a commitment to helping others grow. Mr. Doss was appointed District Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Washington Metropolitan Area District Office (WMADO) in December, 2013. As WMADO District Director, Mr. Doss and his team provide business development assistance to SBA’s largest portfolio of firms participating in the 8(a) business development program. Among the office’s accomplishments is the issuance of more than $6 billion in contract offer letters annually. Additionally, as District Director, he oversees the delivery of SBA’s small business financing products, contracting programs, and entrepreneurial coaching services. The WMADO market area includes Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland. Prior to his current role, Mr. Doss served as director of the SBA Office of Grants Management where he administered a $250 million portfolio of cooperative agreement grants. From 2004 to 2011, as Associate Administrator for SBA’s Office of Small Business Development Centers, he led the SBA’s largest business coaching program overseeing the $110 million Small Business Development Center grant program and its 900 service centers located across the nation and U.S. territories. Before to coming to SBA, Mr. Doss was a senior vice president at Bank of America where he managed the bank’s community development program in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Under his leadership, the bank received the highest ratings from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its commitment and demonstrated results in community reinvestment. While at Bank of America, Mr. Doss also managed SBA lending teams, branch offices, a consumer lending product group, and championed overall mortgage and real estate lending to low- and moderate-income communities. Mr. Doss earned a bachelor’s degree in management from Robert Morris College. He is also a graduate of Leadership Maryland and the Consumer Bankers Association’s Graduate School of Bank Management, at the University of Virginia. AJAY MADAN Ajay Madan is a Principal and the Chief Operating Officer of OST. He serves as the overall corporate strategist, providing day-to-day leadership and management of a technology and solutions organization committed to the company’s mission and core values. A key part of his role is to define, manage, and improve the core processes OST employees follow in delivering exceptional value to their customers. As Chief Operating Officer, Ajay orchestrates all OST operating units, including solution delivery, corporate shared services, and growth 3 operations. By keeping a persistent focus on delivering customer value, he leads teams in the identification and integration of new ideas and innovative approaches into OST processes and solutions. He spent several years working in the government at the federal, state and local levels. He served as senior advisor for the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Management Service, overseeing several multi-billion dollar financial programs and treasury management systems. He then served as a project director for the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program, under which his team received Vice President Gore’s “Hammer Award” for working to reinvent government. When the DC Government experienced significant financial difficulty, Ajay separated from federal service to work as the first Deputy CIO for the D.C. Government’s Chief Financial Officer. Later, Mr. Madan was a Research Fellow for the Sensitive Assessment Center at the Logistics Management Institute. Ajay has been with OST since 1999, and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Finance, with a minor in Physics from SUNY Brockport. He is the Chair of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce (and has been a member of the Executive Committee