Our Board of Directors
For more than 10 years, Jim was CEO of Tufts Health Plan, where he led a turnaround that nearly doubled the membership and achieved consistent profitability while attaining #1 ranking in the United States from the national accrediting organization. He was previously in-house General Counsel and was a former partner in the Health Care Practice Group of Choate, Hall and Stewart in Boston. Before joining Tufts Health Plan, he served as Associate Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
In 2016, Jim was a visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He continues as a clinical instructor in the Public Health and Community Medicine Department of Tufts University School of Medicine.
Public policy and politics are Jim’s personal passions. He co-chairs the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the Democratic National Committee and is volunteer legal counsel for the Massachusetts Democratic Party. He is a trustee of the Cambridge Public Library and the Cambridge Community Foundation. He has co-chaired Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s Healthcare Leaders Task Force on Health Care Cost Growth, and he co-chaired the Massachusetts Hospital Association’s work group on access to behavioral health care. Jim is a trustee of the Cambridge Public Library, the Cambridge Community Foundation and the Atrius Health Equity Foundation.
Jim and his wife, Ann, enjoy living near their daughter and her husband and two grandsons in Cambridge, MA, as well as visiting their daughters, their husbands and four grandchildren in Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, CA.
Counsel,
Verrill Dana LLP
Chair, Board of Directors
He was previously CEO of Press Ganey Associates, SVP of WebMD, and co-founder and CEO of several healthcare startup companies. He is a board member, former chair of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Governance Committee for UMass Memorial Health (UMMH), and a board member, vice-chair of the Board of Directors, and chair of the Finance Committee for Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP).
Richard began his career in health care at New England Medical Center in Boston. He holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School, an MS in Accounting from the New York University Graduate School of Business, and a BA in Political Economy from Williams College. He is also a CPA.
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
As a practicing internist with more than 15 years of experience, Kim practices as a PCP at Healthcare Associates (HCA) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a large academic primary care practice where she was appointed medical director for 5 years, transitioning the practice into a medical home. Kim is an established physician leader with success leading operations, physician recruiting, and transforming HCA into a medical home. As Medical Director of Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (BIDCO) she was responsible for leading Quality initiatives and programs to reduce Medical Expenditures within the system.
Kim was raised in the Philippines and received her MD from the State University of New York in Brooklyn, NY, proceeding to train in Primary Care at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She completed the Executive MBA for Physicians at Brandeis University.
Associate Chief Medical Officer Performance Network
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Chair, MHQP Physician Council
Dr. Boxill has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He advances an organization’s mission with a balance of business expertise, strategic vision and operational leadership. Additionally, Dr. Boxill has worked with organizations in areas such as prevention and wellness, new business model creation, accounting and finance, strategic planning, disaster mental health and national mental health policy development (Republic of Liberia).
Prior to joining EBNHC, Dr. Boxill was the Chief Behavioral Health Officer for the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Health System, where he was responsible for leading behavioral health across the health system. He also led the implementation of BMC’s first Behavioral Health Hospital in Brockton, a state-of-the-art facility designed to be carbon-neutral and net-zero. In addition to MHQP, Dr. Boxill currently serves on the Board of the Fenway Community Development Corporation and the Deacon’s Ministry of People’s Baptist Church.
Chief Operating Officer
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Prior to joining the Society, Ms. Cornell spent 24 years at Tufts Health Plan, where she served as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan, Ms. Cornell was an Associate at the Boston law firm of Goodwin Procter.
Ms. Cornell has been recognized for contributions to her profession by Women’s Business Boston, which named her one of the Top 10 Women Corporate Lawyers in Boston, and Massachusetts Lawyer’s Weekly with its In-House Leaders-in-the-Law Award. She is also a recipient of the YWCA Boston’s Academy of Women Achievers Award. With Ms. Cornell at the helm, the Society was named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by the Commonwealth Institute and Boston Globe Magazine from 2018 to 2023.
Ms. Cornell serves on the boards of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge and Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, and is a member of the Massachusetts Women’s Forum. She is past-president of the American Health Lawyers Association.
Ms. Cornell received a B.A. cum laude from Macalester College and earned a J.D. from the Northeastern University School of Law. She also completed the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School and the Executive Leadership Program of America’s Health Insurance Plans.
Executive Vice President
Massachusetts Medical Society
Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Chair, MHQP Health Plan Council
She was formerly a volunteer facilitator for the Arthritis and Lupus support group for the past 22 years, held at the New England Baptist Hospital.
Denice received her Bachelor of Arts at UMass Boston and has a certification from Suffolk University in Human Service Administration. She is certified as a family planning counselor.
Coordinator for Clinical Billing and Data Operations
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
MHQP Consumer Health Council
Jim also serves on several industry association leadership roles including a member of the Board of Governors for the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), a member of the Board of Directors for Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), a member of the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable (EHIR), and a past Chairman of the Board of the Business Group on Health and past Board member at the ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC). Jim received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Worcester State University and his Master of Science in Health Care Transformation from the University of Texas at Austin.
Senior Vice President, Benefits Consultant, Alliant Insurance Services
CEO and Co-Founder
EmVision Productions
Prior to his role at Steward Health Care, he served as the Chair for the Department of Pediatrics at MassGeneral for Children at the North Shore Medical Center. Other prior administrative roles include Chief Medical Officer for Partners Community Health Care and Associate Medical Director for Pediatrics at Partner Community Health Care and North Shore Health System. He was also the Medical Director for the Pediatric Integrated Care Coordination program at Partners Population Health. He participated in the American Academy of Pediatrics Expert Learning Community on Innovative Financing Strategies for Health Care Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Value Based Purchasing and has been a member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the AAP’s Pediatric Council since 1998. He has also served on numerous Boards, including Steward Network and Steward Health Choice ACO, Partners Community Health Care, Partners Pediatric Network, and North Shore Health System.
Dr. Mandell graduated from Yale University and Tufts University School of Medicine. He then completed a rotating internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California and a Pediatric internship at Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Northern California. He completed his pediatric training at the Boston Floating Hospital of the New England Medical Center, where he was Chief Resident. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and has held teaching appointments at both Harvard and Tufts Medical Schools. He has also been a member of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Service’s Quality Measure Alignment Task Force since 2019
Dr. Mandell has served on the MHQP Provider Council for more than 10 years, and joined the MHQP Board in 2023. He has a deep commitment to improving health care quality, and equity and advancing value based, patient centered care.
Chief Pediatric Medical Officer
Steward Health Care Network
MHQP Physician Council
Prior to joining UniCare, David founded his own advisory practice, which specialized in management consulting, strategy, and regulatory innovation. Before that, Morales served as chief strategy officer for Steward Health Care System, where he led strategy, acquisitions, and payment innovation. David also served as CEO of Steward’s captive insurance company, and founded and led Steward’s Business Solutions team, which evaluated and led hospital acquisitions, physician recruitment, and EMS growth and innovation.
Prior to joining the private sector, Morales held several public service roles, including Massachusetts Commissioner of Health Care Finance and Policy, and prior to that, as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Deval Patrick, managing cabinet affairs and public policy. He also served as a senior adviser to Senate President Robert E. Travaglini and as an adviser to Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas M. Finneran. During his time as an adviser, he was one of the principal authors of the Massachusetts health care reform law (Chapter 58 of 2006) and the health care cost and transparency law (Chapter 305 of 2008).
In addition to his extensive healthcare experience on both the provider and health plan segments, David has expertise in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. David implemented and operated the first prescription drug insurance model in the U.S. – Prescription Advantage under Governor Jane Swift – which served as the incubator for Medicare Part D and was the co-author of the legislation which launched the Massachusetts Life Sciences initiative.
A graduate of Bowdoin College, he is also a best-selling author (www.davidamorales.com), renowned researcher and lecturer in traditional music from Puerto Rico, and is very active in his community. He serves on several boards, including Ahora Inc., Cristo Rey High School in Boston, the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP), Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Bethany Congregational Church, North Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Lynn Classical High School Board of Directors. David lives in Lynnfield, MA. with his wife and their two children.
General Manager
Unicare
MHQP Health Plan Council
Director, MA Senior Medicare Patrol Program
Elder Services of Merrimack Valley
Chair, MHQP Consumer Health Council
She is a member of the Milbank Advisory Committee for the Health of US Primary Care Scorecard, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Quality Measure Alignment Task Force and Quality Subcommittee, the Massachusetts Health Equity Data Standards Technical Advisory Committee, and the Betsey Lehman Center Measurement and Transparency Task Force. She also serves on the Board of the American Board of Family Medicine and the Board of the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum.
Ms. Rabson received her Master’s degree in Public Health from Yale University and her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University. In her free time, she enjoys sculling on the Charles River and playing her cello.
President and CEO
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
Ex-Officio Member
Ms. Yang has twenty years of experience in the health-care industry spanning across payer, provider, and government entities. Prior to Vinfen, she was the President of Public Plans at Point32Health, a leading health insurance company based in Massachusetts, where she led the company’s business segment that served Medicaid and other low-income populations. Ms. Yang’s experience also includes serving as the Executive Director of the Boston Children’s Hospital Integrated Care Organization (CHICO), where she led the development of the hospital’s inaugural Medicaid Accountable Care Organization. As a former public servant for the Commonwealth, Ms. Yang led the complex effort to implement the Affordable Care Act in Massachusetts, and was a policy influencer through her service on the Health Policy Commission and Group Insurance Commission.
A native of China, Jean is a graduate of Peking University in Beijing and Harvard Business School. She is a 2017 awardee of Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Pinnacle Award.
President & CEO
Vinfen