Rep. Anita Somani, MD

Ohio House Health Committee | Practicing OB/GYN | Policy and clinical perspective

Rep. Somani ran for office believing healthcare policy needed a physician's voice in the room, and she's brought that voice to the Health Committee ever since. OB/GYN with 30+ years at OhioHealth, one of very few people in the country who has sat inside the exam room and inside the committee room on the same issues.

Sen. Beth Liston, MD, PhD

Ranking Member, Ohio Senate Health & Medicaid Committees | Practicing Hospitalist | Policy and clinical perspective

With an MD and PhD from Ohio State, she ran for office because she believes policy decisions need to be grounded in the same evidence she uses at the bedside.

Linda Stevenson, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, MDA

COO/CIO, Fisher-Titus Health | CHIME Board Member | Rural Health IT evangelist

After 35 years in health IT across Cleveland's largest health systems, she came home to a rural, independent hospital because she believes rural patients deserve the same technology and security as everyone else.

Kaitlan Baston, MD

Former New Jersey Health Commissioner | CEO, Vinyl Health | Policy, health equity, and technology

Born and raised in rural Ohio, she spent her career watching people leave the exam room unsure what to do next, and now builds technology because she believes patients deserve better than that.

Erica Olenski, BCPA, CPXP, eFACHDM

Founder, Monarch Futures | Board Certified Patient Advocate | HIMSS Americas Board of Advisors

After years as her son's primary caregiver and care coordinator, she became an advocate because she believes innovation that begins with a life is the only kind that ever reaches one.

If you have a passion for healthcare, we’d love for you to join our room. We’re bringing together rural and independent hospital leaders, FQHCs, technology companies, policy makers, and patient advocates from across the state.