KRISTIN BEGLEY, PHARMD

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

CAPITAL RX

Kristin Begley, PharmD, is the Chief Commercial Officer at Capital Rx and an industry leader in health information technology innovation and the pharmaceutical supply chain. Kristin is responsible for expanding and growing Capital Rx’s commercial business and oversight of market-facing initiatives. She brings a wealth of knowledge to the role based on years of experience in the pharmacy sector, working on value-based care programs, helping build health technology infrastructure, and providing payers and health systems with modular software, hardware, and health advocacy solutions. Before joining Capital Rx, Kristin held executive leadership positions at companies including, but not limited to, Wildflower Health, Truveris, and Aon-Hewitt.

Kristin graduated from Samford University with a Doctorate in Pharmacy and has a post-Doctorate residency from the Managed Care Institute. She maintains active pharmacy licenses in Alabama, Florida, and New York.

MARANDA FREDRICH

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, EMPLOYEE SERVICES & HR COMPLIANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES

ST. LUKE'S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK

ED HOZZA

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION

COUNTY OF LEHIGH

Ed, is a native of Northampton Borough and graduate of Allentown College/DeSales University with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Marketing.

Ed spent 13years at the Nabisco Foods Group, ten years at ALZA/Ortho McNeill/J&J.

In 2007 with his family’s blessing, he ran and was elected the full time Whitehall Township Executive.  Ed served as the full time Executive and then Mayor for ten years.

On March 2, 2018, Ed resigned as Mayor of Whitehall Township to accept the position of Director of Administration for the County of Lehigh under County Executive Phil Armstrong. Ed is responsible for the Fiscal, Human Resource, Procurement, Veterans Affairs and IT Divisions of the County.  

Ed and his wife Denise are the proud parents of three children Elyse, Edward (Ted), Michael and one geriatric Cocker Spaniel named Roxy.  

VICTORIA ALEGRIA, APRN, MSN-FNP

MEDICAL DIRECTOR, US MEDICAL AFFAIRS CAR-T TEAM

JOHNSON & JOHNSON

Victoria Alegria is a Medical Director for the US Medical Affairs CAR-T Team at Johnson & Johnson leading efforts to optimize care for patients being treated with cilta-cel. Victoria is an experienced clinician who has a wealth of clinical experience caring for patients with Multiple Myeloma and CAR-T therapies. She has been a nurse practitioner for over 7 years at Mayo Clinic Florida and prior to that, as a registered hematology/oncology nurse for 9 years. She has been involved with 100+ clinical research studies, 35 Multiple Myeloma Studies, 10 CAR-T therapy studies and is a co-author on 17 peer-reviewed publications. Victoria has served as a mentor for the physician assistant, heme-onc fellowship program at Mayo Clinic Florida and has been a speaker for Symposiums on Multiple Myeloma for patients and APPs. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of North Florida and her BS in Nursing from Saint Petersburg College, Florida. She attained an MSN, FNP from Jacksonville University, Florida.  

CHRIS CROSBY

SENIOR DIRECTOR, PHARMA CONTRACTING AND STRATEGY

EXPRESS SCRIPTS BY EVERNORTH

Chris joined express scripts in 2020 and has responsibility for pharmaceutical contracting and strategy across many manufacturers at Express Scripts including manufacturers such as AbbVie, Amgen, and Novo Nordisk among many others. Prior to joining Express Scripts, Chris worked at HealthTrust Group Purchasing Organization negotiating pharmacy purchase agreements and leading contracting strategies across many pharmaceutical categories. Chris earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Belmont University. 

JEFF COOLEY

DIRECTOR,, PHARMA STRATEGY & CONTRACTING

EXPRESS SCRIPTS BY EVERNORTH

Jeff Cooley has responsibility for pharmaceutical contracting and strategy across many manufacturers at Express Scripts. Prior to joining Express Scripts in 2020 Jeff spent over 9 years within Humana and Humana Pharmacy where he held roles in Finance and Data and Analytics. Jeff’s experience leading analytical and actuarial teams focused on Medication Adherence, Formulary, and Rebates allows him to bring great insights into the contracting team. Jeff earned his Bachelor of Science in Informatics and Masters in Business Administration from Indiana University.

FORD KOLES

VICE PRESIDENT & NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

ADVISORY BOARD

Ford is one of Advisory Board's preeminent thought leaders in the area of health system economics and strategy. He is a health care economist by training and has participated in every major Advisory Board research initiative since 1992. He is well-versed in health care history and the many reform initiatives we have lives through in the past three decades: coverage expansion; vertical integration and physician partnership models; managed care and payer contracting; horizontal integration and system economics of scale; and quality-based payment. Prior to joining Advisory Board, he was a management consultant for the Hay Group and Ernst & Young. He received his BA from Kenyon College, and his MA in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

DANIEL KUZMANOVICH

MANAGING DIRECTOR & EXPERT PARTNER

Daniel is an expert partner and national speaker with Advisory Board. He leads and presents research on diverse topics including value-based care, physician alignment, and industry trends to leaders from across the healthcare industry. Daniel also leads Advisory Board's team of expert presenters and facilitators. Daniel graduated from Emory University with BAs in history and classical civilizations and a minor in predictive health. Daniel is passionate about how technology influences the practice of medicine - and the Green Bay Packers.

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