Malcolm MacEachern Symposium 2021

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation

Michael F. Neidorff is recognized as a transformative leader and executive with a wealth of experience in starting and managing healthcare enterprises. He has successfully led the development and implementation of programs and services under Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial managed care while remaining committed to the core philosophy that quality healthcare is best delivered locally. Mr. Neidorff became president and chief executive officer of Centene Corporation in 1996. From the time Mr. Neidorff joined Centene, he has led its transformation from a closely held, $40 million corporation to a publicly traded (NYSE: CNC), Fortune 100®, diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise with annual revenues exceeding $74 billion in 2019. Mr. Neidorff is the longest-tenured CEO among the major managed care companies. Under Mr. Neidorff’s direction, Centene has expanded from operating Medicaid health plans solely in Wisconsin and Indiana, to operations and implementations in all 50 states serving more than 24 million managed care and TRICARE eligible beneficiaries. The company provides cost-effective coverage solutions to the rising number of under-insured and uninsured people. Centene was recognized as one of the FORTUNE 2020 World’s Most Admired Companies and was ranked No. 7 on the 2019 Change the World® list. In 2019, Centene ranked No. 51 on the FORTUNE 500® List.

Dean and Emmett Dedmon Professor, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy

Katherine Baicker, PhD, is the Dean and the Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dean Baicker serves on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers and as a Director of Eli Lilly and HMS Holdings. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Institute for Health Care Management; a Trustee of NORC; and a Trustee of the Mayo Clinic. She has served as a Commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; as Chair of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission; as Chair of the Board of Directors of AcademyHealth, and as a Senate-confirmed Member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Dean Baicker’s research focuses on the effectiveness of public and private health insurance, including the effect of reforms on the distribution and quality of care. She is one of the leaders of the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, a randomized evaluation of the effects of Medicaid coverage. She received her BA in economics from Yale and her PhD in economics from Harvard.

President & CEO, Howard Brown Health

David Ernesto Munar has devoted his entire professional career to building comprehensive systems of care and prevention that meet the needs of vulnerable populations. Since joining Howard Brown Health in 2014 as its President and CEO, Munar has focused on ensuring the delivery of excellent health and wellness services to Howard Brown’s patient populations, strengthening finances and operations, and positioning the organization for long-term sustainability and growth. Under his leadership, Howard Brown has expanded to include more than 10 health clinics from Englewood to Rogers Park, serving more than 34,000 people annually.

Prior to Howard Brown, Munar honed his career at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago where he held several positions, including President and CEO, during his 23-year tenure with the agency. He currently serves on the governing boards of AllianceChicago, AIDS United, the Black AIDS Institute, and Cook County Health and Hospitals System.

His advocacy work has earned several accolades, including being named a Champion of Change by the White House in 2011. In 2007, he helped launch the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy, which led to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy unveiled by President Obama in July 2010.

Munar’s work draws on career experience and perspectives as a bilingual Colombian‐American and gay man living with HIV.He is an avid runner and graduate of Northwestern University.