Board of Trustees

KFF’s trustees have deep backgrounds in public service, academia, nonprofit organizations, health care, and the media. Trustees serve two, five-year terms. The KFF Board is currently chaired by former Senator, Olympia Snowe. Jim Canales, president and trustee of the Barr Foundation, serves as Vice Chair.

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Drew Altman, PhD

President and Chief Executive Officer, KFF

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James E. Canales (Vice-Chair)

President & Trustee, Barr Foundation

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Frederick P. Cerise, MD, MPH

President and Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Health & Hospital System

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Kevin Merida

Media Executive

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Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS

Associate Dean for Health Equity Research, Yale School of Medicine

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Soledad O’Brien

Founder, Soledad O’Brien Productions
Anchor & Producer, “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien”

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Kathleen Sebelius

CEO, Sebelius Resources LLC
Former United States Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services

Susan E. Siegel

Former Chief Innovation Officer of GE and CEO of GE Ventures

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Olympia Snowe (Chair)

Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
Former United States Senator, Maine

Frederick O. Terrell

Vice Chairman of Investment Banking for Wells Fargo & Company

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Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP

Managing Partner, Tuckson Health Connections