Linda Elam is CEO and Plan President of Amerigroup District of Columbia, Inc., a Medicaid managed care organization. She is a health policy and management leader with deep expertise in the financing and delivery of health care to vulnerable populations, and broad experience across academic, philanthropic, federal and state government, and private sectors. As an Obama appointee, Dr. Elam served as deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation in the office of Disability, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy at the US Department of Health and Human Services where she provided leadership on policies supporting the independence, health and productivity of elderly individuals and people with disabilities. At the state level, Dr. Elam was senior deputy director and State Medicaid Director at the District of Columbia's Department of Health Care Finance. Prior to government service, she was with the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Dr. Elam holds a B.S. in zoology from Howard University, an M.P.H. from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins University. She is adjunct faculty at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.