Subject Matter Experts


Altarum Institute’s 60-year history means that we can offer an unparalleled body of knowledge and practical expertise in a diverse range of subjects. Our many experts represent the best in health care policy, research, business and clinical process improvement, technical assistance, and program evaluation.

Area of Expertise
  • Director, Information and Technology Strategies

    Daniel Armijo has more than a decade of experience leveraging health information to create systems that improve health.  He has dedicated his career to paradigm-changing work in the application of information technology to health and health care. 

  • Program Manager, Information and Technology Strategies

    Dr. Atkinson has 24 years of professional experience in business economics, corporate planning, and strategic management activities related to health information technology.

  • Area of Expertise Lead for Food Assistance and Nutrition

    Loren Bell is a nationally known expert in food assistance and nutrition education program policy and program operations.

  • Analyst, Revenue Cycle Management

    Robert Borchert is recognized as an industry expert in all aspects of revenue cycle management.

  • Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, and Evaluation

    Christopher Botsko is an expert in health systems change and the integration of health and social services with a focus on programs that affect women, children, and adolescents. He has 15 years of experience designing and conducting evaluations and supporting community efforts to improve services and resources for children and families.

  • Director, Health Care Quality Research

    With more than 30 years experience in health care – including military medicine – Cathy Call brings experience in developing and administering complex health re-engineering programs; targeting force reduction while maintaining highest quality patient care; and strategic planning, policy development, and operational deployment. 

  • Research Director, Culture of Health

    Stanley Chin focuses on expanding Altarum’s strategic opportunities in the health arena. He has more than 13 years experience in health care consulting, with a specific focus on program evaluation and information technology.

  • Research Director, Health Equity

    Dr. Collins’ research experience focuses on the social determinants of health and health inequities, with a particular interest in issues elucidating factors within the social and built environment that impact the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. She has extensive training in quantitative and demographic analyses and has taught at various universities throughout the country.

  • Community Health Systems Deputy Director

    Mr. Gelman has more than ten years of experience assessing, developing, and evaluating substance abuse treatment/behavioral health programs throughout the country.

  • Senior Associate

    June Gertig is skilled at the design, delivery, and management of technical assistance (TA) across multiple formats tailored for diverse audiences and preferred learning modalities.

  • Vice President and Director, Health Financial Systems

    Glen Greenlee oversees a portfolio of projects and program managers that focus on studies, analysis, and data extractions to support corporate planners with the Military Health System and within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

  • Practice Area Lead for Knowledge Transfer and Technical Assistance

    Dr. Jamie Hart’s work focuses on the fair distribution of health opportunities and improved health outcomes. She is recognized for designing and facilitating high-level meetings to identify barriers and develop concrete steps to achieve systems change.

  • Deputy Director of Knowledge Transfer and Technical Assistance

    Tom Hill has over twenty years experience as a grassroots and professional community organizer. He is a nationally recognized thought leader in the field of addiction recovery and recovery–oriented systems of care.

  • Deputy Director for Knowledge and Information Development

    Antigone Hodgins is Deputy Director for Knowledge and Information Development at Altarum Institute and brings 18 years of experience in HIV/AIDS program management, organizational leadership, technical assistance, and consensus-based strategic partnership building. 

  • Senior Lean Six Sigma Coach

    Mr. Hoeft is a Toyota-trained Lean Six Sigma Coach who has helped organizations win 14 Shingo prizes. He is a practitioner, teacher, and thought leader in applying Lean principles to unique, knowledge-worker processes such as healthcare, new product development, supply chains, and manufacturing.

  • Health Economist and Senior Analyst, Center for Studying Health Spending

    Paul Hughes-Cromwick is a health economist and Senior Analyst at Altarum Institute where he has worked since 2002. He has been involved in healthcare economic and policy analyses since receiving his master’s degree in 1981.

  • Deputy Director for Strategy and Growth (SRI)

    Dr. Holly Korda brings career experience as a consultant to nonprofit, public, and private organizations in the areas of performance-based evaluation and decision support, strategic analysis, and identification and transfer of best practice innovations in public- and private-sector health care.

  • Policy Analyst, Military and Veterans Health Budgeting

    Jim Laramie has extensive knowledge of the Military Health System from the administrators’, providers’, and beneficiaries’ viewpoints. 

  • Vice President, Integrated Strategic Business Development

    Mr. Lee has been with Altarum Institute since 1989 where his work has focused on evaluating the cost effectiveness of medical capital investments, disease management programs and new health technologies.

  • Altarum Institute Fellow

    Dr. Matt Longjohn is a noted expert on obesity prevention, public health leadership, and school health who has worked extensively with nonprofit organizations, hospitals and healthcare systems, research institutes, foundations, and city and state agencies.

  • Senior Policy Consultant and Practice Area Leader for Health Program Analysis and Evaluation

    Dr. Karen Metscher brings more than 20 years of experience with the Military Health System, TRICARE program management, managed care, clinical support, patient administration, medical evacuation, medical records management, and medical workforce planning.

  • Vice President and Director, Community Health Systems

    A person living with HIV for 26 years, Mr. Milan is a national expert on and advocate for HIV/AIDS policies and programs.

  • Institute Fellow

    Dr. Miller supports Altarum in the application of operations research methods to modeling and analysis of health care issues. He has directed numerous projects addressing topics in the cost of care.

  • Analyst, Military Health Financial Program Management

    Raymond Paris has extensive experience in military health program design, requirements analysis, metric development, and programming.

  • Vice President, Health Care Economics and Director of the Altarum Center for Studying Health Spending

    Dr. Charles Roehrig is a health care economist and econometrician specializing in health sector modeling and analysis. He has many years of experience in forecasting health workforce supply and requirements. 

  • Practice Area Deputy for Policy, Planning, and Evaluation

    Renee Schwalberg’s project work focuses on maternal and child health, children with special health care needs, and the presentation of quantitative data. She couples solid qualitative and quantitative analytic skills with the ability to present research findings in a format that is readily understood by professional and lay readers alike.

  • Senior Policy Analyst

    Dr. Amy Sheon possesses 25 years of experience working in cutting-edge and emerging public health issues including family planning, HIV research, ethical issues in genetics, and childhood obesity.

  • Research Director for Innovative Care Delivery

    Brad Smith, Altarum’s Research Director for Innovative Care Delivery, helps guide the Institute’s strategic research initiatives related to improving the performance of the health care delivery system. He also continues to lead technical projects in a variety of substantive areas.

  • Senior Health Care Analyst, Center for Studying Health Spending

    As a senior analyst with Altarum’s Center for Studying Health Spending, Ms. Turner has over twenty years of experience in quantitative analysis and modeling to support decision making in health care policy and operations. She has extensive experience developing models to forecast health professions supply and demand at the federal and state level, including studies of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and physical therapists. 

  • Deputy Director, Altarum Center for Studying Health Spending

    Dr. Walke is the practice area lead for forecasting and economic analysis specializing in military and veterans’ health, Medicare payment, and cost-effectiveness of new technologies. He has more than 10 years of experience conducting quantitative research and health policy studies, program evaluations, and economic studies.

  • Project Administrator and Lead Technical Assistance Program Analyst

    Dennis Zaenger has more than 10 years experience providing training and technical assistance in the area of health care services and emergency preparedness.

  • Director, Integration and Change Initiatives

    Beth Zimmerman, Altarum’s Director of Integration and Change Initiatives, focuses on both corporate-level activities as well as technical projects addressing maternal and child health issues. She possesses in-depth expertise in the conduct of process evaluations for programs serving vulnerable populations.