Ceci Connolly, a nationally recognized health care leader, is president and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). She spent 25 years in journalism covering national politics, health care and natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, and is a well-respected author and commentator. As the Washington Post's former chief health correspondent, she chronicled President Obama's drive for sweeping health care reform and the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Connolly is co-author of "Landmark: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All" and has been published in numerous publications, including The New England Journal of Medicine. Following her career in journalism, Connolly served as a leader of PwC's Health Research Institute and as a senior adviser at the McKinsey Center for Health Reform. Additionally, she is a founding member Women of Impact, a Pharmacy Quality Alliance Board member, an Amyloid Action Network Board member and a former Whitman-Walker Health Board member.

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