Steering Committee (SC) Charge

The Steering Committee is made up of Senior Level Executives driving Health Equity, interoperability strategy within their home organization and responsible for coordinating with industry. They can make decisions and commit organization resources.

Responsible for:

  • Approving the highest-level decisions and sets overall strategic priorities with input from the Operating Committee, Program Management Office (PMO), and public community
  • Reviewing and approvals of budgets, budget narratives, contracts, expenses, new work and scope.
  • Making decisions about updates to Gravity Governance and governing documents (e.g. operating guidelines, SOUs)
  • Identifying and reaching out to potential sources of funding, with PMO support as needed

Committee Members

NameOrganizationRepresenting CategoryTerm End Date
Alana KalinowskiSan Diego 2-1-1/Community Information Exchange (CIE)Social Service OrganizationsMar 2026
Alex Billioux (Co-Chair)United HealthcarePayersMar 2026
Brian BarrettHighmark HealthPayersMar 2024
Dan VreemanHL7HL7Mar 2025


PatientsMar 2026
Esther FarkasUnite UsHealth ITMar 2024
Hilary Heishman (Ex-Officio)Robert Wood Johnson FoundationSocial Service OrganizationsMar 2024
Janice TufteHassanah ConsultingPatientsMar 2025
Ji ImCommonSpirit HealthProvidersMar 2025
Julia SkapikNational Association of Community Health CentersProvidersMar 2024
Kelly Cronin (Ex-Officio)Administration for Community Living Federal GovernmentN/A
Lina WalkerAARPPatientsMar 2024
Alex Mugge (Ex-Officio)Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesFederal GovernmentN/A
Sam Meklir (Ex-Officio)Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information TechnologyFederal GovernmentN/A
Sagran MoodleyOntada (McKesson)Health ITMar 2025
Corey SmithAmerican Medical AssociationProvidersMar 2026
TBDHumanaPayersMar 2025
TBDPartners in Care FoundationSocial Service OrganizationsMar 2026


Health ITMar 2026

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