Leaders of companies that provide health care or services to health care, including health plans and life sciences companies:

• Company must be public, privately held, or a large non-profit.
• Nominee must be involved in key decision-making for the company and/or a major business unit of the company. Must have either direct P&L responsibility or manage major line items of P&L (Sales, Legal, Medical, R&D, Capabilities, etc) or represent significant customer responsibility (i.e. payers, health care systems, etc.).
• Nominee must be an active part of a senior management team with the title of VP or higher.

Leaders of consulting and advisory companies: 

• Company must be a professional firm directly advising health care and life sciences companies.
• Nominee must be involved in key decision-making for her company and/or a major business unit of the company. Must have direct P&L responsibility.
• Nominee must be an active part of a senior management team in the C-Suite or leader of a major practice group related to health care.
• For very small firms (10 or fewer employees), only the President or CEO will be eligible and must demonstrate prior executive experience equal to the criteria described above.

Leaders of start-ups:

• Company must be privately owned.
• Company must have a product on the market or preparing for market in health care.
• Nominee must have Founder, Co-Founder, or C-Suite title.

Employees of government agencies:

• Current government employees are not eligible for membership. However, recent leaders of government health programs (i.e. state health commissioners, administrators/deputy administrators of Medicare or Medicaid programs) no longer employed by a government agency are eligible.