JOHN ROTHER
President & CEO
John Rother is President and CEO of the National Coalition on Health Care, America’s oldest and most diverse group working to achieve comprehensive health system change. The Coalition’s membership of more than 80 participating organizations includes medical societies, businesses, unions, health care providers, faith-based associations, pension and health funds, insurers, and groups representing consumers, patients, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Prior to joining the Coalition in 2011, Mr. Rother served as the longtime Executive Vice President for Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs at AARP. There he led the development of AARP’s policy positions and advocacy strategies. Under his leadership, AARP engaged in robust public policy research and analysis, public education, and advocacy on health and retirement issues at the federal, state and international levels. Mr. Rother wrote numerous articles and was a frequent speaker on health, retirement security, the federal budget, and the boomer generation.
From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Rother was Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging under the direction of Chairman John Heinz (R-PA). From 1977 to 1981 he served as Special Counsel for Labor and Health to U.S. Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY).
Mr. Rother is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a member of the DC Bar, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Gerontological Society of America.
In 2010 Mr. Rother received the Robert Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance for “lifetime advocacy to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.”
ANN KEMPSKI
Advisor
Ann is supporting NCHC’s strategic focus on health care affordability. Under the guidance of the board, NCHC is convening members and stakeholders to promote policies to address the major drivers of health care cost growth.
Ann has over 25 years of experience working in health policy and advocacy roles. She recently served as the Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Commission, where she collaborated across state government and with private stakeholders on health system transformation and the management of a CMMI State Innovation Model grant. Ann was the Director of Policy for the Permanente Federation of Kaiser Permanente from 2010 to 2017, and the Director of Health Policy for SEIU during the union’s efforts to enact the Affordable Care Act.
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DAVID INTROCASO
Senior Director of Health Policy
David Introcaso, Ph.D., joined NCHC as Senior Director of Health Policy in November 2018. David began his career in Washington at DC General Hospital in the mid-1990s. Since then he has worked at NIH/NINR, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as agency's Evaluation Officer, as a Public Health Analyst in the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), he served as Health Policy Adviser to House Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, and has numerous years of experience working as a consultant for, among others, the American Heart Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and for UnitedHealth Group. David has taught as an adjunct at the University of Chicago and the George Washington University and among other awards was a three-year W. K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellow (1993-1996). He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Rutgers and Arizona State.
JOHN ROTHER
President & CEO
John Rother is President and CEO of the National Coalition on Health Care, America’s oldest and most diverse group working to achieve comprehensive health system change. The Coalition’s membership of more than 80 participating organizations includes medical societies, businesses, unions, health care providers, faith-based associations, pension and health funds, insurers, and groups representing consumers, patients, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Prior to joining the Coalition in 2011, Mr. Rother served as the longtime Executive Vice President for Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs at AARP. There he led the development of AARP’s policy positions and advocacy strategies. Under his leadership, AARP engaged in robust public policy research and analysis, public education, and advocacy on health and retirement issues at the federal, state and international levels. Mr. Rother wrote numerous articles and was a frequent speaker on health, retirement security, the federal budget, and the boomer generation.
From 1981 to 1984, Mr. Rother was Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging under the direction of Chairman John Heinz (R-PA). From 1977 to 1981 he served as Special Counsel for Labor and Health to U.S. Senator Jacob Javits (R-NY).
Mr. Rother is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is a member of the DC Bar, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Gerontological Society of America.
In 2010 Mr. Rother received the Robert Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance for “lifetime advocacy to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.”
ANN KEMPSKI
Advisor
Ann is supporting NCHC’s strategic focus on health care affordability. Under the guidance of the board, NCHC is convening members and stakeholders to promote policies to address the major drivers of health care cost growth.
Ann has over 25 years of experience working in health policy and advocacy roles. She recently served as the Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Commission, where she collaborated across state government and with private stakeholders on health system transformation and the management of a CMMI State Innovation Model grant. Ann was the Director of Policy for the Permanente Federation of Kaiser Permanente from 2010 to 2017, and the Director of Health Policy for SEIU during the union’s efforts to enact the Affordable Care Act.
DAVID INTROCASO
Senior Director of Health Policy
David Introcaso, Ph.D., joined NCHC as Senior Director of Health Policy in November 2018. David began his career in Washington at DC General Hospital in the mid-1990s. Since then he has worked at NIH/NINR, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as agency's Evaluation Officer, as a Public Health Analyst in the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), he served as Health Policy Adviser to House Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer, and has numerous years of experience working as a consultant for, among others, the American Heart Association, the American Public Health Association, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and for UnitedHealth Group. David has taught as an adjunct at the University of Chicago and the George Washington University and among other awards was a three-year W. K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellow (1993-1996). He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Rutgers and Arizona State.