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Jennifer Lee

Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Jennifer Lee is Chief Medical Officer at the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) where she leads ACHP’s Clinical Innovation and Data Analytics teams, spearheading research and programming on patient experience, delivery transformation and value-based coverage and care. Prior to this role, she served as a medical analyst for CNN and as an emergency room physician. Previously, Dr. Lee served as the Director of Virginia’s Medicaid agency, where she was responsible for overseeing a $10 billion budget and providing health coverage for over 1 million Virginians. Prior to her role in Virginia, she served as Deputy under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services and Senior Advisor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. From 2014-16, Dr. Lee served as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources for Governor Terry McAuliffe. Dr. Lee has also served as a White House Fellow, a health policy fellow on the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and a Policy Research Scholar and Associate Professor at George Washington University. She received her bachelor’s in biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University, her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine, and completed her residency at Johns Hopkins. She is a board-certified, practicing emergency physician.

Stories Featuring Jennifer Lee
December 1, 2021
Washington, DC’s Two Generations, One Future Day
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July 22, 2020
Transforming Child and Family Mental Health in Washington, DC
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June 29, 2020
Undo A System of White Supremacy: The Call for a New Social Contract
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June 19, 2019
2018 Ascend Fellow Action Plans
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March 13, 2019
Moving Families Toward Opportunity, Two Generations at a Time
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September 6, 2018
Prestigious Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship Announces 2018 Class of Leaders
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