John Votto, DO

Hospital for Special Care — New Britain, CT

John Votto, DO is the Chief Medical Staff/Executive Liaison for Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, Connecticut after previously serving as President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Votto has been a Director of NALTH since 2003 and served as its President from 2008 to 2010.  He is NALTH’s Chief Medical Officer and chairs the NALTH Research & Quality Committee and CMO Forum.

Email: jvotto@hfsc.org

Lane Koenig, PhD

KNG Health Consulting — Rockville, MD

Lane Koenig, PhD is President of KNG Health Consulting and NALTH Director of Policy and Research. His research interests include hospital and post-acute care payment policies, provider quality and efficiency, and value-based purchasing initiatives. He leads KNG Health’s Healthcare Reform and Payment Innovation practice, providing analysis and policy development services to hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, national trade associations, and state and Federal governments. Prior to founding KNG Health, Lane was the Senior Economist in the Office of Policy at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and a Senior Scientist at The Lewin Group. He earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Email: lane.koenig@knghealth.com

Lou Little, MBA

Lou Little Consulting—Georgia

Lou Little, MBA, served as Sparrow Specialty Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer for over five years. Most recently before Sparrow, he served as Chief Executive Officer of HealthSouth MountainView Hospital. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President of Post Acute Services and President of Windy Hill Hospital with WellStar Health System in Marietta, Georgia. Lou brings 37 years of healthcare experience with 29 years providing leadership for patient care serving both acute and post acute care. He serves as the National Association of Long Term Hospitals Senior Consultant. Lou has an undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and an MBA from Georgia State University.

Email: loulittle1955@gmail.com

Holly Strain, MPH 

Capitol Decisions — Washington, DC

For over 15 years, Holly has represented health clients in Washington. Holly is an expert in tracking and researching complex health care appropriation and authorization legislation and advocating on behalf of clients on Capitol Hill.

Holly played a key role in the passage of legislation that requires insurance companies to treat mental illness and substance use disorders no differently than other medical conditions. As part of that effort, she ran the grassroots operation supporting the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Holly was also instrumental in the inclusion of mental health and addiction policy provisions in the Affordable Care Act.

In 2015, she directed the Facing Addiction Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, the largest addiction treatment and recovery advocacy day to date with 500 participants. Most recently, Holly has been instrumental in advocating to expand access to treatment and recovery support services as part of legislation to address the opioid misuse and overdose epidemic.

Holly graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. She earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Email: hstrain@capitoldecisions.com

Al Shay

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP — Washington, DC 

Albert W. Shay is a partner at Morgan Lewis. He focuses his practice on counseling healthcare companies of all types on regulatory, fraud and abuse, Stark law, Medicare reimbursement, and transactional matters. Al devotes a substantial portion of his practice to corporate compliance issues, including internal and government investigations, and has experience representing clients before regulatory agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, and the Provider Reimbursement Review Board.

Email: albert.shay@morganlewis.com

Ryan Dryden

NALTH — Washington, DC

Ryan offers a new non-profit business model for individual member organizations, medical societies, philanthropies, and trade associations.

He is a seasoned Association Professional who is proactive, strategic and responsive to volunteer leaders — an effective communicator and problem-solver. Ryan can help you put the Board in charge of a healthy organization with solid growth programs. His experience will help you achieve organizational growth and stability.

Non-profit organizations and their volunteers profoundly impact the world and the constituents they serve. As organizations grow, the volunteer leaders need support. Non-profit professionals support the administrative, financial and business management functions of the organization — vital parts for overall success. The goal is to minimize costs while allowing the organization to be productive without overburdening volunteers — and keeping the Board in charge.

Email: rdryden@nalth.org