Governance and Committees
An overview of Penn LDI’s governing and advisory members.
Penn LDI is overseen by a Governing Board comprised of the Deans from the eight schools that support LDI, as well as the Vice Provost for Research, the President and CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. In addition, LDI has two committees that assist in planning and strategy, as well as an External Advisory Board.
Governing Board
Erika James, PhD (Chair)
Dean, The Wharton School
Sally Bachman, PhD
Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice
Sarah Banet-Weiser, PhD
Dean, Annenberg School for Communication
Madeline Bell
President and CEO, CHOP
Dawn Bonnell, PhD
Vice Provost for Research
Jonathan Epstein, MD
Dean, Perelman School of Medicine
Steven J. Fluharty, PhD
Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Sophia Z. Lee, PhD, JD
Dean, Penn Carey Law School
Kevin Mahoney
CEO, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean, School of Nursing
Mark Wolff, DDS, PhD
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
Internal Advisory Committee
- Dennis P. Culhane, PhD, Professor, Social Work, School of Social Policy & Practice; Professor, Psychology, Perelman School of Medicine; Professor, Policy Research and Evaluation, Graduate School of Education
- Joan I. Gluch, PhD, Director, Community Health, School of Dental Medicine; Adjunct Associate Professor, Community Health, School of Dental Medicine
- Allison K. Hoffman, JD, Professor, Law, Penn Carey Law School
- Robert C. Hornik, PhD, Wilbur Schramm Professor, Communication, Annenberg School for Communication; Director, Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, Annenberg School for Communication
- John Kimberly, PhD, Henry Bower Professor Emeritus of Management, The Wharton School
- Julia Lynch, PhD, Professor, Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences
- Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, Professor, School of Nursing; The Independence Chair for Nursing Education, School of Nursing; Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar
- Atheendar Venkataramani, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine
External Advisory Board
Melanie Bella, MBA
Executive Advisor, Cressey & Company; Advisor, Cityblock Health
Sheila Burke, RN, MPA, FAAN
Strategic Advisor, Baker Donelson; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard
Carladenise Edwards, PhD
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Henry Ford Health System
Matt Eilers
Former Managing Director and Global Co-Head, Alternative Capital Group, UBS Securities LLC
David Friend, MD, MBA
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Julian Harris, MD, MBA
Chairman and CEO, ConcertoCare
Jeffrey Hoffman, MD, FACS
Former Chief Medical Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance
Frederick J. Manning, JD
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Manning Financial Group
Sharad S. Mansukani, MD, CPE
Chairman, Board of Directors, Convey Health Solutions
Rosemary Mazanet, MD, PhD (Chair)
R. Mazanet LLC
Tim McDonald, MBA
Partner, Guidon Partners
Karen Murphy, PhD, MBA, RN
Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation and Digital Transformation Officer; Founding Director, Steele Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Geisinger
José A. Pagán, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Policy and Management, New York University School of Global Public Health
Corbin Petro
Co-Founder and former CEO, Eleanor Health
John Rydzewski
Director, Health Outlook Corporation
Craig Samitt, MD, MBA
CEO and Founder, ITO Advisors
Robert (Bobby) Schmidt, MBA
Managing Director, Healthcare Private Equity Investor, The Carlyle Group
Allyson Schwartz
Senior Advisor, Healthcare and Life Sciences Strategic Communications Practice, FTI Consulting
