across three states. Prior to CenterPointe Hospital, his
career began with McKinsey & Co as a Business Analyst,
where he focused on a wide range of strategic and
operational initiatives for large organizations both
inside and outside healthcare. Mr. Malik received a BS
in economics from the Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania, a BA in neuroscience from Penn with
distinction, and an MBA in healthcare management
from Wharton.
Elizabeth M. Miller, RN, CRNP, MBA
State President of Florida
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Elizabeth Miller was named President
of WellCare of Florida in October 2016.
In this role, she is responsible for
the company’s Florida Medicare and
Medicaid health plans, including plan strategy, regulatory
compliance, network management, sales and marketing,
medical management, finance, and administration.
Previously, she served as the Florida plan’s Chief
Operating Officer, leading the teams responsible for
network management, health services, behavioral health,
and organization training. Ms. Miller joined WellCare
in March 2012 as Vice President, Product Operations in
Florida. Prior to that, she held roles with increasing levels
of responsibility with Genesis Healthcare, a national long-
term care company, and held network development and
health service roles with UnitedHealth Group. A certified
nurse practitioner, she began her career as an oncology
clinical nurse and transitioned into managed care after
completing her Master’s in Business Administration at
the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
She currently serves on the state’s Telehealth Advisory
Council and on the Board of Trustees of the Florida
Council on Aging.
Matthew C. Mishkind, PhD
Deputy Director and Director of Operations for
Military and Veteran Programs
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center,
University of Colorado
Matt Mishkind, PhD, has focused
his career on military health care,
telehealth program development, and organizational
development. He began his military health career with
the Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC) at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. He also
served as one of the original staff members tasked
with developing the National Center for Telehealth and
Technology (T2), located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord
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in Washington State. While at T2, Dr. Mishkind helped
lead the development of several technology-based
initiatives to improve behavioral health access across
the Department of Defense. His particular focus was on
developing telehealth programs for remote and otherwise
isolated populations. Both DHCC and T2 are part of the
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health
and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Mishkind currently
serves as Deputy Director of the Helen and Arthur E.
Johnson Depression Center at the University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus, which includes overseeing
veteran and military programs. He recently served as a
national telehealth consultant for the Cohen Veterans
Network. He is actively developing telehealth programs
to reach mountain and rural communities throughout
the intermountain west. He received his BS from the
University of Oregon and his PhD from the University
of Vermont.
Veena Misra, PhD
Director, National Science Foundation ERC
ASSIST Nanosystems Center
North Carolina State University
Veena Misra is the Director of
the National Science Foundation
Nanosystems Engineering Research
Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated
Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST). She is a Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina
State University and is an IEEE Fellow. She received her
BS, MS, and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from
North Carolina State University, Raleigh. After working
at the Advanced Products Research and Development
Laboratories of Motorola Inc., Austin, TX, she joined the
faculty of North Carolina State University in 1998. She
has authored or co-authored over 150 papers in the areas
of state-of-the-art, low-power CMOS devices, power
devices, alternative high-mobility substrates, nanoscale
magnetics, and energy harvesting. Dr. Misra was the
recipient of the 2001 National Science Foundation
Presidential Early CAREER Award, the 2011 Alcoa
Distinguished Engineering Research Award, and the 2007
Outstanding Alumni Research Award. She also served as
the General Chair of the 2012 IEEE International Electron
Device Meeting.
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