Jeff has over 35 years of experience with health insurance and managed care product development, health care policy & regulatory compliance in both government and commercial venues. He received his undergraduate degree in History and a Master of Science in Preventive Medicine from The Ohio State University. Jeff has worked in several private sector and regulatory roles in Medicaid and commercial healthcare insurance markets in Ohio, Indiana and South Carolina. He has more than seventeen years of service in Ohio state government in various roles with both the Ohio Departments of Medicaid (ODM) (formerly the Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Services) and Insurance (ODI). He has worked in four managed care plans, with a primary focus on Medicaid and Medicaid-Medicare health plans. More recently, Jeff has focused his efforts on understanding social determinants of health (SDOH) and their impacts on the health and well-being of communities. His work has focused more specifically on issues of housing insecurity, food insecurity, transportation and engagement of persons in their health and wellness post incarceration.