David Lansky, PhD, is the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) – directing efforts to improve the affordability and availability of high- quality health care. Since 2008, he has led the coalition of 60 large employers and health care purchasers representing more than 6 million Americans, including Wells Fargo, Intel, Safeway, Walmart, Boeing, CalPERS, and the state of Washington Health Care Authority.
A nationally-recognized expert in accountability, quality measurement and health IT, Lansky has served as a board member or adviser to represent health care purchasers on numerous health care policymaking programs, including the HHS Learning and Action Network, Health IT Policy Committee, Congressional Budget Office Health Advisors Panel, and the Board of the Alliance for Health Reform. He serves as vice chair of the Health Care Transformation Task Force.
