Janet Walker is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Association of Community Health Plans. In this role, Janet leads the Texas-based community health plans in collective efforts to improve the health and well-being of Texans through accessible, quality, and cost-effective health care. As CEO, Janet represents and advocates for issues important to the TACHP mission of supporting and strengthening the delivery and outcomes of health care in Texas communities through the engagement of health care consumers, community providers, and other stakeholders.

Janet has more than twenty years of experience working with health systems and health plans, focusing on and advising on both the strategic direction and the legal and policy considerations related to health plan operations, Accountable Care Organizations, Bundled Payment Initiatives, Medicare Advantage, and Direct to Employer Contracting, to name a few. Janet also has experience working with insurance departments across the country. Janet’s experience also includes handling complex, regulated entity transactions. In the wake of increased value-based care joint ventures. Lastly, Janet has extensive experience advising managed care and insurance entities facing challenges from state and federal administrative agencies. Janet received both her undergraduate and Juris Doctorate with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

Janet’s board experience includes Past Board Chair, Board Member, Chair of Audit & Compliance Committee, Mercy Care, Phoenix, Arizona; Past Board Member, Seton Cove / Mandorla, Austin, Texas; Past Board Member, Capital Area Tennis Association, Planning Committee The University of Texas Health Law Conference; and Past Member of Advisory Council, Healthcare Law and Compliance Institute.

Craig Smith began as President and CEO of the Driscoll Health Plan in 2021, returning to South Texas and the Gulf Coast area to serve the people and communities where he was raised.

Prior to Driscoll, Craig spent several years working within the Medicaid division of a national health plan. In his most recent role in that organization, he served as Market President running Medicaid health plans in both Washington state and Nevada. He also served as a Regional Vice President in Government Affairs based out of Texas and managing a 12-state government relations team across the central U.S.

Craig’s background in health stems from a decade of serving as policy advisor to multiple Texas State Senate and House legislative officials. In that capacity, he was integrally involved in sweeping healthcare initiatives like creation of the state’s first public educator health insurance program and CHIP eligibility reform. He carries a wealth of diversity in professional experience, having also worked in law, architecture and public education reform.

Education:

Craig is a licensed Texas attorney with a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, a Master of Architecture from the University of Houston, and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas.

Victoria Mora joined Parkland Community Health Plan (PCHP) in February 2023 as the Interim Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to the Chief Executive Officer in September 2023. In this role, she spearheaded strategic improvements in operational excellence, population health, quality management and cultural transformation. Her leadership has been instrumental in reshaping PCHPs organizational vision and driving business stability while continuously elevating the community health plan healthcare experience through improving access to health care for Medicaid and CHIP members in the Dallas Service Area.

Previously, Ms. Mora held several senior leadership roles at WellPoint (formerly Amerigroup) where she was responsible for managing Medicaid and CHIP products, Health Plan Operations and served as the TPA for Dell Children’s Health Plan. With 30 years of healthcare experience including government programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and CHIP), Ms. Mora has a strong background in healthcare policy and has worked to improve healthcare services and access across Texas Medicaid. Ms. Mora’s expertise is underpinned by her Six Sigma Black Belt Certification, which she has applied to enhance quality initiatives and streamline operations across several leading organizations including General Electric.

Ms. Mora has a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law, Policy and Management from Texas A&M and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her Board affiliations include the Texas Association of Community Health Plans (TACHP) and the Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP).

Stephen Bush joined Baylor Scott & White Health Plan in 2009 as Controller for the organization. He became Chief Financial Officer in May 2015.

He has successfully improved health plan operating margin performance and reduced administrative cost ratios in each year since becoming CFO. In addition, he was a key contributor in the initiation of the following health plan programs:

• Medicaid STAR program – 2012
• Affordable Care Act individual market – 2014
• Medicare Advantage program – 2014
• Acquisition of FirstCare Health Plan – 2019

Prior to joining the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, he was the Controller for MHNet Specialty Services, a managed behavioral healthcare organization in Austin, Texas specializing in behavioral health and substance abuse services for Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid clients.

His expertise played a key role in the acquisition of MHNet by Coventry Health Care in 2008. In addition to his role as Controller, he also served as the Corporate Tax Manager for MHNet’s complex structure of company entities and held an interim role as Director of Information Systems.

Mr. Bush also served in financial and accounting roles with service and manufacturing organizations in Tampa, Florida and Houston, Texas.

Education:

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in both Accounting and in Business Management from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.   He earned his Masters of Business Administration degree from Sam Houston State University.  He is also currently licensed as an active Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas.