Health Policy Expert & CEO at Alliance of Community Health Plans; Author of "Landmark"

Washington, DC, USA
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Ceci Connolly Biography

Ceci Connolly is a nationally recognized thought leader, author and chief executive officer of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). But if you refer to her as a former ink-stained wretch, she won’t object. One of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in 2024 and 2025, Connolly previously spent 25 years in the news business covering politics and health care, including 13 years at the Washington Post. She is co-author of "Landmark: America’s New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All." Between her journalism career and ACHP, she worked at McKinsey and PwC, concluding that fee-for-service medicine is what ails us. Her passion now is to put a stake in it. She is a founding member of Women of Impact, serves on the Aledade Policy Council and the Board of the Pharmacy Quality Alliance and previously served as a Board member of Whitman-Walker Health. Connolly was the first non-physician to receive the Mayo Clinic Plummer Society Award for promoting deeper understanding of science and medicine. She remains an adrenaline junkie and stickler for good grammar.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 11/04/2026.

Ceci Connolly Videos

Ceci Connolly - The Gary Bisbee Show

Ceci Connolly - The Gary Bisbee Show

Three questions with Ceci Connolly.

Ceci Connolly - Her Story

Ceci Connolly - Her Story

The importance of women leaders telling their stories.

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