Jennifer Bright, MPA
Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer Bright, MPA
Jennifer Bright, Chief Executive Officer, brings over two decades of health care policy, issue management, patient advocacy, and executive leadership to the role. Bright is also founder and President of Momentum Health Strategies. She formerly served as executive director of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, representing physician, advanced practice nurse, and researcher members. Bright’s prior executive leadership at the National Mental Health Association (now Mental Health America) focused on advancing policy initiatives at the state and local level. She now serves on the Board of Directors for Mental Health America. She has also done issue analysis and issues management at state-oriented lobbying firms.
Bright earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Trinity College in Washington, and her master’s degree in public administration, with a concentration in policy analysis and program management, from the George Washington University.
Rick Chapman, PhD
Chief Science Officer
Rick Chapman, PhD
Chapman holds a PhD in health policy with a concentration in decision sciences from Harvard University. He also holds and MS in health policy and management from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Tiffany Huth, MPH
Chief Communications Officer
Tiffany Huth, MPH
Tiffany Huth, Chief Communications Officer, brings over 20 years’ experience in executive leadership, strategic planning and communications, health policy, and brand reputation management to her role. Prior to joining IVI, Ms. Huth served as Vice President of Communications and Programs at the Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness. She has been the Vice President of Communications and Community Relations at Dohmen Life Sciences, Head of Public Affairs at the Personalized Medicine Coalition, and previously served in a variety of senior leadership and public affairs positions at the American Chemistry Council and the National Center for Genome Resources, as well as consulting for rare disease and healthcare companies. Huth earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and her master’s degree in public health from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.
Mark Linthicum, MPP
Director of Scientific Communications
Mark Linthicum, MPP
Linthicum earned his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his master’s degree in public policy from the University of Southern California.
Lisa Malecha, MBA
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
Lisa Malecha, MBA
Lisa Malecha, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, brings over 20 years’ experience in leadership, team management, and operations strategy to her role. She is also the founder of Malecha Business Solutions, working with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small nonprofits in development and implementing strategic change. She previously served as Director of Global Supply Chain for the Structural Heart Division of Medtronic, and was an Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army earlier in her career.
Malecha earned her bachelor’s degree in comparative politics from the United States Military Academy and her MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
Erica de Fur Malik
Director of Membership and Patient Engagement
Erica de Fur Malik
Malik earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the College of William & Mary and her master’s degree in ethics from Emory University.
Melanie Ridley
Chief Development Officer
Melanie Ridley
Melanie Ridley, Chief Development Officer, is an experienced fund development professional with a background in writing and communications, research and health needs assessment, and project management. Ridley is an Institute for Healthcare Improvement-certified Improvement Coach; her professional focus has been community-based health care, public health, quality improvement, value-based care, and building capacity for health care safety net delivery systems.
Ridley served as Director of Fund Development for Essential Access Health, a statewide association in California advancing sexual and reproductive health; she managed a full lifecycle of federal and state grans and funder relationship management. Ridley formerly worked with Mental Health America supporting state mental health planning councils and state policy and advocacy initiatives.
Ridley holds a bachelor’s degree in community nutrition from the University of California, Davis.
Judy Thomas
Operations Manager
Judy Thomas
Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the West Virginia University.
Richard Xie, PhD
Director of Research
Richard Xie, PhD
Richard Xie is a health economist and serves as Director of Research. He has a track record of conducting studies in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) to inform health policy design and evaluation of health care interventions. Formerly, he was a consultant at the Analysis Group, managing a portfolio of studies to demonstrate the value of novel therapies for pharmaceutical clients. Xie was also a health policy researcher at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, examining policy questions in medication non-adherence, health disparities, and healthcare innovation. His work has been published in leading journals, including Journals of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and PLOS One.
Xie earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Southern California.