WHO WE ARE

Leadership

Our founders and leaders are dedicated to West Health’s mission of lowering healthcare costs to enable seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence.

Our Founders

Gary and Mary West are successful entrepreneurs and pioneering philanthropists with a commitment to lowering the cost of healthcare to enable successful aging.

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West Health Leadership Team

Shelley Lyford

President and Chief Executive Officer, West Health,
Gary and Mary West Foundation, and West Health Institute;
Board Director, Gary and Mary West Foundation

Timothy A. Lash, MBA

Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, West Health
President, West Health Policy Center
CEO and President, Gary and Mary West PACE

Zia Agha, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President

Jon Zifferblatt, MD, MPH, MBA

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Successful Aging

Siobhan Graham

Vice President of Operations and Human Resources

Sally Hallak, CPA

Vice President of Finance and Controller

West Health Institute Board of Directors

Gary West

Co-Chair & Founder, Gary and Mary West Foundation
Chairman & Founder, West Health Insitute
Chairman, West Health Policy Center

Nicholas J. Valeriani, MBA

Board Member

Charles Sederstrom

Board Member

Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D.

Board Member

West Health Policy Center Board of Directors

Gary West

Co-Chair & Founder, Gary and Mary West Foundation
Chairman & Founder, West Health Insitute
Chairman, West Health Policy Center

Nicholas J. Valeriani, MBA

Board Member

Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D.

Board Member

Gary and Mary West Foundation Board of Directors

Gary West

Co-Chair & Founder, Gary and Mary West Foundation
Chairman & Founder, West Health Insitute
Chairman, West Health Policy Center

Mary West

Co-Chair & Founder, Gary and Mary West Foundation

Shelley Lyford

President and Chief Executive Officer, West Health,
Gary and Mary West Foundation, and West Health Institute;
Board Director, Gary and Mary West Foundation

Marc Harper

Board Director