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The Sequoia Project is launching a new Government Affairs Roundtable. Our members gather twice a year for a virtual, inside-the-beltway briefing with our government affairs experts and invited government officials. Free registration is required to attend live roundtables, and recordings will be posted online exclusively for members. In addition to these lively discussions, legislative updates are published year-round to the members-only Community website.
Alya Sulaiman JD, CIPP/US, leads compliance, privacy, and regulatory affairs at Datavant. As Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, she drives Datavant’s compliance and privacy strategy and provides expertise on healthcare’s evolving regulatory framework for data access, use, and interoperability. Alya has substantial experience with digital health product counseling, and has worked with leading technology companies to guide the development, launch, and support of new software products and services. She also has deep expertise with artificial intelligence governance in healthcare, including guiding AI risk assessments and mitigation plans, vendor oversight, and training of key stakeholders.
Before joining Datavant, Alya was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, where she helped innovators and healthcare companies address their AI, interoperability, and data strategy needs. Alya also previously worked at the intersection of healthcare and technology as corporate counsel and the director of health policy and regulatory affairs for Epic. Earlier in her career, she held roles leading privacy and legal functions at Manifest MedEX (formerly known as Cal INDEX), a multi-specialty healthcare provider, and an innovative software analytics company.
Ada Glover is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Zus Health, where we are building the first shared health data platform designed to accelerate interoperability by providing easy-to-use patient data at the point of care. At Zus, Ada leads the product, design, and clinical teams, focusing on strategy, data analysis, and creating care team experiences that are simple and impactful. Prior to Zus, Ada was a product management leader at athenahealth, where she drove value-based care initiatives and launched a new revenue cycle service. Ada also co-founded and led product development at Zearn, an award-winning digital curriculum for kids to learn and love math. Ada started her career as a consultant with Bain & Company and holds degrees from MIT. Outside of work, Ada's enjoys spending time with her two kids, rowing, and travels.
Tara Dragert joined Surescripts in 2010 after seeing her colleagues make the move themselves. She started as a Senior Business Analyst, transitioned to various Product Manager roles, and finally climbed the ranks to become Chief Product Officer. In her current role, Tara leads all product development and management across Surescripts’ portfolio of products. She is currently setting the groundwork for how Surescripts will innovate and serve healthcare over the next several years. Tara’s favorite aspect of her job is hearing stories from customers about how Surescripts makes their lives better, and seeing the next generation of leaders grow, develop and build their careers.
Tara has spent her career in healthcare technology serving the payer, provider and network industries. She has a reputation for peeling apart the layers of problems and opportunities in healthcare, identifying technology solutions, and continuously driving improvement and change. Before Surescripts, Tara worked at MinuteClinic and DeCare Dental in roles that focused on product, technology and operations. She received her bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in economics and management information systems, and her MBA from Augsburg College in Minnesota.
Tara lives in Lakeville, MN with her husband, Dean, and two children, Alec and Shane. They have two Yorkipoos: Zoey (five pounds of rabbit-hunting ferocity), and Ozzy (not so bright, but very cute and cuddly). In addition to spending time with her family, Tara enjoys powerlifting and reading books on her Kindle.
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