WellLink Launches National Advisory Board of Healthcare Leaders

Cross-sector group will help shape WellLink's innovation, data and growth strategies

CLEVELAND, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cross-sector group will help shape WellLink's innovation, data and growth strategies

WellLink is accelerating its evolution as a national healthcare convener, bringing together influential leaders from across the healthcare ecosystem to help answer a consequential question: What will healthcare organizations need next?

The new WellLink Advisory Board, launched today, comprises senior leaders across healthcare delivery, technology, business and community health who will help WellLink anticipate emerging needs and shape its growing portfolio of programs, data and emerging solutions.

As WellLink continues to expand nationally, the Advisory Board will provide a direct connection to the evolving priorities of healthcare organizations and help identify where WellLink can make the greatest impact. Representing health systems, payers, digital health, technology, industry, and community and public health organizations, board members will bring diverse perspectives to identifying opportunities for collaboration, developing solutions and building strategic partnerships.

"Healthcare organizations across the country are confronting many of the same complex challenges, and meaningful progress requires us to bring different perspectives to the same table," said WellLink President & CEO Brian Lane. "The WellLink Advisory Board brings together an exceptional group of leaders who understand those challenges from different vantage points. Their insight will help ensure that as WellLink grows, we remain focused on where healthcare organizations are headed and where collaboration can make a meaningful difference."

WellLink brings together healthcare organizations, industry partners and community leaders through a growing national network that connects advocacy, data-driven insight, programming, group purchasing and innovation. The Advisory Board will help strengthen those connections, ensuring WellLink's priorities and solutions remain aligned with the healthcare organizations and communities it serves.

Chaired by Adam Glasofer, MD, Founding Partner, Vertex Health Partners, the founding members of the WellLink Advisory Board also include:

• Tim Boltz, Executive Director, Healthcare Programs & Corporate Strategy, Carahsoft
• Tom Cassels, Managing Director, Manatt Health
• Katie Drasser, Chief Executive Officer, Rock Health
• Mike Freni, Vice President, Innovation, Mass General Brigham
• Aletha Maybank, MD, CEO, Novellawells
• Patrick Newbold, Chief Information Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Jared Saul, MD, Partner, Vertex Health Partners
• Joe Shonkwiler, MD, Healthcare and Life Science Startup Lead, Google
• Tiffany Wilson, Founder & Principal, Tif Wilson Advisory
• Drew Zwiebel, Global Vice President, Alliances & Channels, Oracle

Turning Insight Into Action

The Advisory Board will focus on issues including clinical and digital transformation; financial sustainability and value-based models; data and analytics; operational efficiency and workforce transformation; and innovation, commercialization and ecosystem development. Its insights will help inform WellLink's technology priorities, programming and content, development of data products and broader strategic initiatives.

"Some of the most important opportunities in healthcare sit at the intersection of sectors and disciplines that don't always have the opportunity to engage with one another," said Adam Glasofer, MD, Strategic Advisor and Chair of the WellLink Advisory Board. "This board creates a forum for candid conversations among leaders with diverse expertise and experiences. Our goal is to look ahead together, identify where the greatest needs and opportunities are emerging, and turn those insights into ideas that can have a practical impact."

The creation of the Advisory Board reflects WellLink's continued evolution from its regional roots into a national healthcare organization and convener. Insights generated through the Advisory Board will help WellLink identify evolving needs, strengthen its programming and partnerships, and develop solutions that anticipate where healthcare is headed. By connecting leaders across healthcare and translating market insight into action, WellLink aims to improve access, efficiency and outcomes across the healthcare ecosystem.

About WellLink
Founded in 1914 as the nation's first regional hospital association, WellLink is a national network that connects, supports and strengthens partners across the healthcare continuum. Through an integrated model that brings together membership, purchasing and innovation, WellLink helps members succeed in a rapidly evolving landscape. With the addition of The Healthcare Council, WellLink Health Alliance represents more than 800 facilities nationally, with WellLink Group Purchasing extending that reach to more than 32,500 member locations. Through its divisions, WellLink Health Alliance, WellLink Group Purchasing and WellLink Innovations, WellLink advances policy leadership, strengthens purchasing power and curates innovative solutions that help organizations operate smarter, grow stronger and better serve their communities. Learn more at www.welllinkcommunity.com.

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