Jackie Bender, MPP
Senior Advisor
Jackie Bender is a seasoned policy expert with nearly 20 years of experience in federal, state, and local health policy, the last decade of which has been centered in California. Her state work has focused on Medicaid waivers, public hospital and county financing, Medicaid DSH, cross-county collaboration, and the impact of social services and housing interventions for safety-net populations.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
ABOUT Jackie
She led the development of a $3 billion Whole Person Care Medicaid 1115 waiver program in California and supported multiple counties in the implementation of this six-year initiative. Under the successor program called “CalAIM,” Ms. Bender supported Los Angeles County in implementing Medicaid managed care housing supports within its existing homelessness infrastructure.
Prior to working in California, Ms. Bender served as a Congressional aide to a senior member of the U.S. House Ways and Means and House Budget Committees, with an emphasis on Medicare policy for low-income populations. Ms. Bender received her Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and her B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University.
Jackie Bender, MPP
Senior Advisor
Jackie Bender is a seasoned policy expert with nearly 20 years of experience in federal, state, and local health policy, the last decade of which has been centered in California. Her state work has focused on Medicaid waivers, public hospital and county financing, Medicaid DSH, cross-county collaboration, and the impact of social services and housing interventions for safety-net populations.
ABOUT Jackie
She led the development of a $3 billion Whole Person Care Medicaid 1115 waiver program in California and supported multiple counties in the implementation of this six-year initiative. Under the successor program called “CalAIM,” Ms. Bender supported Los Angeles County in implementing Medicaid managed care housing supports within its existing homelessness infrastructure.
Prior to working in California, Ms. Bender served as a Congressional aide to a senior member of the U.S. House Ways and Means and House Budget Committees, with an emphasis on Medicare policy for low-income populations. Ms. Bender received her Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and her B.A. in Political Science from George Washington University.
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”