Leadership

Our Board of Directors provides guidance for the activities we conduct in collaboration with providers, community organizations, and government agencies.

Governance

UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care Board of Directors

Robert Edwards, MD

Chair
Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs, UPMC Health Plan,
Chief Medical Officer, UPMC Community and Ambulatory Division,
McCall Endowed Chair and Professor Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 

Donna Keyser, PhD, MBA

President
Chief Research and Translation Officer, UPMC Insurance Services Division 

Laura N.K. Miller, Esq

Secretary
Divisional Chief Legal Officer & VP Government Programs, Licensing, and Corporate Governance, UPMC Health Plan, Inc.

Lisa Farrell

Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Integrated Solutions, Chief Financial Officer, UPMC Insurance Services Division

Derek Angus, MD, MPH, FRCP

Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
Associate Vice Chancellor for Healthcare Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences

Diane P. Holder

Community Stakeholder 
Immediate Past Chair and President, UPMC Center for High-Value Health Care

Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH

Dean, School of Public Health 
Jonas Salk Professor of Population Health 
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh 

Loren H. Roth, MD, MPH

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh 
Senior Psychiatrist UPMC-Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH) 
Former Chief Medical Officer, UPMC 

Amy Seybert, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, CHSE

Dean and Dr. Gordon J. Vanscoy Endowed Chair of Pharmacy, Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy

Hyagriv Simhan, MD, MS

Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
Executive Vice Chair, Obstetrical Services 
Director of Clinical Innovation for the Women's Health Service Line, UPMC 
Executive Director, OB/GYN and Women’s Health, UPMC 

Updated 6/29/26