Tom Williams serves as Executive Director of the Integrated Healthcare Association promoting quality improvement, accountability and affordability of healthcare in California. He is engaged in management of HIA's programs and initiatives, including the statewide pay - for - performance program, medical technology value-based purchasing initiative:and healthcare affordability. Mr Williams has extensive executive-level experience in medical group management, managed healthcare and health insurance including 15 years as an executive at Aetna. He has served on numerous private company and non profit boards involved in healthcare and the environment. Mr Williams received a B.S in environmental biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and earned his Masters in Business Administration and Public Health from the University of Hawaii. He is currently a doctorol candidate at the University of California at Berkeley in public health with a focus on quality improvement in healthcare.