HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

PHARMACY POLICY SYMPOSIUM

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 8 a.m.
Armour J. Blackburn Center

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ADAEZE ENEKWECHI, PHD, MPP
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi

Associate Director
Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi is the Associate Director for Health Programs at the White House Office of
Management and Budget. As the federal government's chief health care budget official, she provides budget,
policy, management, and regulatory oversight for over $1 trillion in spending on a range of federal programs
including Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance Marketplaces, the CMS Innovation Center, the Federal Employees
Health Benefit Program and for a number of agencies including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, National Institutes of Health, the Food
and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
She also plays a key role in driving budget, policy, strategy and operational coordination for a range of complex
inter-agency efforts that require close coordination with agencies across the federal government including the
Department of the Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service and the Office of Personnel Management.
Most recently, she served as a Managing Consultant at Lewin Group where she specialized in health policy
research and evaluation, Medicare payment policies, health care disparities, and quality measurement.
Prior to that, Adaeze worked at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Congressional Budget
Office. She completed a BA at the University of Iowa, an MPP at the American University, and a Ph.D. in
Health Services and Policy from the University of Iowa. She completed her postdoctoral studies at the
University of Chicago.