CONCERNED ACTUARIES - Key Persons

Jim Wood

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Wood Communications Group
Jim Wood is Chair of Wood Communications Group (WCG), a strategic communications company specializing in organizing and facilitating public-private collaborations, strategic planning, issue management, crisis management, leadership training and community relations. Prior to co-founding WCG in 1984 with his wife, Dawn, Jim's career included academic, governmental and policy development experience.

Joyce Kurisko

Job Titles:
  • Health Policy Advisor
  • Health Policy Advisor / Former Director of Precision Medicine Initiatives ( Oncology ) - Caris Life Sciences / Former Director of Sales and Marketing, OncoOmics ( a Division of MProbe )

Mark Litow

Job Titles:
  • Retired Principal, Milliman

Ron Colby

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner
  • Advisors

Scott Litow

Job Titles:
  • Actuarial Director, Centene

Stu Alden

Job Titles:
  • Data Scientist at Socratic Methods
  • Data Scientist at Socratic Methods / Former Senior Vice President - AON / Former Chief Actuary - Watson Wyatt

Tim Bartholow

Job Titles:
  • Principal, TLB, LLC
Dr. Bartholow fosters collaborations between providers, payers/purchasers, and communities, seeking to tangibly improve healthcare coordination and affordability. He provides leadership to a variety of healthcare quality organizations including Wisconsin's CMS contracted Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization contributor Metastar, Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN), WI Health Information Organization (WHIO), physician leadership training through Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association (IPMA), the first non-actuary board member of the Concerned Actuaries of the US, and the University of WI School of Medicine and Public Health for both the Community Advisory Committee of the Master of Public Health Program, and advisor to the Population Health Institute (publishes County Health Rankings). He advises for self-insured employers, The Diabetes Prevention Program in WI, primary care delivery, YMCAs in WI, and the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program. He advises for Venture Investors and HealthX Ventures to bring innovative solutions to patients' need for more coordinated health care. Dr. Bartholow formerly served as board member of Wisconsin Collaborative for Health Care Quality (WCHQ), including leading WCHQ's Measurement Advisory Committee. He has encouraged community health with board service to United Way of Dane County (board member and Vision