Leesa Tori, Chief Executive Officer and President
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Leesa Tori, President and CEO of The Tori Group, is uniquely positioned to help public and private organizations of all shapes and sizes navigate the turbulent waters of health-care reform as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to take effect across the country.
Leesa founded The Tori Group in late 2012 by assembling a team of some of the nation’s top health policy experts. The consultancy was quickly tapped by Covered California, to build a marketplace of health insurers and benefit plans to cover millions of uninsured Californians. Because of the support of The Tori Group, which included overseeing risk management, the state of California has significantly decreased its numbers of uninsured men, women, and children.
Prior to founding The Tori Group, Leesa was Vice President of Product Innovation at The Vitality Group, charged with paving the way for the South African-owned firm to adapt its innovative wellness programs to the demands of the U.S. market.
Leesa also served for 10 years in various roles at the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), including as Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development. In that role, she worked on enterprise strategic planning and risk management, as well as implementing rapidly shifting health policy regulations from state and federal governments. Her decade of work there includes six years as Vice President of Programs and Product Development at the PacAdvantage small business health care exchange. In that role, she was responsible for the full portfolio of health plan products, risk management, pricing, and legal and regulatory compliance. Leesa has particularly deep knowledge of California’s health care exchange programs.
Prior to that, Leesa served as Director of Strategy and Product Innovation, Specialty Benefits at Blue Shield of California, where she managed the full spectrum of benefits including dental, vision, and life. Additionally, Leesa has been hands-on in many projects applying technological innovations to the health care field.
Drawing on her vast experience, Leesa successfully guides businesses through ever-shifting government health care regulations, enabling them to take full advantage of opportunities to improve health care and business efficiency for their organizations.
Leesa earned her MA in Public Administration from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. She can be reached at [email protected].
Leesa founded The Tori Group in late 2012 by assembling a team of some of the nation’s top health policy experts. The consultancy was quickly tapped by Covered California, to build a marketplace of health insurers and benefit plans to cover millions of uninsured Californians. Because of the support of The Tori Group, which included overseeing risk management, the state of California has significantly decreased its numbers of uninsured men, women, and children.
Prior to founding The Tori Group, Leesa was Vice President of Product Innovation at The Vitality Group, charged with paving the way for the South African-owned firm to adapt its innovative wellness programs to the demands of the U.S. market.
Leesa also served for 10 years in various roles at the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), including as Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development. In that role, she worked on enterprise strategic planning and risk management, as well as implementing rapidly shifting health policy regulations from state and federal governments. Her decade of work there includes six years as Vice President of Programs and Product Development at the PacAdvantage small business health care exchange. In that role, she was responsible for the full portfolio of health plan products, risk management, pricing, and legal and regulatory compliance. Leesa has particularly deep knowledge of California’s health care exchange programs.
Prior to that, Leesa served as Director of Strategy and Product Innovation, Specialty Benefits at Blue Shield of California, where she managed the full spectrum of benefits including dental, vision, and life. Additionally, Leesa has been hands-on in many projects applying technological innovations to the health care field.
Drawing on her vast experience, Leesa successfully guides businesses through ever-shifting government health care regulations, enabling them to take full advantage of opportunities to improve health care and business efficiency for their organizations.
Leesa earned her MA in Public Administration from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. She can be reached at [email protected].