Drawing on 30 years of senior
executive strategic, policy, management and performance experience
with Federal Executive and Legislative branches, local government,
and private sector organizations, viaFuture
can help policy makers and mission-driven organizations as:
A partner and/or advocate to create and
sustain positive change and achieve reduced vulnerability,
healthy Americans and a healthy, thriving America.
A partner to achieve:
a visionary, living and executable strategy,
highly effective strategic and operational management,
high
performance information systems,
high performance organizations, systems, and/or outcomes supporting mission,
vision and
strategy.
A national level speaker to bring a
thought-provoking, national perspective tailored to your
audience
Experience and expertise is available in each of
the following areas:
Strategic/Operational Planning & Management
Systems
Complex Human Systems
Building “Ideal” Systems
Performance and Quality Improvement
Reducing Vulnerability for Vulnerable or
At-Risk Populations
Health/Human Systems Design, Management &
Performance
Person-centered Policies and Programs
High Performance Healthcare Systems”
High Performance Info Systems (e)
The Un- & Underinsured
To discuss
potential collaboratons, please contact Gary Christopherson via email or
phone.
Leadership/Management Positions Held
Founder of "viaFuture",
"Vulnerable In America (via)",
and "Building a Healthy America"
Served as Senior Executive
(Strategy, Management and Policy) with White House, Congress, and
Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human
Services
Founder of "viaFuture",
"Vulnerable In America (via)",
Building a Healthy America
Managed $15+ billion Military Health System for
Dept of Defense
Led and developed Strategic and Operational Plan
for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Developed viaFuture
(including "via" as strategy, models and
tools) for creating and sustaining large positive change for a
better future.
Developed Vulnerable In America (via)
as a strategy for reducing vulnerability and increasing thriving.
Developed two national health reform proposals
which were introduced as legislation.
Designed HealthePeople
and Building A Healthy America initiatives for
improving health and healthcare across America
Managed $1.4 billion health information system
for Veterans Health Administration
Designed (obtained new funding of $125M per year)
next generation HealtheVet
health info system
Developed national “virtual health system” model
for electronic health record systems, personal
health/record systems, standards and interoperability
Developed and obtained Presidential approval for
“force health protection” program for military service members
Developed “person-centered health” model used by
VHA, CMS and IOM
Developed national model for “reducing
vulnerability and maximizing thriving”
Developed “behavioral effectiveness model” for
designing, operating and evaluating health and human services
Developed “care in the community” model for
extending care beyond health facilities’ walls
Wrote legislation introduced to protect the un-
and under insured.
Wrote legislation introduced to reform Medicare
and Medicaid
Developed and was lead staff for Congressional
hearings on un-/underinsured, Medicare and Medicaid reform,
Alzheimer’s research and care, long term care, and health costs
Co-lead effort to increase Alzheimer’s research
funding many fold
Designed, developed and managed inner city health
system in Milwaukee, WI
Managed national grant program for The Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation
Acquired grant from The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation and Medicare and Medicaid waivers from the Health Care
Financing Administration
