Meet Our Team

Rima is founder and principal at Rima Cohen Strategies LLC and was formerly the managing director for the Health Innovators Fellowship at The Aspen Institute, a program to connect, inspire, challenge, and strengthen the leadership of innovators across the US health care ecosystem to develop creative approaches to the nation’s health care challenges. Formerly, she served as counselor for health policy to the secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). At HHS, Rima advised the secretary on a range of health care matters and helped to develop and lead administration initiatives related to programs administered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Health Care Quality and Research, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the Office for Civil Rights. Rima has also served as director of health and social services for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, senior health policy advisor for Senator Tom Daschle, and director of insurance options for the uninsured. Rima has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Michigan and a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University.

Jonathan is the principal at Health Management Associates. A public health expert, Jonathan has over two decades of experience in the fields of health insurance, product and policy development, health care delivery, and program evaluation across a variety of issues areas at the federal, state, and local levels.

Previously as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Product Development for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Jonathan was responsible for customer research and market analysis, product development and lifecycle management, customer experience, advertising and brand communication. Jonathan was also the Deputy Executive Director and later Acting Executive Director of the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, the state’s health insurance marketplace formed under the Affordable Care Act.

Zhen Liu is passionate about promoting equity and social mobility by improving access and quality of education, public transit, and healthcare, Zhen brings together experiences from local government, non-profit organizations, corporations, higher education institutions, and multilateral organizations. Zhen has worked in different parts of the US and across the globe, in China, India, and Southern Africa. He is currently serving as a Senior Manager at The Bridgespan Group in its San Francisco office.

Prior to Bridgespan, Zhen worked at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Agency, Bain & Company, and City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office. During his tenure at Bain, Zhen has worked in seven offices, both in Asia and US, with a focus on Merger & Acquisition, including pre-deal due diligence and post-merger integration. He established the Bain DC partnership with City Year DC and served on the City Year DC’s Associate Board. Zhen was also an active member of Bain’s Social Impact Affiliation Group.

Zhen graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and from Harvard Kennedy School with a Master of Public Administration in International Development.

Karla Monterroso, managing partner at Brava Leaders, is a leadership coach, strategist, activist, and racial equity advocate. She is the former CEO of Code2040, a nonprofit dedicated to the proportional representation of Black and Latinx people in tech at all levels of leadership. Karla joined Code2040 as Vice President of Programs in 2014 and became CEO in 2018. Over her time at Code2040, Karla worked with more than 6,000 community members and 200+ companies. Karla has dedicated her career to addressing the issue of racial opportunity and wealth gaps in America through education, healthcare, and technology. Karla was previously on the board of tech nonprofit One Degree. She is also a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Jim Yocum is president of Coastal Oak Systems. Previously, he was senior vice president at Connecture, where he was responsible for data management and government services, including federal contracting and operations of the software and systems supporting comparison and enrollment on behalf of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for the Part D Medicare drug benefit. He implemented the major systems to support the Part D drug benefit at the inception of the program from 2003-2006 while with DRX, Inc. which was acquired by Connecture.

Jim co-founded Korn/Ferry’s Futurestep (formerly idealab’s CareerLink.com) while serving there as vice president of business development and strategic planning. He has held positions with McKinsey and Company, Standard Chartered Bank, and First Interstate Bank Limited, in addition to roles as an automotive engineer and a design engineer. Jim holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University, and a master’s in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Rey is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to the vital, life-saving resources they need to achieve social and economic mobility. Rey launched One Degree, a technology-driven nonprofit organization, that enables families to easily navigate the complex web of nonprofit and social services from the technology in the palms of their hands. Under Rey’s leadership as CEO and founder of One Degree, the organization grew from serving a few neighborhoods in San Francisco to serving hundreds of thousands of community members annually in cities nationwide.

Rey began his career as a teacher and later was the site director at BUILD, a college-access nonprofit organization that propels low-income youth of color to attain a college education. He is an alumnus of Y Combinator, a New America CA Fellow, an Echoing Green Fellow, and an Education Pioneers Fellow. Rey received Harvard’s Emerging Global Leader Award and was nominated for the San Francisco Chronicle’s inaugural Visionary of the Year Award. In his spare time, Rey practices yoga, plays with gadgets, and builds furniture from scratch.