May 6, 2025 | Oregon’s Health Care Cost Spiral: When and How Can It End?

Charlotte Flood – Chief Executive Officer, Northwest Primary Care

Charlotte Flood is CEO of Northwest Primary Care with 40 years of experience in the health care industry, including 25 years as an executive. Flood has been engaged in all aspects of integrated delivery systems, most recently working primarily with independent medical groups. 

Sarah Bartelmann – Cost Programs Manager, Oregon Health Authority

Sarah Bartelmann is Manager of the Cost Programs Team at OHA, where she oversees initiatives like the Sustainable Health Care Cost Target Program, which evaluates health care entities’ spending patterns and assesses justifications for cost increases with a commitment to addressing affordability concerns and ensuring health care costs grow sustainably.

Felisa Hagins – Executive Director, Service Employees International Union Oregon State Council

Felisa Hagins is Executive Director of SEIU State Council, the political arm of SEIU Locals 503 and 49, consisting of 87,000 members. Felisa has dedicated her career to advocating for fair labor practices and economic equity, striving to implement strategies that elevate economic prosperity across all sectors.

Lindsay Harris – Senior Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Regence    

Lindsay Harris is Senior VP & CCO of Regence where she leads the day-to-day performance and growth of Regence’s health plan business across a four-state footprint. Harris has more than 20 years of experience in health care, building and leading high-performing teams, most recently as president and CEO of Healthcare Management Administrators.

Sean Kolmer – Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Hospital Association of Oregon 

Sean Kolmer leads the advocacy and communications teams at the Hospital Association of Oregon, where he leverages his health care policy experience to build coalitions and advance priority legislation for hospitals and their communities. Previously, Sean worked as senior advisor in the offices of Gov. John Kitzhaber and Gov. Kate Brown.