Christian Laurence-Diaz

Christian has over 17 years of experience across federal, state, and local health policy, including roles at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Congressional Budget Office, NYC Mayor’s Office, and NYC Emergency Management. He currently serves as a Strategic Planning and Compliance Consultant with REACH Medical, where he leads work on organizational strategy, Medicaid policy, and financial integrity to support sustainable, community-based addiction treatment and overdose response systems. In addition, he serves as Assistant Division Chief at CalPERS, where he leads health policy, analytics, and data strategy for one of the nation’s largest public purchasers of health benefits, focused on improving cost, quality, and access across behavioral health, pharmacy, and complex care.