Gail R. Wilensky

Dr. Wilensky is an economist and senior fellow at Project Hope with more than 30 years of experience in health sciences. She directed the Medicare and Medicaid programs and served in the White House as a senior advisor on health and welfare issues to President GHW Bush. Wilensky was on the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU). She also co-chaired the Department of Defense Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care.

Wilensky received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan and has received several honorary degrees. She is a member of HJF’s Council of Directors Executive Committee and Audit Committee.