Our Team

Dr. Laurie Green has practiced medicine for more than 40 years and is the managing partner of Pacific Women’s Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical Group.

She completed an internship in internal medicine at Stanford University and an obstetrics and gynecology residency at University of California, San Francisco. She earned her M.D. and A.B. (History & Science, summa cum laude) from Harvard, was president of the Harvard Medical School Alumni Association (2013-14), and served 7 years on the Alumni Council.

Dr . Green has held board leadership positions in the Brown and Toland Medical Group and the San Francisco Medical Society.

She is currently vice-chair of the OB/GYN  Department at California Pacific Medical Center and one of seven public health commissioners for the City and County of San Francisco.

Laura Melahn is the founder of Meadow Valley Partners, an investment and incubation studio focused on AI, health, and social connection. She previously spent over a decade as a partner at Google Ventures, where she led investments in companies like Lovevery, Signos, Mill, and Swing Education, and helped scale the firm’s marketing support across 400+ startups. Earlier, she launched global products at Google and conducted biochemistry research at Oxford and the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. She holds a degree in molecular biology from Princeton University.

Nathaniel (Nate) Lacktman is a partner and chair of the firm’s national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, and the current Chairman of the Board for the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). He advises entrepreneurial health care providers and technology companies on business arrangements, compliance, and corporate matters in telemedicine, digital health, remote patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, and click-and-mortar services. Working with hospitals, health systems, providers, and start-ups to build telemedicine arrangements across the United States and globally, his practice emphasizes strategic counseling, creative business modeling, and fresh approaches to realize clients’ ambitious and innovative goals.

With more than twenty years’ experience practicing health care law, Nate has been recognized by peer-reviewed industry guides, including the coveted Band 1 Ranking in Chambers USA (2013 – 2025):

• “Nate stands out as the very best in his field of expertise.” “His expertise on telehealth legal and policy issues is second to none. He also cares about how these issues and policies impact real people’s lives.” (2025)
• “His intelligence, analysis, understanding of a client’s industry and ability to craft deliverables in the exact nature required by the client is remarkable.” (2023)
• “He is undoubtedly the foremost authority on telemedicine and direct-to-consumer issues in the country.” “He can problem-solve creatively, and cares about his clients as people.” (2022)
• “He has complete knowledge of a very complicated area of the law … and tremendous business sense.” (2021)
• “A tireless champion for the advancement of the field.” (2019)
• “First of all he’s brilliant.” “He knows the law inside and out and he’s extremely well connected.” (2017)

He has held several leadership positions in the digital health industry, including a seat on HealthTech X’s startup Advisory Council, ATA’s Policy Council, and a former member of the American Board of Telehealth’s inaugural advisory board. He speaks and writes frequently on issues at the forefront of telehealth and is often quoted for his insight about legal and business developments in this area. He has written telehealth legislation across several states, advised on regulations, and drafted comments and policy input to federal and state agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Congressional Research Service, state Medicaid Agencies, and state boards of medicine. He has helped write telemedicine policy letters and position statements with such organizations as the ATA and the American Heart Association. He has appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, NPR, CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, POLITICO, the Associated Press, Reuters, Modern Healthcare, Forbes, Huffington Post, MobiHealthNews, Wired, Inside Counsel, Buzzfeed, mHealthIntelligence, and Information Week, among others.

Dr. J. Mario Molina earned a bachelor’s degree from California State University, Long Beach, where he was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California, where he was elected to membership in the honor societies Alpha Omega Alpha and Sigma Xi. Dr. Molina completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of California, San Diego. He received a certificate in management from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA. He was an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine before joining Molina Healthcare.

From 1997 to 2017, he was the CEO of Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company. In 2005, Dr. Molina was featured in Time magazine as one of the twenty-five most influential Hispanics. He has an honorary doctorate from Claremont Graduate University. Modern Healthcare listed him among the 100 most influential people in healthcare. He is a former president of the Golden Shore Medical Group, a former board member of Homeboy Industries, and the Aquarium of the Pacific. He has served on the Visiting Committee for Harvard Medical School and Harvard Dental School. He serves as a trustee of the Huntington Library and is the curator of the Osler Library at McGill University. He serves as a trustee of the Johns Hopkins Health System, a member of the Johns Hopkins Health Plan’s board, and a member of the University of Chicago Medical Center’s board. He is a member of the board of the National Museum of the American Latino. He has been appointed to the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He is the chair of the United States of Care, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that all Americans have access to quality, affordable healthcare.

Vicki Escarra is a visionary, multi-sector leader having served as the CEO/President of Feeding America, CEO of Opportunity International, and Chief Marketing Officer at Delta Air Lines. Today, Vicki is committed to transitioning leaders as a Senior Advisor with My Next Season and Boston Consulting Group. Vicki holds a B.A. degree from Georgia State University, and certificates from Columbia University’s Executive Management Program and Harvard Business School’s Leadership Program. She also serves on the board of directors of Plan USA.

Dr. Barth A. Green served as Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery for 22 years and as Chief of Neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami VAMC and has worked for the University of Miami for 47 years. During that time, he cofounded the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Project Medishare for Haiti and Shake A Leg Miami. He now serves as Executive Dean of Global Health and Community Service at UM and directs its Global Disaster Response programs.

Howard A. Kahn served for over 14 years as CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. In addition, Howard served as a senior executive at CIGNA International, Aetna, and was the founding president and CEO of the $1 billion California Wellness Foundation, and the founding CEO of the Health Plan of San Mateo. Currently, Howard is chair of Physicians for a Healthy California and chair of philanthropy for the  Good Hope Medical Foundation. He recently completed his term as a Board member of Charles R Drew University and RAND Health. Howard attended Harvard College and holds a B.A. degree from University of California, Berkeley, and M.A. from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute.