Short Takes Meet Zinnia Harrison Zinnia Ng Harrison joined NHPCO in September 2017 as Vice President of Innovation and Access. Among her areas of responsibility at NHPCO, she will work to design and develop sustainable innovations to modernize end-of-life care. With 15 years of health program and policy experience, Zinnia began her federal career in 2002 at the Health Resource and Service Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care overseeing approximately 25 federally qualified health centers, Rural Health Clinics, and supported the Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program. She served in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Medicare, Chronic Care Policy Group and contributed to a diverse portfolio of payment policy issues related to institutional post-acute care settings, home health, and hospice. She also served as a Special Assistant for the Chronic Care Policy Group. In late 2015, she joined the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation as the Director of Division of Health Care Payment Models. Zinnia has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Ethnic Studies from Mills College and a Masters in Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 38 NHPCO NewsLine | Winter 2017http://info2.consoloservices.com/consolo-services-group-contact