Kevin A. Mani
Founder & Executive Director
My interest in healthcare began on Mount Damavand in Iran, where I passed a boy my age carrying heavy stones up the steep slope. In that moment, it became clear how profoundly circumstance (and the systems that surround it) shapes opportunity and, by extension, health.
Journalism trained me to investigate complex institutions from the outside, evaluate competing claims, and communicate the human consequences of institutional decisions. My peer-reviewed cardiovascular genetics research at Yale School of Medicine, health policy and legal analysis at Boston University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law, and drafting healthcare policy memos for Senator Blumenthal on Capitol Hill strengthened my interest in the structural forces shaping access to care.
Through graduate study in health administration, I’m deepening my understanding of how health systems function from within: how operations, strategy, and incentives shape the delivery of care. In addition, close exposure to academic medicine gave me an appreciation for how institutional priorities can shape clinical decision-making and, in turn, patient outcomes.
That tension between financial performance, clinical judgment, and care quality has become my through line. I’m drawn to how health systems respond to operational, financial, and regulatory pressures, and to how leadership can align institutional incentives with equitable access to high-quality care.
Quentin Blaizot
Director
I graduated from Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies with a B.A. in International Relations. Through my studies and extracurricular activities, I've explored political unrest in the Middle East. I intend to pursue a career in international development, with a focus on the Levant.
