Kevin A. Mani
Founder & Executive Director
My journey into healthcare management began on a scorching-hot road in rural Iran. I was hiking Mount Damavand for adventure when I saw a boy about ten years old carrying bricks up the steep slope. Unburdened, I passed him, and he briefly met my gaze. His face was flushed and coated with dust. He lowered his head and continued with his work. In that brief glance, I saw my reflection: we were two boys of the same age on two very different paths, but for an accident of birth, that boy could have been me.
I later learned how the poverty and corruption that have plagued parts of the region meant not only that the boy had to spend his childhood carrying a pile of bricks up a mountain, but that he also wouldn’t receive the care he needed should he fall ill or later in life when his body wore out from heavy labor. I understood then that I wanted to devote my life to people facing the same barriers as that boy. Over time, that determination sharpened into my focus on how healthcare organizations are structured, led, and financed, and what it requires operationally to deliver care that balances access, cost, and quality.
I’ve since grounded this commitment through research and, more recently, practice. For Professor Leo Beletsky’s The Action Lab at Northeastern University School of Law’s Center for Health Policy & Law, I’m analyzing how shifts in federal funding impact addiction treatment and harm reduction, translating clinical and epidemiologic evidence into resources that strengthen service delivery. Earlier, for Dr. Tatiana Padilla’s Immigration RAIDS Project at Boston University’s Center for Innovation in Social Science, I built a longitudinal dataset of U.S. immigration enforcement actions, analyzing how enforcement patterns disrupt healthcare access and utilization. Now, as an immigration legal assistant, I see daily how organizational capacity determines whether people in need actually receive care. It’s this throughline—from policy to operations to outcomes—that drives my focus on healthcare management.
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.
