Chris Priest is Vice President of Medicaid Solutions for Centene Corporation. Previously, he was Deputy Director for Medical Services with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). In that role, he also served as Michigan’s Medicaid director, overseeing several healthcare programs, including MIChild and the Healthy Michigan Plan. Before joining MDHHS, Priest worked as Gov. Rick Snyder’s Deputy Director of Strategy, where he advised the governor on various issues, including healthcare and insurance. Previously, Priest served as Director of the Bureau of Medicaid Policy and Health System Innovation in the former Michigan Department of Community Health, which was responsible for many aspects of the Medicaid program and several health reform issues, and as the Project Manager involved with the health insurance exchange in the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to these appointments, Priest served in the State of Michigan’s Washington, D.C., office under former Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, served governors from the State of Indiana, worked with private sector clients on health policy, and worked in the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. Priest holds a master’s degree in public policy from George Mason University and bachelor's degree in public affairs from Indiana University.