Deborah L. Rogal
Deputy Director/Director

Ms. Rogal is a director at AcademyHealth which was formed in June 2000 following the merger of the Alpha Center and the Association for Health Services Research (AHSR). She joined the Alpha Center in 1991. She serves as deputy director for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative. She also serves as the project director for the Commonwealth Fund's, Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care strategic initiative. In addition, she has assisted with the administration and provision of technical assistance under the Foundation's State Initiatives in Health Care Reform program.

For five years prior to joining the Alpha Center, Ms. Rogal was a senior planning associate and then a program manager at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. There she conducted analyses on utilization, cost, and demographics in support of product management for the Medicare supplementary insurance product. She then incorporated these analyses into annual rate filings, program development, and program operations. Ms. Rogal received a master's degree in public policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree with honors from Ohio State University.