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Jim Hickman

Investor

Partner at Suncoast Ventures

California

About

Jim Hickman is a Partner at Suncoast Ventures, focusing on healthcare policy, CMS, and care-delivery transformation, with expertise in CalAIM and Medi-Cal. He is the Founder and Principal of Hickman Strategies LLC and serves as a PATH CPI Facilitator and CalAIM Technical Assistance Provider at the Camden Coalition, where he leads the CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative rollout across Kaiser Permanente's 32 California counties. He also authors the CalAIM Field Notes Substack covering California's Medicaid transformation.

Invests in

Digital HealthHealthtech

Experience

  1. Hickman StrategiesPrincipal & Chief Catalyzercurrent2010 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Camden CoalitionSenior Advisor, Community Partnerships & Implementation Facilitatorcurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Suncoast VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. ScaleHealthStrategic Advisorcurrent2022 β€” present
  5. Center for Youth WellnessInterim Chief Executive Officer2019 β€” 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. Sutter HealthCEO, Better Health East Bay2014 β€” 2017Berkeley, California
  7. Sutter HealthPresident & CEO, Alta Bates Summit Foundation2011 β€” 2013Berkeley, California
  8. PATH (formerly OneWorld Health)Vice President, External Affairs2006 β€” 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  9. Sutter HealthPresident & CEO, St. Luke's Hospital Foundation2001 β€” 2006San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Blue Cross of California, State Sponsored ProgramsRegional Director1996 β€” 2001San Francisco Bay Area
  11. US Department of Health and Human ServicesSpecial Assistant, Legislative Affairs1994 β€” 1995Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  12. The White HouseDirector, Public Events, Working Group on Welfare Reform, Family Support and Independence1993 β€” 1994Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  13. Public Affairs ConsultingConsultant1993Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  14. Clinton Gore'92National Advance Staff1992Gainesville, Florida
  15. Rock the VoteField Organizer, New Hampshire Presidential Primary1991 β€” 1992Durham, New Hampshire

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessCertificate, The Innovative Healthcare Leader: From Design Thinking to Personal Leadership2016
  2. Santa Clara UniversityMBA, Business Administration and e-Commerce1998 β€” 2001
  3. UC Santa BarbaraBA, Political Science & Business Economics1982 β€” 1986

Skills & more

Policy-to-Market Alignment3Go-to-Market Strategy2System Transformation1Venture Collaboration1Community-Based Care Models1Behavioral Health Integration1Health Equity & Population Health1Stakeholder AlignmentHealth Policy & Systems Transformation1Healthcare Go-to-Market Strateg1Value-Based Care1Early Stage Investment
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