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Lora M. Pellegrini, Esq.

Lora has been President and CEO of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) since February 2010. Under her leadership, MAHP has focused on providing access to high-quality, affordable, and equitable health care for all Massachusetts residents.

During her tenure at MAHP, Lora has served as a member of the Health Policy Commission’s Advisory Council, served on the Legislature’s 2017 Special Commission on Provider Price Variation, and was appointed by Governor Baker to both the Digital Health Council and the Merged Market Advisory Council. Lora also serves as Vice President of the Massachusetts Health Council.

Prior to joining MAHP, Lora was the Vice President of Government Affairs and Community Relations at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, where she oversaw over $1M in community giving annually. She also worked on the staffs of Governors Deval Patrick and Michael Dukakis, and as an assistant attorney general.

Lora has a special interest in issues of importance to women and girls, and served as a Big Sister for many years. She is presently the Chair of the Board of Directors for Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus (MWPC), a non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting women to elected and appointed office. She is also a Board Member of Dedham Savings Bank.

In October 2019, Lora was awarded the Abigail Adams Award from the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus for her years of service to the MWPC. Lora was named to the Boston Business Journal’s (BBJ) 2017 and 2018 Power 50, the BBJ’s list of the 50 most powerful individuals in Boston-area business. She was also named as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Boston by Boston Magazine. In 2018 she was awarded the Women’s Bar Association’s Lelia J. Robinson Award, the organization’s most prestigious award which recognizes women who, like Robinson, are pioneers in the legal profession, experts in their fields and have made a difference in their community. The WBA recognized Lora’s work to ensure that Massachusetts women have access to contraceptive coverage as part of their insurance coverage when that coverage was threatened federally.

Lora holds a BA from Wheaton College and a JD from the New England School of Law.