Janhavi M. Kirtane Fritz, MBA, is the Acting Director for the Beacon Community Program at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in the Department of Health and Human Services.  She provides over all leadership for the program and supports execution, innovation and learning collaborative efforts related to clinical interventions. She also leads national efforts to share program-wide lessons learned, and supports Beacon Community efforts to drive local adoption of promising IT-enabled interventions, including collaboration with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovations.  Prior to the joining the ONC, Janhavi spent 10 years working with healthcare delivery leaders across the country to lead strategic planning and clinical operations initiatives, most recently as a Senior Consultant with the Chartis Group, LLC, and previously with American Practice Management (APM).  Janhavi’s project portfolio included ED and OR redesign, inpatient care model redesign, integrated delivery system strategy, and mergers and acquisition operational evaluation. Her recent clients have included academic medical centers, children’s hospitals, and multi-hospital systems. Janhavi has a BA in Economics, with honors, from Harvard College and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.