Kathryn E. Phillips, MPH, is an associate director for the California Health Care Foundation, an independent philanthropy that works to improve health care for Californians with low incomes. Kathryn develops strategic priorities and new initiatives to build the future health care workforce in California and fosters alignment of workforce activities across the foundation. She joined the Foundation in 2016 as a senior program officer. In that role, she managed the California Improvement Network and led the foundation’s efforts to advance primary care, including modernizing payment for FQHCs and public health care systems, accelerating the adoption of integrated behavioral health care, and improving population health management capabilities among providers that serve Medi-Cal – the nation’s largest Medicaid program. Kathryn continues to lead programming to improve health equity by fostering greater investment in primary care systemwide.