Erica Socker, PhD
Vice President, Health Care, Payor Reform, Arnold Ventures
Erica is a Vice President for Health Care at Arnold Ventures where she leads the team’s strategic investments and policy work on commercial sector prices, Medicare sustainability, and provider payment reform. Erica has over a decade of health policy experience in government, think tanks, and philanthropy.
Prior to joining Arnold Ventures, she worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where she led the Health Division’s quantitative work to advance policies for the president’s budget, federal regulations, and legislative proposals. Erica has also worked on Medicare and private insurance issues at the Congressional Budget Office and the Brookings Institution.
Erica holds a Ph.D. in political science from Texas A&M University, as well as a B.A. in economics and B.S. in mathematics from the University of Maryland.