Cynthia H. Woodcock, M.B.A., was executive director of The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) from 2013 until her retirement in 2024. Hilltop is a non-partisan health research organization dedicated to advancing the health and wellbeing of people and communities. Hilltop maintains a nationally recognized partnership with the Maryland Department of Health to analyze state health policies and develop solutions for the Maryland Medicaid program. Hilltop also works with other states, the federal government, and private foundations to address complex issues through informed, objective, and innovative research and analysis. Ms. Woodcock played a pivotal role in the development of AcademyHealth’s State-University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) to advance formation of partnerships between public universities and state Medicaid agencies. Previously, she was principal research associate and practice area lead for long-term care, aging, and disability at IMPAQ International, LLC, and managed engagements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Administration for Community Living. Prior to that, Ms. Woodcock was with The Hilltop Institute, first as a senior research analyst with responsibility for new business development and later as director of long-term services and supports policy and research. Earlier in her career, Ms. Woodcock was director of program development with the International Life Sciences Institute and assistant vice president for program finance and management with The Commonwealth Fund. Ms. Woodcock also held positions with The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New Jersey Department of Health. Ms. Woodcock received an MBA in finance from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and holds a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.