Rachel Harrington, Ph.D., is Senior Product Strategist at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). In this role, she leads the development and evolution of NCQA's patient-centered program initiatives, focusing on improving health care quality, reducing disparities, and ensuring everyone can achieve their best possible health. This builds on her work focusing on methods to improve health equity data, promote transparency, incentivize closure of quality gaps, and improve systems of care. A nationally recognized expert, Dr. Harrington has served as an advisor for initiatives at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Quality Forum, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the National Academy of Medicine. Prior to joining NCQA, she spent over 10 years in industry and academic health system settings with extensive experience in the areas of risk-adjusted utilization, medication safety, economic modeling, and patient engagement in research. Dr. Harrington holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.