Iyah​ ​Romm

Iyah​ ​Romm​ ​is​ ​the​ ​Founder​ ​and​ ​CEO​ ​of​ ​Cityblock​ ​Health,​ ​an​ ​innovative​ ​venture-backed  care​ ​delivery​ ​company​ ​spun​ ​out​ ​of​ ​Alphabet’s​ ​Sidewalk​ ​Labs,​ ​that​ ​delivers  technology-enabled​ ​services​ ​for​ ​low-income​ ​individuals​ ​in​ ​cities​ ​across​ ​the​ ​United  States.

Iyah​ ​comes​ ​to​ ​Cityblock​ ​from​ ​Commonwealth​ ​Care​ ​Alliance​ ​(CCA)​ ​in​ ​Massachusetts  where,​ ​as​ ​Chief​ ​Transformation​ ​Officer,​ ​he​ ​drove​ ​the​ ​design​ ​of​ ​organization-wide​ ​efforts  to​ ​strengthen​ ​and​ ​scale​ ​CCA’s​ ​care​ ​delivery​ ​and​ ​health​ ​plan​ ​operations​ ​and​ ​strategy.  Previously,​ ​as​ ​the​ ​founding​ ​Policy​ ​Director​ ​for​ ​Care​ ​Delivery​ ​Innovation​ ​and​ ​Investment  at​ ​the​ ​Health​ ​Policy​ ​Commission,​ ​he​ ​led​ ​the​ ​building​ ​of​ ​a​ ​$160​ ​million​ ​statewide  healthcare​ ​transformation​ ​investment​ ​program.​ ​There,​ ​and​ ​in​ ​his​ ​earlier​ ​role​ ​at​ ​the​ ​state  Department​ ​of​ ​Public​ ​Health,​ ​Iyah​ ​contributed​ ​significantly​ ​to​ ​Massachusetts’  healthcare​ ​reform​ ​efforts,​ ​in​ ​particular​ ​the​ ​advancement​ ​of​ ​payment​ ​system​ ​and​ ​care  delivery​ ​redesign.​ ​He​ ​has​ ​served​ ​as​ ​a​ ​member​ ​of​ ​the​ ​National​ ​Advisory​ ​Committee​ ​on  Transforming​ ​Complex​ ​Care,​ ​was​ ​honored​ ​as​ ​one​ ​of​ ​Modern​ ​Healthcare’s​ ​Up​ ​&​ ​Comers  in​ ​2016,​ ​and​ ​was​ ​affiliate​ ​faculty​ ​at​ ​Dr.​ ​Atul​ ​Gawande’s​ ​Ariadne​ ​Labs.​ ​Iyah​ ​studied  Biology​ ​at​ ​Brandeis​ ​University​ ​and​ ​medicine​ ​at​ ​Boston​ ​University.​ ​He​ ​is​ ​usually​ ​found  with​ ​his​ ​wife​ ​and​ ​two​ ​kids,​ ​either​ ​chasing​ ​garbage​ ​trucks​ ​in​ ​Brooklyn​ ​or​ ​sailing.