J.T. Lane serves as Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation of ASTHO, the national nonprofit organization representing the public health leaders and agencies of the United States, the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. He leads a team and portfolio of programs focused on state and territorial efforts on public health data modernization, public health data and technology policy, public health system research and business intelligence, rural health, primary care, and health system integration, as well as Medicaid and health plan engagements.

He has more than 20 years of private and public sector population health, health care, and social sector experience, including 8 years of progressive leadership roles in Louisiana’s cabinet agency on health. As a sought after health strategy leader, he has also supported a variety of local, national, and global organizations, including government, commercial, non-profit, and philanthropic entities in population health, health care and human services with market analysis, strategic planning and implementation, performance improvement, stakeholder engagement, program and policy development, and public-private partnership development. He serves on a variety of committees and groups to advance health for all Americans, including the America’s Health Rankings Advisory Committee, among others.