Who We Are

Marly McMillen Beelman
Marly has a background in health care issues from increasing medical student interest in the specialty of family medicine to working to build a new model for primary care practices around the country. She was formerly the Manager of the Student Interest Initiative for the American Academy of Family Physicians, the project manager for the Future of Family Medicine Project and Executive Director of TransforMED’s National Demonstration Project. Her passion for health care reform continues through her work with medical practices, working to transform them to a patient-centered model of care. She has also owned and operated her own consulting business where she provided consulting expertise to a variety of health care organizations. You can learn more about Marly at namelymarly.com

Joe Grundy
Joe’s background in health care comes from his work related to issues of health reform and primary care policy. Most of this took place while he served as a Director for the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, one of the leading voices in health delivery redesign both in- and outside of Washington DC. Within this role Joe served as the primary, active, lobbyist for the Collaborative in representing the specific interests of major employers, primary care physicians, consumer groups, health plans, and many other stakeholders.  In addition much of his professional life was taken up by trying to organize consensus in these otherwise disparate, and often historically conflicting, voices.  Having left behind the Washington policy circles, Joe now works with TransforMED, directly implementing real health reform at the grassroots level. In his role with TransforMED, he works with physicians and practices to improve health care for Americans by transforming practices to align with the new Patient-Centered Medical Home model.

Shawn Beelman
A graphic designer for nearly 20 years, Shawn is HealthStrong’s designer and webmaster. He’s designed and managed many web sites over the last several years. You can learn more about Shawn’s graphic design, website development, and photography at sbeelman.com.