As we embark on a new year, ChangeLab Solutions is pleased to welcome Lydia Isaac as board chair and James Stowe as vice chair. We are looking forward to the unique insights that they will bring to ChangeLab Solutions’ team in their new roles. We extend our deep appreciation to outgoing board chair Lindsay Wiley, whose leadership helped define a culture that is inclusive, strategic, engaged, and highly supportive of ChangeLab’s mission. We are grateful that she will be continuing on our board in the role of governance and nominating chair.
ChangeLab Solutions is deeply grateful to our entire board of directors for their service. Our board members offer diverse experience and perspectives in areas of expertise such as health care and public health, law and policy, and data and analytics. We are grateful for their dynamic guidance, and look forward to working with our incoming board leadership in 2026.
New Board Chair
Lydia Isaac is vice president for health equity and policy at the National Urban League. Previously, she held a faculty appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and was associate research professor and executive director of the Health Policy Research Scholars program at George Washington University. She also served as director of policy and health systems analysis in the Office of Policy, Planning and Strategic Data in the First Deputy Commissioner’s office at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Throughout her career, Dr. Isaac has worked in local and state government as well as in academia, where she has taught classes on community health assessment and social disparities in health.
New Vice Chair
James Stowe is president and chief executive officer of the Center for Practical Bioethics, a nonprofit organization that raises and responds to ethical issues in health and health care through the applied practice of bioethics. In this role, he strives to ensure that ethics are integral to the social conditions that affect health, health care, and all aspects of patient care. His recent work has focused on alignment of the health and social care sectors, developing business acumen within nonprofit organizations, and strengthening collaboration among community-based organizations under a common mission and common revenue streams. Additionally, Stowe serves on boards at the Missouri Council on Aging and the University of Missouri – Kansas City’s Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality. He is co-chair of the Community Care Hub Workgroup of the Partnership to Align Social Care, a national learning and action network.
1/14/2026