Ken Janda, J.D., is an adjunct professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences for the University of Houston College of Medicine, focused on US healthcare financing and value-based payment models that include the social determinants of health.

Janda is a 40-year veteran of the health insurance industry, having held executive positions at national insurance companies Prudential, Aetna and Humana before serving as CEO of Community Health Choice, a non-profit insurer focused on providing access to quality care for low-income populations, for 11 years.

When he is not teaching, Ken consults with providers, health plans and community organizations on value-based payment models for both traditional health care services and social determinants of health via his consultancy, Wild Blue Health Solutions, and serves as the Board President of Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities) an Austin-based social justice policy organization.