Having over 20 years of healthcare marketing and communications experience and a passion for improving population health and advancing healthcare quality, safety and transparency, Tanika brings a wealth of knowledge to her role as Director of Program Development and Communication with the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH). In this position she leads member relations, communications and several GPBCH initiatives, including Leapfrog Group activities in the region. She also supports various population health projects to increase the value of health benefits spending for employers, improve employee health and well-being and advance healthcare quality and safety in the provider community.

Most recently, Tanika has worked with the CDC Foundation and Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) on projects that address hypertension, obesity, and diabetes prevention and management in the workforce. Prior to joining GPBCH, she managed benefits plan design and member operations for a multiemployer benefit trust fund in Philadelphia. Her time at the fund afforded her the opportunity to research claims data to better understand the health of the member population and evaluate benefits utilization, thus identifying cost savings opportunities and incorporating solutions to improve health outcomes and drive value-based benefits spending.