Andrew Webber joined the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) as President and CEO in June of 2003.  NBCH is a national, not-for-profit, membership organization of 60 purchaser-based coalitions on health, dedicated to improving health, transforming health care, community by community.  Mr. Webber is responsible for overseeing all association activities including value based purchasing programs, government and external relations, educational programs, member communications and technical assistance, and research and evaluation. 
 
Mr. Webber currently sits on the Board of Directors of the National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, the Bridges to Excellence organization, Prometheus Payment Incorporated, and the Center for Information Therapy.  He is a Principal of the Hospital Quality Alliance and NBCH is a member of the Ambulatory Quality Alliance, the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project and the Partnership for Value Driven Health Care.  Mr. Webber is also a member of the Quality Alliance Steering Committee Purchaser/Business Advisory Councils for the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and the eHealth Initiative. 
  
Prior to joining NBCH, Mr. Webber was a Vice President for External Relations and Public Policy at the National Committee for Quality Assurance.  Previous positions also include Senior Associate for the Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care and Executive Vice President for the American Medical Peer Review Association (currently renamed the American Health Quality Association).  Mr. Webber started his health policy career in 1978 as an employee of the Washington Business Group on Health (currently renamed the National Business Group on Health), rising to the position of Vice President for Public Policy.
 
Mr. Webber is a frequent speaker and lecturer on health policy issues.  He is a graduate of Harvard University.