Rosie Valadez McStay leads policy and advocacy for Wild Blue Health Solutions and has more than 25 years of health policy and healthcare administration experience, especially in Medicaid, CHIP, managed care, and community health.

A former executive for Government Relations and Community Benefits for one of the nation’s top-ranked children’s hospitals, Rosie worked with colleagues in Houston and Harris County,, across Texas, and the nation to improve the health and well-being of families through public policy and community health advocacy. Rosie championed legislation expanding Medicaid coverage for children and pregnant women, successfully advocated for the passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program in Texas and has pushed forward national policies to fund pediatric graduate medical residency programs and federal Medicaid and CHIP policies to improve care coordination for medically complex children.

Notable examples of Rosie’s expertise in effecting change include securing over $100 million in CARES funding; partnering with the city and county public health systems to provide COVID-19 health care information to immigrant and disenfranchised families and basic resources to neighbors disproportionately impacted by the pandemic; and guiding a hospital system’s inaugural 1115 Medicaid waiver incentive payment program. Having earned a Masters in Public Health from University of Texas in Houston she continues to devote her career to health equity and collaboration on prevention strategies that improve overall community health and well-being.