Gary Jacobs is a health care advocate, entrepreneur, meditation and yoga instructor, and ‘Zen lobbyist’ in Washington, DC. For more than three decades, Gary has worked at the intersection of policy, payer, and provider strategy, helping shape national reforms at VillageMD, Care Centrix, and PwC, while advising top policy leaders and decision-makers on bipartisan solutions for value-based care.

He’s the author of The Zen Lobbyist: A Mindful Approach to Transforming Healthcare where he weaves together his career in healthcare, personal wellness practices, and even his own life-threatening health challenges — including a stroke and multiple hospitalizations — that transformed how he leads and why he fights for change.

Gary combines policy and presence to share how we can bring mindfulness, resilience, and clarity to our day-to-day and reimagine healthcare from the inside out.