Garen Corbett

Garen Corbett is the Executive Director of the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP), a systemwide program housed at the University of California, Berkeley. CHBRP provides an independent, rigorous, and evidence-based analysis of pending health legislation for the California Legislature. Corbett manages the core staff team and appointments of more than 30 supporting faculty, researchers, and analysts from several campuses. He has overseen more than 150 reports to the Legislature and dozens of other resources and briefs, many of which are in collaboration with the Center. Corbett has also partnered with the Center with planning and convening symposiums, lectures, and grant proposals, served on various advisory boards, and completed a two-year research project for the State of California.

Before joining CHBRP, Corbett was the Deputy Director of The Health Industry Forum, which works on health payment, quality, and technology issues. His research and policy analysis has focused on federal and state health policy efforts, health reform, and effective benefit design strategies. Earlier in his career, Corbett provided strategic health care and management consultant services to Liberty Healthcare Group and The Segal Company. Corbett was also Assistant Director for Legislation and Policy at the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC).

Corbett has an M.S. in Public Affairs from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and a B.A. in Sociology and American Studies with honors from Brandeis University.