Our Team

Lindsey Artola

Lindsey ArtolaLindsey Artola is President of Sage Health Strategy.  Lindsey directs the firm’s work with community-based health care organizations and human services agencies.  She is an experienced health policy and government relations professional with 20 years in a variety of leadership roles with payors, providers and associations.  Prior to joining Sage, she was Vice President of External Affairs at IlliniCare Health, one of Illinois’ leading Medicaid managed care plans.  IlliniCare is owned by Centene Corporation.  In this role she had leadership responsibility for all policy and government relations activities, community relations and communications.

Prior to Illinicare Health, Lindsey served as Chief External Affairs Officer for Presence Health, one of Illinois’ largest health systems.  In this role, she led successful efforts to secure federal approval for a bundled payment demonstration and a Medicare Shared Savings (ACO) pilot, and was the senior executive responsible for leading an internal multi-disciplinary Medicaid Steering Committee to develop a system-wide strategy to respond to Illinois’ transition to Medicaid managed care.

Lindsey holds a Master in Health Administration from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor in Political Science from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.  She serves on the Board of Mercy Housing Lakefront and the Kennedy Forum of Illinois.

Angela Haggard

Angela Haggard is Senior Vice President of Sage Health Strategy.  Angela directs the firm’s work in the areas of health system and health plan operations, strategic planning, population health and health care transformation.  She is a proven health care executive serving the industry for over 20 years in a variety of roles in both the provider and payor sectors.

Prior to joining Sage Angela was Senior Vice President of Operations and Product Development at IlliniCare Health, Centene’s Illinois Plan.  In this role she had leadership responsibility for all operational functions which included member and provider services, claim operations and configuration, network development, provider data management, marketing and communications, project and product management, facilities, enrollment services, utilization and case management. In this role she was able to achieve the successful award of a state-wide re-procurement.

Prior to IlliniCare Health, Angela served as System Service Line Vice President of Medicaid and Community Health Strategy for Presence Health, one of Illinois’ largest health systems and the state’s largest provider of Medicaid services. In this role she was a transformational leader who activated the health system’s vision to improve the health of all the communities served.  As part of this activation strategy she led the RFP award from the state of Illinois and successfully implemented the Presence Health Accountable Care Entity designed to manage the care of the system’s managed Medicaid population.

Angela holds a graduate degree from Olivet Nazarene University, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Administrative Management from Eastern Illinois University.