Nina Bastian

Senior Program Manager

I Do This Work Because

I was raised in a family where “health is wealth” and was engaged in the health and wellness of my loved ones at a young age. After working for two large health systems I sought a higher vantage point, where I now contribute to CHI’s critical work supporting policymakers and advocates, foundations, community organizations, and others in improving the health of all Coloradans.  

Favorite Activities

Dressing in theme/costume, singing karaoke, growing my green thumb

Hometown Fun Fact

Danville, Pennsylvania is the birthplace and headquarters of the Geisinger Health System, which President Obama praised in 2009 as health care “where high-quality care is being provided at a cost well below the national average.”

Favorite Quote

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." — J. A. Shedd

Nina Bastian leads project teams for several of CHI’s regional and statewide health promotion and research initiatives. She brings stakeholders together across sectors, including public health, human services, and community-based, clinical, government, and business organizations. Nina joined CHI as a Program Manager in July 2019 after five months of freelance work with the organization. Now a Senior Program Manager, she facilitates and coordinates work in our climate and health portfolio, as well as projects related to implementing or improving statewide programs and tools.

Nina’s health care journey began in outcomes and clinical research at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Pennsylvania. She spent a decade at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, New York in different roles in medical education and Mount Sinai's Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, the New York state Medicaid reform effort. In her role as Director of DSRIP Operations, she led financial and personnel operations, program reporting, and partner relations throughout the implementation of population health projects across Mount Sinai and 85 partnering clinical and community-based organizations.

Nina graduated cum laude in mathematics and magna cum laude in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. You might see her biking or cruising on her scooter around Denver, where she lives with her partner and two meow meows, Peanut Butter and Ziggy Stardust. She keeps busy planning for Camp ENERGY — a youth fitness, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle summer camp in Pennsylvania.

Sample Projects:

Skills:  Stakeholder engagement, convening and facilitation, project implementation and management, qualitative research and analysis

Focus Areas: 

  • Strengthening the behavioral health workforce
  • Climate change and its impacts on health 
  • Evaluation
  • Population health and social determinants
  • Health information technology
  • Access to care
  • Value-based payment reforms

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