Akeiisa Coleman is a Senior Program Officer at the Commonwealth Fund. She is responsible for Medicaid grants and coordinating the cross-program Medicaid initiative. As part of the Coverage team, she advises on strategy around federal and state coverage policy, contributing to Fund research and publications and helping to execute projects and events to inform and educate policymakers at the state and federal level. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Fund, Ms. Coleman was a senior policy analyst with the National Governors Association, where she managed multiple projects related to social determinants of health, Medicaid, and behavioral health. She provided technical assistance to state leaders, including governors’ health policy advisors, Medicaid directors, secretaries of health, and other senior state officials on key policy issues and best practices. Ms. Coleman earned her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and her B.A. in sociology from the University of Southern California.

Coleman briefed journalists in September 2025: Medicaid, Hospitals & the Big Beautiful Bill: ‘People Don’t Appreciate the Ripple Effect.’