​Dr. Jaren Trost, LHC Board Treasurer was born in Seattle and grew up in Albuquerque. After graduating from the University of Washington with an Undergrad in Communications, he returned to the great state of New Mexico to attend the University of New Mexico. School of Medicine. After completing his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Arizona, Dr. Trost again returned home  to complete his Rheumatology Fellowship at The University of New Mexico. While in fellowship, Dr. Trost completed his MBA at the UNM Anderson School of Management while going to school at night. His concentration was strategic management and policy.
 Dr. Trost joined Optum in July 2020 as an attending Rheumatologist. After 1 year of practicing Rheumatology, Dr. Trost dreamed of more ways to make an impact. Dr. Trost subsequently became the Associate Medical Director of Primary Care, and after 8 months in the role, was promoted to the acting Medical Director of primary care.
 After 11 months of being the medical director of primary care, his scope expanded. Dr. Trost was promoted to the Senior Medical Director of the NM IPA (Independent Physician Association). At the time of his hiring, the NM IPA was comprised of 5 employees. In less than 6 months, Dr. Trost built the NM IPA to 24 employees and 4 distinct lanes. These lanes included contracting, credentialing, coding, and network management. After a drastic improvement in risk adjustment and quality, Dr. Trost was promoted to lead the AZ IPA. In 2024, Dr. Trost received the inaugural New Mexico Healthcare Heroes Award and he was selected for the distinguished Sequoia Fellowship within Optum and United Healthcare. The Sequoia Fellowship picks 10 up and coming medical leaders within the entire enterprise.
 In addition to work, Dr. Trost volunteered on the University of New Mexico School of Medicine admission board. He also volunteers on the ABIM Rheumatology exam writing committee. One day, Dr. Trost dreams of going into politics and becoming a United States Senator. In his spare time, Dr. Trost loves to golf and spend time with his identical twin and family.

Joseph Lucero, is currently an Executive Director at Presbyterian Medical Group, his experience includes health plan and provider group leadership with a focus on analytics, operations and creating value-based relationships between payers and providers. He has worked for several Healthcare organizations in the community, prior to his most recent role, he served as the Executive Director of Medical Economics for University of New Mexico Medical Group and as Assistant Vice President of Operations for Molina Healthcare. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Computer Systems from New Mexico State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico.