Joel Ario was Commissioner of the

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. In 2009, he became director of the Office of Insurance Exchanges at the

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. Ario holds a B.A. from

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, a Master of Divinity degree (M.Div.) from Harvard Divinity School and a Juris Doctor degree from

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. He currently works with Leavitt Partners.

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