Al Lewis

Al Lewis is not related to the Al Lewis who played Grandpa Munster. He doesn't even look like Grandpa. Quite the contrary, he is so much taller than the other Al Lewis, or for that matter than most other garden variety human beings, that with surprisingly little makeup he could pass for Herman. Another important distinction is that this Al Lewis still has a pulse (52 bpm - not bad, hunh?).

Al was called "the industry leader in care management outcomes analysis" in the 2011 Annual Report on the Disease Management and Wellness Industries, and in Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, that leadership shows. His mastery of fifth-grade arithmetic gives him a huge advantage over most of the vendors and consultants in this field, who apparently were absent the day the teacher covered it. (Al places the blame for the healthcare industry's innumeracy squarely on the backs of truant officers.)

And if you hate Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, you will despise Al's other books, including Why the Heck Aren't We Already Doing This Stuff?, a hilarious exposition of original economic policy ideas about which James Carville said: "Provocative and original ideas for Democrats and Republications alike, written with words short enough to be understood by even the densest presidential candidates."

Previously, he (Al, not James Carville) taught economics at Harvard, and he has run several mid-sized health care companies, including one that didn't even go bankrupt. He also believes in upholding the highest standards of integrity. So even if you google him until he's blue in the face, you won't find any priors. He also has a really cool ringtone.

Yet despite all these qualifications, he still can't get his kids to clean up their rooms.