Margaret Koller, MS
MS, Rutgers University
About Ms. Koller
Leadership & Core Faculty
Margaret Koller, MS, is the Executive Director at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy. Ms. Koller serves as the Center’s Chief Operating Officer who oversees the development and management of the Center’s research portfolio, compliance with financial and data use agreements and leads the engagement with the Governor’s Office and state agency policy leadership on projects of mutual interest. With expertise in health care coverage and access and Medicaid program policy, she routinely represents the Center to policy and stakeholder audiences around the state. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, Ms. Koller is directing the implementation of the NJ Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project in New Jersey which will use linked data to inform population health research and improve the efficiency of state government programs and she serves on the leadership team for the NJHealth Study.
Ms. Koller is also the co-principal investigator for the Center’s continuing core grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 2023, she was recognized with the Rutgers Health Chancellor’s Award for sustained service and contributions to the Rutgers Health mission. She serves as Chair of the NJ Small Employer Health Benefit Program Board and on the Rutgers Institute for Women’s Leadership Advisory Board. Before joining the Center in 2001, Ms. Koller served in leadership roles at Prudential HealthCare and later Aetna Health. Prior to her experience in managed care, she was a congressional aide in New Jersey. She earned her MS in Public Policy from Rutgers Bloustein School of Public Policy at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.