The 2008 Report to the Secretary: Rural Health and Human Service Issues

April 2008

 

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Committee Members

The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

Chairperson

The Honorable David M. Beasley

Former Governor of South Carolina

Darlington, SC

Term: 04/01/06 – 03/31/10

 

Vice Chairperson

The Honorable Larry K. Otis

Former Mayor of Tupelo, MS

Tupelo, MS

Term: 08/01/07 – 07/30/11

 

Executive Secretary

Jennifer L. Chang, MPH

Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA, HHS

Rockville, MD

 

Members

 

Susan E. Birch, RN, MBA

Executive Director

Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse

Association, Inc.

Steamboat Springs, CO

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Paul L. Craig, PhD, ABPP

Clinical Neuropsychologist and Associate Clinical Professor

University of Washington School of Medicine - WWAMI Program

Anchorage, AK

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

Bessie Freeman-Watson

Workforce Director

Urban League of Hampton Roads

Portsmouth, VA

Term: 04/01/03 – 03/31/07

 

Joseph D. Gallegos, MBA

Vice President of Operations

Western Regions - VI, VII, VIII, IX, X

National Association of Community Health

Centers

Albuquerque, NM

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Sharon A. Hansen, MEd

Director

Community Action Partnership Head Start

Dickinson, ND

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

David R. Hewett, MA

President/CEO

SD Association of Healthcare Organizations

Sioux Falls, SD

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

Thomas E. Hoyer, Jr., MBA

Rehoboth Beach, DE

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

Lenard W. Kaye, DSW, PhD

Director and Professor

University of Maine Center on Aging

Orono, ME

Term: 04/01/03 – 03/31/07

 

A. Clinton MacKinney, MD, MS

Family Physician, Senior Consultant

St. Joseph, MN

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

Michael Meit, MA, MPH

Deputy Director

NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis

Bethesda, MD

Term: 07/01/04 – 07/01/08

 

Arlene Jaine Jackson Montgomery, PhD

Professor of Nursing

Hampton University

Hampton, VA

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Ron L. Nelson, PA

President & CEO

Health Services Associates

Fremont, MI

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Sister Janice Otis

Principal

Franciscan Cre-Act School

Pocatello, ID

Term: 04/01/03 – 03/31/07

 

Patti J. Patterson, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, TX

Term: 07/01/04 – 07/01/08

 

Karen R. Perdue

Associate Vice President for Health

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK

Term: 07/01/06 – 06/30/10

 

Heather Reed, MA

Rural Health Administrator

Primary Care and Rural Health Program

Ohio Department of Health

Columbus, OH

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD

Deputy Director

Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Term: 07/01/04 – 07/01/08

 

Tim Size

Executive Director

Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative

Sauk City, WI

Term: 07/01/03 – 06/30/07

 

Julia Sosa

Assistant Director of Minority Health

Office of Primary Care and Rural Health

Montgomery, AL

Term: 07/01/04 – 07/01/08

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2007-2008 Subcommittees

 

Health Care

Tom Hoyer, Chair

David Hewett

Clint MacKinney

Arlene Jackson Montgomery

Ron Nelson

Patti Patterson

Heather Reed

Julia Sosa

 

Human Services

Larry Otis, Chair

Sue Birch

Bessie Freeman-Watson

Sharon Hansen

Len Kaye

Sister Janice Otis

 

Building Rural Communities

Tom Ricketts, Chair

Paul Craig

Joe Gallegos

Michael Meit

Larry Otis

Karen Perdue

Tim Size

Committee members' biographies