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Office of Rural Health Policy Staff List

1. The Team Structure: All staff are assigned to specific teams within the Office. These teams are: the Community-Based Team (which includes all staff who work on the community based grant programs under the jurisdiction of the Office); the Hospital-State Team (which includes all staff who serve as regional liaisons and project officers for the Office's State-based programs), the Policy-Research Team (which includes staff who oversee either regulatory issues or research issues) and the Administrative Team (which includes all staff who are charged with overseeing specific administrative duties). There are also six staff, based in Dallas, assigned to a border health team. Two staff are also assigned to working with the Director to coordinate HRSA's Intergovernmental Affairs Activities (IGA).

2. How Issues Are Assigned: All staff are also assigned issue areas. For members of the Community-Based Team, this relates to the focus areas of the grants on which they serve as project officers. For members of the Policy-Research team, this relates to policy areas they oversee. For members of the Administrative Team, this relates to those administrative issues for which they bear responsibility.


Name and Title Team Program or Policy Assignments Issue Areas
Phone/Email
Tom Morris, Acting Associate Administrator Management; Policy-Research; IGA Oversees all aspects of the Office, including rural health policy and programs; border health, international health and intergovenrmental affairs; primary staff to HHS Rural Task Force Budget, Personnel, Operations oversight; Legislation; Policy
301-443-0835
tmorris@hrsa.gov
Heather Dimeris, Associate Director Management; Policy-Research; Administrative Oversees the Administrative Team; quality-related policy activites; grants processes Budget; personnel; Operations oversight; Regulation review; Quality improvement
301-443-4657
hdimeris@hrsa.gov
Staff    
 
Anthony Achampong Hospital-State; Management Southeast Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants); Data and Performance Measurement Coordinator; Liaison to OIT for the ORHP PIMS Contract, Representative on the HRSA IT Internal Review Board Data and Performance Measurement Coordinator
301-594-4429
aachampong@hrsa.gov
George Brown Hospital-State Flex Critical Access Hospital-Health Information Technology Network (CAHHITN) Coordinator; Southeast Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Delta Small Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Initiative
301-443-7321
gbrown@hrsa.gov
Karen Beckham Hospital-State and IGA Northwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants); Rural Best Practices Cooperative Agreement Intergovernmental Affairs coordination for HRSA
301-443-0502
kbeckham@hrsa.gov
Julia Bryan Management and Community-Based Liaison to Grants Management, Division of Independent Review, Office of Financial Assistance Management Grants Coordinator; Grants technical assistance; Recruitment and Retention; Women's Health
301-443-6707
jbryan@hrsa.gov
Jennifer Chang Hospital-State Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) Coordinator; Executive Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; Northeast Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Grant Program performance measures, OMB approval
301-443-0736
jchang@hrsa.gov
Carrie Cochran Management; Policy-Research Policy Coordinator; Quick Data Turnaround Cooperative Agreement; Frontier Extended Stay Clinic Cooperative Agreement; Rural Policy Analysis Cooperative Agreement; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services staff Medicare reimbursement including inpatient hospital reimbursement; outpatient hospital reimbursement; Skilled Nursing Care; Home Health; Medicare Advantage; Medicare GME; Supervisor for interns
301-443-4701
ccochran@hrsa.gov
Mary Collier Administrative   Phones; meeting scheduling; travel; timekeeping
301-443-0836
mcollier@hrsa.gov
Jerry Coopey Hospital-State Midwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3RNet) liaison; Access to Capital; Rural Health and Economic Development; safety-net collaboration; hospital performance improvement
301-443-7306
jcoopey@hrsa.gov
Nancy Egbert Hospital-State Northwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex, SORH and SHIP grants); Flex Monitoring Cooperative Agreement Clinical Advisor; health quality; nursing; pandemic influenza
301-443-0614
negbert@hrsa.gov
Michelle Goodman Hospital-State and Policy-Research Southwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Health Workforce; Communications Coordinator
301-443-7440
mgoodman@hrsa.gov
Steve Hirsch Hospital-State Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program Coordinator; Rural Assistance Center Cooperative Agreement Definitions of Rural
301-443-7322
shirsch@hrsa.gov
Eileen Holloran Community-Based Network Planning Grants Coordinator; Rural AED Coordinator; Project Officer for Outreach and Network grant programs Transportation; chronic disease management; Alzheimer's
301-443-7529
eholloran@hrsa.gov
Vanessa Hooker Community-Based Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) Coordinator; Project Officer for Outreach and Network Development grant programs Diabetes, Recruitment and Retention
301-594-5105
vhooker@hrsa.gov
Kristi Martinsen Community-Based Black Lung Program Coordinator; Project Officer for Outreach and Network Development grant programs Mental health; Substance Abuse
301-594-4438
kmartinsen@hrsa.gov
Michael McNeely Hospital-State Midwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex, SORH and SHIP grants) ORHP Technical Assistance Coordinator; OIT Liaison including web material coordinator
301-443-5812
mmcneely@hrsa.gov
Jeanene Meyers Hospital-State Northeast Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Pharmacy & 340B
301-443-2482
jmeyers@hrsa.gov
Keith J. Midberry Hospital-State; Management State Offices of Rural Health Program Coordinator Human Resources Coordinator; 340B liaison
301-443-2669
kmidberry@hrsa.gov
Erica Molliver Policy-Research Targeted Rural Health Research grants; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Physician fee schedule; ambulance fee schedule; Medicare Part D; Medicaid waivers; HHS J1 Visa waivers; health professional shortage areas; Frontier health
301-443-1520
emolliver@hrsa.gov
Nisha Patel Community-Based Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program Coordinator; Project Officer for Network Development grant program Cardiovascular health; obesity; nutrition; elder care
301-443-6894
npatel@hrsa.gov
Michele Pray-Gibson Management; Hospital-State Budget Coordinator; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Executive Officer; Budget Coordinator; backup on contracts coordination
301-443-7320
mpray@hrsa.gov
Sherilyn Pruitt Community-Based Rural Network Development Grant Program Coordinator; Project Officer for Outreach grant program Health information technology; telehealth
301-594-0819
sadams@hrsa.gov
Elizabeth Rezai-zadeh Border and Community-Based Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program Coordinator; Project Officer for Quality, Outreach, and Network Development grant programs; and U.S.-Mexico Border Health Advisor Border Health; Central Office liaison to Dallas Division of Border Health
301-443-4107
erezai@hrsa.gov
Jacob Rueda Community-Based Project Officer for Black Lung, RESEP, Outreach and Network Development grant programs Emergency medical services and trauma; pharmacy; Medicaid
301-443-0649
jrueda@hrsa.gov
Lilly Smetana Community-Based Grants Files coordinator; Electronic Handbook Liaison; Grants Program Administrator; RESEP, Outreach programs Earmarks; health literacy; health professions education; oral health
301-443-6884
lsmetana@hrsa.gov
Lakisha Smith Community-Based Delta Network Development Program Coordinator; Delta Liaison to HST; Project Officer for Outreach and Network Development grant programs Safety net collaboration; HIV/AIDS; minority health and cultural competence; school-based health
301-443-0837
lsmith2@hrsa.gov
Sonja Carter Taylor Community-Based and Management Project Officer for Rural Health Outreach and Rural Health Network Development grant programs General rural health; school-based health; Inter-Agency agreement coordinator; backup on contracts and budget
301-443-1902
staylor@hrsa.gov
Shelia Tibbs Community-Based Project Officer for Network Development and Black Lung grant programs Public health; capital construction monitoring for Delta Health Initiative
301-443-4304
stibbs@hrsa.gov
Amal Thomas Administrative Administrative Coordinator  
301-443-0139
athomas@hrsa.gov
Kathryn Umali Community-Based and IGA Delta Health Initiative Program Coordinator; Southwest Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) Intergovernmental Affairs coordination for HRSA
301-443-7444
kumali@hrsa.gov
Joan Van Nostrand Policy-Research Rural Health Research Coordinator; Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement Disability; long-term care; research data; Healthy People 2010-access chapter
April Ward Administrative    
301-443-3999
award@hrsa.gov
Sheila Warren Community-Based and Management Project Officer for Outreach and Network Development grant programs Contracts Coordinator; Health promotion and disease prevention; Health education
301-443-0246
swarren@hrsa.gov
Division of Border Health    
 
Frank Cantu Border Coordinates HRSA's border health activities Budget, personnel, administration
214-767-3881
fcantu@hrsa.gov
Margarita Figueroa-Gonzalez Border Pan-American Health Organization contract project officer; NM border health liaison HIV/AIDS
214-767-8068
mfigueroa@hrsa.gov
Michelle Mellen Border AZ border health liaison Maternal and Child Health
214-767-3070
mmellen@hrsa.gov
Lilia Salazar Border CA border health liaison Travel, administrative
214-767-3073
lsalazar@hrsa.gov
Erma Woodard Border Administrative support Phones, scheduling, meetings
214-767-3171
ewoodard@hrsa.gov
Updated January 2008

 

  


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