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| Office of the Administrator | ||||
Name and Title | Division/Team | Program or Policy Assignments | Issue Areas | Phone |
| Tom Morris, Associate Administrator | Management; Policy-Research; Border | Oversees all aspects of the Office, Primary staff to HHS Rural Task Force; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Ex Officio Staff. | Budget, Personnel, Policy, Operations oversight; Legislation; Policy; Supervisor for Deputy Director, Associate Director/Senior Advisor, and Division Directors | 301-443-4269 tmorris@hrsa.gov |
| Sahi Rafiullah, Deputy Associate Administrator and Policy-Research Team Coordinator | Management; Policy-Research | Oversees all aspects of the Office, Coordinates all regulation and policy review; Primary staff to HHS Rural HIT Task Force; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Service Staff. | Budget; Personnel;Policy; Operations oversight; Legislation;Supervisor for Policy-Research Team Staff and Interns | 301-443-0835 srafiullah@hrsa.gov |
| Heather Dimeris, Associate Director/ Senior Advisor and Administrative Team Coordinator | Management; Policy-Research; Administrative; Border | Oversees all aspects of the Office, Coordinates all human resource activities;Quality-related policy activities. | Budget; Personnel; Operations oversight; Policy; Quality improvement; Supervisor for Budget Officer, Grants Coordinator, and Administrative Staff | 301-443-4657 hdimeris@hrsa.gov |
| Paul Moore, Senior Health Policy Advisor | Policy-Research | Provides expertise on rural policy and programs, coordinates special quality improvement projects in the office. | Quality Improvement; 340B;Pharmacy and Patient Safety Collaborative; Healthcare Acquired Infections | 301-443-1271 pmoore2@hrsa.gov |
| Julia Bryan, Grants Program Coordinator | Management; Operations | Oversees all grants activities; Liaison to the Office of Financial Assistance Management including the Division of Grants Management, Division of Independent Review, Office of Financial Integrity, Division of Grants Policy, ORO. | Grants coordination and grants technical assistance | 301-443-6707 jbryan@hrsa.gov |
| Michele Pray-Gibson, Contracts Coordinator | Operations | Oversees all contract activities; Liaison to the Office of Acquisitions, Public Access for Defibrillator Demonstration Program Coordinator | Contracts coordination | 301-443-7320 mpray@hrsa.gov |
| Sonja Carter Taylor, Budget Officer | Operations | Oversee all budget activities; Liaison to the Office of Budget Execution | Budget coordination | 301-443-1902 staylor@hrsa.gov |
| Linda Bahrami | Operations; Community-Based | Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Project Officer; International and Border Health Liaison HRSA OGHA; Webmaster for ORHP; Operations | Quality Improvement; Border Health | 301-443-8343 lbahrami@hrsa.gov |
| Administrative Team | ||||
| Kayla Andrews | Clerical | Phones; mail pick up and distribution; meet and greet visitors. | Administrative; Provide services and support to ORHP staff and external customers. | 301-443-2466 kandrews@hrsa.gov |
| Mary Collier | Administrative | Phones; Meeting scheduling;Timekeeping; Correspondence (SWIFT); FOIA requests; Conference room reservations and IT equipment; Mail pick up and distribution; meet and greet visitors. | Administrative; Provide services and support to ORHP staff and external customers. | 301-443-0836 mcollier@hrsa.gov |
| Deborah DeMasse-Snell | Administrative | Phones; meeting scheduling; Travel; National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Administrative Coordinator; Timekeeping; Correspondence alternate: Conference room reservations and IT equipment; Mail pick up and distribution; meet and greet visitors. | Administrative; Provide services and support to ORHP staff and external customers. |
301-443-0649 |
| Amal Thomas | Administrative | Travel; Quarterly travel spending spreadsheets; Secretary's Forecast; HR Assistant; Commissioned Corps timekeeping; Supplies; Meeting scheduling, Conference room reservations & IT equipment; Training Coordinator; Phones; Meet and greet visitors. | Administrative; Provide services and support to ORHP staff and external customers. | 301-443-0139 athomas@hrsa.gov |
| Policy Research Team | ||||
| Nicole Comeaux | Policy-Research | Program Coordinator for the Rural Policy Analysis Cooperative Agreement; Targeted Rural Health Research Grants Cooperative Agreement | Affordable Care Act; Health Exchanges; Post-acute care reimbursement; Medicare Advantage; Health finance; Health insurance; Health insurance exchanges | 301-443-5433 ncomeaux@hrsa.gov |
| Aaron Fischbach | Policy-Research and Hospital State | Frontier Extended Stay Clinic program coordinator; Rural Health Clinic Technical Assistance Contract; For HSD:Region D Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that regions's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) | Rural Health Clinics; 3RNet liaison; J-1 and Conrad-30 visa waivers; Frontier | 301-443-5487
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| Michelle Goodman | Policy-Research | Rapid Response for Data Analysis Cooperative Agreement; Frontier Community Health Integration Cooperative Agreement. | Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient Medicare reimbursement; Affordable Care Act; Health workforce; Physician fee schedules; Medicaid waivers | 301-443-7440 mgoodman@hrsa.gov |
| Steve Hirsch | Policy-Research; Hospital State | National Advisory Committee Executive Secretary; Region D Co-REgional Liaison (project officer for region's Flex grants, SORH grants, and SHIP grants). | Definitions of rural and frontier | 301-443-7322 shirsch@hrsa.gov |
| Iran Naqvi | Policy-Research | Rural Health Research Coordinator; Rural Health Research Center Cooperative Agreement; Research for Diverse Audiences. | Health Quality Payment issues | 301-594-4429 inaqvi@hrsa.gov |
| Hospital-State Division | ||||
| Kristin Martinsen, Director Division of Hospital-State Programs | Management; Hospital State | Oversees all activities on the Hospital-State Division, Project Officer for Rural Hospital Performance Improvement contract (RHPI). | Budget, Personnel, Operations oversight; Supervisor for HSD staff | 301-594-4438 kmartinsen@hrsa.gov |
| Samantha Bowman | Hospital-State | Region B Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants); Rural Veterans Health program coordinator | Pandemic influenza | 301-443-7306 sbowman@hrsa.gov |
| Jennifer Chang | Hospital-State | Region A Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants); Rural Assistance Center Cooperative Agreement | 301-443-0736 jchang@hrsa.gov | |
| Dan Mareck | Hospital-State and Policy Research | Rural Residency Task Technical Assistance Program Coordinator; Medical Officer | Workforce; Quality Improvement | 301-594-4198 dmareck@hrsa.gov |
| Michael McNeely | Hospital-State and Policy Research | Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) Program Coordinator; Region C Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex, SORH and SHIP grants); Technical Assistance and Services Center Program Coordinator | HIT Implementation and Payment Policy; Health Information Exchange; | 301-443-5812 mmcneely@hrsa.gov |
| Megan Meacham | Hospital-State and Policy Research | Regional C Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants); Flex Monitoring Team Program Coordinator. | EMS; Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule; 340B | 301-443-8349 mmeacham@hrsa.gov |
| Jeanene Meyers | Hospital-State | Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program (SHIP) Coordinator; Region A Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) | 301-443-2482 jmeyers@hrsa.gov | |
| Keith J. Midberry | Hospital-State | State Offices of Rural Health Program Coordinator; Region E Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that Region's Flex, SORH and SHIP grants); NOSORH Cooperative Agreement. | 301-443-2669 | |
| Bridget Ware | Hospital-State | Delta Health Initiative Program Coordinator; Region B Co-Regional Liaison (project officer for that region's Flex grants, SORH grants and SHIP grants) | Access to Capital; Rural Health and Economic Development | 301-443-2822 bware@hrsa.gov |
| Community-Based Division | ||||
Nisha Patel, Director, Division of Community-Based Programs
| Management; Community Based | Oversees all activities on the Community-Based Division; Project Officer for Outreach Tracking and Evaluation contract. | Budget, Personnel, Operations oversight; Supervisor for CBD staff | 301-443-6894
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| Karen Beckham | Community-Based | Rural Health Outreach Project Officer; Rural Health Best Practices & Community Development Cooperative Agreement Project Officer | Chronic Disease (CVD, Obesity, Hypertension) | 301-443-0502 kbeckham@hrsa.gov |
| Valerie Darden | Community-Based | Delta Network Development Program Coordinator; Rural Health Outreach Project Officer; Delta Evaluation and Delta technical assistance contracts Project Officer | Primary Care/Access to Care | 301-443-0837 vdarden@hrsa.gov |
| Ann Ferrero | Community-Based | Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Project Officer | Quality Improvement | 301-443-3999 aferrero@hrsa.gov |
| Marcia Green | Community-Based | Rural Network HIT Program Coordinator and Rural Network Development Project Officer | HIT and Telehealth | 301-443-3261 mgreen@hrsa.gov |
| Eileen Holloran | Community-Based | Network Planning Program Coordinator and Project Officer; Rural AED Program Coordinator and Project Officer | Transportation; EMS | 301-443-7529 eholloran@hrsa.gov |
| Vanessa Hooker | Community-Based | Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program (RESEP) Coordinator; Rural Health Outreach and Rural Network Development Project Officer | Chronic Disease (Diabetes) | 301-594-5105 vhooker@hrsa.gov |
| Nadia Ibrahim | Community-Based | Black Lung Clinic Program Coordinator; Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Project Officer | Black Lung; Quality Improvement | 301-443-5490 nibrahim@hrsa.gov |
| Leticia Manning | Community-Based | Rural Health Network Development Program Coordinator and Project Officer | Mental Health; General Network Development | |
| Lilly Smetana | Community-Based | Rural Health Outreach Project Officer; Grants Files coordinator; Electronic Handbook Liaison; Grants Program Administrator | Earmarks; health literacy; health professions education; oral health | 301-443-6884 lsmetana@hrsa.gov |
| Shelia Tibbs | Community-Based | Rural Network Development Project Officer; Rural Health Outreach Project Officer, COTR Lead for Community-Based Division | General public health; Rural Voices and Leadership Development Program | 301-443-4304 stibbs@hrsa.gov |
| Kathryn Umali | Community-Based | Rural Health Care Services Outreach Grant Program Coordinator and Project Officer | Elder Care; Recruitment & Retention | 301-443-7444 kumali@hrsa.gov |
| Christina Villalobos | Community-Based | Rural Health Workforce Program Coordinator and Rural Outreach and Network Development Project Officer | Mental health; Substance Abuse | 301-443-3590 cvillalobos@hrsa.gov |
| Sheila Warren | Community-Based | Rural Health Outreach Project Officer | Telehealth; HIT | 301-443-0246 swarren@hrsa.gov |
| Office for the Advancement of Telehealth | ||||
| Sherilyn Pruitt, Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth | Management; Telehealth | Oversees all activities for the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth; E-ICU contract; m-Health workgroup; Congressionally Mandated Program Project Officer; Co-Chair of Fed-Tel (formerly known as JWGT) | Budget, Personnel, Operations oversight; Supervisor for OAT staff | 301-594-0819 spruitt@hrsa.gov |
| Larry Bryant | Telehealth | Congressionally Mandated Program Project Officer; Telehealth Network Grant Program (Telehome Care) Telehealth Technical Assessment Center (T-TAC) Project Officer' IHS IAA Project Officer; | Telehealth | 301-443-0261 lbryant@hrsa.gov |
| Makeda Clement | Telehealth | Congressionally Mandated Program Project Officer; OAT/CBD Logistics Contract; Webmaster for OAT; OAT Special Projects | Telehealth | 301-443-6977 mclement@hrsa.gov |
| Monica Cowan | Telehealth | Telehealth Resource Center Program Coordinator and Project Officer; Congressionally Mandated Program Project Officer; Telehealth Network Grant Program Project Officer | Telehealth | 301-443-0076 mcowan@hrsa.gov |
| Carlos Mena | Telehealth | Telehealth Network Grant Program Coordinator and Project Officer; Licensure Portability Grant Program Coordinator and Project Officer; Congressionally Mandated Program Project Officer; Performance Evaluation of TNGP Contract | Telehealth | 301-443-3198 cmena@hrsa.gov |
| Bert Pie | Telehealth | Congressionally Mandated Program Coordinator and Project Officer; HSD Delta Health Alliance Project Officer | Telehealth | 301-443-8346 rpie@hrsa.gov |
| Border Health Division | ||||
| Frank Cantu, Director, Border Health Division | Management; Border Health | Oversees all activities on the Border Health Division. Liaison on border health issues to the Office of Regional Operations and the HHS Regional Office in Dallas, Texas | Personnel, Operations oversight; Supervisor for BHD staff | 214-767-3881 fcantu@hrsa.gov |
| Michelle Mellen | Border Health | AZ border health liaison | Maternal and Child Health | 214-767-3070 mmellen@hrsa.gov |
| Lilia Salazar | Border Health | CA border health liaison | Travel, administrative | 214-767-3073 lsalazar@hrsa.gov |
| Erma Woodard | Border Health | Administrative support | Phones, scheduling, meetings | 214-767-3171 ewoodard@hrsa.gov |
General Information
Office of Rural Health Policy
Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, 5A-05
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-0835
(301) 443-2803 (fax)
orhpwebsite@hrsa.gov
Division of Border Health
1301 Young Street, Suite 1014
Dallas, TX 75202
214-767-3171
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