Appalachian Health Policy Advisory Council Members

Alabama
John R. Wheat, MD, MPH
Professor
Department of Community Medicine
   and Rural Medicine
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Georgia
Charles F. Owens
Executive Director
Office of Rural Health Services
Georgia Department of Community Health
Cordele, Georgia

Kentucky
Louise Howell, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Kentucky River Community Care
Jackson, Kentucky

Maryland
Fred Tola
Public Health Preparedness Coordinator
Allegany County Health Department
Cumberland, Maryland

Mississippi
To be announced

New York
Dr. John J. May, M.D.
Director
New York Center for Agricultural Medicine
   and Health
Cooperstown, New York

North Carolina
John Price
Director
Office of Rural Health and Community Care
North Carolina Department of Health and
   Human Services
Raleigh, North Carolina

Ohio
Susan W. Isaac
Health Services Consultant
Athens, Ohio

Pennsylvania
Lisa Davis
Director
Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
University Park, Pennsylvania

South Carolina
Teresa Welch
Director
Cherokee County Health Department
Gaffney, South Carolina

Tennessee
Bruce Behringer
Deputy Commissioner
Tennessee Department of Health
Nashville, Tennessee

Virginia
Tony Lawson
Director
Mountain Empire Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Big Stone Gap, Virginia

West Virginia
Craig Robinson, MPH
Executive Director
Cabin Creek Health Systems
Kanawha County, West Virginia

ARC Federal Office Representative
Jill Wilmoth
Budget and Program Specialist
Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington, DC

At-Large Members
Olivia Collier
ARC State Program Manager
North Carolina Department of Commerce
Raleigh, North Carolina

Kristen Martinsen
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, Maryland

Alan Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
National Rural Health Association
Washington, D.C.

Susan Reid
Executive Director
First Tennessee Area Development District
Johnson City, Tennessee

ARC Appalachian Health Policy
Advisory Council Coordinator
Eric Stockton
Health Program Manager
Appalachian Regional Commission
estockton@arc.gov