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Appendix D: Biosketches of Speakers and Discussants
Pages 163-188

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From page 163...
... She is a founding member of the Association for Community Health Improvement, is a past co-chair of the national Healthy Communities Network, and a graduate of the Health Forum's Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship. Sarah Anderson, Senior Associate at Cambridge Systematics, currently serves as the Business Development Manager for the Software Business line 163
From page 164...
... Arinez took three major assignments in South America for American companies expanding into the countries in Bolivia, Colombia, and Brazil, assuming senior engineering and administrative responsibilities for manufacturing plants at the start-up level geared to rapid-growth business models. After 20 years in these roles, his assignments led to the logistics of health care industry where, for the past 6 years, he has acquired a broad experience in practice management and operations in large federally qualified health centers (120,000 visits per year)
From page 165...
... Barker is a former Executive Committee member of the American Public Transit Association (APTA) and currently chairs APTA's Legislative Committee.
From page 166...
... In addition, she oversees strategic planning for the division, which includes the Area Plan on Aging. She oversees a diversity of transportation programs for older adults, persons with disabilities, and low-income people including Federal Transit Administration 5310, DeKalb County Coordinated Transportation System, and Title III Older American Act transportation services.
From page 167...
... He has more than 25 years of experience in the transportation field, including executive management, policy development, planning, project development, performance evaluation, compliance reviews, and technical assistance. Most recently as the director of the Public Transit Division, he was responsible for policy development, contract management and grants administration for all the public transit programs administered through MDOT.
From page 168...
... Mr. Christopher's active work in the field of transportation planning includes working on several transportation and health-related projects, chairing a Transportation Research Board (TRB)
From page 169...
... She has planned and facilitated many mobility management, transportation coordination, and team meetings, and has presented on these topics in workshops and conferences as well as on webinars. She has also written and edited educational materials on employment-related and other transportation issues, provided direct technical support to communities and individuals, and developed community and agency self-assessment tools that lead to increased collaboration between the transit community and human service and workforce development agencies.
From page 170...
... Right now Smart Transit is collaborating with Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Florida, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, Massachusetts, to share their learnings and different relevant aspects of their software solution to tailor these agencies to lead to a solution that meets the needs of patients in their area based on the same model. Virginia L
From page 171...
... , as well as guidance on call center operations under the Federal Transit Administration's Veterans Transportation Community Living Initiative. She has a Master of Science degree in Gerontology from Virginia Commonwealth University (1982)
From page 172...
... program management of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) programs.
From page 173...
... Graxirena is part of the Federal Highway Administration's core group for the EJ Tools Peer Network. She has worked closely with the Worcester Division of Public Health in the development of the Greater Worcester Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP)
From page 174...
... Currently her tasks include the development of performance measures and multimodal analyses related to the Vision Zero goal as an effort to reduce fatalities and serious injuries in the region's roadway system, and to expand the Central Massachusetts Metropolitan Planning Organization data integration program.
From page 175...
... His areas of expertise include health economics, health policy analysis and forecasting, and health sector economic indicators. Dennis Johnson, M.P.M., is Executive Vice President for Policy, Advocacy, and Government Affairs at the Children's Health Fund, a nonprofit organization that initiates and supports innovative pediatric programs designed to meet the complex health care needs of medically underserved, homeless, and economically disadvantaged children.
From page 176...
... Judy Kell has been Hub Manager of Pathways to Better Health of the Lakeshore, part of Muskegon Community Health Project, since 2012. Her role includes managing a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services innovation project to deploy community health workers to assist individuals with two or more chronic diseases who have or are eligible for Medicaid and Medicare to address social determinants of care.
From page 177...
... project to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration to use advanced technology to design customer-focused mobility options -- called Liberty.
From page 178...
... She has served on multiple boards and volunteers on a regular basis at several homeless shelters. Jana Lynott manages AARP's transportation research agenda and is responsible for the development of policy related to transportation and other livable communities issues adopted by the AARP Policy Council and Board of Directors and presented in the AARP Policy Book.
From page 179...
... His responsibilities include health care services and the development of medical necessity guidelines for Geisinger Health Plan. He is also the medical director lead for Geisinger Health Plan Fraud, Waste, and Abuse.
From page 180...
... Neil Pedersen is Executive Director of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
From page 181...
... in December 2014 with almost 18 years of experience working with Federal Transit Administration programs.
From page 182...
... Michelle Proser, M.P.P., is the Director of Research at the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) , where she conducts research and writing related to health centers, access to care issues, health disparities, quality improvement and care integration, and other issues related to medically underserved populations.
From page 183...
... in Communication from the University of Wisconsin. Bruce Robinson, M.A., is the Acting Associate Administrator for Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
From page 184...
... Dr. Shanley serves as a project director to several large national centers, funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
From page 185...
... In that role, Ms. Stock oversaw administration of New Jersey Transit's pass-through grant program for subrecipients, including providing grant support, technical assistance, and compliance oversight to county, municipal, and private nonprofit transit services funded through a variety of state and federal grant programs.
From page 186...
... He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and received a master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University in New York City. Vincent Valdes was named Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
From page 187...
... Mr. Yaffe is a former research coordinator and member of the Transportation Research Board's Paratransit Committee.


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