State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Executive Committee
2009-2010 Executive Committee
Pam Hanes, Ph.D., (Chair)
President and CEO
Colorado Health Institute
Lynn Blewett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
SHADAC
University of Minnesota
Courtney Burke, M.S.
Director, NYS Health Policy Research Center
Rockefeller Institute of Government
Kimura Flores
Principal Consultant
California Senate Office of Research
Anne Gauthier, M.S.
Senior Fellow
National Academy for State Health Policy
Richard Hughes, IV, M.P.H.
Director, State Health Policy
Association of State & Territorial Health Officials
Deb Koester, M.S.N., RN, WHNP
Project Manager, Population Health Initiatives
Healthcare Technical Assistance Program Purdue University
Miriam Laugesen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Sharon Long, Ph.D.
Principal Research Associate
Health Policy
Urban Institute
Jim Maxwell, Ph.D.
Director of Health Policy and Management Research
Department of Health Policy and Management Research
JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.
Timothy D. McBride, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Public Health
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University in St. Louis
Bill McQuade, D.Sc., M.P.H.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Center for Primary Care and Prevention
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Karen J. Minyard, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Georgia Health Policy Center
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Jill Rissi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
Portland State University
Julie Sonier, M.P.A.
Director, Health Economics Program
Minnesota Department of Health
Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute
AcademyHealth Staff
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) Program
Shelly Ten Napel
Senior Associate, State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) Program
Alison Farley
Associate
