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164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips0','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Ellen R. Strunk</strong>, PT, MS, GCS, ACEEAA, CHC, RAC-CT has worked in various roles & settings as both clinician, manager/director and policy expert. Ellen is an expert at helping customers understand the CMS prospective payment systems in the skilled nursing facility and home health setting, as well as outpatient therapy billing for all provider types. For over 15 years, Ellen has worked with dozens of clients as principal consultant and founder of Rehab Resources and Consulting, Inc. Her experience in both the home and community aspects of the post-acute<br />care continuum gives her a unique perspective in finding solutions while insuring a patient-centered approach is not lost in translation. As a policy expert, Ellen supports organizations in many areas including provider education, measure development, and regulatory compliance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In addition to assisting clients meet their operational & clinical goals, Ellen lectures nationally on the topics of regulatory compliance in the post-acute care space and coding/billing/documentation to meet medical necessity guidelines and payer regulations, clinically appropriate exercise for older adults, and the importance of functional outcomes to value-based payment. Ellen is a published author, having contributed to the 4th edition of Guccioneâs Geriatric Physical Therapy with a chapter on Health Policy for Physical Therapists and Older Adults.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Volunteerism and advocacy are an important part of her life. As an advocate for issues to advance the care of the older adult, Ellen has served on a number of CMS Technical Expert Panels, served as co-project lead on obtaining National Quality Forum endorsement of a functional outcome measure, and personally advocated to Congress and CMS on a number of policies affecting physical therapy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ellen is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, having served on the Payment Policy and Advocacy Committee where she advanced the agenda of physical therapy in<br />post-acute care. As a long-time member of the APTA Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, the APTA Home Health Section and the APTA Health Policy & Administration Sections, she has served in senior leadership positions as well as authored multiple articles and educational tools for the sections. She serves on a state level as the Practice & Reimbursement Chair for the Alabama Physical Therapy Association. She is a member of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the National Association of Rehab Agencies and Providers (NARA), and the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care (NASL).</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips0','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Ellen R. Strunk</strong>, PT, MS, GCS, ACEEAA, CHC, RAC-CT has worked in various roles & settings as both clinician, manager/director and policy expert. Ellen is an expert at helping customers understand the CMS prospective payment systems in the skilled nursing facility and home health setting, as well as outpatient therapy billing for all provider types. For over 15 years, Ellen has worked with dozens of clients as principal consultant and founder of Rehab Resources and Consulting, Inc. Her experience in both the home and community aspects of the post-acute<br />care continuum gives her a unique perspective in finding solutions while insuring a patient-centered approach is not lost in translation. As a policy expert, Ellen supports organizations in many areas including provider education, measure development, and regulatory compliance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In addition to assisting clients meet their operational & clinical goals, Ellen lectures nationally on the topics of regulatory compliance in the post-acute care space and coding/billing/documentation to meet medical necessity guidelines and payer regulations, clinically appropriate exercise for older adults, and the importance of functional outcomes to value-based payment. Ellen is a published author, having contributed to the 4th edition of Guccioneâs Geriatric Physical Therapy with a chapter on Health Policy for Physical Therapists and Older Adults.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Volunteerism and advocacy are an important part of her life. As an advocate for issues to advance the care of the older adult, Ellen has served on a number of CMS Technical Expert Panels, served as co-project lead on obtaining National Quality Forum endorsement of a functional outcome measure, and personally advocated to Congress and CMS on a number of policies affecting physical therapy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ellen is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, having served on the Payment Policy and Advocacy Committee where she advanced the agenda of physical therapy in<br />post-acute care. As a long-time member of the APTA Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy, the APTA Home Health Section and the APTA Health Policy & Administration Sections, she has served in senior leadership positions as well as authored multiple articles and educational tools for the sections. She serves on a state level as the Practice & Reimbursement Chair for the Alabama Physical Therapy Association. She is a member of the American Health Care Association (AHCA), the National Association of Rehab Agencies and Providers (NARA), and the National Association for the Support of Long-Term Care (NASL).</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips1','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Renee Kinder</strong>, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT, is Executive Vice President of Clinical Services for Broad River Rehab. Additionally, she serves as a member of American Speech Language Hearing Associationâs (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee, authors McKnightâs Long Term News Rehab Realities, is a member of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine community faculty; is a member of the American Medical Associationâs (AMA) Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG), and an advisor to the American Medical Associationâs Current Procedural Terminology CPT® Editorial Panel.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips1','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Renee Kinder</strong>, MS, CCC-SLP, RAC-CT, is Executive Vice President of Clinical Services for Broad River Rehab. Additionally, she serves as a member of American Speech Language Hearing Associationâs (ASHA) Healthcare and Economics Committee, authors McKnightâs Long Term News Rehab Realities, is a member of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine community faculty; is a member of the American Medical Associationâs (AMA) Digital Medicine Payment Advisory Group (DMPAG), and an advisor to the American Medical Associationâs Current Procedural Terminology CPT® Editorial Panel.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips2','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dr. Emily Cleveland Manchanda</strong> is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, and works clinically in the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center. As the Director for Equity Initiatives within the department, her research and advocacy work focuses on mitigating the effects of racism and other forms of discrimination in clinical care. She is passionate about health equity and developing strategies to support equitable care for patients of all races, ethnicities, genders and abilities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">After graduating from Yale with a degree in Art History and French, she spent two years working in Liberia for the Clinton Foundation before attending medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She initially matched into plastic surgery at NYU, but changed course after her PGY2 year to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine. She served as a chief resident at the Harvard-Affiliated (MGH-BWH) Emergency Medicine residency and the chair of the Massachusetts Medical Societyâs Resident and Fellows Section. She continues to be active within the American Medical Association and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips3','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Cindy Krafft PT, MS, HCS-O</strong> is an owner of K&K Health Care Solutions based in Florida. She brings more than 25 years of home health expertise that ranges from direct patient care to operational / management issues as well as a passion for understanding regulations. Years spent in the direct patient environment solidified that this was the optimal setting for the provision of effective and efficient interdisciplinary care as it focuses on functionality and patient centered care delivery. Recognition that the providing care in the home environment presents both unique opportunities and challenges is clearly evident in both training and consultation activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For the past 15 years, Cindy has been a nationally recognized educator in the areas of documentation, regulation, therapy utilization and OASIS. She has and currently serves on multiple Technical Expert Panels with CMS Contractors working on clinical and payment reforms and bundled payment care initiatives. Her focus is on providing the knowledge and tools critical to the post-acute continuum of care to operationalize external requirements while keeping the driver of care where it needs to be â the needs of each patient being cared for.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Cindy is an active member of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and currently serves on multiple committees. She has written 3 books â <em>The How-to Guide to Therapy Documentation</em>, <em>An Interdisciplinary Approach to Home Care</em> and the <em>Handbook to Home Health Therapy Documentation </em>â and co-authored her fourth, <em>The Post-Acute Care Guide to Maintenance Therapy</em> with her business partner Diana Kornetti PT, MA, HCS-D.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips3','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Cindy Krafft PT, MS, HCS-O</strong> is an owner of K&K Health Care Solutions based in Florida. She brings more than 25 years of home health expertise that ranges from direct patient care to operational / management issues as well as a passion for understanding regulations. Years spent in the direct patient environment solidified that this was the optimal setting for the provision of effective and efficient interdisciplinary care as it focuses on functionality and patient centered care delivery. Recognition that the providing care in the home environment presents both unique opportunities and challenges is clearly evident in both training and consultation activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For the past 15 years, Cindy has been a nationally recognized educator in the areas of documentation, regulation, therapy utilization and OASIS. She has and currently serves on multiple Technical Expert Panels with CMS Contractors working on clinical and payment reforms and bundled payment care initiatives. Her focus is on providing the knowledge and tools critical to the post-acute continuum of care to operationalize external requirements while keeping the driver of care where it needs to be â the needs of each patient being cared for.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Cindy is an active member of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC) and currently serves on multiple committees. She has written 3 books â <em>The How-to Guide to Therapy Documentation</em>, <em>An Interdisciplinary Approach to Home Care</em> and the <em>Handbook to Home Health Therapy Documentation </em>â and co-authored her fourth, <em>The Post-Acute Care Guide to Maintenance Therapy</em> with her business partner Diana Kornetti PT, MA, HCS-D.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips4','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Senator John âJayâ Rockefeller</strong> proudly served the people of West Virginia for fifty years. Rockefeller first came to West Virginia in 1964 as a 27-year-old VISTA volunteer serving in the small mining community of Emmons. Many of the lessons that Rockefeller learned in Emmons have shaped his public service career and led to his life-long commitment to improving the lives of West Virginians and all Americans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a senator, Rockefeller had an extensive and distinguished career fighting to improve healthcare, diversify and expand economic opportunities in West Virginia, and strengthen the lives of children and families. He coauthored legislation to improve educational opportunities for students, promoted STEM education and scientific innovation, and helped every school and library connect to the Internet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Rockefeller, a former chairman of both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Veteransâ Affairs, is also known for his strong national security credentials, support for our nationâs soldiers and veterans, and oversight of the countryâs intelligence programs. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Rockefeller also played a leading role in crafting and improving the countryâs cybersecurity policies.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips4','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Senator John âJayâ Rockefeller</strong> proudly served the people of West Virginia for fifty years. Rockefeller first came to West Virginia in 1964 as a 27-year-old VISTA volunteer serving in the small mining community of Emmons. Many of the lessons that Rockefeller learned in Emmons have shaped his public service career and led to his life-long commitment to improving the lives of West Virginians and all Americans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a senator, Rockefeller had an extensive and distinguished career fighting to improve healthcare, diversify and expand economic opportunities in West Virginia, and strengthen the lives of children and families. He coauthored legislation to improve educational opportunities for students, promoted STEM education and scientific innovation, and helped every school and library connect to the Internet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Rockefeller, a former chairman of both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Veteransâ Affairs, is also known for his strong national security credentials, support for our nationâs soldiers and veterans, and oversight of the countryâs intelligence programs. As chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Rockefeller also played a leading role in crafting and improving the countryâs cybersecurity policies.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips5','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Jacqueline O. Berkowitz</strong> is the Executive Director and a Trustee of the Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation, a Connecticut-based family foundation dedicated to supporting opportunities for people by investing in four focus areas: Housing, Food, Physical and Emotional Well-Being, and Education. The Foundation seeks to empower communities through sustainable initiatives with partner organizations who can impact and inspire change to create a more equitable, just, and healthy society. Jacqueline is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker assisting children and families in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut area since 1995 in a variety of capacities.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips6','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Chiquita Brooks-LaSure</strong> is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, having previously served as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For over twenty-five years, Chiquita has dedicated her career to ensuring that people in America can live healthy, thriving lives. With an exceptional ability to see challenges and solutions from multiple perspectives, a proven record of assembling dynamic teams, and a listen-first leadership approach coupled with clear-eyed decisiveness, Chiquita has positively transformed organizations that are making a significant impact across the nation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As America continued to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden appointed Chiquita as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This government agency oversees over $1.4 trillion in annual spending, provides health coverage to more than 160 million Americans, and oversees health, safety, and performance standards at over 20,000 U.S. hospitals, nursing homes, and other health facilities. An average week for the CMS administrator includes billion-dollar decisions and direct engagement with health leaders, advocates, Congressional leadership, governors, mayors, and Fortune 100 CEOs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As administrator for CMS, Chiquita assembled and led a diverse senior staff, along with 6,000 dedicated agency employees, in delivering record-breaking results for the American people. Under her leadership, CMS doubled health coverage under the Affordable Care Act from 12 million to 24 million enrollees, expanded and strengthened Medicaid, raised maternal health standards, and led negotiations with Fortune 100 corporations to lower prescription drug prices. These negotiations are estimated to save $6 billion in overall costs and $1.5 billion for Medicare enrollees.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Chiquita also spurred groundbreaking health care solutions for those with dementia and Alzheimerâs Disease by allowing Medicare to cover critical caregiving services and expanding access to 24/7 nursing support. Additionally, she led her team in securing agreements with biotech companies to cover groundbreaking treatments for sickle cell anemia for those in Medicaid. Under her leadership, the Biden administration concluded its term with more people covered by health insurance, lower prescription drug costs, and access to innovative health care solutions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Earlier in her career, at consulting firms Avalere Health and Manac Health, Chiquita provided nuanced and accountable insights on Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act to leaders of health plans, hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and advocacy organizations. Through her thought leadership, she also spurred meaningful policy discussions on health equity and maternal health. As a legislative aide on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, she helped create key provisions and shepherd the overall passage of the Affordable Care Act. In this role, she briefed senior Congressional leaders, engaged with patient advocates, and helped drive critical consensus on this landmark law. Following the ACAâs passage, Chiquita joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create first-ever policies and regulations to ensure successful and enduring implementation of the law.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Modern Healthcare named Chiquita the most influential person in health care in 2023, and TIME magazine included her among the 100 most influential global health leaders. A member of the National Academy of Medicine, Chiquita received a bachelorâs degree from Princeton University and a masterâs degree in public policy from Georgetown University. She is married with one daughter.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips7','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Cheryle Baptiste-Hill, DDS, FICD </strong>started working in her fatherâs dental practice when she was 12-years-old on the weekends and summer vacations. She is a 1984 graduate of Howard University College of Dentistry where she received the Outstanding Student in Oral Diagnosis Award. Upon graduation she completed an Oral Surgery Fellowship and started her own dental practice in 1994.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">She is a member of and has served as an officer, committee chair and committee member of numerous professional organizations such as the American Dental Association (ADA), DC Dental Society (DCDS), National Dental Association (NDA), NDA Eddie G Smith Leadership Institute and Mentoring Programs, Robert T Freeman Dental Society (RTFDS), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), International College of Dentists (ICD), Founding Member Women Dentistâs of Metropolitan DC (WDMDC), Greater Washington Academy of Women Dentists (GWAWD), International Association of Dentists (IAD), American Institute of Implant Dentistry (AIID), International Academy of Mini Dental Implantology (IAMDI) , NDA/RTFDS Independent Provider Association (IPA) and National Medical Association (NMA).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Baptiste-Hill currently serves as the Secretary to the National Dental Association Board of Trustees, Immediate Past President of RTFDS, member of the ADA Task Force to Eliminate Barriers for Underrepresented Minorities into the Dental Profession, and is the President-Elect of the DC Dental Society.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Baptiste-Hill is in private practice in Washington, DC, enjoys traveling and spends weekends on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her partner, Darryl Hill.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips8','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">A lifelong Ohioan, <strong>Senator Sherrod Brown</strong> has spent his career fighting for the Dignity of Work - the idea that hard work should pay off for everyone, no who you are, where you live, or what kind of work you do. He has held nearly 500 roundtables across Ohio, because he believes the best ideas donât come out of Washington - they come from conversations with Ohioans. Senator Brown serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Finance Committee, the Agriculture Committee, and is the longest serving Ohioan on the Veteransâ Affairs Committee. Sherrod was born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio, where he earned his Eagle Scout award and spent summers working on his familyâs farm. He is married to author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz. They live in Cleveland, Ohio, with their rescue dogs, Franklin and Walter, drive Jeeps made by union workers in Toledo, and have three daughters, a son, a daughter-in-law, three sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips9','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dushanka V. Kleinman D.D.S., M.Sc.D. </strong>is Professor Emerita, School of Public Health (SPH), University of Maryland, where she served as the Associate Dean for Research and Principal Associate Dean. During her SPH tenure (2007-2023), she also served on several federal advisory committees and was appointed to co-chair the HHS Secretaryâs Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2030. Prior to joining SPH, Dr. Kleinman spent 28 years as a USPHS Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officer, retiring as Assistant Surgeon General (Rear Admiral). Most of her service was at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she served as the Deputy Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (1991-2006). She also has several details to the Office of the Surgeon General and completed a five-year term as the 15th Chief Dental Officer, USPHS (2001-2006). Dr. Kleinman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health, one of dentistryâs specialties, and currently is the Vice President of the Santa Fe Group, an action oriented oral health think tank. She has a D.D.S. from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry and a hospital rotating internship at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. She received a M.Sc.D. in dental public health from the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine at Boston University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips10','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Melissa Burroughs</strong> is the Director, Public Policy at the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. She leads the development of public health strategies and policy priorities to realize the oral health impact and equity goals of CareQuest Institute and its affiliates.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Previously, Melissa was the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Families USA, a national advocacy organization dedicated to improving health and health care for all through policy change. For almost 10 years, she led Families USAâs Oral Health for All Campaign to improve policies that advance health equity, improve oral health coverage, and support access to care. She also led the organizationâs partnership building strategies to advance federal and state health policy change across all of Families USAâs issue areas. In addition to oral health, Melissa has policy expertise in Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, health care pricing abuses, and maternal/child health.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Melissa lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and when sheâs not at work, she enjoys swimming, hiking, reading, and eating chocolate chip cookies.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips11','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Michael Benvenuto </strong>is the project director for the Elder Law Unit of Vermont Legal Aid. He coordinates and supervises the work of the Elder Law Project, the Medicare Advocacy Project, and for victims of crime. The Elder Law Project represents seniors across Vermont in a wide range of legal problems and topics, including health care, housing, consumer law, public benefits, and issues involving elder abuse and exploitation. The Medicare Advocacy Project handles Medicare coverage appeals, primarily for home health services and skilled nursing care. He started at Vermont Legal Aid as a staff attorney in 1992, after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to becoming a project director in 2003, he focused on family law and domestic violence cases.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips12','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Christine Huberty</strong> is involved in various aspects of the Centerâs efforts, from direct advocacy to policy work. Prior to joining the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Christine served as the Lead Benefit Specialist Supervising Attorney at the non-profit Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. (GWAAR) located in Madison, Wisconsin. For nine years, she provided free legal assistance to northern Wisconsin residents over age 60 in the areas of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, FoodShare (SNAP), housing law, and consumer law. Christine is a 2013 graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Christine previously worked as an associate attorney at an elder and disability law firm in Minnesota, an intern with the National Senior Citizen Law Center (now Justice in Aging), and assisted low-income clients in the areas of divorce, child custody, orders for protection, and Social Security Disability Insurance appeals. Christine is an active member of Wisconsinâs Public Interest Law Section (PILS), where she currently serves as Chair.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips13','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Catherine Johnson</strong> lives in Springfield Missouri. She is married and has three daughters and eight grandchildren. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997 when she was 32 years old. She discovered the Center for Medicare Advocacy in 2020 when she lost many of her home health services. She wants to assist others with multiple sclerosis and healthcare providers to understand and receive the benefits of the existing Medicare law.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips14','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr.</strong> <strong>(Chip)</strong> was a beloved and admired leader in the elder law, disability, and health care rights communities. He was also the long-time Managing Attorney of the Centerâs Washington, DC office. To honor Chipâs advocacy and commitment to civility and justice for all, the Center for Medicare Advocacy established an award in his honor. The <em>Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr. Social Justice & Advocacy Award</em> is given annually to an individual who works to advance civility in society and social justice for all â as Chip did over his 40-year career as an attorney.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Chip worked tirelessly for systemic change. As a key architect of the Centerâs ongoing commitment to ensure Medicare access for people with chronic, debilitating, and long-term conditions, his influence is still felt in everything we do. Chip brought his full humanity to the work that he loved. As an ordained minister, a choral singer, pianist, and poet, he graced us with his light and effortless smile. He treated everyone he encountered with respect and kindness. His spirit is captured in his own words, in a poem he called âEmbrace and Dream:â</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><em>When you consider the sky,<br />reach with all you have,<br />give of your very best<br />and taste your dreams.</em></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Chip lived a life that was true to his words and reminds us to give <em>our</em> very best, as he did every day.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips15','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Ariana Aboulafia</strong> currently leads the Disability Rights in Technology Policy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology, where her work focuses on advancing policy solutions that maximize the benefits and minimize the harms of AI, algorithmic systems, and emerging technologies for people with disabilities. An attorney with particular expertise in disability law, tech policy, criminal law, and the First Amendment, Aboulafia is a former assistant public defender in Miami-Dade County. She holds a bachelorâs degree in political science and law, history and culture from the University of Southern California, as well as a J.D. with a concentration in social justice and public interest from the University of Miami School of Law. Her academic work has been featured in publications including the University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, and she has published op/eds in outlets that include Slate, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Teen Vogue. </span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips16','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judith Feder</strong> is a professor of public policy and, from 1999 to 2008, served as dean of what is now the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. A nationally-recognized leader in health policy, Ms. Feder has made her mark on the nationâs health insurance system, through both scholarship and public service. A widely published scholar, Ms. Federâs health policy research began at the Brookings Institution, continued at the Urban Institute, and, since 1984, flourished at Georgetown University. In the late 1980s, Ms. Feder moved from policy research to policy leadership, actively promoting effective health reform as staff director of the congressional Pepper Commission (chaired by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV) in 1989-90; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services in former President Bill Clintonâs first term; a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (2008-2011) and, today, as an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder matches her own contributions to policy with her contributions to nurturing emerging policy leaders. As dean from 1999 to 2008, she built Georgetownâs Public Policy Institute into one of the nationâs leading public policy schools, whose graduates participate in policymaking, policy research, and policy politics, not only throughout Washington but throughout the nation and the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the National Academy of Social Insurance; a former chair and board member of AcademyHealth; a member of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Board, the Board of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Hamilton Projectâs Advisory Council; and a senior advisor to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2006 and 2008, Ms. Feder was the Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginiaâs 10th congressional district. Ms. Feder is a political scientist, with a B.A. from Brandeis University, and a master\'s and Ph.D. from Harvard University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips16','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judith Feder</strong> is a professor of public policy and, from 1999 to 2008, served as dean of what is now the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. A nationally-recognized leader in health policy, Ms. Feder has made her mark on the nationâs health insurance system, through both scholarship and public service. A widely published scholar, Ms. Federâs health policy research began at the Brookings Institution, continued at the Urban Institute, and, since 1984, flourished at Georgetown University. In the late 1980s, Ms. Feder moved from policy research to policy leadership, actively promoting effective health reform as staff director of the congressional Pepper Commission (chaired by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV) in 1989-90; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services in former President Bill Clintonâs first term; a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (2008-2011) and, today, as an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder matches her own contributions to policy with her contributions to nurturing emerging policy leaders. As dean from 1999 to 2008, she built Georgetownâs Public Policy Institute into one of the nationâs leading public policy schools, whose graduates participate in policymaking, policy research, and policy politics, not only throughout Washington but throughout the nation and the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the National Academy of Social Insurance; a former chair and board member of AcademyHealth; a member of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Board, the Board of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Hamilton Projectâs Advisory Council; and a senior advisor to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2006 and 2008, Ms. Feder was the Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginiaâs 10th congressional district. Ms. Feder is a political scientist, with a B.A. from Brandeis University, and a master\'s and Ph.D. from Harvard University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips16','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judith Feder</strong> is a professor of public policy and, from 1999 to 2008, served as dean of what is now the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. A nationally-recognized leader in health policy, Ms. Feder has made her mark on the nationâs health insurance system, through both scholarship and public service. A widely published scholar, Ms. Federâs health policy research began at the Brookings Institution, continued at the Urban Institute, and, since 1984, flourished at Georgetown University. In the late 1980s, Ms. Feder moved from policy research to policy leadership, actively promoting effective health reform as staff director of the congressional Pepper Commission (chaired by Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV) in 1989-90; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services in former President Bill Clintonâs first term; a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (2008-2011) and, today, as an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder matches her own contributions to policy with her contributions to nurturing emerging policy leaders. As dean from 1999 to 2008, she built Georgetownâs Public Policy Institute into one of the nationâs leading public policy schools, whose graduates participate in policymaking, policy research, and policy politics, not only throughout Washington but throughout the nation and the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Feder is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Public Administration, and the National Academy of Social Insurance; a former chair and board member of AcademyHealth; a member of the Center for American Progress Action Fund Board, the Board of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Hamilton Projectâs Advisory Council; and a senior advisor to the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In 2006 and 2008, Ms. Feder was the Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginiaâs 10th congressional district. Ms. Feder is a political scientist, with a B.A. from Brandeis University, and a master\'s and Ph.D. from Harvard University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips17','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As an amputee and childhood bone cancer survivor, Ted Kennedy, Jr., has been an active leader in the disability rights and independent living movements nearly his entire life. He is a Board Member and Immediate Past Chair of the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), one of the nationâs preeminent civil rights and public policy organizations dedicated to social reform and equal rights for persons with disabilities. Ted is the Co-Chair of the Disability Equality Index (DEI), the leading corporate social responsibility, accountability and benchmarking tool that tracks businesses on their disability inclusion policies and practices. Ted is also a health care regulatory attorney and partner in the national law firm Epstein Becker Green, where he counsels many of the nationâs foremost health care companies. From 2015 to 2019, Ted served in the Connecticut State Senate, where he led passage of numerous health care reforms expanding home and community-based care, price transparency and mental health parity. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Medicare Advocacy.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips18','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Natalia I. Chalmers, D.D.S., M.H.Sc., Ph.D. </strong>is a board-certified pediatric dentist, oral health policy expert and public health advocate who brings more than 20 years of clinical, research, industry and regulatory experience to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in her role as Chief Dental Officer in the Office of the Administrator. Previously, Dr. Chalmers served as a Dental Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Chalmers has devoted her career to transforming scientific and health care data and information into actionable insights to address equity, improve care and better inform policy and funding. She completed her D.D.S. degree at the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Medical University of Sofia, a residency in pediatric dentistry at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, a Ph.D. in oral microbiology from the Graduate Partnerships Program of the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), a postdoctoral fellowship at the Forsyth Institute, and a clinical research fellowship at the NIDCR.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Chalmers holds a Masterâs degree in Clinical Research from Duke Medical University and a Certificate in Drug Development and Regulatory Science from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy. Her research has translated into action, improving oral care and advocating for the role health policy can play across the lifespanâparticularly when it embraces dental well-being as a facet of care for the whole person.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips19','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Sheri Denkensohn, JD</strong> is a 41-year quadriplegic. Sheri attended the University at Albany, received her law degree at the Georgetown University Law Center, and worked for the Federal Government for 25 years, 19 years at the US Department of Health and Human Services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Sheri is a passionate disability advocate. She served for 6 years on the Board of her local Center for Independent Living and is a Regional Champion and blogger with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Sheri is an Ambassador, American Cancer Society, Womenâs Health Ambassador, US Department of Health and Human Services, and a breast cancer survivor. Sheri and her husband Tony founded Happy on Wheels, LLC, and reside in Arlington, Virginia.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips20','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>E.J. Dionne, Jr</strong>. is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and university professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University. For this yearâs <em>Rockefeller</em> <em>Lecture</em>, he will speak about honoring Medicare and the need for health care for everyone.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips21','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Robert Espinoza</strong> is the Vice President of Policy at PHI, where he oversees its national policy advocacy, research, and public education division. In 2020, he was selected for the first-ever CARE 100 list of the most innovative people working to re-imagine how we care in America today and as one of Next Avenueâs 2020 Influencers in Aging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Robert is a nationally recognized expert and frequent speaker on aging, long-term care, and workforce issues. For more than 20 years, he has spearheaded high-profile advocacy campaigns and written landmark reports on aging and long-term care, LGBT rights, racial justice, and immigration, among other topics. He has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, and The Washington Post, and his writing has been published in The Huffington Post, The Hill, and POLITICO, among others.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Robert serves on the board of directors for the American Society on Aging and the National Academy of Social Insurance. In 2015, he was appointed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to its Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education, as well as by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to its Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence. In 2018, he was appointed to the Academiesâ Committee on the Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults, which released its landmark report in February 2020.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to PHI, he was the Senior Director for Public Policy and Communications at SAGE, the countryâs premier organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults. At SAGE, he established its national advocacy programâachieving historic wins and numerous distinctionsâwhile authoring multiple seminal reports, such as Out and Visible, a report on the largest, most comprehensive study examining the experiences and attitudes of LGBT older people. In 2010, he co-founded the Diverse Elders Coalition, a historic, federal coalition focused on improving aging supports for communities of color and LGBT communities.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips22','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>David A. Lipschutz</strong>, joined the Center for Medicare Advocacy in June 2010. Mr. Lipschutz engages in public policy issues surrounding Medicare and related coverage as they impact Medicare beneficiaries. This work includes federal administrative and legislative advocacy, collaboration with other consumer advocates to address systemic issues, and monitoring, analyzing and commenting on current Medicare-related policy developments. He is also a contributing author to the Centerâs Medicare Handbook. Mr. Lipschutz came to the Center after 5 years as a staff attorney at California Health Advocates (CHA), a nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and education for California Medicare beneficiaries. Before joining CHA, Mr. Lipschutz worked as a staff attorney at the Center for Health Care Rights, a non-profit agency that provides direct services to Medicare beneficiaries in Los Angeles County. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Lipschutz co-authored a chapter on Medicare in Californiaâs Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) publication California Elder Law, Resources, Benefits, and Planning.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Mr. Lipschutz is an attorney licensed in California and Connecticut, and earned his B.A. degree from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993 and his J.D. degree from University of California, Davis in 1999. His law practice is limited to federal Medicare law; he is admitted in California and Connecticut Only.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips23','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Toby S. Edelman </strong>has been representing older people in long-term care facilities since 1977. As a Senior Policy Attorney with the Center for Medicare Advocacy since January 2000, Ms. Edelman provides training, research, policy analysis, consultation, and litigation support relating to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.  Under two grants from the Commonwealth Fund, she evaluated the federal nursing home survey and enforcement system and its impact on state activities and provided technical assistance to states on effective enforcement practices.  In cooperation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, she recently completed a Commonwealth Fund project to evaluate seven states\' deficiency citations for misuse of antipsychotic drugs.  Since September 1999, she has written a monthly newsletter on nursing home enforcement issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Edelman was the lead attorney for a statewide class of nursing facility residents who successfully challenged the state of California\'s refusal to implement the federal Nursing Home Reform Law (<em>Valdivia v. California Department of Health Services</em>, Civ. No. S-90-1226 EJG (E.D. Calif. 1993).  As a beneficiary representative, Ms. Edelman has testified before Congress and served on federal task forces, technical expert panels, and working groups on nursing home issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Edelman received a B.A., Magna cum Laude, from Barnard College (1968), an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (1969), and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center (1974). Ms. Edelman is a member of the Washington, DC Bar.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips23','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Toby S. Edelman </strong>has been representing older people in long-term care facilities since 1977. As a Senior Policy Attorney with the Center for Medicare Advocacy since January 2000, Ms. Edelman provides training, research, policy analysis, consultation, and litigation support relating to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.  Under two grants from the Commonwealth Fund, she evaluated the federal nursing home survey and enforcement system and its impact on state activities and provided technical assistance to states on effective enforcement practices.  In cooperation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, she recently completed a Commonwealth Fund project to evaluate seven states\' deficiency citations for misuse of antipsychotic drugs.  Since September 1999, she has written a monthly newsletter on nursing home enforcement issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Edelman was the lead attorney for a statewide class of nursing facility residents who successfully challenged the state of California\'s refusal to implement the federal Nursing Home Reform Law (<em>Valdivia v. California Department of Health Services</em>, Civ. No. S-90-1226 EJG (E.D. Calif. 1993).  As a beneficiary representative, Ms. Edelman has testified before Congress and served on federal task forces, technical expert panels, and working groups on nursing home issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Edelman received a B.A., Magna cum Laude, from Barnard College (1968), an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (1969), and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center (1974). Ms. Edelman is a member of the Washington, DC Bar.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips24','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Lynn Brielmaier</strong> is an Electronics Engineer who has worked in the oil industry, computer manufacturing, alarm industry and industrial controls for ship automation. He is a member of the <a href="https://www.embs.org/">IEEE EMB Society</a> which is working on the next generation of medical devices like wearables, prosthetics, exoskeletons, and AI software to improve imaging analysis and brain computer interfaces. In 2019, Lynn developed Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). As an advocate, he is part of the groups <a href="https://www.alsproblemsolvers.org/the-solution">ALS Problem Solvers</a> & <a href="https://als-geospatial-hub-nonprofit.hub.arcgis.com/feedback/surveys/370b98c9d0d84f148c583c5cebf65807/explore">R1</a>.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips25','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Suzanne Bachman</strong> is an MS Navigator at the National MS Society. She is a non-practicing disability rights attorney. Suzanne worked with Arlene Mayerson, directing attorney at Disability Rights Education and Legal Defense Fund (DREDF) on a DOJ funded comprehensive three-volume treatise, ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act Annotated-Legislative History, Regulations & Commentary (1994). Suzanne successfully advocated for her mother, who lived with MS for 50 years, 10 years of continuous Medicare home health aide assistance at the maximum level of 35 hours per week. This assistance enabled Suzanne to establish an innovative approach to disability and health care legal consultancy services out of her motherâs home making the vision of community integration possible for her mother in line with her ADA work.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips26','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Melanie Lambert, MSW, </strong>recently joined the Center for Medicare Advocacy as Senior Medicare Advocate. Ms. Lambert has a background in public service, advocacy, and program management, and with a passion for promoting health equity and social justice. As Senior Medicare Advocate, Ms. Lambert contributes to the Centerâs education, training, outreach and advocacy work and provides direct support to Medicare beneficiaries who contact the Center for assistance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Lambert administered and coordinated a variety of grants and programs serving older adults and individuals with disabilities for the CT Department of Aging and Disability Services (ADS), including serving as the CHOICES/SHIP Director from 2019 to 2023. Before that, she administered community health programs and provided Aging and Disability Resource and SHIP Counseling to older adults and people with disabilities at the North Central Area Agency on Aging. As part of her graduate studies, she served as Student Representative to the United Nations on behalf of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and served as Public Policy Intern for the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance. Ms. Lambert holds a policy-focused Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Connecticut. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Philosophy from Central Connecticut State University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips27','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Matthew Shepard</strong> came to the Center for Medicare Advocacy in 1996, seeking something temporary while he pursued his Connecticut Teaching certification. Expecting a short-term, uninvolved job, Matt found, upon getting to know his fellow staff and the work of the Center, that he had no desire to leave. He has since moved from general office assistance to coordinating all the Centerâs written and electronic communications, website, podcasts, newsletters, webinars, and weekly e-Alerts. Matt works with the Development Director on fundraising and outreach, and as part of the Centerâs Leadership team he assists the Co-Directors as needed, while acting as coordinator for the Centerâs CT office.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Matt graduated from Tufts University with a BA in English. He immediately re-enrolled and graduated in with an additional MA in teaching.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips28','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For over a quarter century, <strong>Martin O\'Malley</strong>Â has been a devoted public servant and respected chief executive within local, state, and federal government. Recognized at home and abroad for devising and implementing innovations to make government work better for the people itâs intended to serve, he has pursued approaches that reflect openness and transparency, while introducing data-based decision-making to support measurable outcomes for individuals, communities and broader populations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a mayor, governor and federal agency leader, Martin OâMalley has earned an unequaled reputation for transforming large, far-reaching, but under-performing organizations through a combination of collaborative leadership, change communications, and by driving cultures of accountability and continuous performance improvement.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips28','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For over a quarter century, <strong>Martin O\'Malley</strong>Â has been a devoted public servant and respected chief executive within local, state, and federal government. Recognized at home and abroad for devising and implementing innovations to make government work better for the people itâs intended to serve, he has pursued approaches that reflect openness and transparency, while introducing data-based decision-making to support measurable outcomes for individuals, communities and broader populations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a mayor, governor and federal agency leader, Martin OâMalley has earned an unequaled reputation for transforming large, far-reaching, but under-performing organizations through a combination of collaborative leadership, change communications, and by driving cultures of accountability and continuous performance improvement.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips29','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dr. Ed Weisbart</strong> is the national board secretary and MO chapter chair of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit non-partisan organization of more than 25,000 physicians and other health care advocates in support of a publicly financed, nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">After practicing family medicine for 20 years at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, he moved to St. Louis in 2003 to serve as chief medical officer of Express Scripts until retiring in 2010. He volunteered as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis from 2004 until retiring clinically in 2021.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He also serves as president of the Consumers Council of Missouri, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more inclusive and equitable community through advocacy, coalition building, collaboration, and community education.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Weisbart received his medical degree at the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1979 and completed his family medicine residency and a fellowship in family medicine education at Michigan State University in 1982.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Weisbart has an extensive history of success across a variety of health care environments with a strong focus on strategic planning, medical group leadership, quality and operational improvement, physician practice enhancement, innovative program development, clinical integrity, primary care, and political advocacy. He is a national speaker with dozens of articles published in both national medical journals and local media regarding the health care needs of the uninsured.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips29','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dr. Ed Weisbart</strong> is the national board secretary and MO chapter chair of Physicians for a National Health Program, a non-profit non-partisan organization of more than 25,000 physicians and other health care advocates in support of a publicly financed, nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">After practicing family medicine for 20 years at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, he moved to St. Louis in 2003 to serve as chief medical officer of Express Scripts until retiring in 2010. He volunteered as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at Washington University in St. Louis from 2004 until retiring clinically in 2021.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He also serves as president of the Consumers Council of Missouri, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more inclusive and equitable community through advocacy, coalition building, collaboration, and community education.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Weisbart received his medical degree at the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1979 and completed his family medicine residency and a fellowship in family medicine education at Michigan State University in 1982.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Weisbart has an extensive history of success across a variety of health care environments with a strong focus on strategic planning, medical group leadership, quality and operational improvement, physician practice enhancement, innovative program development, clinical integrity, primary care, and political advocacy. He is a national speaker with dozens of articles published in both national medical journals and local media regarding the health care needs of the uninsured.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips30','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Jerold E. Rothkoff</strong> is the founder and managing attorney of the Rothkoff Law Group, where he dedicates his practice to serving clients in the areas of elder law, life care planning, asset protection, veteransâ benefits, estate planning, and long-term care advocacy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry Rothkoff is an outspoken advocate for the rights of the elderly and disabled. He writes for and <a href="https://rothkofflaw.com/events/">gives presentations</a> regularly to attorneys and other professionals about elder law. He is a frequent lecturer, speaker, and author for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Education, as well as non-profit and professional organizations. He has made numerous radio and television appearances in which he has discussed the legal rights of the elderly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry is the author and founder of the Rothkoff Quarterly, a newsletter of current news and issues concerning the elderly and disabled. He is also the author of <em>The Unintentional Advocate</em>, a memoir of Jerryâs twenty plus years advocating for seniors, and the co-author of <em>A Life Care Plan</em>. He also has had numerous articles published in legal and long-term care education journals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He is the past President of the NJ Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and past President of the Life Care Planning Law Firm Association. He is also the former Chair of the New Jersey Bar Association Elder and Disability Law Section, as well as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry has received numerous awards both locally and nationally for advocating for seniors, including the Alzheimerâs Association Kaleidoscope Award for philanthropic excellence and community service, the Mae Krier Award from the Twilight Wish Foundation as Senior Advocate of the Year, and The Artz Philadelphia Community Catalyst Award.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">His community activities include being a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Family and Children Services of Southern New Jersey and Artz Philadelphia, and on the Professional Advisory Board of HFC. He also is involved with the Alzheimerâs Association, as well as numerous other advocacy groups.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry is a 1986 graduate of Syracuse University. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1993 from the Widener University School of Law and began work at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm. In February 2000, he opened his own elder law practice. Outside of his elder law practice, Jerry and his wife, Erica, keep busy with their five children, identical twin daughters, Liza and Julia, fraternal twin sons, Evan and Gregory, and son, Aitan.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips30','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Jerold E. Rothkoff</strong> is the founder and managing attorney of the Rothkoff Law Group, where he dedicates his practice to serving clients in the areas of elder law, life care planning, asset protection, veteransâ benefits, estate planning, and long-term care advocacy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry Rothkoff is an outspoken advocate for the rights of the elderly and disabled. He writes for and <a href="https://rothkofflaw.com/events/">gives presentations</a> regularly to attorneys and other professionals about elder law. He is a frequent lecturer, speaker, and author for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Education, as well as non-profit and professional organizations. He has made numerous radio and television appearances in which he has discussed the legal rights of the elderly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry is the author and founder of the Rothkoff Quarterly, a newsletter of current news and issues concerning the elderly and disabled. He is also the author of <em>The Unintentional Advocate</em>, a memoir of Jerryâs twenty plus years advocating for seniors, and the co-author of <em>A Life Care Plan</em>. He also has had numerous articles published in legal and long-term care education journals.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He is the past President of the NJ Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and past President of the Life Care Planning Law Firm Association. He is also the former Chair of the New Jersey Bar Association Elder and Disability Law Section, as well as a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry has received numerous awards both locally and nationally for advocating for seniors, including the Alzheimerâs Association Kaleidoscope Award for philanthropic excellence and community service, the Mae Krier Award from the Twilight Wish Foundation as Senior Advocate of the Year, and The Artz Philadelphia Community Catalyst Award.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">His community activities include being a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Family and Children Services of Southern New Jersey and Artz Philadelphia, and on the Professional Advisory Board of HFC. He also is involved with the Alzheimerâs Association, as well as numerous other advocacy groups.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jerry is a 1986 graduate of Syracuse University. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 1993 from the Widener University School of Law and began work at a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm. In February 2000, he opened his own elder law practice. Outside of his elder law practice, Jerry and his wife, Erica, keep busy with their five children, identical twin daughters, Liza and Julia, fraternal twin sons, Evan and Gregory, and son, Aitan.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips31','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Tim Engelhardt</b> is the executive director of the Aging & Disability Health Policy Lab. He has spent the last 25 years working to improve health outcomes and community integration for older adults and people with disabilities. Most recently, Engelhardt led the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Prior to federal service, Engelhardt consulted for an array of government and private sector clients at The Lewin Group and served as deputy director for long-term care financing at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Engelhardt earned his Master of Health Science from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips32','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Chris Jennings</strong> is an over three decades-long health policy veteran of the White House, the Congress and the private sector. In 2014, he departed from his second tour of duty in the White House where he served President Obama as Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy and Coordinator of Health Reform. He served in a similar capacity in the Clinton White House for nearly eight years.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Outside of government service, Mr. Jennings has been a senior health policy advisor to ten Presidential campaigns, the 2008, 2016 and 2020 Democratic Platform Drafting Committees, and multiple gubernatorial and Senate candidates. Most recently, Vice President Biden appointed Mr. Jennings as one of his members of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force. Recognizing his pragmatic nature and experience with key Democratic policymakers, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) sought Chris to serve as a senior advisor on a number of health reform projects, including reports and recommendations on access, delivery reforms, cost containment, and long-term care.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">From his positions in the executive branch, Mr. Jennings helped implement the Affordable Care Actâs access and delivery reform provisions (for President Obama) as well as played leadership roles in the development, passage and implementation of bipartisan health reforms, such as the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) of 1997 and major Medicare reforms in the Balanced Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 (for President Clinton).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In his decade of service in the U.S. Senate, he served as the Deputy Director of the Special Committee on Aging for three Senators (Glenn, Pryor, and Melcher) and led major reform efforts in the areas of long-term care, prescription drug coverage/cost containment, and rural health care. In this capacity, he also served in a major role for the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care (also known as the âPepper Commissionâ).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jennings Policy Strategies (JPS) is a nationally respected health care consulting firm committed to assisting foundations, purchasers, health systems and other aligned stakeholders develop policies to ensure higher quality, more affordable and sustainable health care. He has consistently worked to develop administrative, legislative, and private sector policies/interventions to ensure better stewardship of and a greater return on investment on the nationâs $4 trillion investment in health care. In addition to his consulting work and his collaborations with think tanks Mr. Jennings is a frequent contributor on health reform issues to publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and the Atlantic.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips33','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Alison Barkoff</b>, Senior Fellow with the National Academy of Social Insurance, is a professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and a nationally recognized expert on disability rights, health law, and long-term care policy. Her career spans academia, government, and advocacy, with a consistent focus on strengthening systems that support people with disabilities and older adults. Prior to GW, she led the Administration for Community Living in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she advanced community living, disability, and aging programs and policy nationwide. She previously held leadership roles in the U.S. Department of Justice, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Labor, and several non-profit advocacy organizations. She has testified before Congress and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips34','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Lisa Strelecky</strong> is a married mother of two from South Windsor, Connecticut. She has been a nurse for a total of 45 years, in both bedside and management roles, and a neonatal intensive care unit nurse for the last 29 years.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Her mother Joan was a vibrant, active wife and mother of 90 years before a series of accidents and other health issues landed her in Hartford Hospital.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips35','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Jamila Headley (she/her)</b> has spent the past 18 years advancing health care and other social justice campaigns with movements and movement leaders on five continents. Her work has spanned health systems research and policy analysis, organizing, advocacy, organizational development and philanthropy. She thrives at the intersections of strategy and implementation, blue-sky thinking and planning for the here and now. A Caribbean immigrant from Barbados, Jamila holds a PhD in public health and a masters in global health from the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. She is disabled and lives with the neurological disorder Transverse myelitis. Jamila joined the Be A Hero team as Co-Executive Director in September 2021.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to Be A Hero, Jamila served as the Chief of Staff for the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and CPD Action - a national network organization dedicated to advancing racial justice, economic justice, and a pro-immigrant, pro-worker agenda in partnership with high-impact-base building organizations in 35 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. At CPD/A, Jamila led the organizationâs external communications and oversaw the team working on equity and racial justice. Before CPD/A, Jamila served as co-leader and Managing Director of the Health Global Access Project - a global health justice movement-building organization. There she worked with social justice leaders, activists, and organizations in more than 15 countries to advance access to HIV/AIDS treatment and quality healthcare more broadly. Jamila also worked at Open Society Foundations as a program officer on global health financing and accountability and transparency in the health sector.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips36','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Rebecca Vallas</strong> is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Rebecca brings two decades of experience shaping economic policy and social insurance, with a career that spans federal and state policy, legal advocacy, and narrative strategy. Most recently, she was a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, where she founded the organizationâs disability economic justice work, and launched a national bipartisan campaign to modernize SSIâs outdated asset limits.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">A former legal aid attorney and one of the founding architects of the Clean Slate criminal record-clearing modelânow law in over a dozen statesâRebecca has testified before Congress numerous times and her work has been featured by a wide array of outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and CNN. She also previously held leadership roles at the Center for American Progress, where she oversaw the organizationâs antipoverty work and originated its disability work, and the National Organization of Social Security Claimantsâ Representatives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Formerly the host and creator of the Off-Kilter podcast, Rebecca is excited to be developing It Doesnât Have to Be This Way, a forthcoming podcast exploring how we reimagine broken systems to better serve people and communitiesâfeaturing conversations with changemakers at the frontlines of policy and social change. In her personal practice, she is a trained astrologer, energy healer, and spiritual coach. When she isnât in Washington, D.C., she spends her time on a farm in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and four rescue cats</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips37','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Wendell Potter</strong>âs career in communications spans more than four decades, half of which he spent as a communications and public affairs executive for major health insurers, Humana and Cigna. After witnessing firsthand how these corporations use strategic PR and lobbying to tilt the scales toward corporate interests, Wendell abandoned his corporate career to advocate for meaningful health care reform.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In 2009, Wendell appeared before Congress to offer his expert testimony on health insurance in the U.S. He pulled the curtains back to reveal business practices and propaganda tactics that contribute to spiraling health care costs and the growing number of uninsured and underinsured Americans. Since then, Wendell has spoken at hundreds of public forums, written op-eds for numerous media outlets around the world, including <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>Washington Post</em>, and authored four books, including the <em>New York Times</em> bestseller, <a href="https://www.wendellpotter.com/books"><em>Deadly Spin</em></a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">No one understands better than Wendell how a few insurance companies have grown to gargantuan size; how they continue to mislead all of us, including our employers and the people we vote for, and spend huge sums of our taxes and premium dollars to enrich their executives and shareholders. Uniting his passion for journalism with years of insider knowledge, Wendell devotes his personal platforms to uncovering and reporting what his former employers try to hide. His mission is to illuminate the real causes of Americaâs worsening health care crisis. No spin. No partisan politics. Just the truth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Wendell leads the nonprofit <a href="https://centerforhealthanddemocracy.org/">Center for Health and Democracy</a> and the <a href="https://www.loopcoalition.co/">Lower Out-of-Pocket NOW Coalition</a>, an organization that advocates for health insurance that doesnât leave families buried under mountains of medical debt. He is also the publisher and executive editor of <a href="https://www.wendellpotter.com/about-me#">HEALTH CARE un-covered</a>.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips38','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Sean Cavanaugh</strong> is Aledadeâs Chief Policy Officer. Sean has previously served as the Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He was responsible for overseeing the regulation and payment of Medicare fee-for-service providers, privately-administered Medicare health plans, and the Medicare prescription drug program. Previously Sean was the Deputy Director for Programs and Policy in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where he was responsible for overseeing the development and testing of new payment and service delivery models, including ACOs and medical homes. Prior to that, Sean was Director of Health Care Finance at the United Hospital Fund. He has also served in senior positions at Lutheran Healthcare, the New York City Mayorâs Office of Health Insurance Access, and the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Sean is a member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Medicare Advocacy.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips39','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Allison Neale </strong>- Vice President, Public Policy, Henry Schein, Inc.; Managing Director, Henry Schein Cares Foundation</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Allison Neale has worked in global health, corporate social responsibility and human rights for twenty-five years.  As Henry Scheinâs Vice President of Public Policy, Allison leads the companyâs public policy and global health engagement by partnering with government, industry groups, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. Allison also leads the Henry Schein Cares Foundation, which advocates and supports efforts to advance health equity and empower healthcare professionals to promote a healthier tomorrow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Allison leads Henry Scheinâs engagement in several private sector initiatives in global health, including:  the Private Sector Roundtable on Global Health Security (where she serves as Chairwoman), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Corporate Roundtable, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Supply Chain Taskforce, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Initiative to Build Resilient and Ethical Supply Chains, the National Academy of Medicine Decarbonization of the Healthcare Sector Collaborative, International Panel of Experts for The Economist, NTI and Brown University Global Health Security Index, and various engagements with the World Economic Forum and World Health Organization. She co-directs Henry Scheinâs engagement as private sector lead of the Pandemic Supply Chain Network, a global public-private initiative aimed at strengthening the resilience of the healthcare supply chain, which the company co-founded in 2015.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Allison serves as Chairwoman of the Gold Foundation Corporate Council and leads the companyâs engagement with the UN Global Humanitarian Action Executive Alliance. In addition, she co-founded and serves as Co-Chair of the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivor Oral Health Program, a program that has since 2015 provided free dental care to more than 2,000 survivors in need across North America. Allison has published several articles on the power of the stakeholder engagement model, including âThe Flywheel Philosophy,â published in Strategy + Business Magazine, and frequently participates as a speaker on public panels at a variety of forums, including the World Health Organization, World Economic Forum, World Health Summit, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Oral Health Forum.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to joining Team Schein in 2008, Allison served as Senior Advocacy Associate at Global Health Strategies; International Human Rights Officer at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights; Senior Associate in the Strategic Planning Unit of the Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations; and Research and Investigations Coordinator at Physicians for Human Rights. Allison received her Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard Universityâs Kennedy School, where she was awarded the Pforzheimer Merit Fellowship, and received her Bachelorâs Degree magna cum laude from Tufts University. She lives in New York City with her family.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips40','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Julie Appleby</strong>, senior correspondent, has reported on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, health care treatments and costs, trends in health insurance, and policies affecting hospitals and other medical providers. Before joining KFF Health News, Julie spent 10 years covering the health industry and health care policy at USA Today. She helped launch the Association of Health Care Journalistsâ Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism in 2004 and oversaw it for more than a decade while serving on the associationâs board. She holds a masterâs degree in public health.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips41','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Patricia Neuman, Sc.D.</strong> is a senior vice president of KFF, Executive Director of KFFâs Program on Medicare Policy, and senior advisor to the KFF President. Dr. Neuman is a nationally recognized Medicare policy expert, with extensive knowledge of issues associated with coverage, affordability, spending and financing, care of older Americans and people with disabilities, and proposals to sustain Medicare for the future. Dr. Neuman has testified before numerous Congressional committees, and has published extensively on health coverage, retirement security, and challenges facing Medicareâs future. She is often called upon as an independent Medicare expert and quoted in leading national print, broadcast, and online media outlets.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Neuman previously served on the professional staff of the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health in the House of Representatives, and on the staff of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. She is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Dr. Neuman received a doctorate in health policy and management and a masters in health finance and management from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Bachelorâs degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.<br /></span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips41','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Patricia Neuman, Sc.D.</strong> is a senior vice president of KFF, Executive Director of KFFâs Program on Medicare Policy, and senior advisor to the KFF President. Dr. Neuman is a nationally recognized Medicare policy expert, with extensive knowledge of issues associated with coverage, affordability, spending and financing, care of older Americans and people with disabilities, and proposals to sustain Medicare for the future. Dr. Neuman has testified before numerous Congressional committees, and has published extensively on health coverage, retirement security, and challenges facing Medicareâs future. She is often called upon as an independent Medicare expert and quoted in leading national print, broadcast, and online media outlets.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Neuman previously served on the professional staff of the Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health in the House of Representatives, and on the staff of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. She is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Dr. Neuman received a doctorate in health policy and management and a masters in health finance and management from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Bachelorâs degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.<br /></span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips42','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Sophia Colley</strong> is a CNA at a nursing home in Titusville, Florida. She was born in Jamaica and started working in healthcare soon after arriving in the United States in 1989. She is an active MPO, delegate and spokesperson for 1199SEIU Florida. She has testified before the Florida Legislature Healthcare Committee, served as an expert panelist at the Silver Solutions Coalition Summit, and has advocated for healthcare and union worker needs at numerous other roundtables, conventions and events. She had an adult daughter die in 2013 of sickle cell anemia that she partially attributes to a lack of affordable healthcare, and has another daughter who is a paramedic.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips43','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dr. Rachel Madley</strong> is a Health Policy Advisor for Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. She leads the Congresswomanâs work on all healthcare issues including Medicare for All, Medicare reform, and healthcare access. Before that, Rachel was a Congressional Affairs Specialist for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Rachel received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from Columbia University and her B.Sc. in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a minor in Community Action and Social Change from University of Michigan. Her work has been published in <em>the New York Times</em>, <em>Business Insider</em>, and <em>The Scientist</em>.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips44','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Afton Cissell</strong> serves as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (Texas). She supervises his staff in Washington, D.C. and oversees his legislative agenda. She also manages his legislative work as Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee and as an Executive Board member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Afton is an attorney and previously worked at the National Health Law Program and in the U.S. Senate.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips45','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Nicole Jorwic</strong> is the Chief of Advocacy and Campaigns at Caring Across Generations. Before joining Caring Across, Nicole was Senior Director of Public Policy and Senior Executive Officer of State Advocacy at The Arc of the United States. Before coming to DC to work on Federal Advocacy and Organizing, Nicole served as Senior Policy Advisor and Manager of the Employment First Initiative in Illinois. Prior to that appointment, Nicole was the CEO/President of the Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities. Nicole is also an accomplished special education attorney. Nicole leads and supports many coalitions to advance the priorities of care across generations, including the Care Canât Wait Coalition, the Disability and Aging Collaborative and the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities LTSS Taskforce. Nicole also chairs the Board for the Quality Trust for People with Disabilities is a proud board member of the National Association of Direct Support Professionals (NADSP) and a member of the Presidents Committee on People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Nicole is most importantly a sibling to her brother Chris who is 33 and has autism and on the care team for her 90 year old grandma who has Parkinsonâs.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips46','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Scott Perkins</strong>Â serves as CMAâs Co-Director for Operations & Development in collaboration with his colleague, David Lipschutz who serves as the Co-Director for Law & Policy. Scott joined the Center for Medicare Advocacy in 2012 as the organizationâs first Development Director and in 2020 moved into the newly formed role of Operations Director. Scott manages the Centerâs operations and oversees grant proposals and budgets, prepares and manages outcome measures and drafts reports, and monitors staffing, project development and progress. He also oversees personnel issues, board relations, adherence to policies, procedures, and employment laws.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Scott has over 27 years of executive leadership experience developing and implementing strategic management, communications, and fundraising programs for local, national, and international organizations committed to alleviating human suffering in compassionate and skillful ways. These organizations varied in their missions to include hospice and health care, affordable housing, homelessness and domestic violence, adoption of hard-to-place children out of the foster care system, as well as spiritual and educational organizations. Each of these organizations spoke not only to his commitment to social justice, but also his passion for organizations that are well-run, programmatically and fiscally nimble, and provide staff with a professional and supportive environment. In 2009, he was part of the 4-person Executive Management Team at Doorways for Women and Families responsible for winning the <em>Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management</em>.<br /></span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips47','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>John Marmarou</strong>, DPT, MSCS, Founder and Executive Director of 810 MS Specialty Center, received his Masters of Science in Physical Therapy (2004) and Doctorate in Physical Therapy (2010) from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to opening Total Rehab & Fitness in 2009, Dr. Marmarou has a broad range of experience in the rehabilitation field, working in hospitals, acute and sub-acute rehab facilities, outpatient physical therapy centers, and an aquatic rehabilitation center. Prior to Total Rehab & Fitness, Dr. Marmarouâs focus was on rehabilitative intervention for chronic disease and methods to decrease hospitalization rates. He is a certified MS specialist through the consortium of MS centers. He is also a Partner in Care with the National MS Society. The focus of Dr. Marmarouâs research is on the long-term effects of prescribed exercise for those with MS.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips48','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Carmen Rhodes</strong> is the Program Director of Be a Hero. Prior to joining the Be A Hero team, Carmen spent 20 years building labor community partnerships and coalitions, running and winning political and issue campaigns and training activist leaders to take action. Her work at both the National AFLCIO and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) focused on building power and capacity. Prior to working at a national level, Carmen spent more than a decade working to change Coloradoâs political and economic landscape as the Executive Director of FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities, and the Political Director of the Denver Area Labor Federation. Carmenâs issue campaign work has focused on bringing labor and community allies together to win community benefits, high road construction careers, affordable housing, and good green jobs. Carmen oversees Be A Heroâs programs and organizing operations.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips49','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Sarah Coombs</strong> is director for health system transformation at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she manages policy and programmatic work on health access and system transformation, including health equity, health coverage and affordability, and payment and delivery system transformation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to her work at the National Partnership, Sarah worked in the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she contributed to the policy development and implementation of the Affordable Care Act and delivery system transformation initiatives. Before that, Sarah worked at the Office of Management and Budget, where she coordinated the Health Divisionâs development of the federal health budget and oversight responsibilities of Medicare, Medicaid and Marketplace coverage. Sarah received her masterâs in public health from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University and her bachelorâs in government and legal studies and French from Bowdoin College.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Sarah is a proud Bostonian and moved to Washington, D.C., in 2012. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband and young son.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips50','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Cathy Hurwit</strong> served for 20 years as chief of staff to Representative <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/Jan_Schakowsky">Jan Schakowsky</a> (D-IL), where she had responsibility for universal health care, senior and labor issues. She currently serves as a senior advisor to Lower Drug Prices Now, a member of the Center for Medicare Advocacyâs advisory board, and treasurer of the DNC Seniors Council.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to joining Rep. Schakowsky\'s staff in January 1999, she was a legislative affairs specialist at the <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/American_Federation_of_State,_County_and_Municipal_Employees">American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees</a> (AFSCME) and served as legislative director of <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/Citizen_Action">Citizen Action</a> for twelve years. With her particular focus on health care, Ms. Hurwit was the founder of the Campaign for Health Security and served as its chair from 1991 to 1998. She also co-chaired the health care task force of <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/Jobs_with_Justice">Jobs with Justice</a> and served on its executive committee. She provided technical assistance on single-payer and state implementation issues to President Clinton\'s Health Care Task Force. Ms. Hurwit served as energy policy director for Representative <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/Toby_Moffett">Toby Moffett</a> (1976-1979), adviser to the House Government Operations Committee\'s Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (1979-1982), and legislative director for Representative <a href="https://www.keywiki.org/Ed_Markey">Ed Markey</a> (1987-1989).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">She has co-authored âInsuring the Uninsured: Options for State Action,â âNational Health Care: An American Priority,â and âThe Managed Care Consumersâ Bill of Rights: A Health Policy Guide for Consumer Advocates.â</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips51','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judy Stein </strong>is the Founder and Senior Advisor of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Ms. Stein has focused on legal representation of older people and people with disabilities since beginning her legal career in 1975. From 1977 until 1986, Ms. Stein was Co-Director of Legal Assistance to Medicare Patients (LAMP), where she managed the first Medicare advocacy program in the country. She has extensive experience in developing and administering advocacy projects, representing Medicare beneficiaries, producing educational materials, teaching and consulting. She has been lead or co-counsel in numerous federal class action and individual cases challenging improper Medicare policies and denials, including <em>Jimmo</em> v. <em>Sebelius</em>. A national class action, <em>Jimmo</em>, confirmed that Medicare coverage is available for skilled care to maintain or slow decline of an individualâs condition; improvement is not required.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein was a delegate to the 2015 and 2005 White House Conferences on Aging. In 2013 she was appointed to the National Commission on Long Term Care by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She is a past president and a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and a former Commissioner of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein graduated Cum Laude from Williams College and received a J.D. with honors from Catholic University School of Law.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips51','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judy Stein </strong>is the Founder and Senior Advisor of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Ms. Stein has focused on legal representation of older people and people with disabilities since beginning her legal career in 1975. From 1977 until 1986, Ms. Stein was Co-Director of Legal Assistance to Medicare Patients (LAMP), where she managed the first Medicare advocacy program in the country. She has extensive experience in developing and administering advocacy projects, representing Medicare beneficiaries, producing educational materials, teaching and consulting. She has been lead or co-counsel in numerous federal class action and individual cases challenging improper Medicare policies and denials, including <em>Jimmo</em> v. <em>Sebelius</em>. A national class action, <em>Jimmo</em>, confirmed that Medicare coverage is available for skilled care to maintain or slow decline of an individualâs condition; improvement is not required.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein was a delegate to the 2015 and 2005 White House Conferences on Aging. In 2013 she was appointed to the National Commission on Long Term Care by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She is a past president and a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and a former Commissioner of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein graduated Cum Laude from Williams College and received a J.D. with honors from Catholic University School of Law.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips51','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Judy Stein </strong>is the Founder and Senior Advisor of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Ms. Stein has focused on legal representation of older people and people with disabilities since beginning her legal career in 1975. From 1977 until 1986, Ms. Stein was Co-Director of Legal Assistance to Medicare Patients (LAMP), where she managed the first Medicare advocacy program in the country. She has extensive experience in developing and administering advocacy projects, representing Medicare beneficiaries, producing educational materials, teaching and consulting. She has been lead or co-counsel in numerous federal class action and individual cases challenging improper Medicare policies and denials, including <em>Jimmo</em> v. <em>Sebelius</em>. A national class action, <em>Jimmo</em>, confirmed that Medicare coverage is available for skilled care to maintain or slow decline of an individualâs condition; improvement is not required.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein was a delegate to the 2015 and 2005 White House Conferences on Aging. In 2013 she was appointed to the National Commission on Long Term Care by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. She is a past president and a Fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, and a former Commissioner of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Stein graduated Cum Laude from Williams College and received a J.D. with honors from Catholic University School of Law.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips52','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dennis Knoff</strong> is a graduate of the University of Michigan with an MBA, and BS in Physical Therapy. He has been a physical therapist for over 30 years and an executive in rehabilitation leadership for over 20. He taught management to masters and doctoral physical therapy students at Central Michigan University for 16 years. For the last 11 years, Dennis worked at United States Medical Management, most recently as Senior Vice President in charge of the home health and durable medical equipment divisions.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips53','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Lou Costanzo</strong> was diagnosed with MS in his late 30âs. He is the father of two young adult sons. Professionally, Lou worked as an environmentalist field specialist tasked with cleaning up hazardous waste sites by developing cleanup plans and setting up crews for removal of toxic material. Today he resides at a skilled nursing facility. Every morning his father visits him for coffee followed by a walk and roll around the neighborhood.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips54','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Peter Morley</strong> is a disabled patient advocate, a two-time cancer survivor and a healthcare activist who lives with chronic illness and Lupus; heâs had 10 surgeries in 17 years; he advocates, creates digital content with elected officials including Senate Leader Chuck Schumer and members of the Senate HELP Committee. Since 2016, Peter has held 800+ meetings in Congress with Democratic and Republican members alike sharing his own journey and health care stories of people across the United States. Peter testified three times before Congress. Peterâs health is stable because of his access to Medicare.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Peter states that no one should ever have to worry about having their healthcare taken away from them simply because they became ill. Peter stalwartly believes Medicare supplemental insurance should be guaranteed issuance in ALL 50 states.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Peter is passionate about protecting those with pre-existing conditions, encouraging, and teaching others to advocate for themselves at the local, state, or federal levels, and expanding the Lupus Caucus in the House of Representatives. From July 2017 â present, Peter has traveled to Washington, DC 37 times to advocate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Peter suffers from SLE, (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus), which affects parts of the body. While anyone can get Lupus, the disease most often affects women. Peter is one of 10% of men that lives with Lupus in the United States and although he structures his life around its debilitating symptoms, chronic fatigue, daily medications, and weekly biologic treatments, Peter refuses to let Lupus define him.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips55','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Natalie Kean</b> leads Justice in Agingâs health team of attorneys and policy advocates to develop and implement initiatives across the country to improve equitable access to health and long-term care for low-income and marginalized older adults. Natalie has expertise in Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act and has led JIA\'s legislative and administrative health advocacy in Washington, DC, since 2022. Natalie developed a passion for using policy to improve access to health care while studying Medicaid in law school. As a navigator in her home state of Wyoming during the first HealthCare.gov open enrollment period, she helped people who were uninsured, including many older adults, navigate a new program and advocated for solutions to systemic barriers.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Natalie holds a JD with a Certificate in Health Law from Saint Louis University and a BS in Economics from the University of Wyoming. She is admitted to the Missouri State Bar, was Editor-in-Chief of the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law, and served as a law clerk to a US Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Georgia.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips56','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Kata M. Kertesz</strong> engages in public policy issues surrounding Medicare, those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, oral health in Medicare, and other matters regarding access to health care. Ms. Kertesz engages in federal administrative and legislative advocacy, analyzing and commenting on current Medicare-related policy developments, and working in collaboration with coalitions of consumer protection groups to identify and address systemic issues. Ms. Kertesz is co-editor of the Medicare Treatise, Medicare Handbook, updated annually. Ms. Kertesz is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Recent publications include âNavigating The Path To Medicare Dental Coverageâ (Health Affairs Forefront), âA New Rule to Protect Medicare Beneficiaries Against Inappropriate Sales Tactics Is Stuck in the Courts,â (Commonwealth Fund Blog), âExpansions of Medigap Consumer Protections are Necessary to Promote Health Equity in the Medicare Program,â (Stetson University College of Law Journal of Aging Law & Policy), âAn Oral Health Equity Agenda For The Biden Administrationâ (Health Affairs Forefront), âMedicareâs Regulatory Response to the COVID-19 Crisis,â(Health Progress, Journal of the Catholic Health Association of the United States).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Kertesz earned her B.A. degree from Georgetown University, and her J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Kertesz was a journalist at the Associated Press in Washington, DC. Ms. Kertesz is admitted to the bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips57','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Wey-Wey Kwok</strong> is a Senior Attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. She provides legal assistance, analysis, and education on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in the areas of home health, hospice, and nursing home coverage. She is a member of the Centerâs Litigation team, a contributing author to the <em>Medicare Handbook, </em>and a devoted advocate for expanding dental coverage in Medicare. Before joining the Center in 2002, Ms. Kwok worked for the AARP Foundationâs National Training Project, designing and delivering trainings and materials on elder law for aging advocates across the country. Prior to that she was an attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, specializing in family law, public benefits, and domestic and elder abuse.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Kwok is licensed as an attorney in New York (admitted to practice) and Washington, D.C. (inactive), and earned her B.A. degree from Yale and her J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Public Interest Law Scholar. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, a resource center that provides education, support, and a safe space for LGBTQIA youth and intersectional communities.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips58','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Athena Jones</strong> is SEIU Virgina 512âs Home Care Chapter Executive Board Chair. SEIU Virginia 512 unites county and city employees in Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and Richmond, and Home Care workers throughout Virginia. Its members advocate for good union jobs and justice for everyone in their communities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Athena has found joy in her work as a home care worker for over 12 years, while also providing care for a member of her family. She often says, âHome care work is more than just a job. This is life.â As an activist, Athena has made an impact lobbying for the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid, the extension of the Dream Act, and reproductive rights for women. She has advocated for workersâ rights on the federal and state level around the country. Athena has two degrees and is President of Chosen Ministry which serves a community of adults with different abilities. Her faith and ministry are cornerstones of her life. She is also a self-proclaimed âblerdâ who loves creating cosplays, attending ComiConâs, watching Star Wars and anime, and collecting various Avatar Last Airbender and Mr. Potato Head items.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips59','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Jeff Wiseman</strong> is the Director of Development and Strategic Partnerships for the Center for Medicare Advocacy, having joined the organization in 2020. Jeff helps to lead community outreach and revenue development for CMA. He was trained and mentored by some of the most accomplished fundraising campaign managers in the performing arts industry and has worked in development and marketing for NYCâs The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park, Carnegie Hall, New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Metropolitan Opera.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As an environmentalist in the private sector, Jeff spent several years as General Manager of Tri-State Biodiesel, an alternative fuel company that led an annual clean air initiative to replace 20 million gallons of petro-based diesel with clean biodiesel fuel, made from the recycled cooking oil from over 5,000 clients annually, including MetLife Stadium, Yankee Stadium, Barclays Center, Luna Park, and Grand Central Terminal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Jeff has worked as a theater director, playwright, and actor on major productions in 30 cities in 11 countries, including with Ping Chong & Company, Big Art Group, Sydney Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland Public Theatre, and Theater for the New City. He graduated magna cum laude from Kent State University Honors College upon completion of his thesis project, Making Performance from Personal Narrative with Ping Chong, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Jeff is a Trustee of the Duckworth Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips60','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Maame Gyamfi</strong> is Senior Lead Attorney at the AARP Foundation. She advocates nationwide on behalf of vulnerable older adults on matters involving health care, civil rights, elder abuse, and other areas of public interest. Her practice includes litigating in federal and state courts and representing amici before the U.S. Supreme Court. Before coming to the Foundation, Ms. Gyamfi was Senior Counsel at the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she worked on health care fraud and compliance matters. She also served as Attorney-Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and as a Special Assistant United States Attorney In New York and Florida. She clerked for the Honorable Margaret Seymour in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips61','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Sarah Somers</strong> is the Legal Director at the National Health Law Program. In this role, Sarah leads NHeLPâs legal and policy staff, which has more than doubled in size and capacity since 2017 in response to both threats to health care access and opportunities to pursue greater health equity. As the Legal Director, Sarah oversees multiple teams that are dedicated to preserving access to care, correcting disparities, promoting health policies that prioritize individuals, and providing training and support to advocates. She strives to ensure that all teams are aligned and work efficiently towards the realization of our shared vision.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to this, Sarah served as the Managing Attorney of the National Health Law Programâs North Carolina office.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a committed advocate, Sarah also works with advocates across the country, engaging in litigation, research, writing, and training on the Medicaid program, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Affordable Care Act, among other issues.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Sarah is a co-author of the National Health Law Programâs flagship publication, An Advocates Guide to the Medicaid Program, which is currently being revised for the 2023 edition. Her other publications include A North Carolina Advocateâs Guide to the Medicaid Program (2006), The Ongoing Racial Paradox of the Medicaid Program, 16 J. Health and Life Sci. L. 96 (2022); Medicaidâs Gold Standard Coverage for Children and Youth: Past, Present, and Future¸ 30 Annals Health L. & Sci. 153 (co-author) (2021); The Supreme Court Reinforces Barriers to Court Access: Cases from the 2019-2020 Term 13 Ne. U. L. Rev. 575 (co-author) (2021); and Health Care Reform for Native Americans: The Long-Awaited Permanent Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 44 J. Pov. Law & Policy 365 (Nov-Dec. 2010).</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips62','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Donald M. Berwick</strong>, MD, MPP, FRCP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is also former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston\'s Children\'s Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women\'s Hospital. He has also served as Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first "Independent Member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine\'s (IOM\'s) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM\'s Global Health Board, and served on President Clinton\'s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick has received numerous awards for his contributions. In 2005, he was appointed "Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire" by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books. He currently serves as Lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips62','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Donald M. Berwick</strong>, MD, MPP, FRCP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is also former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston\'s Children\'s Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women\'s Hospital. He has also served as Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first "Independent Member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine\'s (IOM\'s) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM\'s Global Health Board, and served on President Clinton\'s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick has received numerous awards for his contributions. In 2005, he was appointed "Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire" by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books. He currently serves as Lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips62','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Donald M. Berwick</strong>, MD, MPP, FRCP, President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is also former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">A pediatrician by background, Dr. Berwick has served on the faculty of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, and on the staffs of Boston\'s Children\'s Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Brigham and Women\'s Hospital. He has also served as Vice Chair of the US Preventive Services Task Force, the first "Independent Member" of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, and Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He served two terms on the Institute of Medicine\'s (IOM\'s) Governing Council, was a member of the IOM\'s Global Health Board, and served on President Clinton\'s Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare Industry.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Recognized as a leading authority on health care quality and improvement, Dr. Berwick has received numerous awards for his contributions. In 2005, he was appointed "Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire" by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his work with the British National Health Service. Dr. Berwick is the author or co-author of over 160 scientific articles and six books. He currently serves as Lecturer in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips63','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In August of 2011, Sam suffered a spinal cord injury that resulted from an accident while he was on vacation in Italy. Â Initially, Sam was paralyzed from the waist down. His recovery from such a catastrophic injury would be a long one. Thankfully, Sam learned that his medical insurance placed no limit on rehabilitation. Fewer than 1% of policies have such a benefit. Samâs insurance covered nearly two years of intensive physical therapy. With the skill and support of many rehab professionals, Sam recovered. Heâs now able to walk with a cane, drive a car, and work part-time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">During his more than two years in rehab, Sam saw the impact of therapy caps first-hand. Â Sam met hundreds of patients whose recoveries were cut short when their insurance benefits stopped and they were unable to pay out of their own pockets. Â In August of 2013, Sam launched the Foundation to give other patients the same opportunity that he had â to continue medical rehabilitation and to recover to their full potential.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to his accident, Sam spent more than 25 years in marketing and advertising, building some of Americaâs largest brands. While working for Payless ShoeSource, Samâs responsibilities included managing the companyâs Foundation and philanthropic activity. Sam earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips64','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Mary Ashkar</strong> has worked as an attorney for the Center for Medicare Advocacy since 2002. She is currently a senior attorney, co-manages the cases of the Centerâs largest client, and provides legal assistance, education, and representation on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries who have been unfairly denied Medicare coverage or access to health care. Ms. Ashkar has extensive experience handling Medicare appeals through the appeal system, including at the Administrative Law Judge level. She also produces educational materials, and is a contributing author to the <em>Medicare Handbook</em>. Before coming to the Center for Medicare Advocacy, Ms. Ashkar practiced law at a firm in Dubuque, Iowa where she worked in litigation and employment law.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips65','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>A. Frank Johns</strong> was the first North Carolina attorney to earn an LLM, masters in law in Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law (2008), and currently serves on its faculty as an adjunct professor of law. Johns is a leader of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, having served on its Board (1992-2002), as President (1999-2000), Charter Chair of the Carolinas Chapter (1993), Charter Chair of the reorganized North Carolina Chapter (2011), Publications Chair (2010-2012), Editor in Chief of the NAELA Journal (2008-2010) and Steering Committee Chair (2006-2007) and current member of NAELA-CAP (Council of Advanced Practitioners). Johns organized and chaired the North Carolina Bar Association Elder Law Committee (1993), and organized and was the charter chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Elder Law Section Council (1995-1997). Johns also served as a charter member of the North Carolina State Bar Elder Law specialization committee.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">He currently serves as President of Senior Resources of Guilford. Along with countless published articles and manuscripts, Johns co-authored Counseling Older Adults (2005), and was a contributing research expert in Why Wills Won\'t Work (2007).</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips66','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Angel Hardy Heinz</strong> is the Public Policy Manager for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. In this role Angel serves as the key liaison on behalf of the Reeve Foundation for Coalitions focused on disability policy and advocacy initiatives. Angel has been a dedicated advocate for people living disabilities since her own diagnosis with multiple sclerosis in 2012. She serves as Chair of the National Activism Advisory Committee with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and is a member of the National Institute of Healthâs National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research (NIH NABMRR). Â Angel has honed an expertise in disability policy research and analysis, health equity, and access to quality care. She has testified before the Illinois House Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee on access to medications and drug pricing. Angel holds a MAPP from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and an Executive Certificate in Regulatory Analysis from the Carey Law School at the University of Pennsylvania.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips67','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Alex Lawson</strong> is the Executive Director of Social Security Works, the convening member of the Strengthen Social Security Coalition â a coalition made up of over 340 national and state organizations representing over 50 million Americans. In that role, he works to protect and improve Social Security and Medicare, and to lower the price of prescription drugs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Mr. Lawson has appeared on numerous TV and radio outlets and is a frequent guest covering Social Security and Medicare issues on The Thom Hartmann Program, one of the top progressive radio shows in the country. He has a BA from St. Johnâs College and an MPP from The George Washington University.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips68','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As the Chief Program and Policy Officer of the Christopher & Dana reeve Foundation, <strong>Regina</strong> <strong>Blye</strong> oversees operations of the <a href="https://www.christopherreeve.org/living-with-paralysis">National Paralysis Resource Center</a> by developing and delivering programs that provide the critical services and resources that help people build healthy, independent lives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Regina sustained a C6-C7 spinal cord injury at the age of 10. She brings over two decades of disability policy and advocacy experience, making the move to Reeve to work more directly with people living with spinal cord injury and paralysis.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Prior to starting with Reeve, she led the Independent Living Services program at the <a href="https://www.acl.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Administration for Community Living</a> (ACL), monitoring compliance with the Rehabilitation Act and overseeing 155 federal grantees. Before that, as executive director of the Texas State Independent Living Council, she expanded independent living initiatives across the state. Her work has affected thousands of individuals and families living with disabilities and was recognized by President Barack Obama with a 2011 appointment to the United States Access Board, serving as Vice-Chair.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Regina earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications Studies at West Texas A&M University and a Master of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips69','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Josh Norris</strong> brings three decades of dedicated legal advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities to his role of Litigation Director, equipping him with a thorough understanding of the complex health systems that affects the lives of Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. He has extensive experience in both individual representation and systemic reform litigation, with a particular focus on class actions that ensure access to healthcare and home and community-based services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">For the past eight years, Josh has maintained a private practice in Georgia, where he litigated numerous system reform cases involving Medicaid eligibility and access to essential healthcare. Previously, he served as Deputy Legal Director for Childrenâs Rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Director of Legal and Advocacy Services at the Georgia Advocacy Office, Georgiaâs designated protection and advocacy system.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Josh holds a Juris Doctorate from Temple University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts <em>cum laude</em> from Amherst College. He is admitted to practice in South Carolina and Georgia.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips70','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Leo Cuello, J.D.</strong> is a Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families in the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His areas of focus include Medicaid litigation, demonstrations and waivers, work requirements, managed care and delivery system reform, and immigrant health. Before joining CCF, Leo was a Health Policy Director for the National Health Law Program, where he worked on a wide range of Medicaid issues, including litigation around work requirements. Prior to that, Leo worked for the Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP), focusing on a wide range of healthcare issues dealing with eligibility and access to services in Medicaid and Medicare and direct representation of Medicaid enrollees. Leo graduated with a B.A. from Swarthmore College and received his J.D. from The University of Pennsylvania Law School.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips71','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Ben Belton</b> is a seasoned leader in aging-related policy, with experience in both government and non-governmental sectors. He has held roles in both the Biden-Harris and Obama-Biden Administrations, including positions at the Social Security Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Secretary, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In the non-governmental sector, Ben served as the Director of Global Partner Engagement at AARPâs Office of International Affairs, where he advanced global thought leadership on aging and spearheaded research highlighting international policy innovations. Prior to joining AARP, he was the Chiplin Senior Fellow at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. He was the inaugural recipient of the Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., Social Justice & Advocacy Award and served on the Centerâs board of directors. He also worked at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and on the first Obama for America campaign, where he helped direct outreach to older voters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ben\'s dedication to promoting an age-inclusive society has been further demonstrated by his participation on various boards, councils, and committees. He currently serves as a Trustee for HelpAge International, a London-based humanitarian organization, that champions the rights of older adults around the world, and as a member of the NGO C
164ommittee on Ageing New York, which works within the United Nations to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities of population aging.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips71','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><b>Ben Belton</b> is a seasoned leader in aging-related policy, with experience in both government and non-governmental sectors. He has held roles in both the Biden-Harris and Obama-Biden Administrations, including positions at the Social Security Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services in the Office of the Secretary, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In the non-governmental sector, Ben served as the Director of Global Partner Engagement at AARPâs Office of International Affairs, where he advanced global thought leadership on aging and spearheaded research highlighting international policy innovations. Prior to joining AARP, he was the Chiplin Senior Fellow at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. He was the inaugural recipient of the Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., Social Justice & Advocacy Award and served on the Centerâs board of directors. He also worked at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and on the first Obama for America campaign, where he helped direct outreach to older voters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ben\'s dedication to promoting an age-inclusive society has been further demonstrated by his participation on various boards, councils, and committees. He currently serves as a Trustee for HelpAge International, a London-based humanitarian organization, that champions the rights of older adults around the world, and as a member of the NGO C
164ommittee on Ageing New York, which works within the United Nations to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities of population aging.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips72','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Alice Bers</strong> represents older adults and people with disabilities in federal litigation aimed at making systemic improvements to Medicare. She has litigated numerous class actions challenging policies that improperly deny Medicare coverage or that violate beneficiaries\' appeal rights in the Medicare program. Her work includes serving as lead counsel in a case that established appeal rights for a nationwide class of Medicare beneficiaries who were denied coverage of their hospital and nursing home stays. Ms. Bers briefed and argued a defense of the trial decision that resulted in full <a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/observation-appeal-rights-upheld/">affirmance</a> by the Second Circuit. Other representative work includes bringing a case that resulted in an Eleventh Circuit <a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/a-victory-for-off-label-prescription-drug-coverage/">win</a> on behalf of a beneficiary who was denied coverage of a critically-needed medication. Ms. Bers was also part of the legal team that achieved the nationwide <em><a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/litigation/active-cases/#jimmo-v-sebelius">Jimmo v. Sebelius</a></em> settlement, which clarified that "improvement" is not required for Medicare coverage of skilled care. She has written and co-authored amicus briefs in cases that affect the health care of people who rely on Medicare. Ms. Bers also speaks and writes on Medicare topics as part of the Center for Medicare Advocacy\'s educational activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Before joining the Center, Ms. Bers was an elder law attorney in private practice and a staff attorney at Western Massachusetts Legal Services (now Community Legal Aid). At Legal Services, she assisted low-income clients with public benefits and she represented older adults and disabled individuals as part of the Massachusetts Medicare Advocacy Project. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert N. Chatigny of the U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Ms. Bers is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and served for 14 years on the Board of Directors of Square One, a non-profit provider of early education and child care based in Springfield, Massachusetts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Bers received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University and her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She is admitted to the state bars of Connecticut and Massachusetts, several federal district and appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips72','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Alice Bers</strong> represents older adults and people with disabilities in federal litigation aimed at making systemic improvements to Medicare. She has litigated numerous class actions challenging policies that improperly deny Medicare coverage or that violate beneficiaries\' appeal rights in the Medicare program. Her work includes serving as lead counsel in a case that established appeal rights for a nationwide class of Medicare beneficiaries who were denied coverage of their hospital and nursing home stays. Ms. Bers briefed and argued a defense of the trial decision that resulted in full <a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/observation-appeal-rights-upheld/">affirmance</a> by the Second Circuit. Other representative work includes bringing a case that resulted in an Eleventh Circuit <a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/a-victory-for-off-label-prescription-drug-coverage/">win</a> on behalf of a beneficiary who was denied coverage of a critically-needed medication. Ms. Bers was also part of the legal team that achieved the nationwide <em><a role="link" href="https://medicareadvocacy.org/litigation/active-cases/#jimmo-v-sebelius">Jimmo v. Sebelius</a></em> settlement, which clarified that "improvement" is not required for Medicare coverage of skilled care. She has written and co-authored amicus briefs in cases that affect the health care of people who rely on Medicare. Ms. Bers also speaks and writes on Medicare topics as part of the Center for Medicare Advocacy\'s educational activities.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Before joining the Center, Ms. Bers was an elder law attorney in private practice and a staff attorney at Western Massachusetts Legal Services (now Community Legal Aid). At Legal Services, she assisted low-income clients with public benefits and she represented older adults and disabled individuals as part of the Massachusetts Medicare Advocacy Project. She was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert N. Chatigny of the U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Ms. Bers is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and served for 14 years on the Board of Directors of Square One, a non-profit provider of early education and child care based in Springfield, Massachusetts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Ms. Bers received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University and her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She is admitted to the state bars of Connecticut and Massachusetts, several federal district and appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips73','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Ady Barkan</strong> is an organizer and campaigner, who <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/03/24/ady-barkan-activist-als-226105/">Politico</a> deemed âthe most powerful activist in America.â Over his career, Ady has specialized in bringing policy makers <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/ady-barkan-activist-medicare.html">face to face</a> with the people whose lives their decisions shape, and generating public attention and political pressure out of those confrontations. Since 2017, Adyâs work has focused on health care, marshaling his own paralysis from A.L.S. to urge Americans to demand more of our government. He received his juris doctorate from Yale Law School and now lives in Santa Barbara, CA, where he works as the founder and Co-Executive Director of Be A Hero. His story is told in the new documentary <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Gt4iHvdtA">Not Going Quietly</a>.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips74','<p><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Ai-jen Poo</strong> is a next-generation labor leader, award-winning organizer, author, and a leading voice in the womenâs movement. She is the President of the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a>, Executive Director of <a href="https://caringacross.org/">Caring Across Generations</a>, Senior Advisor to <a href="https://careinaction.us">Care in Action</a>, Co-Founder of <a href="https://supermajority.com/">SuperMajority</a> and Trustee of the Ford Foundation. Ai-jen is a nationally recognized expert on caregiving, the future of work, and organizing. She is the author of the celebrated book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Age-Dignity-Preparing-Changing-America/dp/1620972018">The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America</a>. Together with Alicia Garza, Ai-jen co-hosts the podcast, Sunstorm. Follow her at @aijenpoo.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">She has been recognized among Fortuneâs 50 Worldâs Greatest Leaders and <em>Time</em>âs 100 Most Influential People in the World, and she has been the recipient of countless awards, including a 2014 MacArthur "Genius" Award. Ai-jen has been a featured speaker at TEDWomen, Aspen Ideas Festival, Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Skoll World Forum, and the Obama Foundation Inaugural Summit. She has made TV appearances on Nightline, MSNBC, and CBS, and her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Maire Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and CNN.com among others. Ai-jen has been an influential voice in the #MeToo movement and attended the 2018 Golden Globe Awards with Meryl Streep as part of the launch of #TimesUp.</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">In 15 short years, with the help of more than 70 local affiliate organizations and chapters and nearly 400,000 members, the National Domestic Workers Alliance has passed Domestic Worker Bills of Rights in 10 states, the cities of Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington DC, and brought over 2 million home care workers under minimum wage protections. In 2011, Ai-jen launched Caring Across Generations to unite American families in a campaign to achieve bold solutions to the nationâs crumbling care infrastructure. The campaign has catalyzed groundbreaking policy change in states including the nationâs first family caregiver benefit in Hawaiâi, and the first long-term care social insurance fund in Washington State.</span></p>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips75','<strong><span class="tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips65" data-hasqtip="5">Eric Krupa</span></strong>Â is a supervising attorney at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. He primarily works to ensure that the Center is a dependable source of information, advocacy, and representation for individual Medicare beneficiaries in the state of Connecticut who are experiencing barriers to accessing their full Medicare benefits. Prior to joining the Center, Eric clerked for Superior Court Judge Peter A. Bogaard in New Jersey. He then worked as a fellowship attorney for Pine Tree Legal Assistance â Maineâs oldest and largest civil legal services provider â representing individuals in family law and protection from abuse matters. Eric was also a staff attorney with Connecticut Legal Rights Project, where he represented clients of Connecticutâs Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services in receiving adequate care and treatment. Eric graduated from Hunter College and Notre Dame Law School, where he developed a commitment to public interest law. He is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and Maine.');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips76','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Scott Bane</strong> is a Program Officer at The John A. Hartford Foundation. His career, including a decade of experience in philanthropy, has been directed toward helping vulnerable men and women, with an emphasis on ensuring that they have access to effective services. He brings experience in working with public partners and non-profits to improve both access to and quality of care for older adults.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Mr. Bane graduated from CUNY School of Law in May 2018. As part of his experience in law school, he held an internship with a New York State Supreme Court judge, who specialized in guardianship issues. During law school Mr. Bane worked at the Medicare Rights Center, where he counseled Medicare beneficiaries through the organizationâs national helpline, and immersed himself in Medicare policies and regulations. He also spent a summer at the New York State Attorney Generalâs office in the Health Care Bureau. Prior to law school, Mr. Bane worked for over ten years in philanthropy.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips77','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Dr. Lisa Simon</strong> is a Fellow in Oral Health and Medicine Integration at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and a resident in the Internal Medicine Residency program at Brigham and Womenâs Hospital. She received her dental degree cum laude with honors in global and community health from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and her medical degree <em>magna cum laude</em> with honors in a special field from Harvard Medical School.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Simon was a contributing author of the PCCâs <em>Innovations in Oral Health and Primary Care Integration</em> report.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Simon has been a part of numerous efforts to enhance oral health integration. She was a core team member for the Nurse Practitioner-Dentist Model for Primary Care and led an initiative to integrate a dental hygienist into the hospital care team for patients with diabetes at Massachusetts General Hospital. As a dentist at the Suffolk County Jail, she founded the dental team that serves as part of the Crimson Care Collaborative (CCC) at the Nashua Street Jail and continues to serve as its attending dentist. She has taught about the importance of oral health to health equity to medical, nursing, and physician assistant students in many of HSDMâs partner institutions as well as practicing clinicians in Massachusetts and around the country.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Dr. Simon has been honored with numerous awards for her dedication to people who are underserved by health care. She received the Anthony Westwater Jong award from the American Public Health Association, the Rising Star award from the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, and the David Whiston Leadership Award from the American Dental Association.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">As a dentist and physician, she hopes to further the integration of oral health and primary care to improve health for all people.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips78','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Luke Liss</strong> is the Pro Bono Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He manages the firmâs global pro bono efforts, including serving as the primary contact for client requests for pro bono partnerships and developing collaborative relationships with nonprofit service providers. Luke also leads pro bono litigation and immigration teams.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Under Lukeâs leadership, the firmâs pro bono program has received the following recent recognition:</span><br /><ul><br /> <li>Luke was named DEI Change Agent of the Year by Everlaw in 2023.</li><br /> <li>The firm was named Pro Bono Partner of the Year by Elevate Community Center in 2023.</li><br /> <li>Luke was one of 10 attorneys nationwide shortlisted for Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year by Chambers USA in 2023.</li><br /> <li>The firm was recognized with the Beacon of Justice Award from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association in 2023 for work advancing gender equity and the LGBTQ+ community.</li><br /> <li>The firm received the American Bar Associationâs Pro Bono Publico Award in 2022.</li><br /> <li>The firm was one of 15 honorees nationwide named to the inaugural class of Pro Bono Innovators by Bloomberg Law in 2022.</li><br /> <li>The firm received the Center for Justice and Accountabilityâs Partner in Justice Award in 2022.</li><br /> <li>Luke and the firm were recognized with the Keta Taylor Colby Award by the Lawyersâ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area in 2022 for outstanding representation to underrepresented members of communities, particularly communities of color.</li><br /> <li>The firm was recognized with the Beacon of Justice Award from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association in 2021 and 2022 for work advancing racial equity.</li><br /> <li>The firm was recognized with a âHero Awardâ for work with the Midwest Innocence Project in 2021.</li><br /> <li>The firm received the Iranian Bar Associationâs National Pro Bono Award in 2021.</li><br /> <li>The firm was named Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year by the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in 2020.</li><br /> <li>The firm was named the La Mancha Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year by Casa Cornelia Law Center in 2019.</li><br /></ul><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Luke has also played a key leadership role in recent successful high-profile pro bono litigation, including a trial win on behalf of one of the largest classes of Medicare patients in history in 2020 (Alexander v. Cochran, No. 3:11-cv-1703 (D. Conn), recently affirmed by a Second Circuit panel), and a historic win on summary judgment against a former Colombian paramilitary warlord on behalf of family members of a murdered community activist in 2021 (Jaramillo v. Naranjo, No. 1:10-cv-21951 (S.D. Fla.).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3">Luke currently serves as a member of the firm\'s Hiring Committee, Recruiting Committee, Community Service Committee, and Pro Bono Committee. He is particularly active in firm diversity initiatives, mentoring inside and outside the firm, and is also a leader of the firmâs Black Affinity Group. Luke is based in the Palo Alto office.</span>');</script>
164<script type="text/javascript">toolTips('.classtoolTips79','<span style="font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.3"><strong>Amy Hall, MPA</strong>, is the Minority Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to serving in this role, she worked for more than a decade at the Committee on Energy and Commerce working on Medicare, Medicaid, and the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program. She also served as the Director of the Office of Legislation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the first two years of the Obama Administration. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a MPA from the University of Delaware. A longtime resident of Washington DC, she is in the process of getting certified as a Master Gardener.</span>');</script>
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