The Board of Directors guides Health Careers Futures' (HCF) strategic direction and advances its mission of aligning the supply and demand of regional healthcare workers. Board members are drawn from the healthcare workforce and industry sectors, as well as from regional non-profit organizations and training providers.
The Board, along with HCF staff and community partners:
- Ensures that HCF projects and activities align with the organization's mission and purposes
- Informs staff of future trends in Board members' areas of expertise and healthcare workforce development
- Shares new ideas for applicable projects for which a need exists
- Promotes HCF (and its projects) in southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond
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Chair: Patricia L. Siger |
| Alan Axelson, MD CEO and Medical Director InterCare Psychiatric Services |
| Barbara E. Barnes, MD Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Sonya Borrero, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine - Clinical and Translational Science Director - Center for Women's Health Research and Innovation University of Pittsburgh |
| David Brent, MD Endowed Chair in Suicide Studies Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, and Clinical and Translational Science University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine |
| Debra L. Caplan, MPA JHF Board of Trustees |
| Brenda Cassidy, DNP, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC Assistant Professor - Health Promotion and Development University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing |
| Jackie Dunbar Jacob, PhD, RN Dean - School of Nursing University of Pittsburgh |
| Representative Dan Frankel PA House of Representatives |
| Lynn George, PhD, RN, CNE Dean and Professor - College of Health and Wellness Carlow University |
| Karen Hacker, MD, MPH Director Allegheny County Health Department |
| Mindy Hutchinson, MD Vista Behavioral Health Associates |
| William H. Isler Board of Directors The Fred Rogers Company |
| Vera Krekanova, PhD Chief Research Officer Allegheny Conference on Community Development |
| Tammy Marsico, RN, MSN Director of Behavioral Health Services Children's Institute of Pittsburgh |
| Brandi Mauck Phillips, MPM CEO Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc. |
| Laurie Mulvey, MSW |
| Tammy Murdock, MD, MMM Squirrel Hill Health Center |
| Valerie Njie, MS Immediate Past Executive Director (Retired) Bidwell Training Center |
| Ana Radovic, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Pediatrics - Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC |
| Ed Ricci, PhD, MLitt Professor Emeritus - Behavioral and Community Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health |
| Matt Rimer VP - Talent Acquisition and HR Innovation UPMC |
| Melissa Stephens Government Compliance Officer Highmark, Inc. |
| Dara Ware Allen, PhD CEO and Principal City Charter High School |
| Raymond L. Wolfe, JD Chief Operating Officer Pittsburgh Mercy Health System |
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Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD David Ehrenwerth, JD |
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JHF Representatives: Emily Jaffe, MD, MBA Marsha Marcus, PhD Wendy Mars, PhD Anne Newman, MD, MPH Sam Reynolds, MD Brad Stein, MD, PhD Dan Swayze, DrPh, MBA Becky Surma, MPH |
If you would like more information about Health Careers Futures' Board of Directors, please Nancy Zionts at zionts@jhf.org.