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Brian Biles

Brian Biles, MD, MPH is Professor of Health Policy and of Health Services Management at the George Washington University. At George Washington, his research focuses on key national health issues including Medicare, managed care and efforts to contain health care costs, and long-term care. He teaches graduate courses on current health policy issues and on the organization and operation of the health services delivery system.

Brian served for seven years as staff director of the Subcommittee on Health, of the Committee on Ways and Means, of the U.S. House of Representatives. At the Subcommittee he supervised the drafting and consideration of major Medicare and health care financing legislation. He has also served on the staff of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Health chaired by Representative Henry Waxman, the Senate Labor Subcommittee on Health chaired by Senator Edward Kennedy, and of Kansas Representative William Roy, MD.

Brian served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services from 1993 to 1995. From 1983 to 1986, he was Deputy Secretary of Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He received his Doctor of Medicine and Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Kansas. He studied at the University of Edinburgh as a Rotary International Fellow. Brian holds a masters degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. He joined the Foundation Board in 2005.

Thomas W. Chapman

Thomas W. Chapman, EdD, MPH has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for The HSC Foundation since 1998. Tom provides leadership and significant involvement in community service for the nonprofit health care industry. These efforts have been achieved through developing and implementing a wide range of community-based programs, speaking at universities, public agencies and hospitals on a variety of health-related topics, writing articles for publications and interviews with the media about the importance of community services as a societal priority. Tom is the author of the newly released Management Learning Experiences of CEOs, published by Xlibris Book Publishing Company. For additional information on the Management Learning Experiences of CEOs, go to: www2.xlibris.com/books/webimages/wd/40559/book.htm

Tom´s previous positions include Senior Associate Vice President for Network Development, and Professor, Health Services Management and Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center; Chief Executive Officer, The George Washington University Hospital; President, Greater Southeast Healthcare System; and President, Greater Southeast Community Hospital.

Tom serves on the Boards of the Consumer Health Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Clarian Health Partners, Inc. (Indiana), and Kaiser Permanente (Corporate Board and Mid-Atlantic).

William Clyburn, Jr.

The Honorable William Clyburn, Jr., currently is the named principal of Clyburn Consulting, LLC, a government relations and business development firm that works with public entities, large corporations, and small companies. Commissioner Clyburn utilizes his experience in all three branches of government to help resolve legislative and regulatory matters, address public perception concerns, and enhance business-to-business contacts.

Commissioner Clyburn was appointed by President William J. Clinton to serve as a member of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (formerly the Interstate Commerce Commission) from December 18, 1998 to January 1, 2002, where he subsequently became the Vice Chairman of the Board. Commissioner Clyburn has served as senior counsel to former Senator Zell Miller, and on the personal staff of former Senator Charles Robb, and staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee. Before beginning his career on Capitol Hill, the Commissioner was a law clerk for the Honorable Rodney A. Peeples, Circuit Court Judge for the Second and Ninth Circuits, South Carolina.

Commissioner Clyburn received his undergraduate degree in Ceramic Engineering in 1989 from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of South Carolina in 1992. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar. The Commissioner was inducted into Georgia Tech´s prestigious Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni in 2003. He currently serves on the University´s External Advisory Board of the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Commissioner Clyburn understands the importance of prioritizing the needs of our youth. He attends youth oriented events, has tutored young students in chemistry and mathematics, and often volunteers as a mentor to those in the inner-city. Commissioner Clyburn has taught a college-level course on public speaking and has been recognized with the "Solid Image Award" for his community work and public policy contributions. He and his wife, Dionne, live in Washington, DC and enjoy raising their two young children, Christin and William III. Commissioner Clyburn joined the Foundation board in 2008.

Richard Froh

Richard Froh, PhD, MPH recently retired as Vice president of all Kaiser Health Plan organizations and was in charge of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program's Washington, DC office. In this position, he represented the entire Program's interest before Congress and the Executive Branch. He is a graduate from the University of California, San Francisco, with a Doctor of Pharmacy in 1967, where he was a Regents' Scholar. He declined a Fulbright Scholarship in Denmark to attend the School of Public Health at Harvard University where he received a Master's degree in public health.

Richard holds various academic positions, including an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, he was a health services officer for the United States Public Health Service in Washington, DC, and co-director of the National Health Law Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1972, Richard became the Deputy Director of the Northeast Valley Health Corporation in San Fernando, California, and two years later was appointed Deputy Director of the Community Hospital Practice Program with the Georgetown School of Medicine. In 1978 he became a professional staff member for the US Senate Committee of Labor and Human Services.

Richard has served on several boards and committees, including the Editorial Board for Nursing Economics, the Advisory Committee of the National Health Policy Forum, and the Citizens Board of Providence Hospital. He is listed in the National Journal's "150 Makers and Shakers Who Make a Difference,” “The Health Care 500," and the Hill Top Lobbyists. Richard joined the Foundation board in 2005.

Barbara Fuller

Barbara Fuller is Assistant Director for Ethics of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health. NHGRI funds research on the genome’s structure, function, and role in health and disease and supports studies on the ethical, legal and social implications of genome research.

Prior to being named Assistant Director for Ethics, Barbara was Chief of NHGRI’s Policy and Program Analysis Branch. She has also worked as the Director of Health Information Management in a variety of health care settings, including hospitals and health maintenance organizations.

Barbara is currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of Research and Education, and recently served as President of the Board of Directors of the American Health Information Management Association. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Butler Montessori School. She has degrees from the University of Maryland (BA), and the University of Maryland School of Law (JD). Barbara joined the Foundation board in 2006.

James O. Gibson

James O. Gibson is a Senior Fellow in residence at the Center for the Study of Social Policy in Washington, DC, where his work focuses on urban revitalization, community building, and race relations. He chairs the board of PolicyLink, a national research, advocacy, and communications institution devoted to strengthening communities.

Jim has been active in urban affairs, community development, race relations and economic development for over three decades. He was a Senior Associate at the Urban Institute from 1993 until 2000, focusing on civil rights policies, community development, urban governance, economic and social opportunities, and antipoverty strategies, and he was founding President of DC Agenda, a ten-year initiative dedicated to solving District of Columbia problems.

Between 1986 and 1992, Jim was director of domestic programs at The Rockefeller Foundation. Before joining Rockefeller, he served as President of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation in Washington, D.C. Other positions held include City Administrator for Planning and Development for the District of Columbia and Executive Associate of The Potomac Institute. He has been a consultant to many federal, municipal and private sector agencies. Presidential appointments include the President's National Commission on Rural Poverty and the National Capital Planning Commission.

Jim served as an outside director of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of the Mid Atlantic States for 21 years. He joined the board of The HSC Foundation in October 2006 and also serves on the boards of several other national nonprofit organizations and community groups in Washington, DC.

Jim and his wife Kathryn DeFrantz Gibson live in Washington, DC. They have three grown children and grandchildren.

Jack Kasten

Jack Kasten retired as Vice President of Arthur D. Little, Inc. in 1988, after a career in health management. Since then he has been active in the education of health care leaders and in health system reform activities. He is a Lecturer in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard University School of Public Health, an appointment he has held for over 40 years, and he is currently Deputy Director of the Harvard University Health Service, a system caring for 30,000 members of the academic community. Jack has served on the Hospital and Foundation boards since 1998.

Robert Keller

Robert Keller, CFP has over twenty five years experience in financial services. Bob is a Vice President, Investments and Senior Portfolio Manager for UBS Financial Services in Bethesda, Maryland. He is responsible for the discretionary management of separate accounts for clients that include associations, pension plans, trusts, churches, and unions. His work with clients includes analyzing and matching forward liabilities to cash flow to determine the long term asset allocation of the portfolios he manages. Prior to joining UBS, Bob was employed by E.F. Hutton in the Consulting Services Department where he was responsible for providing clients with recommendations for the asset allocation and manager selection of taxable as well as tax exempt accounts. Bob is a frequent panelist and speaker at meetings for organizations including the Securities Industry Association. He is also a trustee and heads the Finance Committee of Memorial United Methodist Church. Bob has served on the Foundation’s Investment Committee since 2001 and joined the Foundation board in 2006.

David Kibbe

David Kibbe is a senior-level, health care professional with 26 years of experience in the industry, leading the development and operation of provider-sponsored managed care organizations and physician groups. He has served as an executive with two prominent national managed care companies, leading operations in diverse markets ranging from New York City to New Orleans. He has also served as Senior Vice President of Inova Health System where he was heavily involved in managed care program development, physician joint ventures, operations and strategic planning. Earlier in his career, he developed alternative hospital reimbursement arrangements at a major Blue Cross plan, following his work with DRG’s at a major teaching hospital in New Jersey. He brings considerable provider, payor and employer experience together in ventures designed to control health care costs, establish accountability and enhance quality through integrated efforts. David has an MBA in Health Care Administration with emphasis in financial management from the Wharton School.

Through this diverse, health care industry experience, David has utilized significant skills in contract negotiation, business development and planning, strategy development, operations and relational problem solving. He brings a strong financial and economic background to his thinking as he works with providers and managed care organizations to analyze the environment, evaluate options, develop payment models, negotiate contracts and operate effectively in an increasingly unpredictable environment. Additionally, he applies his knowledge of purchasers gained through his consulting with Towers Perrin and his experience with Medicare and Medicaid to establish a clear market context for planning and contracting. David was formerly the Chair of the HSCSN Board and has served on the Foundation board since 2000.

Koby A. Koomson

Koby A. Koomson served as Ghana's Ambassador to the United States with concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Costa Rica and The Bahamas from October 1997 to January 2001. Prior to his appointment, Koby was the President and CEO of Koomson Financial, a successful tax accounting and management consulting firm in Los Angeles, California. Koby has also worked for Fortune 500 companies including Beatrice Foods International, Groundwater Technology, Transamerica Insurance Company (Medicare & Health Division), and California Federal Bank.

Koby has also served on the boards of several non governmental organizations, including Ghana Development Fund as President (1994- 1996), The American Lung Association, Los Angeles Chapter as Treasurer (1994), Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Economic Development (1996), and Rebuild Los Angeles (1992-1994). He has received many awards including Who's Who in American Business (1992) and the first annual Reverend Leon Sullivan African American Award for Foreign Relations (2000).

Koby played a key and pivotal role in the passage of the African Trade Bill (AGOA) when it was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in May 2000. The trade bill was designed to open US markets to exports from Africa, both duty-free and quota-free. It is also designed to facilitate and enhance trade and investments between the United States and African countries. Koby was also instrumental in the successful negotiation and completion of various accords and agreements between the United States and Ghana including several bilateral, multilateral trade and investment agreements during his tour of duty as Ambassador. These agreements were essential ingredients in developing the critical infrastructure necessary for Ghana’s economic development and also for attracting direct foreign investments.
Koby graduated from the University of Arkansas in Accounting and Management in 1979. He has served on the Foundation board since 2003.

Dorothy H. Mann

Dorothy H. Mann, PhD, MPH holds an appointment as Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Following a highly successful tenure as Regional Health Administrator, US Public Health Service, Region X, she is currently a consultant in board development training and executive coaching. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and past Chair of the Board of Trustees of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. Dorothy is current chair of the Board of Group Health Community Foundation and a member of the Board of the Benaroya Research Institute of Virginia Mason Hospital where she chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee.

Dorothy earned a BA degree from Howard University, a Masters in Public Health/Health Care Administration and Policy from the University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, and a PhD in Health Care Administration and Policy from The Union Institute Graduate School, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dorothy is a community and arts activist. She serves on the boards of the Washington Women’s Foundation, the Center for Women and Democracy, the Museum Development Authority of the Seattle Art Museum, and is a volunteer with the Intiman Theater. Dorothy has served on the Foundation and HSCSN boards since 2004.

Roger E. Meyer

Roger E. Meyer, MD is the CEO of Best Practice Project Management, Inc., providing specific expertise and project management services to drug companies (especially small, mid-size and non-US-based companies) in the development of drugs to treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. The company is also involved in work with non-profit organizations in the development of consensus development conferences in areas of controversy related to these drugs; and, in post marketing studies related to drug safety (including abuse liability), efficacy, and new indications. Roger holds academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He has served as President of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and the American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry. Roger has published more than 165 papers and six books.

Roger is a 1962 graduate of the Harvard Medical School. He completed an internship in internal medicine with Dr. Robert Petersdorf at King County Hospital/University of Washington (Seattle, WN), and a residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in Boston. Following a two year tour of duty at NIH, Roger began a distinguished career as an NIH-funded researcher and research center Director in the area of drug and alcohol abuse that spanned 25 years and three universities (Boston University, Harvard Medical School and the University of Connecticut). At Connecticut, Roger served as Professor and Chair of Psychiatry (1977-1993), Associate Dean (1987-1989), Executive Dean (1989-1992) and Director of the NIH-funded Alcohol Research Center (1978-1993). From 1993-1995, he served as VP Medical Affairs and Executive Dean at George Washington University. Over the course of his career, Roger has also served as consultant and/or grant reviewer for NIDA, NIAAA, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the White House offices on drug abuse in the Nixon, Reagan and Bush 1 administrations. Roger has served on the Hospital and Foundation boards since 2003.

Margaret K. O'Bryon

Margaret K. O'Bryon is president and CEO of the Consumer Health Foundation. The foundation’s work is dedicated to improving the health of Washington, D.C. area communities, particularly the most vulnerable members of these communities, and supporting activities that enable people to be more actively involved in their own health.

Prior to joining CHF, Margaret worked for Prince Charitable Trusts. She also served as the Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Development Research at the George Washington University. Her early career was spent working for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Margaret was named a Kellogg National Fellow. She currently serves in a leadership capacity in a number of organizations, including Washington Grantmakers Health Working Group; the national Board of Grantmakers In Health; the Washington AIDS Partnership; the national advisory committee of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Community Health Leadership Program; D.C. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC); and the D.C. Nonprofit Finance Fund. Margaret has degrees from Hamilton/Kirkland College (BA) and George Washington University (Masters in Urban and Regional Planning). She has been a member of the Foundation board since 2004.

Suzanne M. Randolph

Suzanne M. Randolph, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Family Studies at University of Maryland, College Park. Her Ph.D. is in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Her BS in psychology is from Howard University. Suzanne teaches courses on research methods, ethnic families, family theories and patterns, and developing logic models and evaluation plans for family programs. Her research interests include a focus on the early development of children in African American families, and evaluation of family-focused, community-based health programs for families of color.

Suzanne has conducted a number of research studies via community-university partnerships including serving as PI on a federally funded study of Community Violence Prevention in Head Start Families, PI of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Evaluation of the Opening Doors Programs, which focused on reducing sociocultural barriers to health care; co-Project Director of a Family Strengthening grant from the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; focus group leader for the University of Maryland-Vesta, Inc. Partnership for Families with a Member Diagnosed with Schizophrenia; and evaluator for the Norfolk State University-Norfolk Housing Authority Effective Black Parenting Program. She has also served as Co-PI on the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development; and Co-PI on the Johns Hopkins University Study of Poverty and the Ecology of African American Children’s Development. She was evaluator for the CDC-funded HIV/AIDS Education programs of the American National Red Cross and on the evaluation team of the CDC Minority AIDS Initiative fielded by the MayaTech Corporation of Silver Spring, Maryland. Suzanne has also served on technical work groups and advisory panels for federal and local agencies, including the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Evaluating the Effects of Welfare Reform, and the USDHHS Secretary’s Committee on Evaluation of Head Start. She has also served on local panels and boards, including the Washington AIDS Partnership, and the Board of Trustees of the Consumer Health Foundation.

Suzanne is a Past National President of the Association of Black Psychologists, and is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, the American Public Health Association, and the American Evaluation Association. She has served on the Foundation board since 2004.

Robert G. Rosenberg

Robert G. Rosenberg, MD is a senior medical manager with a distinguished and successful career in managed care spanning over 25 years. He is currently a Child Survival and Health Fellow of Johns Hopkins University serving as a Senior Advisor in health care systems at US AID. Past activities include consulting and business development both in the domestic and international healthcare markets with particular focus on quality improvement programs and technological solutions for care management within integrated delivery systems, HMOs and provider organizations.

Bob is a graduate of Princeton University and Tufts Medical School and is a Board Certified Pediatrician. He served as both Medical Director and Executive Director for Group Health Association of Washington, DC, as corporate medical director for Prudential and as Chief Medical Officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Maryland. He led the efforts to create NCQA and has continued to serve as a reviewer with that organization. Bob has served on The HSC Pediatric Center and Foundation boards since 2004.

Elliot A. Segal

Elliot A. Segal has spent more than three decades as a leader in health care delivery and finance in both the public and private sectors. Currently he is President and CEO of Cancer Tracers, a company dedicated to developing tumor markers for the early detection and therapy monitoring of cancer. He is the founder of Patient Power, a company allowing individuals to create their own electronic medical folders.

Elliot was formerly CEO of National Capital PPO and Founder of National Capital Health Plan. Prior to that, he was a consultant for health plans and large self-funded Fortune 500 companies. Elliot has extensive experience in government and academia. He served the US Congress as Staff Director of the Health Subcommittee and the Health Unit of Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee under the House Commerce Committee, Staff Member of the Full House Commerce Committee, and as Senior Aide for Health Affairs for Senator Warren G. Magnuson. He has also served as Assistant Dean of the Yale University School of Medicine, where he was also Director of Regional Activities, Health Manpower, and Development.

Elliott currently serves as Trustee to the United Mine Workers, a Congressionally Enacted Health Trust Fund, which provides health care benefits and innovative care management initiatives of health care demonstration programs and prescription drugs. He has an M.UrS, and MPH from Yale University and a B.A. in biology from Brandeis University. Elliot has served on the Foundation board since 2003.

Kenneth H. Silverberg

Kenneth H. Silverberg joined the Washington office of Nixon Peabody LLP in 1990 as a partner following 20 years of practice as a CPA and tax partner with Arthur Andersen & Co. He counsels and represents health care, not-for-profit, and corporate clients in tax and business matters. He has represented these clients in negotiating mergers and corporate reorganizations, in resolving governance and financial issues, in designing and implementing employee benefit plans, in negotiating joint ventures and employment contracts and in various tax planning areas. Ken is experienced in identifying the business, governance and tax planning opportunities inherent in routine hospital operations, as well as in unusual situations such as mergers, reorganizations, IRS audits and litigation. He also represents a number of clients, both nonprofit and for-profit, in tax audits and litigation.

Ken has been active in several local civic and charitable activities, and has served as both an officer and board member of those organizations. He currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of a small local pension fund and as an advisor to a large nonprofit organization´s VEBA. In these roles he regularly participates in the investment oversight function, decisions on the selection and retention of investment advisory firms and the design and implementation of insurance and retirement plans.

In both 2007 and 2008, Ken was recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by the Washington DC Super Lawyers Magazine, which featured the top 5% of attorneys in the Washington DC area. In 2005, he was recognized as Washington, D.C.´s "Top Tax Lawyer" by the Washington Business Journal. Ken joined the Foundation board in 2008.

Tom Walsh

Tom Walsh is a financial advisor with The Washington Group. A focus of his practice is comprehensive planning for families with special needs. Mindful of the particular emotional, social and financial issues facing special needs families, the planning seeks to assure that access to available benefits is being maximized and that opportunities for the present and future financial well-being of the care giver and the present and future care and well being of the special needs loved one are optimized. Tom is a member of a special needs family himself.

A native of the Washington D.C area, he is a graduate of Williams College and Georgetown University Law School. After several years at the FCC and in private law practice, Tom spent 12 years as General Counsel at Project HOPE, a charity dedicated to helping countries develop their medical care systems. Tom serves on the Board of Directors of Potomac Community Resources, a Washington area non-profit providing therapeutic, social, recreational, and educational programs to adolescents and adults with developmental differences. Tom also serves on the Board of Eco-Spirit, an environmental organization dedicated to educating about man´s inter-relationship with the environment and Community of Content Creators, a Los Angeles based organization harnessing the volunteer talent of the entertainment industry to produce and disseminate information about causes. He lives in Bethesda with his wife and son. Tom joined the Foundation board in 2008.

Michael D. Ward

Michael D. Ward, CPA is currently a Partner in the firm of Walker & Company, LLP, a locally owned and managed professional services firm. He has responsibility for Business Development Services as well as Training and Technical Assistance. In this capacity, Michael oversees the provision of outsourced accounting and financial management services to a variety of nonprofit and private sector organizations and a training and technical assistance practice with a national scope that serves hundreds of nonprofits each year. His work with clients includes strategic financial management, overseeing day-to-day accounting operations, assisting clients with the development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures appropriate to the organization’s work, and providing technical assistance in regulations surrounding Federal awards and the development and implementation of the systems and processes required to account for Federal funds.

Michael has leveraged his prior experience in accounting, marketing, and management in delivering these services. Prior to joining Walker & Company, Michael was the Chief Executive Officer of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, a social concerns agency of the Archdiocese of Washington, providing services to children, youth, and adults with developmental disabilities in the greater Washington area. Michael has also worked with MCI Telecommunications, Price Waterhouse, and Deloitte & Touche. He holds a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University with a concentration in Accounting. Michael served on the HSCSN board from 2003 – 2007, in 2007 he served as Chair. Michael joined the Foundation board in 2008.

Herbert Weldon

Herbert Weldon has over twenty-five years experience in management in healthcare and finance. Currently, he is president of Weldon Management Associates LLC, an independent consulting firm advising healthcare clients and other businesses on issues related to policy, government relations, market expansions, product development /management, strategic partnerships, health related benefits, and asset management. Previously, he served as Senior Deputy Director for Medical Assistance (Medicaid Director) in the D.C. Department of Health. Other positions include Deputy Commissioner, Georgia Department of Medical Assistance; Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Hospital and Medical Center in Atlanta; Corporate Planning and Marketing Planning & Research directors at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia; and positions in financial analysis and planning with Chevron in San Francisco and Northrop in Los Angeles.

Herb earned an MBA in Finance and Marketing (Kellogg School of Management) and a BA in Economics, both from Northwestern University. While working in the insurance industry, he earned professional designations as a CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist), ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant), and a CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter). Herb has served on the Foundation and HSCSN boards since 2003.