Opportunity Knocks: Opening the Door to Coverage
Washington Marriott
Washington, D.C.
July 30 – August 1, 2013
Participant List
Alabama
Suzanne Respess
Children’s of Alabama
suzanne.respess@childrensal.org
Arkansas
Laura Kellams
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
lkellams@aradvocates.org
Gerard Matthews
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
gmatthews@aradvocates.org
Anna Strong
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
astrong@aradvocates.org
California
Judy Darnell
United Ways of California
jdarnell@unitedwaysca.org
Lisa Han
The Children’s Partnership
lhan@childrenspartnership.org
Kelly Hardy
Children Now
khardy@childrennow.org
Anna Hasselblad
California Coverage & Health Initiatives
ahasselblad@cchi4families.org
Stephanie Hodson
United Ways of California
shodson@unitedwaysca.org
Gene Lewit
Stanford University
genelewit@outlook.com
Beth Morrow
The Children’s Partnership
bmorrow@childrenspartnership.org
Mike Odeh
Children Now
modeh@childrennow.org
Autumn Ogden
California Coverage & Health Initiatives
aogden@cchi4families.org
Diana Ragbeer
The Children’s Trust
diana@thechildrenstrust.org
Suzie Shupe
California Coverage & Health Initiatives
sshupe@cchi4families.org
Linda Raybin
Broward County Children's Services
Administration Section
lraybin@broward.org
Michele Stillwell-Parvensky
Children’s Defense Fund – California
mstillwellparvensky@childrensdefense.org
Karen Woodall
Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy
fcfep@yahoo.com
Colorado
Georgia
Cody Belzley
Colorado Children’s Campaign
cody@coloradokids.org
Stephanie Brooks
Colorado Community Health Network
Covering Kids & Families
sbrooks@cchn.org
Gretchen Hammer
Colorado Coalition for the Medically
Underserved
gretchen.hammer@ccmu.org
Amy Latham
Colorado Health Foundation
alatham@coloradohealth.org
Florida
Leah Barber-Heinz
Florida CHAIN
leahb@floridachain.org
Ida Eskamani
Florida CHAIN
ida.eskamani@hotmail.com
Betsy Havens
Florida Legal Services, Inc.
betsy@floridalegal.org
Benjamin Milton
The Children’s Trust
ben@thechildrenstrust.org
Danté McKay
Voices for Georgia’s Children, Child Health
dmckay@georgiavoices.org
Idaho
Lauren Necochea
Idaho KIDS COUNT, Mountain States Group,
Inc.
lnecochea@mtnstatesgroup.org
Illinois
John Bouman
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
johnbouman@povertylaw.org
Kathy Chan
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
kchan@ilmaternal.org
Andrea Kovach
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
andreakovach@povertylaw.org
Janine Lewis
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
jlewis@ilmaternal.org
Iowa
Charlie Bruner
Iowa Child and Family Policy Center
cbruner@cfpciowa.org
Kansas
Minnesota
Joshua Dieker
Kansas Health Consumer Coalition
josh@kshealthconsumer.com
Elaine Cunningham
Children's Defense Fund - Minnesota
cunningham@cdf-mn.org
Suzanne Wikle
Kansas Action for Children
suzanne@kac.org
Stephanie Hogenson
Children's Defense Fund - Minnesota
hogenson@cdf-mn.org
Kentucky
Mississippi
Katie Carter
Kentucky Youth Advocates
kcarter@kyyouth.org
Judy Barber
Mississippi Human Services Agenda
hn0137@earthlink.net
Anne Joseph
Covering Kentucky Kids and Families
annejoseph@earthlink.net
Rims Barber
Mississippi Human Services Agenda
hn0137@earthlink.net
Maryland
Oleta Fitzgerald
Children’s Defense Fund - Southern Regional
Office
ofitzgerald@childrensdefense.org
Michele Burton
Advocates for Children and Youth
mburton23@gmail.com
Leigh Cobb
Advocates for Children & Youth
lscobb4@gmail.com
Suzanne Schlattman
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education
Fund, Inc.
suzanne@healthcareforall.com
Neha Trivedi
Advocates for Children & Youth
ntrivedi@acy.org
Michigan
Ayesha Ghazi
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
ayesha@consumersforhealthcare.org
Ryan Sullivan
Michigan Consumers for Healthcare
ryan@consumersforhealthcare.org
Linda Rigsby
Mississippi Center for Justice
lrigsby@mscenterforjustice.org
Kim Robinson
Children’s Defense Fund - Southern Regional
Office
krobinson@childrensdefense.org
New Jersey
Mary Coogan
Advocates for Children of New Jersey
mcoogan@acnj.org
New Mexico
Claire Dudley
New Mexico Voices for Children
cdudley@nmvoices.org
Sovereign Hager
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
sovereign@nmpovertylaw.org
Bill Jordan
New Mexico Voices for Children
billjordan7@yahoo.com
Joan Benso
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
jbenso@papartnerships.org
Dorianne Mason
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
dorianne@nmpovertylaw.org
George Hoover
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children
ghoover@papartnerships.org
Ruth Williams
YDI - Elev8 New Mexico
rwilliams@ydinm.org
Rhode Island
New York
Jim Beasley
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
jbeasley@rikidscount.org
Lorraine Gonzalez-Camastra
Children's Defense Fund - New York
lgonzalez@cdfny.org
Jill Beckwith
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
jbeckwith@rikidscount.org
Lauren Tobias
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
ltobias@scaany.org
Tennessee
Bridget Walsh
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy
bwalsh@scaany.org
North Carolina
Adam Searing
North Carolina Justice Center
adam@ncjustice.org
Ohio
Sandy Oxley
Voices for Ohio’s Children
soxley@vfc-oh.org
Brandi Scales
Voices for Ohio's Children
bscales@vfc-oh.org
Pennsylvania
Ann Bacharach
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
abacharach@phlp.org
Michele Johnson
Tennessee Justice Center
mjohnson@tnjustice.org
Beth Uselton
Baptist Healing Trust
beth.uselton@healingtrust.org
Texas
Laura Brubaker
Engage Texas
laura@engagetexas.org
Anne Dunkelberg
Center for Public Policy Priorities
dunkelberg@cppp.org
Laura Guerra-Cardus
Children's Defense Fund - Texas
lguerracar@childrensdefense.org
Katrina Mendiola
Engage Texas
katrina@engagetexas.org
Liz Moskowitz
Texans Care for Children
moskowitz@txchildren.org
Clayton Travis
Texans Care for Children
ctravis@txchildren.org
Courtney Watson
Children's Defense Fund - Texas
cwatson@childrensdefense.org
Utah
Karen Crompton
Voices for Utah Children
karen@utahchildren.org
Lincoln Nehring
Voices for Utah Children
lincoln@utahchildren.org
Randal Serr
Utah Health Policy Project
randal@healthpolicyproject.org
Virginia
Kim Bemberis
Virginia Health Care Foundation
kimb@vhcf.org
Jill Hanken
Virginia Poverty Law Center
jill@vplc.org
Kate Honsberger
Virginia Health Care Foundation
kateh@vhcf.org
Polly Raible
Virginia Health Care Foundation
polly@vhcf.org
Washington
Marissa Chavez
Children's Alliance
marissa@childrensalliance.org
Christina Peters
Children’s Alliance
christina@childrensalliance.org
Wisconsin
Sara Eskrich
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
seskrich@wccf.org
Jon Peacock
Wisconsin Council on Children and Families
jpeacock@wccf.org
National Partners
Khalil Abdullah
New America Media
kabdullah@newamericamedia.org
Natacha Blain
Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families
nblain@gcyf.org
Ashley Boyd
MomsRising
ashley@momsrising.org
Tess Byars
Wellspring Advisors
tlbyars@wellspringadvisors.com
Erica Cali
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
ecali@manatt.com
Dave Chandra
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
chandra@cbpp.org
Kimberley Chin
Atlantic Philanthropies
k.chin@atlanticphilanthropies.org
Liz Clark
Spitfire Strategies
liz@spitfirestrategies.com
Sandy Close
New America Media
sclose@newamericamedia.org
Sabrina Corlette
The Center on Health Insurance Reforms
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
sc732@georgetown.edu
Elizabeth Curwen
Spitfire Strategies
elizabeth@spitfirestrategies.com
Ketayoun Darvich-Kodjouri
Spitfire Strategies
ketayoun@spitfirestrategies.com
Eunice Delumen
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
edelumen@packard.org
Judy Feder
Georgetown University Public Policy Institute
The Urban Institute
federj@georgetown.edu
Carrie Fitzgerald
First Focus
carrief@firstfocus.net
Shelby Gonzales
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
gonzales@cbpp.org
Molly Grieco
Spitfire Strategies
mgrieco@spitfirestrategies.com
Jocelyn Guyer
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
jguyer@manatt.com
Elizabeth Hagan
Enroll America
ehagan@enrollamerica.org
Joanne Jee
National Academy for State Health Policy
jjee@nashp.org
Lauren Birchfield Kennedy
National Partnership for Women & Families
lkennedy@nationalpartnership.org
Jenny Kenney
The Urban Institute
jkenney@urban.org
Kathleen King
Children’s Defense Fund
kking@childrensdefense.org
Bruce Lesley
First Focus
brucel@firstfocus.net
Deepak Madala
Enroll America
dmadala@enrollamerica.org
Meera Mani
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
mmani@packard.org
Stephen McConnell
Atlantic Philanthropies
s.mcconnell@atlanticphilanthropies.org
Stephanie McGencey
Voices for America’s Children
mcgencey@voices.org
Ann McMillan
Grantmakers in Health
amcmillan@gih.org
Maggie Owner
Spitfire Strategies
maggie@spitfirestrategies.com
Jeannina Perez
MomsRising
nina@momsrising.org
Elizabeth Perry
Families USA
eperry@familiesusa.org
Colin Reusch
Children’s Dental Health Project
creusch@cdhp.org
Angelique Roche
MomsRising
arocheesq@gmail.com
Bernadette Sangalang
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
bsangalang@packard.org
Judy Waxman
National Women’s Law Center
jwaxman@nwlc.org
Lisa Shapiro
First Focus
lisas@firstfocus.net
Alan Weil
National Academy for State Health Policy
aweil@nashp.org
Aaron Smith
Young Invincibles
aaron.smith@younginvincibles.org
Felicia Willems
MomsRising
felicia@momsrising.org
Amy Smoucha
Families USA
asmoucha@familiesusa.org
Garrick Wong
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
gwong@packard.org
Judy Solomon
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
solomon@cbpp.org
Liane Wong
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
lwong@packard.org
Eva Stahl
Community Catalyst
emstahl@communitycatalyst.org
Matthew Wright
Voices for America’s Children
wright@voices.org
Jeff Sunshine
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
jsunshine@packard.org
Samantha Yale
Spitfire Strategies
samantha@spitfirestrategies.com
Molly Tsongas
Spitfire Strategies
molly@spitfirestrategies.com
Federal Speakers
Tasha Tucker
Atlantic Philanthropies
t.tucker@atlanticphilanthropies.org
Wayne Turner
National Health Law Program
turner@healthlaw.org
Angela Botticella
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
angela.botticella@hhs.gov
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight
chiquita.brooks-lasure@cms.hhs.gov
Tresa Undem
PerryUndem Research/Communication
tresa@perryundem.com
Vicki Gottlich
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance
Oversight
vicki.gottlich@cms.hhs.gov
JoAnn Volk
The Center on Health Insurance Reforms
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
jcv28@georgetown.edu
Jessica Khan
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
jessica.kahn@cms.hhs.gov
Cindy Mann
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
cynthia.mann@cms.hhs.gov
Donna Cohen Ross
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services
donna.cohenross@cms.hhs.gov
Kelly Whitener
Senate Finance Committee
kelly_whitener@finance.senate.gov
Jason Young
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
jason.young@hhs.gov
Georgetown University
Center for Children and Families
Joan Alker
jca25@georgetown.edu
Tricia Brooks
pab62@georgetown.edu
Elisabeth Wright Burak
ewb27@georgetown.edu
Martha Heberlein
meh88@georgetown.edu
Jane Hoffman
jh1653@georgetown.edu
Cathy Hope
cjh73@georgetown.edu
Tara Mancini
tmm64@georgetown.edu
Wesley Prater
wsp7@georgetown.edu
Sonya Schwartz
ss3361@georgetown.edu
Joe Touschner
jdt38@georgetown.edu
Karina Wagnerman
khw24@georgetown.edu
Dinah Wiley
dw688@georgetown.edu