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george t. Roberts, jr., facheChairGeorge T. Roberts, Jr., has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northeast Texas Public Health District since November 2006. The Northeast Texas Public Health District is a local Health Department and is a political subdivision under the State of Texas established by the City of Tyler and Smith County. Services provided by the Health District include Community Transformation, Disease Surveillance, Environmental Health, Immunization, Tuberculosis Control, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Regional Laboratory, Tyler Animal Control, Vital Statistics, and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) Program. The Health District primarily serves Tyler and Smith County but also provides some services in 20 counties in East Texas. The WIC Program serves an 20 county area and Public Health Emergency Preparedness serves a 7 county region.
Mr. Roberts has over 30 years of health care experience, the majority of which was spent in hospital administration, having previously served at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, and Henderson Memorial Hospital in Henderson, Texas. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from SMU in Dallas and a Master’s Degree in Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He currently serves as the Immediate Past Board chairman for the Texas Health Institute Board of Directors and as the Past Chairman of the Texas Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Partnership. He has recently served in a Leadership capacity for Tyler’s Fit City Challenge which seeks to make Tyler a Fit City, “one step, one bite, and one health conscious decision at a time.” Mr. Roberts is active in a number of church, Tyler community, and statewide efforts. He is married to Leslie Griffiths Roberts, and they have 2 children—Claire, age 19 and Travis, age 15. |
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George N. Miller, Jr. MHSA, FACHEIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
George brings in over three decades of leadership experience in improving health care and public health in Texas and nationally. Currently, he serves as the President/CEO at Loretto Hospital, a not-for-profit, community-focused health care provider serving the Chicago’s Austin and surrounding communities. Prior to this, he served as the President and CEO at CommUnity Care Health Center. CommUnityCare is the largest FQHC in Texas and the 10th largest in America.
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Ben G. Raimer, M.Dimmediate past chairDr. Ben Raimer is a tenured professor in the departments of Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). He also serves as senior vice president of UTMB’s Office of Health Policy & Legislative Affairs. He previously served as vice president for the Office of Community Health Services, vice president for the Office of Community Outreach, chief physician executive for UTMB Correctional Managed Care, and chief physician executive for the Group Practice of Medicine at UTMB.
He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He holds an undergraduate degree in biology from East Texas Baptist University, a master’s degree in human genetics from the UTMB Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and a doctorate from the UTMB School of Medicine. A nationally recognized expert on prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, he has been honored by several children’s advocacy organizations for his contributions. Dr. Raimer serves on a number of advisory panels and committees for various government agencies and professional organizations, including the Texas Health Institute, the Texas Pediatric Society, and the Texas Children’s Defense Fund. He is also serving a second term as chair of the Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency Board of Directors. |
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ANkit sanghavi, bds, mphSecretary-TreasurerAnkit currently serves as the Executive Director of Texas Health Institute. Previously, he was Director of Texas Health Institute’s Community and Oral Health Program Ankit provides leadership and direction on all Texas Health Institute initiatives and develops collaborative efforts with Texas Health Institute’s local, state, and national partners, while continuing to lead the oral health program.. Before joining Texas Health Institute, Ankit worked at Williamson County and Cities Health District, where he conceptualized, developed and managed the Public Health Practice Review process to measure impact of current efforts and guide agency strategic decisions based on research and data. Ankit earned a Master of Public Health from Texas A&M University in 2014 and Bachelor of Dental Surgery from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences India in 2011. His professional interests are research, innovation, and data in health care.
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CAmille Miller, MSSWPresident/CEO emeritus, Texas Health InstituteCamille D. Miller is the former president and CEO of Texas Health Institute (THI) she served in that position from 1996 to September 16, 2017. After completing bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology and social work, Miller gained extensive experience in policy research and development, planning, researching and developing state policy to address health and human services issues. Ms. Miller serves on numerous boards throughout the state of Texas. In 2009, Ms. Miller received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers. In May 2010, she was granted the Honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service by the Board of Regents of the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas. Most recently Ms. Miller has been appointed to the MPH/DrPH Advisory Council at the University of North Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, 2015. Miller is also a member of the Public Health Transformation Sentinel Network of the National Association of County & City Health Officials, (NACCHO).
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daniel Crowe, md, facptrusteeDaniel Crowe, MD, FACP is a Physician Executive, Diabetologist, and a leader in changing the paradigm for managing chronic pain and addiction. He is Senior Medical Director with Superior Health Plan, an Austin-based, fully-integrated physical and behavioral health Medicaid Managed Care Organization that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation. At Superior, he leads efforts to integrate physical health and mental health and to address the complex needs of those with multiple chronic diseases and substance use disorders. His role at Superior includes advancing the transformation of health care to a value-based payment system. Prior to joining Superior, he was Chief Medical Officer of CommUnityCare in Austin, TX, a Federally Qualified Health Center providing care for the underserved in Central Texas at 22 sites throughout the Greater Austin area. Before moving to Austin, he was head of the Diabetes Program at Southboro Medical Group in the Greater Metro Boston area where he was also Assistant Medical Director. He was a member of the Clinical Advisory Board for the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology and has been a long-time member of the Diabetes Technology Society. He is a graduate of the IHI's Innovation College and has worked on health care reform in New England and in Texas. He is a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt and is experienced in using the IHI's Model for Improvement. Dr. Crowe is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Austin Dell Medical School. In addition, he is a Board member of the Texas Health Institute. In their spare time, he and his wife perform jazz and enjoy the outdoors together.
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Carol Paret
EXECUTIVE COMMITEE MEMBERCarol Paret is the Chief Community Benefits Officer for Memorial Hermann Hospital System and CEO of Memorial Hermann Community Benefit Corporation. In addition to overseeing Memorial Hermann’s community efforts, she is the privacy and security officer and has accountability for the medical records function, CME and a large family practice residency program. She did her undergraduate work at University of Houston and her graduate studies at University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston. Her career in healthcare began with a community health planning emphasis and for the past 30 years she has been with Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. She is currently serving as past Board Chairman of Gateway to Care, a collaborative involving 165+ agencies whose mission is to improve access to care for Houston’s uninsured and the Provider Health Network, a project access model for specialty care.
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Jordan J. HermanEXECUTIVE COMMITEE MEMBERJordan Herman is chair of the Austin corporate department. He has experience with technology, venture capital, commercial, joint venture, and M&A transactions in the technology, life sciences and media industries. Mr. Herman counsels clients regarding privacy data security.
Prior to his tenure at Baker Botts, Mr. Herman clerked for the Honorable James M. Rosenbaum, former Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Minnesota. |
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william buster, matrusteeWilliam serves as EVP of Community Investments at the St. David's Foundation. He leads and oversees the Foundation's grant-making and community programs, including the St. David’s Dental Program.
Prior to joining the Foundation in 2016, William was the Owner and Lead Consultant for Common-Unity Philanthropic and Nonprofit Advisors. He also worked with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where he served as the Director of Mississippi and New Orleans Programs as well as Advisor to the President on Men and Boys of Color, and as a Program Officer with the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, with a focus on AR, LA, TN, MS and parts of Appalachia. Earlier in his career, he was the Program Director for Community Development for the Greensboro Education and Development Council. William has a Master of Arts in Policy and Practice of Development from the University of New Hampshire, and a Bachelor of Arts from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University. |
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Tonya Fuqua, D.D.S.trusteeDr. Tonya Fuqua also received a DDS degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and continues to hone her skills through postgraduate study. She holds professional membership in the American College of Dentists, Children’s Oral Health Coalition of Tarrant County, American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, and Fort Worth District Dental Society. She is a former member of the U.S. Air Force, where she served as an active duty dental officer at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio.
In addition to passion for serving her patients, Dr. Tonya Fuqua dedicates a great deal of her time to serving the community. Her most significant accomplishment may be the founding and managing of Save a Smile, a non-profit dental program that serves low income children in our community. Led by Cook Children’s Medical Center, Save a Smile provides thousands of dollars of need-based services each year for children who might otherwise go without dental care. Dr. Fuqua works to enlists volunteer dentists and coordinates with Communities In Schools to deliver a truly unparalleled dental outreach program that has so far touched the lives of over 36 thousand young people throughout Tarrant County. Drs. Steven and Tonya Fuqua reside in Keller and have two young daughters |
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Michael HoletrusteeMichael Hole is a physician, professor, researcher, and entrepreneur at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is joint faculty at Dell Medical School and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Dr. Hole is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Population Health, and Public Policy, as well as Director of Social Entrepreneurship for Texas Health CoLab, a university hub for innovation. He teaches business and US public policy to graduate students, and he is a pediatrician onboard Children’s Health Express, a mobile clinic serving Austin’s highest-risk families and street youths.
Dr. Hole started his career in social services focused on child trafficking before founding two international development campaigns, which helped fund a primary school in Uganda; an orphanage for disabled children abandoned during Haiti’s 2010 earthquake; and a new food product for malnourished youths globally. He is Co-Founder and Co-Director at StreetCred, a national nonprofit helping low-income families file taxes, build wealth, and apply for basic resources in pediatricians’ waiting rooms, which placed him on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list. Dr. Hole, a first-generation college graduate, was the top student at Butler University before earning an MD and MBA from Stanford University with concentrations in public management, community health, and social innovation. He completed pediatrics residency at Harvard Medical School and joined the Board of Directors at Texas Health Institute in 2018. |
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Shawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIHTRUSTEEShawn Gibbs, PhD, MBA, CIH, is Dean of the Texas A&M University School of Public Health. Shawn has over a hundred articles in industrial hygiene and environmental exposure assessment, focusing on disrupting transmission of highly infectious diseases. He is a Member of USEPA Board of Scientific Counselors for Homeland Security. He was a U.S. Faculty Fulbright Scholar to Egypt and has been PI of three Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Programs (Egypt and Libya). His research helped to determine national policies, procedure, and best practices for response to Ebola virus disease, COVID-19, and other highly infectious diseases. Shawn has held roles in organizations, such as National Ebola Training and Education Center, Hispanic Health Disparities Research Center, NIOSH funded Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, and Director of Research for the CDC/DHHS funded Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Shawn is heavily involved in national worker training programs in Hazardous Materials Disaster Preparedness Training and Hazardous Waste Worker Training. He is a national leader in the research, training, and policy related to national and international responses to highly infectious disease outbreaks, including developing procedures for aeromedical evacuation isolation.
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Kim JonestrusteeKim Jones is the Director of Testing, Research and Consumer Insight for Deli Management Inc, the parent company for Jason’s Deli. She is also the Nutrition Specialist for Jason’s. She has worked for the brand for 16 years in a variety of positions, including ones in Operations and Training.
Throughout her career with Jason’s Deli, food – the quality of and education about – has been a passion. She has created numerous continuing education seminars about food, nutrition and healthy living for Jason’s Deli management teams as well as for families of employees. These seminars have been presented to hundreds of customers as well as their companies across the country. She is a graduate of The University of North Texas and is also a board member of the Jason’s Deli Family Fund – a not for profit organization created to help assist Jason’s Deli Team Members during catastrophic events in their lives. Previously, she spent time working in Operations Management for Applebee’s International, Red Lobster and various other full service dining establishments. |
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JOHN AUGUST BVETMED, MS, MRCVStrusteeJohn August is a native of Surrey, England. He received his pre-veterinary education at Eastbourne College in Sussex, England. In 1973, he graduated with honors from the Royal Veterinary College at the University of London, and became a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
His professional interests include feline internal medicine, distance education, and the effective use of educational technology in the classroom to promote learning. Dr. August shared responsibility for the feline internal medicine service in the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for 15 years. In 2014, he was selected as the Evelyn Williams Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney. He was the editor-in-chief of Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine, volumes 1 through 6, published by Saunders Elsevier. Volume 6 was published in 2010. On March 1, 2019, he assumed the role as Interim Dean for the School of Public Health. |
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Donna M. Meyer, Ph.D.trusteeDr. Meyer is a specialist in community health; she uses her doctorate in Public Health to provide leadership for developing programs and services which focus on improving the health of local and global communities. This includes developing innovative care management strategies for the underserved in communities in the US and Mexico and working with communities to develop and organize integrated community delivery programs that are affordable and sustainable retail models. Her specialty is measuring community health outcomes and comparative effectiveness research.
Dr. Meyer currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice in the Department of Health Management and Policy where she teaches Evidence based Community Health and Social Justice and Social Ethics. She also provides consulting services in community benefit and in socially responsible investing. She is retired from CHRISTUS Health; a Texas based Catholic Health System. During her tenure she served as a health care administrator and for more than ten years, she provided corporate leadership for Community Health Services. She serves on the Board of Directors for and actively participates with the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility. She recently helped found and serves on the Board of Directors of the Isaiah Funds, investment tools designed to help faith-based institutional investors effectively and securely supply capital for post-disaster economic rebuilding. She serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of health related organizations including Texas Health Institute and Adelaide Lafón, a large medical home operation in Mexico. She also is a member the University of Texas Conflict of Interest Committee and of the advisory committee for the Certificate Program in Community Benefit at Saint Louis University School of Public Health. Dr. Meyer is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives; she earned her BS and MS from the University of Minnesota and her Doctorate from the University Of Texas School Of Public Health. |
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Michael Monopoli, DMD, MPH, MStrusteeDr. Michael Monopoli is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He received Master of Public Health and Master of Science degrees from the Harvard University School of Public Health. Dr. Monopoli also completed a fellowship in Geriatric Dentistry at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Veterans Administration. Dr. Monopoli served as the dental director of the Office of Oral Health for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health from 1995-2001. Dr. Monopoli is presently the Executive Director of the DentaQuest Foundation in Boston, MA. At the Foundation, Dr. Monopoli leads the Foundation’s grant making activities and strategies to advance systems change by supporting a growing aligned national network to improve oral health and promoting health equity. Dr. Monopoli also works across the DentaQuest Enterprise and with external entities, including federal and state government agencies, academia, other health organizations, and community groups to establish, promote and provide support to partnerships and collaborations that can impact positive oral health policy nationally. Dr. Monopoli is a past President of the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD).
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Clayton A. Ripley, CPATRUSTEEClayton A. Ripley, CPA is a managing director of Town Lake Capital Management. His firm is an Austin-based registered investment advisor serving foundations and endowment funds that seek to implement the endowment model. The firm’s expertise lies in executing a low-cost, all-liquid endowment portfolio using the knowledge gleaned from more than a decade of experience working with some of the largest foundations and endowments in the nation. Mr. Ripley is a graduate of Baylor University with a degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Ripley serves as an at-large board member for the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants as well as a member of the board of the TSCPA Austin Chapter's Financial Literacy Task Force. Clayton serves as treasurer and board member of the Texas Land Trust Council. Mr. Ripley resides in Austin with his family.
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Lee Spangler, JDtrusteeLee Spangler is vice president of government relations at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX), where he directs the company’s state advocacy efforts.
Lee joined the organization after spending 16 years at the Texas Medical Association, where he served as vice president of medical economics. The Division of Medical Economics represents, develops policy for, and advocates for the Texas Medical Association on regulatory, socioeconomic, and health policy issues at state and federal levels. For the nine years prior to his appointment as vice president, Lee was associate general counsel practicing insurance law, health law, and administrative law for the Association. Lee earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Saint Edward’s University in Austin and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Dayton School of Law. Prior to working for Texas Medical Association, Lee was the acting general counsel for the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners, a staff attorney for the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and a staff attorney with the Texas Department of Insurance where he specialized in issues relating to HMO solvency. Among his accomplishments is his appointment to the Texas Attorney General's HIPAA Preemption Analysis Task Force, where he assisted the Attorney General and his staff in reviewing Texas laws that relate to confidential health information. Lee also served as chair of the State Bar of Texas Health Law Section and is currently still a member. |
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Sandy Tovar, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, AE-CtrusteeDr. Sandy Tovar is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Asthma Educator at the Allergy & Asthma Center in McAllen, Texas. Dr. Tovar earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, her Master of Science in Nursing from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, formerly Corpus Christi State University, in 1988, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2017. Dr. Tovar is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing.
Dr. Tovar’s involvement in health policy began while she was an undergraduate nursing student, volunteering with her state representative at the capitol. During her professional career, she has held leadership positions representing nursing on numerous local, state and national committees. She is actively involved in legislative issues and health policy. Currently, she is the chair of Texas Nurses Association’s (TNA’s) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) committee and serves on TNA’s Policy Council. Dr. Tovar shares her clinical knowledge about allergic conditions and asthma by lecturing to professional organizations, providers, educators, school nurses, students and parents. She an active member in her community serving on Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance Asthma Management Committee. In 2017, she was awarded The Community Health and Service Award by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Cizik School of Nursing. |
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Kimberly WolfTRUSTEEKim Wolf is a Managing Director in Accenture's Health Technology Strategy and Advisory practice. She has spent her career focused on supporting health organizations through the definition and implementation of strategic transformations to their core business using New IT concepts around digital and cloud. She has helped organizations tackle business problems for everything from product and contract strategy to claims administration and clinical programs, innovating with various technology solutions.
Through her exposure to the entire health value chain, she has developed a passion for identifying opportunities to drive change into the health of her community. She is focused on partnering with Government Program Payers to meet the unique needs of their members, especially around health equity. Kim is a graduate of Rice University and now resides in Austin |