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Organizational Structure

 

The Council membership consists of the regional directors of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and U.S. Department of Education, as well as the State Commissioners of health, housing, education and environment, directors of large municipal housing authorities and select representatives from managed care, housing, health, education and environmental advocacy organizations.

The General Membership consists of the Council members as well as the members of our committees, and others interested in participating or supporting the council's efforts. The Council is lead by an Executive Director under the supervision of a seven member Executive Committee drawn from the council membership.

The current Executive Committee is:

Chair
Betsy Rosenfeld, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region I

Members
Suzanne Condon, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Carmine DiBattista, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (retired)
Michael Kuczma, Maine Department of Education
Megan Sandel, MD, Boston Medical Center
Eileen Storey, MD, University of Connecticut Health Center

Executive Director
Laurie Stillman
lstillman@tmfnet.org
Asthma Regional Council
The Medical Foundation
622 Washington Street, 2nd Floor
Dorchester, MA 02124
(617) 451-0049 x504

The Council currently has five active committees: Asthma Surveillance, Clean Buses, Environmental Investments, Healthy Housing, and Healthy Schools, which pursue specific policy evaluation and projects. Committee chairs are:

ASTHMA SURVEILLANCE: Dr. Mary Lou Fleissner, Connecticut Department of Health
CLEAN BUSES: Stephen Majkut, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Richard Rumba, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS: Elena Nicolella, Region 1 CMS Office at DHHS
HEALTHY HOUSING: Amy Rainone, Rhode Island Housing Department
HEALTHY SCHOOLS: Michael Kuczma, Maine Department of Education

ARC receives financial support from the following generous organizations:

  • Anonymous Funder
  • Childrens Hospital Boston
  • The Connecticut Department of Public Health
  • The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trusts
  • The Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative
  • The Trust for America's Health
  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Region 1
  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1

 

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