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	Executive Director Stephanie Harrison (608) 277-7477, ext. 226 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Board of Directors Executive Committee Executive Directors Group Milwaukee Primary Care Access Project Partnership development Strategic planning

	Administrative Services Director Bev Willer (608) 277-7477, ext. 225 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Financial management Personnel and benefits administration Personnel Committee Office management Board relations

	Program Assistant Lindsey Hess (608) 277-7477, ext. 221 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it WPHCA conference management Database management Program assistance Clerical assistance

	Clinical and Quality Improvement Director Pam Crouse, MS, RN (608) 277-7477, ext 227 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Clinical and Quality Improvement Committee Oversight of quality improvement programs Development of clinical programs Maternal and Child Health Coalition Clinician networking groups

	Health Information Technology Director Dan Peterson (608) 277-7477 x 236 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it HIT strategy and coordination WHITEC Regional Extension Center liaison Wisconsin Community Health Center Network (WCHCN) data warehouse and reporting system Data warehouse/clinical intelligence development – Decision Analytics Reporting Tool (DART)

	Policy and Communications Director Tom Petri (608) 277-7477, ext 233 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it State and federal policy analysis and education Policy agenda and strategic plan Annual statewide policy conference and advocacy day Staff Government Relations & Communications Committee Grassroots network development Oversight of internal and external communications

	Program Development Director Lynsey Ray (608) 277 7477, ext 229 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Community development Member services Behavioral health Health information technology Pharmacy access Risk management Strategic partnerships FOG Network

	Program Coordinator Tricia Brein (608) 277-7477, ext 223 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Diabetes Advisory Group Cardiovascular Health Alliance Tobacco cessation Clinical Team support Data analysis Fall Learning Session

	Communications Specialist Lauren Cnare (608) 277-7477, ext 222 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Update newsletters Communications consulting for Health Centers Publications Web Site editor Corporate Partners Program

	Program Coordinator Aleksandr Kladnitsky (608) 277-7477, ext 421 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Emergency management Oral health initiatives Behavioral health Outstation network Strategic partnership development HIV/AIDS program development Health information technology/electronic medical records

	Data Specialist Stephanie Spilde (608) 277-7477, ext. 228 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it MUA, MUP and HPSA Designation Data Management Mapping Benchmarking, UDS Clinic Technical Support Web site and Graphic Design

Tobacco users in Wisconsin can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW for personalized coaching and two weeks’ of free medication to help quit.

Although cancer deaths have declined for both whites and African Americans in the U. S., African Americans continue to suffer the greatest burden for the most common types of cancer.

(Source: National Cancer Institute)

The combination of quit smoking medications and counseling can double or triple a person's chance of quitting for good.

(The U.S. Public Health Service)

Since 2001, as part of President Bush’s Health Center Expansion Initiative, Congress has increased funding for Health Centers. Today, 5 million more Americans in 900 communities have access to effective, affordable primary care.
source: Health Services and Resources Administration

The National Health Service Corps sends doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners and other care providers to communities without these providers. About half of the 4,000 NHSC clinicians work at Health Centers.
source: National Association of Community Health Centers, (2007)

The 2007 estimated cost of diabetes in the U.S. was $174 billion. That’s $1 out of every $5 spent on health care.

(Source: The Economic Imperative to Conquer Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2008; 31(3):624-625.)

Wisconsin health dropped to 17th in the U.S. for 2008. Why? High geographic disparity (12.7%), binge drinking (23.8% of people), obesity (25.3% of people), and low public health funding ($34 per person).
(Source: UnitedHealth Foundation)

Depression is three times more common for those who have had a heart attack than for others. Heart patients should be screened and treated for depression.

(Source: American Heart Association)

In the 1960s, the federal health center program was begun to provide primary care to people who were poor and to complement to the new Medicaid program.
source: The Commonwealth Fund

Today, more than one in four Americans has two or more chronic conditions.

(Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

The Staff

Executive Director

Administrative Services Director

Program Assistant

Clinical and Quality Improvement Director

Health Information Technology Director

Policy and Communications Director

Program Development Director

Program Coordinator

Communications Specialist

Program Coordinator

Data Specialist

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