NORA Healthcare and Social Assistance Council Participants

The Healthcare and Social Assistance Council has two co-chairs, one from the NIOSH Healthcare and Social Assistance Program and one from a partner organization. The NIOSH Program coordinator and assistant coordinator also help to facilitate the work of the Council. Contact the sector coordinator or NORA Coordinator to volunteer.

Table
Name Organization
Bonnie Rogers
Co-Chair
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Megan Casey
Co-Chair
NIOSH
David Weissman
Program Manager
NIOSH
Christa Hale
Program Co-Coordinator
NIOSH
Sharon Silver
Program Co-Coordinator
NIOSH
Menekse Barim NIOSH
Elizabeth Bien Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Elizabeth Bradshaw NC State Laboratory of Public Health
Jennifer Brandt American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Barbara Braun The Joint Commission
Jill Byrne Case Western Reserve University
Jenny Cassibry Fisher Academy of Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians
Seth Clarenbach Mayo Clinic
Pamela Dembski Hart Health Accreditation Resources LLC
Dave DeJoy University of Georgia, Athans
Pamela Dembski Hart Healthcare Accreditation Resources LLC
Marie DePerio NIOSH
Lotte Dyrbye Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
Lynda Enos HumanFit
Ruth Francis American Nurses Association
Walter S. Gilliam Yale Child Study Center
Peg Graham QUA INC
Deirdre Green OSHA
Christa Hale NIOSH
Susan Hallbeck Mayo Clinic
Robert Harrison University of California, San Francisco
Warren Hess American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Amanda Hessels Columbia University School of Nursing
Tony Hilton Veterans Health Administration
Beverly Hittle University of Cincinnati
Michael Hodgson Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Emily Jones Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Jagdish Khubchandani New Mexico State University
David Kuhar CDC, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
Angela Laramie Massachusetts Department of Health
Sara Markle-Elder American Federation of Teachers
Marie Martin American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
Angela Evette Maxwell NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Melissa McDiarmid University of Maryland School of Medicine
Amber Mitchell International Safety Center
Regina Pana-Cryan NIOSH
Peter Orris University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
Barbara (Joene) Patterson NIOSH
Patricia Podolak Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP)
Margaret Quinn University of Massachusetts Lowell
Richard Rabin Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH)
Lew Radonvovich NIOSH
Dori Reissman NIOSH
Philip Richmond Florida Veterinary Medical Assoc.
Elizabeth Royal SEIU National Nurse Alliance
Joni Scheftel Minnesota Department of Health
Jessica Schifano Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Ron Smith LS3P
Rosemary Sokas Georgetown University
Madeline Sterling Weill Cornell Medicine
Laura Syron NIOSH
Suzanne Tomasi NIOSH
Jane Thomason National Nurses United
Jennifer Zlenick Touro College Graduate School of Social Work