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CEAL Advisory Council

CEAL’s Advisory Council serves a critical role to help accomplish the goals and objectives of CEAL. Participants on the Advisory Council represent a wide diversity of stakeholders. The Advisory Council meets four times each year in Washington, DC. Recommendations from the Advisory Council are valuable and help to shape and inform CEAL’s goals and objectives.

Individual Members:

Brad Klitsch
SVP Direct Supply

Mauro Hernandez
CEO Concepts in Community Living, Inc.

Patti Cantillo-Kodzis
HealthSense, LLC

Robert Lightfoot
von Briesen & Roper

Member Organizations and Representative(s):

American College of Health Care Administration (ACHCA)
Marianna Grachek

American Geriatrics Society
Barbara Resnick

American Medical Directors Association
Daniel Haimowitz

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
Tom Clarke

CARF-CCAC
Susan Ganson

Gerontological Society of America
Sheryl Zimmerman & Paula Carder

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing
Ethel Mitty

HHS/Agency for Health Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Bill Spector & D.E.B. Potter

HHS/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (observer)
Gavin Kennedy & Emily Rosenoff

HHS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Dan Timmell

National Association of Boards of Examiners LTC Admin (NAB)
Randy Lindner

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM)
Linda Aufderhaar

National Association of State Ombudsmen Programs
Beverley Laubert

National Association of State Units on Aging
Jessica Barker

National Association of Social Workers
Chris Herman

National Certification Council for Activity Professionals
Bonnie Ruechel

National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners
Debra Bakerjian

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
Judi Lund Person

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Dorothy Northrop