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.

Member Organization/Individual Representative/Co-Chairs

Gerontological Society of America, Member Organization - http://www.geron.org
Sheryl Zimmerman

Individual Member
Brad Klitsch - http://www.directsupply.net
SVP, Direct Supply

Member Organizations and Representatives

American College of Health Care Administration – http://www.achca.org
Marianna Grachek

American Geriatrics Society - http://www.americangeriatrics.org
Barbara Resnick

American Institute of Architects - http://www.aia.org
Martin Cohen

American Medical Directors Association - http://www.amda.com
Daniel Haimowitz

American Society of Consultant Pharmacists - http://www.ascp.com
Carla McSpadden

CARF-CCAC - http://www.carf.org
Susan Ganson

Gerontological Society of America - http://www.geron.org
Additional Representative: Paula Carder

Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing - http://www.hartfordign.org
Ethel Mitty

HHS/Agency for Health Research & Quality (AHRQ) - http://www.ahrq.gov
Bill Spector
D.E.B. Potter

HHS/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (observer) - http://aspe.hhs.gov
Gavin Kennedy

HHS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - http://www.cms.gov
Dan Timmell

National Association of Activity Professionals - http://www.thenaap.com
Debbie Bera

National Association of Boards of Examiners LTC Admin (NAB) - http://www.nabweb.org
Randy Lindner

National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (GCM) - http://www.caremanager.org
Linda Aufderhaar

National Association of State Ombudsmen Programs - http://www.nasop.org
Beverley Laubert

National Association of State Units on Aging - http://www.nasua.org
Jessica Barker

National Association of Social Workers - http://www.naswdc.org
Chris Herman

National Certification Council for Activity Professionals - http://www.nccap.org
Bonnie Ruechel

National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners - http://www.ncgnp.org
Debra Bakerjian

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) - http://www.nhpco.org
Judi Lund Person

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - http://www.nationalmssociety.org
Dorothy Northrop

Indivdual Members

Mauro Hernandez - http://www.ccliving.com
CEO, Concepts in Community Living, Inc.

Patti Cantillo-Kodzis - http://www.healthsensem.com
HealthSense, LLC

Sally Reisacher-Petro - sarpetro@msn.com
Editor, Board & Care Quality Forum