Mayor’s Order Creating the
Health Services Reform Commission
June 7, 2001

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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUANCE SYSTEM

Mayor's Order 2001-84
June 7, 2001

SUBJECT : Appointments - Health Services Reform (HSR) Commission

ORIGINATING AGENCY: Office of the Mayor

By virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the District of Columbia by section 422(2) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, as amended, 87 Stat. 790, Pub. L. No. 93-198, D.C. Code § 1242(2)(1999 Repl.), and in accordance with Mayor's 2001-74, dated May 16, 2001, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The following persons are appointed as members of the Health Services Reform (HSR) Commission (hereinafter referred to as "Commission") and shall serve until June 1, 2004, at the pleasure of the Mayor:

BAILUS WALKER, Ph.D.
HONORABLE SANDRA ALLEN
HONORABLE SHARON AMBROSE
REVEREND A. KNIGHTON STANLEY
MAUDINE R. COOPER
H.R. CRAWFORD
NANCY T. MCCALL
PATRICIA N. MATHEWS
REVEREND MORRIS SHEARIN, SR.
LORETTA TATE
DR. GLORIA WILDER-BRAITHWAITE
REVEREND JAMES COLEMAN
ROBERT MALSON
MARIE JOHNS
ARNOLDO RAMOS
JOSLYN WILLIAMS
RANDALL BOVBJERG
MOHAMMAD N. AKHTER
DR. GEORGES BENJAMIN
DR. SAUL M. LEVIN
DIANNE CAMP
PATRICIA C. THOMPSON
GLADYS W. MACK
PAUL OFFNER, Ph.D.
SHARON BASKERVILLE
DR. GARY C. DENNIS
AGNES CHASE
DR. HENRY WILLIAMS
DR. STUART SEIDES
ROBERT COSBY, Ph.D.
JUAN RAMAGOZA
DR. SAUL M. LEVIN
IMAM JOHARI ABDUL-MALIK
ELAINE CRIDER

2. The following persons are appointed as ex-officio voting members of the Commission and shall serve until June 1, 2004, at the pleasure of the Mayor:

DR. IVAN C.A. WALKS, representing the Department of Health;
DR. FERNANDO DANIELS, representing Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department;
CAROLYN GRAHAM, representing the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Children and Family; and
DR. NATWAR GANDHI, representing the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

4. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Order shall become effective immediately.

ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS
MAYOR

ATTEST: BEVERLY D. RIVERS
SECRETARY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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Government of the District of Columbia

Mayor Anthony A. Williams
Health Services Reform Commission

Member Biographical Summary

1. Mohammad N. Akhter, MD, MPH  
Executive Director of the American Public Health Association

• Former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services senior advisor
• Board Certified Physician, preventive medicine 
• Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Georgetown University Medical School.

2. Councilmember Sandra C. "Sandy" Allen
Ward Eight Representative to the Council of the District of Columbia

• Chairperson of the Committee on Human Services
• Serves on the following District of Columbia Council Committees: Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Public Works and the Environment, and the Local and Regional Affairs

3. Councilmember Sharon Ambrose
Ward 6 Representative to the Council of the District of Columbia

• Chairperson of the Council Committee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
• Serves on the following District of Columbia Council Committees: Education, Judiciary, and Government Operations
• Serves on the following boards: Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington YMCA, Capital Children's Museum, Anacostia Coordinating Council, and The National Maritime Heritage Foundation

4. Sharon A. Baskerville
Executive Director of the DC Primary Care Association

• Former Executive Director of Community Medical Care
• Former Director of Patient Care Services

• Oversees an agency with approximately 10,000 employees and a $4.2 billion budget
• Dr. Benjamin is board certified in Internal Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians

• Oversaw daily operation and medical and administrative needs of Georgetown University Medical Center's Pediatric Mobile Unit
• Serves on the Board of Directors for DC Primary Care Association, the DC Healthy Families Community Advisory, the Archdiocesan Health Care Network, and the DC Action for Children 
• Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Ambulatory Pediatric Association, the National Medical Association, and the Clinicians for the Undeserved.

7. Dianne Maria Camp
Chairperson, USE YOUR POWER Parent Council

• Formerly served on the board of the Women's Collective 
• Founding members and co-chair of the Brookland Manor Health Resource Center
• Member of the following: Medicaid Advisory Committee, Children's Health Care Coalition Committee (DC Act), Community Medical Care

8. Agnes Chase
Chairperson, Healthcare Now

• Use Your Power Project, Organizer
• Department of Health Medical Advisory Board, Consumer Health Advocate

• Served as Chief of Staff of the Executive Office of the Mayor for former Mayor
  Marion Barry
• Former Director of the Office of Human Rights
• Served as Vice President for the Washington Operations Legislative Office of the National Urban League

11.[sic] Robert Cosby
Executive Director, Non-Profit Clinic Consortium

12. H.R. Crawford
President and CEO of Crawford/Edgewood Managers Inc.

• Former Chairman, DC Real Estate Commission
• Former President, National Association of Real Estate Brokers
• Former Vice President, DC Chapter, NAACP

14. Gary Dennis, MD
Chief of the Division of Neurosurgery, Howard University Hospital

• Associate Professor of Neurological surgery at Howard University
• Former President, National Medical Association

• (Bio pending)

16. Carolyn Graham
Deputy Mayor, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth and Families

17. Gladys W. Mack
Deputy Executive Director, United Planning Organization

• Member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority
• Former Director, Office of Policy

18. Robert Malson
President, DC Hospital Association

19. Patricia N. Mathews
Executive Director, Community Relations, for Kaiser Pennanente- Mid Atlantic States

• Former Senior Economic Development Consultant with DC Agenda
• Former Senior Vice President for Marketing and Communications at the National Bank of Washington

20. Nancy T. McCall
Vice President, Health Economics Research, Inc.

• Manages the Health Economics Research Washington, DC Office

21. Saul M. Levin, M.D., M.P.A.
President, Access Consulting International Inc.

• President, DC Branch, NAACP
• Member of Board of Directors, Bread for the World and Stoddard Baptist Home

23. Paul Offner, Ph.D
Research Professor, Institute for Health Care Research Policy, Georgetown University

• Commissioner, Commission on Health Care Finance, DC Government
• Chief Health & Welfare Counselor, Senate Finance Committee

24. Juan Ramagoza
Director, La Clinica del Pueblo

• Chair, District of Columbia Mayor's Health Policy Council
• Associate Director, University Cancer Center, Howard University Medical Center

26. Dr. Rev. A. Knighton Stanley
Senior Minister, Peoples Congregational Church of Christ in Washington, DC

• Former Executive Director, Office of Bicentennial Programs for the Nation's Capital
• Former Chairperson, Board of Trustees, University of the District of Columbia

28. Loretta Tate
President and Chief Executive Officer, Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, Inc. (MHCDO).

• Former Vice President, (MHCDO) Health and Human Services
• Former Vice President, Health and Community Wellness
• Former Director, Fighting Back Initiative

29. Pat Thompson
Executive Director, Alliance for Fairness Reforms in Medicaid

• Chief Health Officer for the District of Columbia, Director, Department of Health

• Served as a member of the Executive Committee of AMBHA (The American Managed Behavioral Health Care Association) and chaired its Public Policy/ Public Sector Committee

• Member of the federal workgroup that created the consensus CMHS/SAMHSA Cultural Competency Standards and the CMHS National Panel of Experts that developed the Cultural Competence Performance Measures for Managed Behavioral Health Care Programs

32. Joslyn Williams
President, Metropolitan Washington Council AFLCIO