Long Term & Chronic Care

This committee is responsible for issues related to promoting the health and well-being of people with chronic illnesses and providing an array of long-term care and support options for people of all ages who have disabilities.  Special attention is given to innovative reform activities in the areas of financing, community care initiatives, consumer direction, quality, housing with services and nursing home care.

Chair
MaryAnne Lindeblad, MPH
Assistant Secretary
Aging and Disability Services Administration
Department of Social and Health Services
State of Washington
Olympia, WA

Vice Chair
Pamela Parker, MPA
Manager
Special Needs Purchasing
Minnesota Department of Human Services
St. Paul, MN

Andrew Allison, MPP, PhD
Executive Director
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Topeka, KS

Marie Di Bianco, MSW
Staff Manager
Community and Recovery Services Unit
Division of Behavioral Health Services
New Mexico Human Services Department
Santa Fe, NM 

Glenace Edwall, PhD, MPP
Director
Children’s Mental Health Division
Minnesota Department of Human Services
St. Paul, MN

Marc Gold, MA, MEd
Special Advisor for Policy and Promoting
Independence
Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services
701 West 51st Street
Austin, TX

Krista Hughes, MA
Director
Division of Aging and Adult Services
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Little Rock, AR

Catherine Ivy, MSW, LSCW
Director, Long Term Care Section
Division of Medicaid
Georgia Department of Community Health
Atlanta, GA

Dawn Lambert
Project Director
Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration
Connecticut Department of Social Services
Hartford, CT 

Donna McDowell, MA
Director
Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Madison, WI 

Phyllis Sloyer, PhD
Director
Children’s Medical Services Network and Related Programs
Florida Department of Health
Tallahassee, FL

Carol Steckel, MPH
Commissioner
Alabama Medicaid Agency
Montgomery, AL