National Advisory Committee

The following individuals were appointed to advise the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Policy Office at the UMASS Medical School on developing grantee selection criteria; reviewing and rating of grant applications; making site visits to applicants; making final funding recommendations to the Foundation; participating in the program's annual meeting; serving as advisors to the NPO; providing technical assistance to sites when requested; and assisting with dissemination of program activities and results. The commitment of their time and talent has been sincerely appreciated.

Brian Atchinson
UNUM Provident Corporation
2211 Congress Street
Mail Stop M118
Portland, ME 04122

Godfrey W. (Skip) Harper, III, Esq.
Stark and Stark
Princeton Pike Corporate Center
993 Lenox Drive, Building Two
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Peter Barth, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Road
Storrs, CT 06269-1063

Eric Nordman
Senior Regulatory Specialist
NAIC
120 West 12th Street, Suite 1100
Kansas City, MO 64105

Joan Buchanan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Policy
Harvard Medical School
180 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Dana Gelb-Safran, Ph.D.
Director
The Health Institute, New England Medical Center
750 Washington Street, NEMC #345
Boston, MA 02111

John F. Burton, Jr., Ph.D. (Chair of NAC)
School of Management and Labor Relations
Rutgers University
P.O. Box 10480/JNL Building
New Brunswick, NJ 08906

Emily Spieler, Esq.
West Virginia University
College of Law
P.O. Box 6130
Morgantown, WV 26506-6130

Pamela Chritton, R.N.
Director of Medical Management
Managed Healthcare Northwest
2701 Northwest Vaughn - Suite 710
Portland, OR 97210

Roger Thompson
342 Slater Street
South Windsor, CT 06074

Jim Ellenberger
Deputy Commissioner
Virginia Employment Commission
703 East Main Street
P.O. Box 1378
Richmond, VA 23218-1358

Kenneth Wells, M.D.
Corporate Medical Director
El Paso Corporation
Houston, TX 77002

George Gomez, Esq.
8001 Woodstone Lane
Lenexa, KS 66219