WHF Policy Advisory Council

Annette Anderson
Cross Cultural Health Care Program
270 S. Hanford Street, Suite 208
Seattle, WA 98134
206-890-0329
annette@xculture.org

Steve Barchet
Coordinator
Health Plan4Life
18601 SE 64th Way
Issaquah, WA 98027-8616
s.barchet@comcast.net

Steve Brennan
Systems Director, Regulatory Affairs
Providence Health System
506 Second Avenue, Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98104
steve.brennan@providence.org

Frederico Cruz Uribe
Health Officer and Director
Tacoma/Pierce County Health Dept.
3629 S. D Street
Tacoma, WA 98418
253-798-2899
fcruz@tpchd.org

Alan Durning
Executive Director
Sightline Institute
1402 Third Avenue, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98101
alan@sightline.org

Len Eddinger
Senior Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Washington State Medical Association
1800 Cooper Point Way S.W.
Bldg. 7A
Olympia, Washington 98502
360-352-4848
len@wsma.org

Ginny English
Executive Director
WithinReach
11000 Lake City Way NE
Suite 301
Seattle, WA 98125
206-830-5161
ginnye@withinreachwa.org

Nick Federici
American Lung Association
2625 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121-1213
nickf@earthlink.net

Kenneth S. Fink, MD, MGA, MPH
Chief Medical Officers
CMS Region X
2201 Sixth Ave., MS 40
Seattle, WA 98121
kenneth.fink@cms.hhs.gov

Tracy Garland
President & CEO
WA Dental Service Foundation
9706 4th Ave. NE, PO Box 75688
Seattle, WA 98175
tpgarland@deltadentalwa.com

Susanne Hartung, SP
Regional Director
Providence Health & Services
2001 Lind Avenue SE, #180
Renton, WA 98055
Susanne.Hartung@providence.org

Maxine Hayes, MD
Health Officer
Washington State Department of Health
1112 SE Quince Street
P.O. Box 47890
Olympia, WA 98504-7890
maxine.hayes@doh.wa.gov

Christina Hulet
Health Policy Advisor
Office of the Governor
Leg Building, P.O. Box 40002
Olympia, WA 98504-0002
christina.hulet@OFM.WA.GOV

 

David Levinger, PhD, PE
Executive Director
Feet First
1402 Third Avenue, Suite 1121
Seattle, WA 98101
david@feetfirst.info

Thomas Locke, MD
Health Officer
Clallam County Health Department
223 E. 4th Street, Suite 14
Port Angeles, WA 98358
locke@olympus.net

Bill McSherry
Puget Sound Regional Council
1011 Western Avenue, Suite. 500
Seattle, WA 98104-1035
206-587-5663
bmcsherry@psrc.org

Jeff Mero
Executive Director
AWPHD
300 Elliott Avenue W., Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98119
206-281-7211
jeffm@awphd.org

Karen Merrikin
Public Policy
Group Health Cooperative
521 Wall Street
Seattle, WA 98101
kmerrikin@ghc.org

Mary Kay O'Neill, MD
Uniform Medical Plans/HCA
1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98101
206-521-2000
mary.oneill@comcast.net

Suzanne Petersen
Director of Community,
Government Affairs and Advocacy
Childrens Hospital & Regional Medical Center
4800 Sand Point Way NE
P.O. Box 5371/PL-1
Seattle, WA 98105-0371
suzanne.petersen@seattlechildrens.org

Julie Peterson
Senior Director of Public Affairs & Policy
CHEF
22419 Pacific Highway S
Seattle, WA 98198-5106
juliep@chef.org

Wes Pruitt
Workforce Training Board
128 10th Ave. SW, PO Box 43105
Olympia, WA 98504-3105
wpruitt@wtb.wa.gov

SueAnn Reese
Director, Government Affairs WA
American Heart Association
6439 Tralee Dr. NW
Olympia, WA 98502
360-867-0101 sueann.reese@heart.org

Claudia Sanders
Vice President,
Policy Development
Washington State Hospital Association
300 Elliott Avenue W., Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98119
206-281-7211
claudias@wsha.org

Ken Stark
Director
Mental Health Transformation Project
PO Box 45321
Olympia, WA 98504-5321
starkKD@dshs.wa.gov

Anne Tan Piazza
Director of Government Affairs and Communications
Washington State Nurses Association
575 Andover Park West Suite 101
Seattle, WA 98188
apiazza@wsna.org

Vickie Ybarra
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
402 N. 4th Street, Suite 202
Yakima, WA 98901
509-248-3782 x1
vickiey@yvfwc.org

 

 

 

 
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Seattle, WA 98119

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