Task Force Committee Members

Robert Kelch, MD, PhD
(chair)

Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs;
Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Medical School

Marilynn Paine, MPH
(Staff, MHCI)

Chief of Staff, Office of the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs

Ellen Offner, MBA
(Staff, MHCI)

Health Care Consultant

John Billi, MD

Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs;
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School Professor of Medical Education, Medical School

Susan Blitz, MD, MPH

Medical Director, Employee Health Service;
Interim Medical Director, Occupational Health Program;
Clinical Assistant Professor II, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Amy Cohn, PhD

Assistant Professor of Industrial Operations, College of Engineering

Steve Erickson, PharmD

Associate Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy;
Clinical Pharmacist, University of Michigan Health System

Zelda Geyer-Sylvia, MPH
(ex-officio)

Executive Director of M-Care;
Adjunct Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Policy

Rodney Hayward, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health;
Director, VA Center for Practice Management and Outcome Research;
Associate Director, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program;
Director, Outcomes Evaluation Core, Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center

Kimberly Hickey, BSN

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan Health System

Linda Kennedy, BS

Human Resources Administrator, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

Marilynn Knepp, MBA
(ex-officio)

Associate Vice President for University Budget, Planning and Administration

Gary Krenz, PhD
(ex-officio)

Special Counsel to the President, University of Michigan

Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Women’s Studies, College of Literature, Science and the Arts;
Director, Program in Culture, Health and Medicine, Institute of Research on Women and Gender

LaVaughn Palma-Davis, MA

Associate Hospital Administrator, UMH MWorks Administration

Joanne Pohl, PhD, MSN

Associate Dean for Community Partnerships;
Associate Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing

Amy Sheon, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Associate Director, Center for Advancing Research and Solutions for Society

Dean G. Smith, PhD

Chair and Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health

James G. Stevenson, PharmD

Pharmacy Director, UMH Pharmacy Administration; Associate Dean for Clinical Sciences and Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy

Victor Strecher, PhD

Associate Director, University of Michigan Cancer Center;
Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health;
Professor of Health Behavior, Department of Family Medicine, Medical School

Kathleen Sutcliffe, PhD, MN

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, School of Business Administration

Laurita Thomas, BA
(ex-officio)

Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer, Human Resources and Affirmative Action Office

Kenneth Warner, PhD

Dean and Avedis Donabedian Distinguished University Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health

David R. Williams, PhD, MA

Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science and the Arts;
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health Faculty Associate, African American Mental Health Research Center;
Faculty Associate, Center for Afro-American and African Studies;
Co-Director, Research Center on Religion, Race and Health, Research Center, Institute of Social Research

Robert Winfield, MD

Director, University Health Service

Marilyn Woolfolk, DDS, MS

Associate Dean of Student Services;
Associate Professor of Dentistry, School of Dentistry