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BOARD OF DIRECTORS (VOLUNTEERS)President: Lisa Portelli, Winter Park Vice President: Kim Walsh-Childers, PhD, Gainesville Secretary & Treasurer: Jay Wolfson, DrPh, JD, Tampa Philip Galewitz, West Palm Beach ADVISORS (VOLUNTEERS)David Lawrence Jr., Miami Martha Lenderman, Pinellas Park Pat Curtis, Tallahassee STAFF, CONSULTANTSEditor: Carol Gentry, St. Petersburg Jim Saunders, Capital Bureau Chief Executive Director: Ben Wilcox, Tallahassee Director of Marketing: Mary Frederick, Tallahassee Copy editors, both in Broward County: Sandra King, Gail Spencer Interns: MAJOR SUPPORTERSFlorida Health Policy Center: |
About UsSecretary/Treasurer: Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD, TampaJay Wolfson is the Distinguished Service Professor of Public Health and Medicine and the Associate Vice President for Health Law, Policy |
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and Safety at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He is a leader in Florida’s attempt to develop an electronic health network and a member of the governing board of the Health Professions Education Consortium of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He directs the federally designated Suncoast Center for Patient Safety at USF and is co-director of the Consortium for Law and Medicine for USF and Stetson College of Law. Dr. Wolfson became nationally known while serving as guardian ad litem for Terry Schiavo, reporting to the governor and courts. He holds a doctorate in public health from the University of Texas, a law degree from Stetson, a master’s degree in public health from Indiana University, a master’s degree in history from New York University and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Illinois. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tokyo Medical School, a Faculty Scholar to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a W.K. Kellogg Fellow in health care finance.
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