External Advisory Committee

The External Advisory Committee, comprising a multidisciplinary group of national health policy experts, provides guidance and recommendations on the focus and priority of the Center’s strategic funding portfolio.

• Bruce C. Vladeck, Ph.D.

  Chair, External Advisory Committee & Senior Advisor, Greater New York Hospital Association and LiveOnNY

• Len Fishman, J.D.

  Former Director, Gerontology Institute, McCormack Graduate School of Policy & Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston

• Allison Hamblin, M.S.P.H.

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

• James Knickman, Ph.D.

  Senior Research Scientist, NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

• Christopher F. Koller

  President, Milbank Memorial Fund

• Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D.

  Professor of Social Work, NYU Silver School of Social Work

• Darrin W. Anderson Sr., PhD

  Chief Executive Officer, NJ YMCA State Alliance

• Deborah M. Spitalnik, Ph.D.

  Professor of Pediatrics & Executive Director, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School & The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

• Jennifer G. Velez, J.D.

  Executive Vice President, Health and Network Solutions, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ