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Staff
Roster (click to see bio and contact) Mary McWilliams -- Executive Director Susie Dade -- Director, Quality Improvement & Administration Diane Giese -- Director, Communication & Development Jill Hodges -- Consumer Engagement Specialist Sean McCliment -- Performance Report Analyst (& Acting Business Manager & Executive Assistant) Karen Onstad -- Director, Health Information Kerri Petrin -- Research Analyst Natasha Rosenblatt -- Performance Report Project Manager Natalie Moe -- Committee Coordinator
Staff Biographies (click name to contact)
Mary McWilliams -- Executive Director
Bio coming. Check back soon for more information!
Susie Dade -- Director, Quality Improvement & Administration Susie Dade has worked in health care in Washington state since 1980. Ms. Dade has worked with the Puget Sound Health Alliance since early 2006. As the Alliance’s Director of Quality Improvement and Administration, Ms. Dade works to identify quality improvement opportunities and to stimulate and encourage system and practice changes that will result in improved delivery of care for patients with chronic disease and/or increased participation in prevention-related activities. In addition, Ms. Dade oversees the Alliance’s administration, budget and human resource activities. From 1989 to 2005, Ms. Dade worked for Group Health Cooperative, serving for six years as a strategic leader for GHC’s specialty services with ambulatory practices throughout the Puget Sound region. Her responsibilities included quality of care, patient experience, strategic planning, fiscal performance and improvement of practice efficiency. Ms. Dade also served for eight years as the administrative leader for Group Health’s medical group in King County with responsibility for business-related functions. Prior to joining Group Health, Ms. Dade worked with the Central Seattle Community Health Centers to develop and manage federal and state grants that funded direct patient care at five neighborhood community health centers. During the 1980’s, Ms. Dade worked for eight years as a community health planner with the Southwest Washington and Puget Sound Health Systems Agencies. During this time, she worked with the Pierce and King County Health Councils and Consumer Advisory Boards. Ms. Dade began her career as a community health planner with the University of Wyoming where she had responsibility for establishing a network of primary care clinics in remote areas of central and south Wyoming. Ms. Dade has a Bachelor of Science in Health Planning and Administration and a Masters in Public Administration, with an emphasis in federal and state health policy. Diane Giese -- Director, Communication & Development Diane Giese has more than fifteen years experience in health care strategic communication, including serving as Regional Director of Marketing and Strategic Communication for the Providence Health System, System Director of Government Relations for a coalition of Catholic health systems, and Manager of Public Policy and Compliance for King County Medical BlueShield (now Regence BlueShield). Outside of health care, Diane has been vice president of marketing and led public relations teams in industries including software, competitive intelligence and transportation. She is on the board of the Northwest Epilepsy Foundation, is a past president of the American Marketing Association for the Puget Sound area, and has served in board and other capacities with professional and community health organizations including the Association of Washington Healthcare Plans, Rosehedge Assisted Living, and the Association of Washington Business. She has a BA in English from San Diego State University and a Masters Degree in Public Policy, with an emphasis in health care business-government relations, from Harvard University. In the role of Communication and Development Director, Diane staffs the Alliance Communication Committee. She is also responsible for Alliance brand management, communication, recruitment, retention, media relations, public policy, consumer engagement, fundraising and grant administration. She is the Project Director for the Aligning Forces for Quality Program in Seattle, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Bio coming. Check back soon for more information.
Jill Hodges -- Consumer Engagement Specialist
Before joining the Alliance, Jill Hodges was a health care analyst with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. She has an MPH from the University of Washington’s Community-Oriented Public Health Practice program. In the course of her studies, she helped research and write Risky Trade, a book examining the dynamics of global trade and infectious disease, and produced a video on TeenSmart International, a health program targeting adolescents in the U.S. and Latin America. Prior to focusing on public health, she worked as a writer, editor, and producer for a variety of media. From 1989-1996, she was a reporter for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, where she covered workplace and labor issues. She subsequently worked as senior producer for ABCNEWS.com, managing editor for AdventureDivas.com, and researcher and editor at Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door. She is trained in mediation and volunteered as a conciliator at the King County Dispute Resolution Center. She has a BA in Literature from Carleton College and an MSL from Yale Law School. As the Consumer Engagement Specialist, Jill manages the consumer engagement planning and activities for the Alliance, in addition to staffing the Consumer Advisory Group and coordinating program evaluation efforts.
Sean McCliment -- Performance Report Analyst (& Acting Business Manager / Executive Assistant)
As Performance Report Analyst, Sean is responsible for quantitative analysis of the Community Checkup reports. Other tasks include working with data vendors, consultants and various Alliance committees to ensure continuous planning, oversight, and management of the Alliance performance reports. Sean has been with the Alliance since 2005, starting as the Business Manager & Executive Assistant before he was promoted. Sean has worked as a Lobbyist and Assistant G.M. for the Washington Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Olympia, WA. He received a B.A. in Political Science/Pre-Law from Washington State University in May of 2004.
As the Committee Coordinator, Natalie Moe organizes and supports the ongoing activities of all Alliance committees and work groups. Prior to joining the Alliance team, Ms. Moe spent two years working at Clegg & Associates, a health, housing, and human services consulting company in Seattle. She received her B.S. from Northwestern University’s School of Communications in 2002 with an emphasis on musical theatre and spends her evenings and weekends performing at various theatres around the Puget Sound.
Kerri Petrin -- Research Analyst
As a Research Analyst, Kerri Petrin is responsible for various qualitative and quantitative research tasks for Alliance staff, committees, and clinical improvement teams. She has an MPH from the University of Washington’s Public Health Genetics program. During graduate school, Kerri developed her research skills working as a research assistant with the Health Services Department, the UW Center for Genomics and Public Health, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. After graduating, she worked as a Health Services Consultant with the Washington State Department of Health Newborn Screening Program, where she conducted follow-up for infants with abnormal screening results. Kerri also has a BS in Biology and Psychology from Duke University, where she spent a year doing research at the Duke Center for Human Genetics.
Natasha Rosenblatt -- Performance Report Project Manager Prior to joining our team, Natasha Rosenblatt served as an independent Data Systems Consultant providing project management, systems analysis, and report development for both non-profit and for-profit health care entities, including Milliman and Community Health Plan of Washington. She received her MPH from the University of Washington’s Community Medicine program, and has worked with health care data and data systems for more than 15 years. After receiving her MPH, Natasha worked in research and development for HBS International (now Solucient, a subsidiary of Thomson) where she developed and implemented data warehouse and reporting applications for hospital systems. She later joined Community Health Plan of Washington where she served as Systems Analyst. In this position she provided project management through the entire life-cycle of data warehouse, web-based reporting and case management system implementations, and also developed reports and internal applications for the company and its affiliated health centers. She is very excited about the Alliance’s work (and says it is the only job she knows of that would pull her out of independent consulting). As the Performance Report Project Manager, Natasha works with vendors, stakeholders, and staff to coordinate and produce the Puget Sound Health Alliance Performance Reports.
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