POLICY, PLANNING AND ADVOCACY COMMITTEE

David Saltman, L.C.S.W., Chair
Florida International University
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

Chaplain Shirley L. Brown, M.Div., BCC
Senior Congregational Health Chaplain and Pastoral Care Educator
Community Health Chaplain of Congregational Health
Baptist Health South Florida 

Kate Callahan, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.A., Ph.D.
Partner
The Huntington Consulting Group, an organization specializing in Health Care Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales, and Board Development

Ivette Camejo
United HealthCare

Luis Collazo
Town of Miami Lakes
Florida Assisted Living Association

Sonia Del Pozo
Account Manager, Employee Benefits
Fortun Insurance

Juan Carlos del Valle, M.P.A.
Director, Government Affairs
University of Miami

Rene Garcia
Renee Garcia & Associates

Laura Goodhue
Executive Director
Florida CHAIN

Maria Hidalgo-Diaz
VITAS Hospice Innovative Care, Inc.

Virginia McCoy, M.P.H., Ph. D.
Associate Dean, Community Health, Professor of Public Health
Florida International University
Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

Richard Nixon, L.P.N., LPHCRM
Director of Total Quality Management
Miami Beach Community Health Center

Marylin Rey
Special Projects Coordinator
Office of the Mayor
Miami-Dade County

Martha Sanchez, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A.
Chief Executive Officer
Miami-Dade Area Health Education Center

E. Robert Schwartz, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami

Ann-Karen Weller, R.N., B.S.N., ICCE
Director, Office of Community Health and Planning
Miami-Dade County Health Department

ETHICS COMMITTEE

Deacon Albert Mindel, Chair

Shedrick Boren
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer
Sister Emmanuel Hospital For Continuing Care

Nancy Borkowski, D.B.A., C.P.A., FACHE
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work
Florida International University

Kate Callahan, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.A., Ph.D.
Partner
The Huntington Consulting Group, an organization specializing in Health Care Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales, and Board Development

Anita Cava, J.D.
Associate Professor
Business Law
Director, Business Ethics Program
Co-Director, Ethics Programs
University of Miami

Carol Cohan
Director
Women's Emergency Network, a non-profit organization providing referrals and financial assistance to indigent and low-income women faced with a crisis pregnancy and advocating on behalf of disadvantaged women for improved access to reproductive health care

Ann-Lynn Denker, A.R.N.P., Ph.D.
Magnet Project Director for Nursing Services and Officer for Human Subjects
Jackson Health System (JHS)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Miami School of Nursing
Member, JHS Bioethics Committees
Member, Ethics Advisory Board, University of Miami Ethics Programs

Lyn Farr

Gladys Gilliam, A.R.N.P.

Marilyn M. Goldaber, L.C.S.W.

Kenneth W. Goodman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Philosophy, Epidemiology and Public Health and School of Nursing and Health Studies
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Co-director of the University of Miami’s Ethics Programs, including its Business Ethics Program
Founder and Director of the Bioethics Program and its Pan American Bioethics Initiative.
Director, Ethics Programs, World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Ethics and Global Health Policy

MaryJo Iozzio, Ph.D.
Professor, Moral Theology and Director of Graduate Programs in Theology & Ministry, Barry University
Catholic Hospice of Miami-Dade Ethics Committee
Mercy Hospital Miami Ethics Committee
Pax Christi USA Anti-Racism Team.
Member, American Academy of Religion, Catholic Theological Society of America, Pax Christi USA, and Society of Christian Ethics

Chaplain Robert W. Jakoby, M.Div., BCC
Corporate Director,  Pastoral Care Services, Baptist Health South Florida
Fellow, Association of Professional Chaplains.
Member and past President of both the Association of Baptist Chaplains and the South Florida Chaplains Association
Corporate Director, Financial Assistance Program and the Employee Sunshine Fund (financial aid)
Ex-officio Director, Baptist/South Miami Foundation Board
Member of the Corporate Senior Management Group
Physicians Community Service Committee
Systems Ethics Committee

Alina Perez-Stable, M.S.W.
Program Manager for Medicine & Society
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Florida International University

Charles B. Radlauer, M.D., J.D.
Adjunct Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Industry Studies, Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration, Health Care Organization and Administration
Adjunct Professor, Barry University, Department of Natural and Health Sciences, Bioethics & Health Care Systems
Adjunct Professor, Broward Community College, Business Administration Department, Business Law & Business Ethics
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Surgery, Nova-Southeastern School of Medicine

Sid Schiff
Executive Vice President
Seniors Management, Inc.
Administrator, Florida Club Care Center (Skilled Nursing Facility)

E. Robert Schwartz, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami

Islara B. Souto, M.P.H.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ydeas, Inc., an international management firm specializing in strategic planning, community-building, and public-private partnerships for public health and social services

Raul de Velasco, M.D., FACP
Chair, Baptist Health System Bioethics Committee
Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, Baptist Hospital of South Florida

E. Robert Schwartz, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami

Ann-Karen Weller, R.N., B.S.N., ICCE
Director, Office of Community Health and Planning
Miami-Dade County Health Department

Chaplain Shirley Brown, M.Div., BCC
Senior Congregational Health Chaplain and Pastoral Care Educator, Baptist Health South Florida

Kate Callahan, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.A., Ph.D.
Partner
The Huntington Consulting Group, an organization specializing in Health Care Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales, and Board Development