Advisory Committee

Development of the 2008 Health Report Card was guided by an advisory committee composed of health care leaders and public health experts from across the state. Members of the 2008 Health Report Card Advisory Committee include:

Ned Calonge, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Director
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Irene Ibarra
President and CEO
The Colorado Trust

Patty Gabow, MD
President and CEO
Denver Health

Donna Kusuda
Vice President, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
HCA Continental Division

Donna Lynne
Regional President
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado

Nancy Severson
Manager
Denver Department of Environmental Health

John Steiner, MD, MPH
Senior Director
Institute for Health Research
Kaiser Permanente

Anne Warhover
President and CEO
The Colorado Health Foundation

Debbie Welle-Powell
Vice President, Payer Strategies & Legislative Affairs
Exempla Healthcare

The 2008 Colorado Health Report Card and the information contained in this Web site were prepared by staff at the Colorado Health Institute including Jessica Dunbar, MSPH, research analyst; Glenn Goodrich, SAS programmer/analyst; Riley Wyman, research fellow; Reid T. Reynolds, PhD, senior research fellow; and Jessica Waclawski, research fellow. Amy Downs, MPP, director for research and policy; Pamela Hanes, PhD, president and CEO; and Sherry Freeland Walker, communications director provided editorial support.

Additional input was provided by Jillian Jacobellis, PhD, director, Prevention Services Division; Alyson Shupe, PhD, chief, Health Statistics Section; Chris Wells, researcher/analyst, Health Statistics Section; and Ricky Tolliver, analyst, Health Statistics Section all from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.