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The NYSARH Policy Committee is composed of volunteers from across the state. We survey the NYSARH members to learn which issues are important to them and collaborate with other associations and advocates to develop policy positions. The Policy Committee develops a NYS legislative agenda and organizes an advocacy campaign each year. NYSARH supports in-person, telephone, email and social media education and advocacy for our members and organizations who share our goals. The Association typically submits formal testimony and public comment, and signs-on to several multi-stakeholder letters each year.
For more information or to share a policy idea please contact Mandy Qualls, Committee Chair (mqualls@co.schuyler.ny.us) or Liz Urbanski-Farrell, Executive Director (liz@NYSARH.org).
Committee Members
- Ann Abdella, A2 Associates
- Charlie Battaglia
- Kate Downes, Seven Valleys
- Lennart Johns, Clarkson University
- Carolyn Lewis, Bassett
- Salman Manawar, CHCANYS
- Lauren Meyer
- Marie Mongeon, Community Health Care Association of NYS
- Jane Ni, Community Health Care Association of NYS
- Diane Oyler, HFWCNY
- Claire Parde, Healthcare Consortium
- Paul Pettit, Orleans & Wyoming Counties Public Health
- Mandy Qualls, Schuyler County Health Department
- Anne Marie Snell, Get Healthy St. Lawrence County
- Shari Weiss, Cayuga Community Health Network
- Doug Wildermuth, Clarkson University
- Robert Wingate, The Center for Aging in Place
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