Delaware Health Force (DHF) is a public/private partnership between the State of Delaware and the Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association (Academy/DPHA).

Seed funding for DHF was provided by the Delaware Health Care Commission and from Academy/DPHA internal fund endowments.  Major grant funding has been provided by the State of Delaware’s Department of Labor through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) pandemic relief funds.

 

Tim Gibbs, MPH, NPMc is the Director and Principal Investigator for DHF. Previous to this appointment he was the executive director of the Academy/DPHA for 16 years.

 

 

 

Giselle Bermudez, MS – Student Financial Aid Coordinator

 

 

 

Matt McNeill, NS – Research Associate

 

 

 

 


Nicole Sabine, BS – Research Associate

 

 

 

Tim Ay – Salesforce Guru, President & CTO, Agile Cloud Consulting

 

 

 

 


Kaitlin Canalichio, MS – Data Scientist, Data Lab, Tech Impact

 

 

 


Ryan Harrington, MS – Research Development & Analytics, Data Lab, Tech Impact

 

 

 


Héc Maldonado-Reis, AM, MPH – Research Development & Analytics, Data Lab, Tech Impact

 

 


Ann Painter, MSN, RN is the board of directors liaison for the Academy/DPHA,

 

 

 


Kate Smith, MD, MPH operates in an advisory capacity as executive director of the Academy/DPHA.

 

 

 

The independent advisory council for DHF is also the workforce subcommittee of the Delaware Health Care Commission and is comprised of:

Rick Geisenberger, Secretary of Finance, Co-chair
Kathy Matt, PhD,  Co-chair

Brian Frazee, MPP – executive director, Delaware Healthcare Association
Cheryl Heiks, BA, BS – executive director, Delaware Healthcare Facilities Association
Melissa Jones, The Dental Group, Lewes
Maggie Norris-Bent, MPA, Westside Family Healthcare
Elisabeth Massa, MA, executive director, Delaware Health Care Commission
Nichole Moxley, BS, Bureau Chief – Office of Healthcare Provider Resources
Christopher Otto, MSN, RN, CCRN, executive director, Delaware Nurses Association
Mike Quaranta, MPP, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and the Delaware Workforce Development Board
Gwendolyn Scott-Jones, Psy-D, Delaware State University
Shauna Slaughter, Director of the Division of Professional Regulation
Mark Thompson, MHSA, executive director, Medical Society of Delaware
Avani Virani, MD, senior medical director, Highmark Delaware

Colleen Cunningham, Delaware Health Care Commission staff

 

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