Advocacy and Policy

The Health Workforce Subcommittee of the Delaware Health Care Commission is populated with experts from a wide range of medical and educational backgrounds and is chaired by Cabinet Secretary (and DHCC board member) Rick Geisenberger, and Kathy Matt, PhD (former Dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware, and Chair of the Delaware Institute for Medical Education and Research).

The Health Workforce Subcommittee is the advisory board for Delaware Health Force and also serves as the advocacy and policy advisory body for the DHCC. Please contact us with your ideas, potential partnerships, and challenges via our contact us page and we’ll work to get you in front of the Health Workforce Subcommittee during a future meeting.

Committee members include:

Kathy Matt, PhD – Co-chair, Chair Delaware Institute for Medical Education and Research
Rick Geisenberger – Co-chair, Secretary of Finance, Delaware
Tim Gibbs, MPH – Delaware Health Force Director

Nicholas Conte, DMD, MBA, Division of Public Health
Brian Frazee, MMP, Delaware Healthcare Association
Cheryl Heiks, BA, Delaware Healthcare Facilities Association
Elisabeth Massa , MA, Delaware Health Care Commission
Nichole Moxley, BS, DHSS Office of Healthcare Provider Resources
Maggie Norris-Bent, MPA, Westside Family Healthcare
Chris Otto, MSN, RN, CCRN, Delaware Nurses Association
Mike Quaranta, MS, MPP, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
Gwendolyn Scott-Jones, PsyD, Delaware State University
Shauna Slaughter, MA, Division of Professional Regulation
Mark Thompson, MHSA, Medical Society of Delaware
Avani Virani, MD, Highmark

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