Ignatius Bau, J.D., Director, Culturally Competent Health Systems, The California Endowment

Christine A. Bechtel, Vice President of Government Affairs, The American Health Quality Association

Robert Berenson, M.D., Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute

Sheila Blackstock, R.N., B.S.N., J.D., Director, Division of Quality Improvement Program Policy for Acute Care, Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Chad Boult, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., Director, Lipitz Center for Integrated Health Care; Professor of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Eric Carlson, J.D., Attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center

Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., J.D., MDiv., Senior Policy Attorney, Washington, D.C. Managing Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Michael Connors, Long-Term Care Advocate, California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform

Paul Cotton, Senior Legislative Representative, AARP Federal Affairs Department

Carol A. Cronin, M.S.W., M.S.G., Independent Consumer Health Information Consultant

Kenneth Dardick, M.D., Family Physician, Storrs, Connecticut

Joyce Dubow, Senior Advisor, AARP Policy and Strategy

Toby S. Edelman, Ed.M., J.D., Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Sue Felt-Lisk, M.P.A., Senior Health Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Vicki Gottlich, J.D., L.L.M., Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Stuart Guterman, Ph.D., Senior Program Director, Program on Medicare's Future, The Commonwealth Fund

Leif Wellington Haase, Senior Program Officer and Health Care Fellow, The Century Foundation

Sally Hart, J.D., M.B.T., Consulting Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Diane E. Hoffmann, J.D., M.S., Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Academic Programs; Director, Law and Health Care Program; University of Maryland School of Law

Peter A. Hollmann, M.D., Medical Director, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of RI

Carol S. Jimenez, Esq., Legal Counsel, Law Offices of Carol S. Jimenez

Eleanor Kinney, J.D., M.P.H., Professor, Co-director, Hall Center for Law and Health; Director, Latin American Law Summer Program; Indiana University School of Law – Indianapolis
Wendy A. Kronmiller, J.D., Director, Office of Health Care Quality, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Region III Representative, Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies

Patricia Kurtz, Director, Federal Relations, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Yvonne Y. Lee, Public Affairs Specialist, Lee Asian Community Affairs

Keith D. Lind, Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

Sarah Lock, Esq., Senior Attorney/Manager, AARP Foundation Litigation

Patricia Nemore, J.D., Senior Policy Attorney, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Diane Paulson, Esq., Senior Attorney, Medicare Advocacy Project, Greater Boston Legal Services

Lisa A. Robin, Vice President of Government Relations, Policy, and Education, Federation of State Medical Boards

Virginia Rowthorn, Esq., Director of Health Law Externships, Coordinator for Law and Healthcare Program, and Lecturer in Law, University of Maryland School of Law

Michael Rubin, Project Assistant, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

David G. Schulke, Executive Vice President, The American Health Quality Association

Chad Shearer, Legislative Director, Office of Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA)

Sharon Sprenger, R.H.I.A., C.P.H.Q., M.P.A., Project Director, Group on Core Performance Measurement, Division of Research, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Judith A. Stein, Esq., Executive Director, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Barry M. Straube, M.D., Chief Medical Officer; Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Julie Taitsman, M.D., J.D., Special Counsel for Health and Science, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

Ho Luong Tran, M.D., M.P.H., Presdient & CEO, The Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Janet Wells, Director of Public Policy, National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform

Jackson Williams, Senior Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute

Mark R. Yessian, Ph.D., Regional Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections (Ret.), Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services