Recommendations for a National Mass Patient and Evacuee Movement, Regulating, and Tracking System

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Appendix A: Key Project Staff and Steering Committee Members

Key Project Staff

Name	Organization
Tom Rich (Project Director)	Abt Associates Inc.
Paul Biddinger (Co-Principal Investigator)	Director of Pre-Hospital Care and Disaster Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
Richard Zane (Co-Principal Investigator)	Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham & Women's Hospital
Andrea Hassol	Abt Associates Inc.
Lucy Savitz	Abt Associates Inc.
Margarita Warren	Abt Associates Inc.

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Steering Committee Members

The following persons attended at least one of the three steering committee meetings, which were held on December 1, 2005, April 12, 2006, and October 27, 2006, at Abt Associates' Bethesda office.

Name	Organization
Sally Phillips (Project Officer)	Director of Public Health Emergency Preparedness Research Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
F. Christy Music	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Department of Defense
Knox Andress	Emergency Preparedness Coordinator CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System
Brad Austin	Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Janet Benini	Senior Advisor, Intelligence Security and Emergency Response U.S. Department of Transportation
Kathryn Brinsfield	Associate Medical Director Boston Emergency Medical System
Stephen Cantrill	Department of Emergency Medicine Denver Health Medical Center
Michael Feeser	Office of Policy, Plans and Preparedness Department of Veterans Affairs
Edward Gabriel	Director of Crisis Management Walt Disney Corporation
Derek Goldstein	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dan Hanfling	Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine Inova Health System
Scott Henderson	Manager, Web and Applications Development Northrop Grumman Force Health Protection
Nathaniel Hupert	Department of Public Health Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Ann Knebel	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Harry Koerner	Operations Support Center Manager Federal Emergency Management Agency
Bill Kormos	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Force Health Protection & Readiness Department of Defense
James Lawler	Director for Biodefense Policy Homeland Security Council
Deborah Levy	Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Teresa Lustig	Science and Technology Directorate U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Leonard Marcus	National Preparedness Leadership Initiative Harvard School of Public Health
Michael Meit	Department of Health Policy & Evaluation National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago
Vincent Mercadante	Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response U.S. Department of Transportation
David Persse	Department of Health and Human Services City of Houston
Mark Roupas	Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Department of Defense
Bill Savage	Research Computing Division RTI International
James Sims	Emergency Preparedness Department City of Los Angeles
Arlene Stephenson	Springfield Hospital Center Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Jennifer Todd	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Scott Wetterhall	Health Security & Systems Research RTI International

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