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WELCOME TO THE HAPP ALUMNI CORNER ARCHIVE!
Postings listed alphabetically

• Eram Abbasi (Fall 2009)
  Eram was pleased to share with us that she is now employed at the Maryland Department of Aging where she did her senior internship.  She is the Case Management Liaison for the program Money Follows the Person/Medicaid Waiver for Older Adults.
  
  Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in institutions and decrease barriers to transition. New efforts under MFP include peer mentoring, enhanced transition assistance, improved information technology, housing assistance, flexible transition funds, and the addition of waiver services to existing waivers.
  Posted 9/10
  

• Folukemi "Kemi" Akinjiola (Fall 2003)
  On the eve of graduation, Kemi turned in an application to join the Peace Corps via the web. The next day, only hours after walking the stage, she received a call to come in for an interview. Five rapid months later, Kemi found herself in tiny Costa Rica, which is affectionately known as "the Switzerland of Central America." In August 2004 she was sworn in as a Children, Youth, and Families volunteer. Along with her work in the community of Candelaria de Naranjo, where she also lives, Kemi is helping to organize two national Peace Corps sponsored projects. The first is a four-day conference which hopes to offer 40 male adolescents from 20 Peace Corps volunteer communities with a more profound understanding of ideals of male dominance, domestic violence, self-esteem, and vocational opportunities through various workshops and activities. The second project called "Art for Peace" is a nationwide initiative that will offer anti-violence workshops and activities to over 600 school-aged children. The project will conclude with an art contest to take place at the National Theatre in the capital city, San Jose. Both projects are slated for September and November, respectively. Upon her completion of service in August 2006, Kemi hopes to pursue a career in international social work, public health, or public policy. She would first like to earn a Masters in one of these areas.

  For information about "the toughest job you'll ever love", visit http://peacecorps.org/
  Kemi can be reached directly at funke_kemi@hotmail.com
  Posted 5/05

• Bridget Akintunde ( Spring 2005)
  Bridget is an assistant project manager for The Jackson Organization, a survey research consultant company. She is also currently
  pursuing her master's degree full-time at the University of Maryland University College in Hyattsville. She misses the HAPP Program very
  much and hopes to attend future events in support of the HAPP Program.
  Posted 11/06
  
  
• Juan Amador (Spring 1999)
  Juan has recently taken a position as a staff associate with the
  Association of American Medical Colleges in the Division of Community and
  Minority Programs. Previously he worked as a health information
  specialist for Analytical Services, Inc., a private health communication
  organization which contracts with the Centers for Disease Control.
  Posted 10/1/02
  
• Rachel Ammann (Fall 2008)
  Rachel recently shared that she is a Program Support Assistant with the Office of Science and
  Engineering Laboratories with the Food and Drug Administration.  She writes "My time
  is split between the Office of the Director and the Personnel Management
  Office.  It's great working here!"
  Posted 2/10
  
  
• Christina Andrews (Spring 2006)
  Christina just received her Masters in Applied Sociology and has accepted a position with Johnson & Johnson in pharmaceutical
  sales. Congratulations Christina!!!!!!!
  Posted 7/07
  
  
• Joyce Awuro (Fall 2008)
  Congratulations to Joyce on her acceptance to the Masters Program (MSW) at UMB.
  Posted 4/09
  
  
• Julie Barlage (Spring 2004)
  Julie has recently accepted a position as a Managed Care F inancial A nalyst with Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). Catholic Healthcare West is a system of 42 hospitals and medical centers in California, Arizona and Nevada. Founded in 1986, CHW is the eighth largest hospital system in the nation and the largest not-for-profit hospital provider in California.
  8/07
  • Julie is Senior Consultant with Navigant Consulting, Inc. (www.navigantconsulting.com), and is currently based out of the Phoenix, Arizona office. She is a part of the healthcare commercial payer group. Her work focuses on the design and evaluation of provider reimbursement systems, measurement of healthcare costs, the development of methods to collect and analyze healthcare financial and utilization data, as well as providing support for litigation-related matters.
    Posted 11/06
    
    
• Kristina Bennett (Fall 2008)
  Kristina writes to HAPP:
  I just wanted to give a little update on what I have been up to. I joined the Peace Corps, and I have been in Guatemala since April. I am in this program called Health Homes. It's a pretty neat program. My job title is a rural health technician. I work with the health centers, giving health education talks, and forming health promoter groups. I will be giving health talks and training people to give health talks for the first year, and during the second year I will be building projects, such as latrines, stoves, cement floors, and water reserves.  I live in this small town, about 20 minutes away from the nearest city, so it's not too far out there. Peace Corps life for me is not as hard as I thought it would be. I have access to water and electricity pretty much all the time and a hot shower, which is a bonus in Peace Corps world.  I must say that the education that I received in the HAPP program really did help prepare me for some of the work I will be doing down here! So thank you so much!
  Posted 8/10
  
• Janet Anderson Brock (Spring 2000)
  Janet has worked for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) for five years.
  Currently she works in the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality as the coordinator for
  the Council on Technology Innovation. Prior to that she was in the coverage policy area for Medicare.
  " I'm enjoying my career and have UMBC to thank for the solid education that
  helped me get my 'foot in the door' as a outstanding scholar. ... I have been fortunate to have worked
  with some of the brightest minds in health policy, including internationally known
  experts from Harvard, Stanford and the like..."
  Posted 10/05
  
  
  

  
  
• Dierdra Bertrand (Spring 2003)
  Dierdra has been accepted to and will begin the graduate program in physical
  therapy at Drexel University in August 2004.
  Posted 4/04
  
• Dionna Bishop-Robinson (Spring, 2001)
  Dionna works as an HIV Youth Protection Coordinator for the Maryland
  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
  Posted 11/03
  
  
• Tim Bosse (August 1992)
  Tim is Vice President of Scientific Resources for Hudson Global Resources, a
  recruitment and solutions organization. His unit of the company provides permanent
  and contractual staffing in the pharmaceutical, chemical, medical devices, and
  biotechnology sectors. Immediately following graduation Tim went to work for
  Maxion as a placement/coordinator/recruiter in the Traveling Health Care Professionals
  division. He later became Director of Private Duty Services for Mt. Washington
  Pediatric Center.
  His current employer, Hudson Global Resources is expanding on the east coast and
  would be interested in receiving resume's from HAPP graduates. For information on
  where to e-mail your resume, contact the HAPP office or see
  http://www.umbc.edu/happ/paidOPPORTUNITIES.HTML
  Posted 9/03
  
  
• Tina Bracy (Spring 1981)
  Tina is currently doing independent consulting work in long-term care;
  she acts as an interim administrator and does administrative trouble shooting for
  facilities. She earned an MBA from Howard University in 1987 and is now
  looking to return to school and get a degree in nursing. Previously she
  worked as an assistant administrator for HCI a 180 bed long-term care
  facility.
  Posted 2/04
  
  
  
• Courtney Breece (Spring 2004)
  Courtney is a Senior Analyst, Licensure & Certification for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA http://www.ncqa.org/ ) in Washington DC.
  Posted 8/09
  
  
• Carole Brothers Wink (May, 1985)
  Carole is working in the Frederick office of Analytical Science Inc. in
  the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Division as a
  Review Technical Assistant.
  Posted 1/13/03
  
  
• Christina Bullman (Spring 2007)
  Christy received a Masters in Social Work. She is working for Neighborhoods for All Ages as a Senior Services Coordinator.
  Posted 1/09
  
  
• Patricia Bushee (Spring 2005)
  Patrica is employed as an Information and Assistance Specialist II for the Department of Aging, Anne Arundel County. She does outreach in the community connecting with senior centers, Eating Together Program sites, congregate senior housing, and county libraries. She participates in health fairs and does presentations on entitlement programs. Recently she had been doing informational sessions on the Medicare Prescription Program. She also works individually with clients assisting with problem solving and linking people with existing services and programs. She is really enjoying her job.
  Posted 1/06
  
  
• James Case (Spring, 2005)
  James is currently doing health care finance consulting with KPMG (www.kpmg.com) as part of his internship working towards the completion of his masters degree in health finance and management at Johns Hopkins University.
  Posted 8/07
  
  James began graduate studies fall 2005 for a masters degree at Johns Hopkins
  University, School of Public Health.
  Posted 9/05
  
  
• Karol Casiano-Ferebee (Fall 2002)
  Karol, who has been working on her masters in applied sociology at UMBC,
  took time out to complete another project. Isaiah Daniel Ferebee was born on March
  10, 2005 weighing 9lbs. 5 ozs. His mom and dad are very pleased with the
  new addition to their family.
  Posted 3/05
  
  
• Nitasha Chaudhary (Spring 2003)
  Nitasha is currently employed by the National Association of County and City Health Officials
  as the program assistant for the Preparedness Team. This team reviews local and regional plans
  to address all hazard responses. She is willing to respond to e-mail inquires about possible
  internships and employment opportunities in the association.
  nchaudhary@naccho.org
  Posted 11/05
  
  
• Talat Chaudhry (Fall 2009)
  Currently a graduate student in the Public Policy masters program at UMBC, has been offered a fellowship at Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administrations, Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention which she will begin January, 2010.
  Posted 1/10
  
  
• Jamie Chew (Fall 2004)
  We are pleased to report that Jamie was promoted to Quality Assurance Manager for Mercy Hospital in the Quality Improvement Dept. She wrote, "The bulk of my work focuses on Core Measures -- which are hospital performance measures hospitals collect data and submit to CMS and The Joint Commission for validation. I also work on various special projects, RCA's, physician-focused chart audits, the list goes on and on."
  9/07
  • Jamie has taken a position with Mercy Medical Center as a Quality
    Improvement Analyst. Jamie facilitates and manages various projects including
    qualtity performance improvement related teams. She helps to identify
    opportunities for improvement throughout the organization based on studies
    and outcomes. Congratulations to Jamie and best wishes for her future!
    Posted 2/2/05
    
• Joya Chowdhury (Spring 2006)
  Joya has recently taken a position at ICF international in Fairfax, VA.(www.icfi.com) where she is a research assistant
  for the health and human services department.  She was formerly with Childrens National Medical Center in D.C..
  11/07
  
  Joya is currently working at the Childrens National Medical Center in D.C.(www.dcchildrens.com), as a
  Clinical Research Associate in the Hemotology Oncology Department. She is expecting to start graduate school in the near future.
  Posted 3/07
  
  
• Nidhi Dalwadi (Fall 2006)
  Nidhi recently wrote to us about her position as an analyst with the NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance), www.ncqa.org. 
  "At the end of this month, it will mark my sixth month here and am very excited because I am still learning! It is a great company to work for
  and personally within my department, the people are very friendly. ...I boast every chance I get about our HAPP program and feel that you
  guys have prepared us very well for our careers. I especially feel that way after taking this position here at NCQA. So thank you to you and
  all the other faculty members!"
  8/08
  
  
• Lauren Davis  (Spring 2010)
  Lauren was very happy to let us know that she had just been hired by XLHealth.  She wrote "I work for XLHealth as a
  Pharmacy Outreach Specialist. XLHealth [www.xlhealth.com] is an insurance company that provides specialized care and coverage to Medicare beneficiaries that
  have a chronic illness. I'm really excited about this job because the company focuses on PREVENTATIVE CARE!!!!!! The plan that we provide is the Care Improvement Plus program. This company is federally funded for the purposes of managing and caring for Medicare patients."  She believes her internship with a pharmacy was helpful in landing the position.  She is already making plans to continue her education at Johns Hopkins in the School of Public Health.
  Posted 9/10
  
  
• Panayiota Dimitrios (Toula) Cossis-Bellios (Spring 1998)
  Toula is working as a Senior Analyst/Consultant with Mercer Human Resource
  Consulting. The company was responsible for conduting the National Survey
  of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2004.
  Posted 3/05
  

• Wanda Danney (May, 1992)
  Wanda is currently working as a reimbursement collector for
  NeighborCare Infusion. Her first job after graduation was with Prudential
  Insurance in member services. She is considering the possibility of going back
  to school to get a nursing degree.
  Posted 8/02

• Avisa Demehri (Fall 2003)
  Avisa Demehri
  Avisa completed her MPH from Yale University in spring 2006. After returning to Baltimore, she worked part-time at Johns Hopkins while looking for the right fulltime job for her. After four months she was offered the position of manager in the Pediatrics Emergency Department at Johns Hopkins. "It was a long wait but I am very satisfied where I am right now."
  Posted 11/06

  • After completing her first year of graduate study at Yale, she was doing a
    summer internship in the Center for Quality Patient Care in the Johns
    Hopkins Health Center. She will be returning to Yale in the fall to
    complete her masters degree in the spring of 2006. After graduation, she
    plans to return to the Baltimore/ DC area to work.
    Posted 7/05
    
    
  • Avisa began her graduate program in public health this fall at Yale
    University. She writes that she is taking a full schedule of five courses
    including: biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral science,
    health policy and accounting. She writes "I have to say that all the
    classes that I was required to take as an undergraduate student have paid
    off - I find some way to apply a little of everything I learned at UMBC to
    my courses here at Yale (Accounting and Introduction to the US health care
    system have been very useful). My big project right now is looking for an
    internship for the summer - it is a very time consuming process but it is
    something I have some experience in thanks to the required internship I had
    to do at UMBC."
    Posted 11/04
    
    
  • Avisa was working for HCC consulting group. However, she has
    been accepted at Yale University and will begin her masters in health
    management in their school of public health in the fall of 2004.
    Posted 4/04
    
    
• Julie DiPanfilo Obie (December 2000)
  Julie is a safety and environmental engineer for Greatbatch-Hittman, Inc.
  She and her husband, Robert, live in Severn, MD
  Posted 11/25/02

• Amanda Eldridge (December, 2001)
  Amanda has accepted a position with Maxim Healthcare
  Services as a recruiter and she will start in September 2002.
  Posted 7/02

• Andrew Engle (Spring 2007)
  Andrew was featured in the March 2008 edition of Reader's Digest. Click the link to follow his amazing story!
  http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=5366
  Andrew Engle is working for Erickson Advantage (www.ericksonadvantage.com) as an operations associate.
  12/07
  
  
• Natasha Facey (Spring 2004)
  I cannot believe I have been out of school for one year, how time flies!
  My job is simply wonderful. After working at Walter Reed for a couple
  of months I transferred to another government agency, The Office of
  Personnel Management. In my position as an Annuitant Insurance & Goverment
  Claims Specialist I work within a team responsible for reconciling the records
  of federal retirees from all the health carriers participating in the Federal Employees
  Health Benefits Program. I am learning a lot about the federal retirement system as well
  as the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.
  Posted 8/05
  
  
• JoAnna Farrell (Spring 2001)
  JoAnna has been working for the Center for Medcaid and Medicare Services
  (CMS) since graduation. Her group is responsible for Medicare coverage
  policy at the national level. She primarily works on cardiovascular
  issues. JoAnna was recently married and has begun a masters program in
  health services administration with U. of MD, University College.
  Posted 11/03
  
  
• Syrita Farrow (Spring 2001)
  It is with pleasure we announce that Syrita has been accepted to the University of Medicine and Denistry
  of New Jersey where she will study medicine.
  Posted 3/07
  
  
  
  • Syrita was working full time at Bancroft NeuroHealth as an accreditation
    specialist dealing with regulations and compliance issues set by various
    accrediting bodies including the JCAHO. Bancroft NeuroHealth is a
    residential facility for children with severe behavioral disorders secondary

    to developmental disabilities. At the same time, Syrita is working on

    her Masters of Science in microbiology at Thomas Jefferson University
    in preparation for applying to medical school.
    Posted 10/28/02
    
    
• Vanessa Felder-Rembert (Spring 2004)
  Vanessa married her high school sweetheart on July 10, 2004. She recently
  accepted a position as Medical Sales Representative with Respicare.
  Respicare is an adult respiratory therapy company that sells oxygen,
  nebulizers and other ventilation equipment. She writes "I absolutely love
  it. I am still in training ... My territory is Howard/Anne Arundel
  Counties." Now living in Howard County, she feels her sales territory is
  perfect.
  Posted 12/04
  
  
  
• Christin Fissell (December 1995)
  Following graduation she went to work in health insurance and became an
  underwriter for American Medical Securities and Humana. Later she moved
  to the marketing department at Humana. Christin is currently living in Wisconsin
  and temporarily left the job market to raise her family. She is now applying to
  nursing school as she looks ahead to returning to health care employment.
  Posted 3/03
  
  
  
• Steven J. Friedman (Fall 2006)
  As a result of excelling in his internship, Steve was offered full time employment at Bluepoint Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. We wish Steve continued success!
  Posted 2/07
  
  
  
• Alyson Fulwood-Hall (Spring 1998)
  Since graduating from UMBC, Alyson completed her masters of health science
  within the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins
  Bloomberg School of Public Health. While in graduate school, she worked
  at Hopkins on research relating to health behavior and blood pressure. In
  2001, Alyson continued her graduate education starting a Ph.D. program at
  Hopkins in the Division of Social Behavioral Sciences. She is currently
  working on her dissertation and hopes to complete her degree in the fall.
  Alyson and her husband Gentzon, also a UMBC alum, expanded their family
  last year with the birth of a daughter, Syndey Elena, who is almost 11
  months old. Her husband will be completing his Ph.D. in biochemistry and
  his medical degree at UMB in a combined MD/Ph.D. program.
  Posted 04/05
  
  
  
• Morgan Gapara (Spring 2009)
  Morgan has accepted a job with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in Silver Spring, MD as the Laboratory Systems & Standards Specialist. He is planning to return to school in fall to get his MPH.
  Posted 1/10
  
  
  
• Christine George-Abraham (Spring 2001)
  Immediately following graduation, Christine worked for a pharmacy benefits
  management company and then joined Eagle Design and Management. Her job
  involves working with the National Eye institute on public health
  information. This includes technical writing for web-seniorhealth.gov,
  National Eye Institute(NEI) web-site, and creating new materials. She
  recently wrote "I enjoy interacting with the public when they call in to
  get various information about eye diseases. I know people sometimes say
  that what you learn in college doesn't really apply in the real world, but
  I can definitely say I have taken what I have learned and am applying it
  daily."
  Posted 9/05
  
  
• Stephanie Gitukui (Fall, 2010)
  After interning with the Transdisciplinary Science and Translational Prevention Program of RTI International, she has been offered a full-time position as a project coordinator. (www.rti.org)
  Posted 12/10
  
  
• Daniel Goodwin (December, 1998)
  Dan has just started a new position as CV Administrator for Arnett Clinic,
  the largest multi-specialty group paractice of 150 physicians in Indiana.
  Arnett Health System is preparing to built its own hopital, integrating
  the management of its own hospital, clinic and HMO on the same campus.
  Previously Dan worked for the Mayo Clinic where he has completed a
  fellowship after receiving his master's in health administration from
  Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond. To learn more about Arnett
  Clinic you can visit their web-site at www.arnett.com.
  Posted 4/04
  • Daniel completed his master's degree in HealthAdministration at
    Virginia Commonwealth University at Richmond in May
    2002. He was selected from a competitive pool of over 250 applicants to
    participate in a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. In March 2003 Dan will
    join the organization as Associate Clinic Administrator for Operations.
    His responsibilities will include coordinating the operational activities
    in support of the Albert Lea Clinic and five regional clinics.
    Posted 1/3/03

    
    

• Cindy Graunke (Fall, 1990)
  Cindy was an employee of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
  (CMS) when she transferred to UMBC to finish her undergraduate degree.
  Sometime after graduation she was made Branch Chief and currently is Division
  Director for Nursing Homes, a position to which she was promoted in 2000.
  Posted 2/05
  
  
  
• Andre Harris (Spring 2008)
  Andre has recently taken a job with the Social Security Administration as a Systems Analyst for the Office of Retirement and Survivors Insurance Systems
  (which also does Medicare systems). Andre plans on taking advantage of full tuition reimbursement and will be attending UB for a masters degree in
  Health Systems Management and/or a Juris Doctorate in Health Law in the near future. Congratulations Andre!
  Posted 4/2009
  
  
  
• Jennifer Heacock (December 1999)
  Jennifer has been working as a contract employee at Lockead Martin through
  Standard Technology Corporation in the benefits department. She has just
  accepted an offer from Lockead Martin to take a non-contract position in the
  office responsible for managing their pension plan.
  Posted 3/03
  
  
  
• Tenisha Hewitt (Spring 2005)
  Tenisha was recently hired at CareFirst in Washington D.C. as an
  Associate Underwriter in the Underwriting Department.
  Posted 8/05
  
  
  
• Sarah Ho (Fall 2002)
  Sarah is completing a Masters in Public Health at Geroge Washington University.
  She was just selected for an injury prevention and policy internship at the
  Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) (www.astho.org).
  Posted 12/05

• William Hoffman (August 1983)
  Since graduation Bill has worked for Johns Hopkins/Bayview and Shock
  Trauma UMMS. But he said "it felt good to come home" when he took
  his position as manager of grants, contracts and administration with the
  Center for Health Program Development and Management right hear at
  UMBC two and a half years ago. In 1992 he received his masters degree in
  administrative science/ health care management from Johns Hopkins
  University. currently work on campus. I am the Administrator for CHPDM & have been here for 2.5 years now.
  CHPDM employs many HSP students.
  Posted 8/02

• Abiola Isola (Spring 2008)
  Abiola has accepted a position as a physician recognition analyst with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
  beginning in September, 2008. www.ncqa.org
  9/08
  
  

• Christine Jarin-Ramirez (Dec 1998)
  Christine was a double major with information systems management (IFSM). She is
  currently working as a business systems analyst for Value Options, a behavioral and mental
  care management organization.
  Posted 9/03

• Mara Kent-Skruch, Ph.D., R.N. (May 1985)
  Professor, Sociology
  Coordinator, Gerontology Program
  Sociology & Geography Dept.
  Anne Arundel Community College
  101 College Parkway
  Arnold, MD 21012
  Posted 8/02

• Manisha Khatta (Summer 2008)
  Manisha currently works for the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore with the Division of Quality and
  Safety as a Clinical Decision Support Analyst. She will also start school at UMUC fall 2009 for a MHA/MBA dual degree.
  Posted 8/09
  
  
• Beverly Kinder (December, 1994)
  Beverly is now Beverly Cowee following her marriage to Charles (Chip)
  Cowee in September, 2000. She is currently working as the manager of
  Government Affairs, Congressional and Customer Relations for Sierra
  Military Health Services, Inc. (SMHS) (www.sierramilitary.com). SMHS was
  selected by the Department of Defense to deliver TRICARE, the managed care
  focused health services for the military that replaced CHAMPUS. SMHS is
  responsible for 13 northeast and mid-Atlantic-states including the
  District of Columbia. After starting in the marketing department, Beverly
  was promoted to her current position in May 2000.
  Posted 10/1/02
  
  
• Kristen King (Spring 2003)
  Kristen is working for Brighton Gardens Assisted Living in a newly created
  position which has her doing a variety of activities including marketing
  and supervising front-desk staff. She has also worked with HAPP to create
  an internship opportunity for our majors at Brighton Gardens.
  Posted 2/04
  
  
• Timothy Kuhn (Spring 1988)
  Tim is working for Maxim Healthcare Services as Vice President National Accounts. http://www.maximhealthcare.com/
  10/07
  
  
• Ashley Larusso (Spring 2009)
  Ashley has accepted a position with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
  She is a Licensure and Certification Coordinator. CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY!
  Posted 9/09
  
  
• Renee Livshin (Spring 2008)
  Renee has just taken a position with the National Institutes of Health, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, as a grants managements specialist.
  10/08

• Tamar Loewy (May 2001)
  Tamar will finish her master's degree at Johns Hopkins
  University in May, 2003. Currently she is completing her administrative
  residency at the Office of Managed Care for Johns Hopkins Medical System.
  She has especially enjoyed performing financial analyses to evaluate
  proposals from various insurance companies and finds the negotiation
  involved with each contract "fascinating." Because Howard County General
  Hospital is part of the Hopkins system, she occasionally works with Trisha
  McAllister (see posting) another HAPP graduate. On a personal note, Tamar
  will be married in January, 2003.
  Posted 1/3/03
  
  
• Kerri Maczis (Spring 2006)
  Kerri is working at MedStar Health Infusion in Elkridge, MD. She is an Infusion Biller working with many different insurance companies
  including Medicare and MD Medicaid.
  Posted 3/07
  
  
• Kenneth Mallory (Fall 2003)
  Kenneth worked as a reporter for the Afro-American Newspaper upon graduation, primarily covering health and entertainment related stories.
  Additionally, Kenneth freelanced for a variety of publications, ending his reporting career with a Knight Fellowship, covering the funeral
  industry in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, before heading to law school. Right now, Kenneth is in his final year of law school at
  Northwestern University in Chicago, IL and currently working as a summer associate in a Chicago law firm that engages in a variety
  of health and insurance law practice areas. Kenneth is intent on practicing in the health care arena after graduating. Congratulations on
  your successes Kenneth!
  8/08
  
  
• Shaina Margolese (May 2004)
  Shaina has a very busy schedule these days. She is enjoying motherhood
  and the care of her 6 month old son. She has been working from home for
  the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults; she did her internship with this
  organization before graduating. More recently, she is doing part-time
  graduate study at Towson University in the Health Science Program.
  Posted 2/05
  
  

  • Shaina and her husband Mo are very pleased to announce the arrival of their
    son, Eliyahu Dov Margolese on August 5, 2004
    Posted 8/04
    
• Edwin Mayah (Fall 2008)
  Edwin was accepted into The University Of Maryland Master Of Healthcare Administration Program.
  Edwin was also also offered a position with Montgomery County as a Healthcare Navigator.
  Congratulations Edwin!
  Posted 6/09
  
  
• Patricia (Trish) McAllister (December, 2000)
  Congratulations to Trish who just received a promotion at Howard County General Hospital
  to Managed Care Coordinator for the Department of Managed Care. Congrats Trish!
  Posted 4/03
  
  
• Doreen McGill (Spring 1991)
  Employed with the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities since graduating, she is currently Director of the Respite Care Referral Program. (www.aacounty.org/aging)
  Posted 4/06
  
  
• Kira A. Fuller (Formerly Kira A. Medaris) (May 2004)
  Best wishes to Kira who was married on September 18, 2004 to Glen Fuller.
  Kira is working as a management analyst for the Department of Veterans'
  Affairs in downtown D.C. She was hired through the federal government's
  outstanding scholar program. As part of her job, she is auditing VA
  contracts with university based physicians and pharmaceutical companies.
  Posted 10/04
  
• Tho Le (Spring 2008)
  Tho is working at Medstar Family Choice as a healthcare analyst. Tho plans to return to school next fall and get his Master's in Healthcare
  Informatics.
  Posted 1/09
  
  
• Latoya Major (Spring 2005)
  Latoya is currently working for Mercer Human Resource Consulting as an analyst.
  Posted 8/05
  
  
• Christiana Metzger (Fall 2003)
  Chrissy received her M.A. in Applied Sociology and a graduate certificate in non-profit organizations from UMBC in December, 2005. In November 2005, she started work at the University of Maryland College Park as a Faculty Research Assistant in the Department of Public and Community Health under the National Minority AIDS Education Training Center (NMAETC) grant. NMAETC is a HRSA funded Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) which provides training and technical assistance to health care professionals that treat minority persons living with HIV. I am responsible for NMAETC data coordination which includes data tracking, entry and analysis, communicating and providing feedback with NMAETC’s six Local Performance Sites (LPS) across the country, data quality assurance, generating monthly and quarter data reports to our national office, and coordination of other evaluation activities, as needed.
  Posted 1/06
  
  
• Zubin Mistry (August 2008)
  Was recently hired by Howard General Hospital under
  Hopkins to work with Drs. Esposito Mayer, Hogan and Associates P.A,an OB/GYN
  practice.  As a staff assistant, he will be working with the Administrator and
  Administrative Coordinator.  www.drsemh.com
  Posted 12/08
  
  
• Karen Morgret (Spring 1984)
  Karen is now an Assistant Director for Outcomes Service Department for Treatment and Learning Centers.
  Posted 1/09
  
  
  • Employed as the Director of Rehabilitation Programs for S.O.C. Enterprises which provides
    employment and rehabilition services to those with disabilities. After graduation, she completed a masters
    in human resources administration at the University of Maryland University College.
    Posted 5/05
    
    
• Sangeeta N. Nambi (Spring 2010)
  Sangeeta is working at the International Monetary Fund in the nation's capital (IMF) as a Staff Assistant to the Assistant Director of the Sovereign Assets and Liabilities Management Division of the Monetary & Capital Markets Department. The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.
  
  Sangeeta shared with us how HAPP influenced her answers during her interview "Upon interview for the position, and asked how my background with HAPP would apply, or serve the organization, I had described how money drives access to health care, and better management of money on a grand scheme, will overall improve the country's chances at acquisition of ideal resources, to include health care as well. The regulation aspect of our HAPP program also came in handy in terms of being familiar with the basic concepts of economics, and how better management and understanding of the needs of a society can help ensure better ways of serving that society."  Congratulations Sangeeta!
  Posted 9/10
  
• Shaghayegh Nazemian (December 2001)
  I will be back at UMBC starting this fall for grad school. I will be pursuing
  a masters degree in Sociology. I currently work at Maxim Healthcare as a
  billing coordinator
  Posted 8/02

• Monica Noguera-Wolfe (May 1985)
  Director of Human Resourses, HealthExtra
  Masters Health Services Administration, George Washington University
  Posted 8/27/02
  
  
• Stephani Nowak (Spring 2007)
  Stephani just started her new job in July 2007 as the Diabetes administrative coordinator of the Inova Diabetes Center at Inova
  Loudon Hospital. She states "they were impressed with my Health Administration Degree as well as my course work and internship experience."
  She is looking forward to using her tuition assistance benefit to pursue a Master's Degree in the future.
  Posted 7/07
  
  
• Karis Pallone (Spring, 2003)
  Karis, who will complete her masters in applied sociology here at
  UMBC this spring, has been accepted into the Ph.D. program in sociology at
  Purdue University and will begin her studies' there in the fall.
  Posted 3/05
  
  
• Dipal Panara (Spring 2010)
  Dipal sent HAPP an email with an update on what she has been doing since graduation."I'm really excited to share that I'm one of the 30 Allies for Public Allies-DC.  www.publicallies.org. Public Allies is one of the Americorps programs (http://www.americorps.gov/). It's a 10 month leadership program. The mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation. Each Ally works with a different nonprofit. The nonprofit I will be working with is Emmaus Services for the Aging. Emmaus provides services to the elderly within the DC area( including medicare and medicaid assistance, providing transportation, providing nutrition,exercise and computer classes). I can't wait to start working with PA and Emmaus!" Congratulations Dipal!
  Posted 9/10
  
  
• Rachna Pancholi (Fall 2008)
  Taking my degree forward, I have started working for Fox Rehabilitation here in NJ. I work as Medicare Reimbursement & Transmissions Specialist. I am utilizing many terms, rules & regulations we learned during our Health Admin Program. Thus, I only want to thank you for all the hard work that you and the Administration team have put into this great program.
  The company I work for is a private practice, which specializes into Geriatric Population by providing them “In Home Therapy” under Medicare part B guidelines. You can check out our website: www.foxrehab.org. This is a great company to work for and grow within.
  Posted 11/09
  
  
• Karrinne Patterson (May 2002)
  Karrinne is working as a Pricing Analyst in the
  Pricing/Actuary Department of the Pricing, Underwriting, and Benefits
  Division at Mid-Atlantic Medical Services in Rockville, Maryland. She has
  also been taking graduate level courses at the University of Maryland
  University College.
  Posted 1/3/03
  
• Anu Paul (Spring 2004)
  Anu has just been hired by Consortium Health Plans as a network
  information analyst.
  Posted 5/04
  
  
• Monica Penn (Spring 1984)
  Monica just recieved a promotion, Director, Patient Financial Services at Kaiser Permanente. Congratulations Monica!
  Posted 3/07
  
  
• Robert Perry (Spring 1998)
  Robert is an Administrator at Life Care Services LLC. http://www.lcsnet.com/
  Posted 10/07
  
  
• Michele Pharr (Spring 2006)
  Michele has recently taken a position with the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygeine. She is a research analyst with the Office of Health Policy and Planning which is a part of the Family Health Administration. Her position focuses on workforce issues, needs assessment and outreach to state and federally-designated rural area in Maryland.
  Posted 7/2007
  
  
• Emily Phillips (Fall, 2004)
  Emily is currently working at St. Agnes Hospital, where she is a Consulting Associate.  Her job involves working for both
  Strategic Planning and Quality Management.  The job requires the data
  analysis and management for the Quality Management department, including reporting to hospital committees.
  10/07
  
  
• Kelly Pike (May 1998)
  Kelly is a policy analyst for the New York State Task Force on Life
  and Law. She received a master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University
  Bloomberg School of Public Health in May 2002 and resides in New York, NY.
  Posted 11/25/02
  

• Ulric Pollard (December 1990)
  District Sales Manager, Abbott Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Products Division
  Posted 9/9/02

• Tishna Singh (August 1994)
  Tishna recently changed jobs and is now employed with Ortho Biotech Products, LP, as a Reimbursement Manager.
  Posted 7/03
  
  
  • Employed with Convance Health Economics and Outcomes Services Inc. as
    a manager/associate. She completed her MBA in May 2000 at Johns Hopkins University. Tishna has
    continued to support HAPP since graduating by participating in our "returning
    graduates panel" and, when possible, sharing job opportunities appropriate for
    our new graduates.
    Posted 9/12/02
    
    
• Courtney Smith-Breece (May 2004)
  Best wishes to Courtney who married Olin Breece on October 23, 2004.
  Shortly she will be starting a new position with the National Committee
  for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as assistant to the assistant vice president
  of policy. As such she will be involved in HEDIS audits and will be
  responsible for setting up training conferences.
  Posted 11/04
  
  
• Kristan Julian Sohr
• 

  In memory of Kristan Julian Sohr
  December 1989 graduate of the Health Administration and Policy Program (HAPP).
  Formerly known as Health Science and Policy (HESP)
  May 16, 1967 - February 17, 2004
  
  

• .

• Posted 10/04

• Lauren Stahl (Fall 2004)
  Recently accepted a position with the Anne Arundel County Department of
  Health in the REACH Program. This is a program for county residents who
  have no health insurance. She is Coordinator of Special Programs doing
  case management
  Posted 7/05
• Marcus Taylor (May 2002)
  
  We are pleased to announce that Marcus Taylor accepted a position of Chief of Staff for Well Point, Inc.
  in Indiana. From all of us at HAPP, Congratulations Marcus!
  Posted 4/07
  
  
  • Marcus has been promoted to Account Manager for Special Accounts for the Indiana Large Group Sales team for Anthem BCBS effective April 3, 2006 This position will require development and execution of customized account retentions strategies, cross selling of specialty and managed care products, managing the renewal process and ensuring the receipt of excellent customer service. We know Marcus, who graduated cum laude from UMBC with a HAPP major and cum laude from Indiana University with a Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration, is up to the job. (www.anthem.com)
    Posted 4/06
    
    Graduated cum laude from Indiana University in May with an MHA degree
    Began 2nd year of management development program at Anthem BCBS, in
    Indianapolis. Currently serving as Program Manager for Indiana Group Business
    Anthem, whose mission is to "improve the health of the people we serve,"
    provides health care benefits to more than 12.5 millions Americans in 9
    different states. Anthem is currently the 4th largest publicly traded
    health benefits company in the U.S. To learn more about Anthem visit
    www.anthem.com. Of course the kids are doing great!
    Posted 6/04
    
    Marcus is currently in graduate school at Indiana University where he began studies of
    his Masters in Health Administration this fall. While in school he is working as a
    claims representative for the Social Sercurity Administration. He and his wife are expecting their second child.
    *CONGRATULATIONS TO MARCUS AND HIS WIFE ON THE BIRTH OF THEIR DAUGHTER ON FEBRUARY 25, 2003,
    YAMINAH SANAA TAYLOR, 6lbs 7.4oz, 19.75 inches long
    Posted 9/20/02-
    
    
• Sharmaine Taylor-Anderson ( May 2002)
  I am currently employed by The Centers For Medicaid and Medicare
  Services as an Health Insurance Specialist in the Center for Beneficiary
  Choices. Our current project is the new Medicare Modernization Act which
  allows beneficiaries to receive discounts on their prescriptions. I'm
  working on my masters degree at Towson University.
  Posted 8/04
  
  
• Sharon Thomas-Patterson (August 1999)
  Sharon is a research coordinator at the Johns Hopkins University
  and resides in Baltimore
  Posted 11/25/02
  
  
• Cecelia Thompson (May 2000)
  Cecelia recently changed jobs and now has a position with United HealthCare (www.unitedhealthcare.com)
  as Key Accounts-Service Account Manager. She previously was with CIGNA HealthCare (www.CIGNA.com).
  Posted 12/05
  
  
  • Cecelia has been working for Cigna since June 2000. Since that time she has had
    three promotions and is now a Client Strategy Specialist. Congratulations Cecelia!
    Posted 5/03
    
    
• Antoinette Thomas-Williams(May 1982)
  Currently the Director of Managed Care Services for CareFirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield. She has an MBA
  earned from Loyola College. Antoinette has continued to support the
  program by providing internships for current students when possible and
  participating in our "returning graduates panel."
  Posted 9/12/02

• Joanne (Troutner) Campione (May, 1989)
  In December 2005, I received a PhD in health services research from UNC Chapel Hill’s joint program with the School of Public Health
  and School of Pharmacy. I work for the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety.  As the Director of Clinical Measurement Services,
  I am responsible for the NC Hospital Quality Performance Report (www.NCHospitalQuality.org) and the analysis of hospital clinical measures associated
  with national and statewide quality improvement initiatives. Previous work experience includes two years with LabCorp, six years with Blue Cross and
  Blue Shield North Carolina, and two years with CMS' Office of Legislation and Policy in Washington, D.C.
  I am married to a wonderful husband, have two children, and still have a great group of UMBC friends that I keep in touch with after 20 years!
  Posted 12/08

  • Joanne is currently in her 2nd year at UNC-Chapel Hill for a
    Ph.D. in Health and Pharmaceutical Policy & Evaluation. After receiving a
    MSPH from UNC in 1993, Joanne worked at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of
    N.C. Joanne's UMBC HESP internship at HCFA on Security Blvd. led
    her to a job in Medicare's Legislation office on Capitol Hill before moving
    to N.C. Joanne thanks Joyce Riley for her support throughout the
    years.
    Posted 7/02
    
    
• Carla Turner (May 1998)
  Carla lives with her husband and two sons, ages 2 and 4, in
  Alabama. After a break, Carla returned to work in 2000 and is currently
  working for a physician's group in the business office. As she wrote to
  me, she is "getting the itch" to return to school. She is considering an
  accelerated masters level nursing program.
  Posted 12/2/02
  
  
• Tebi Varghese (May 2004)
  We are pleased to share that Tebi has been accepted for graduate study in the MBA programs at Loyola, University of Balitimore and Towson University. She is currently employed as a client manager for Receivables Outsourcing Inc.(ROI) doing financial work for hospital systems (www.theroi.com). She will be accepting the admission offer from Loyola College where she plans to study full-time.
  Posted 4/06
  
  
  • Tebi was working as a health care client manager for Receivables Outsourcing Inc.,
    in Timonium, MD. She learned about this job opening from the opportunities
    shared by HAPP with recent graduates.
    Posted 8/04
    
    
• Alexandria Urrutia (Spring 2008)
  Alex completed her first year of  her Master's of Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan in April, 2009 and started working at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) as a Graduate Intern in Strategy and Planning as well as Operational Redesign for the summer.  She wrote about how much she enjoyed her internship. " I have been able to take what I learned at UMBC, as well as my past internship work experience, coupled with what I have learned and done at Michigan into a very successful summer experience."  Below are a list of some of the activities in which she participated while interning,
  
  - Administered the operational planning and implementation of mammography referral service to UCMC from FQHC
  - Developed detailed communication and process flow plan and led training of nurses and ED personnel for new Hem/Onc 12 bed inpatient Evaluation Unit
  - Conducted a Market Analysis of service area for a potential Center for Frail Elderly Living at affiliate hospital
  - Created orientation documents for the establishment of UCMC Teaching service at a community hospital as well as created and administered an Attending Physician Satisfaction Survey at this site
  - Constructed and administered measurement systems for patient volume, bed census tracking, and financial performance tracking for UCMC and affiliate hospitals and clinics
  Posted 4/10
  
  
• Lesley Wacker-Wallace (Spring 1994)
  Lesley is employed with Medstar Health (www.medstarhealth.com) as a senior manager for contracting and payer relations.
  Posted 7/06
  
  
• Angela (Ward) Stanley (Spring 2001)
  Angela received her MHS at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in May 2003.
  She is currently a Health Insurance Specialist at Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services.
  Posted 1/04
  
  
• Lisa Watts- Hardesty (Spring 1998)
  Lisa is the program coordinator in the physical medicine department of the Laurel Regional Hospital. This area provides inpatient rehabilitation services. As part of her responsibilities, Lisa is involved in staffing, scheduling and the development of new programs. She also maintains and generates various departmental statistics and reports.
  Posted 3/06

• Angela Wells-White (August 1999)
  After graduating from UMBC, I accepted a position at Howard County General as the Business Analyst
  for Managed Care and also attended UB for their MBA program. I received my MBA in 2001.
  I am now currently the Manager of Reimbursement for Holy Cross Hospital.
  I am planning to attend law school beginning in Fall 2003 to concentrate in health law.
  Posted 9/3/02

• Rebecca Womick (May 2002))
  Shortly after graduation, Rebecca took a position as a healthcare
  information analyst with the University of Maryland Medical System. She
  misses the flexibility of scheduling her day for whatever times she wants
  as she could with her coursework, but is enjoying her job and learning
  something new all the time.
  Posted 7/02

• Carolyn Wood (Fall 1992)
  Carolyn is an operations manager for Covance Health Economics and
  Outcomes Services Inc. in Gaithersburg, Maryland. She believes Covance
  offers good job opportunities for HAPP graduates. To learn more about the
  company, go to www.covance.com.
  Posted 3/05

• Geoffrey Wynn (May 2000)
  Geoff is currently working for AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)
  which is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL. Geoff is a Chapters Administrator. He is currently
  working on his MBA at Florida Metropolitan University in Jacksonville and expects to complete his
  degree next spring.
  Posted 7/03
  
  
• Sandhye Yalamanchili-Nimmagadda (Spring 1983)
  Sandhye is currently managing her physician-husband's medical practice in
  McLean, VA. Following graduation, she was Supervisor of Out-Patient
  Services for AMI Doctors Hospital in Lanham, Maryland.
  Posted 11/03