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National Advisory Committee DENNIS BERENS
Dennis Berens is the Director of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health in Lincoln, Nebraska. Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Berens helped create the Nebraska Rural Health Association, Nebraska Economic Development Corporation, and Nebraska Telehealth Backbone. He has served as President of the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health. Presently, he is on the National Association of Rural Health Policy Board, as well as on Nebraska’s newly created eHealth Council.
Mr. Berens’ efforts are presently directed at helping rural communities discover their potential in developing integrated rural health care systems.
Prior to his work in state government, Mr. Berens was co-publisher of the Seward County Independent newspaper and a teacher in Nebraska and Iowa. He holds an M.A. in Education from Concordia (College) University in Seward, Nebraska.
Mr. Berens is a 1997 Community Health Leaders award recipient.
VALERIE BRADLEY
Valerie Bradley is the President of the Human Services Research Institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is recognized for her work in the field of disabilities.
Ms. Bradley has headed numerous state and federal projects in the United States that have contributed to the expansion and enhancement of community services and increased the participation of people with disabilities and their families. She helped to design skills standards for human services workers, currently provides technical assistance to states on quality assurance on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and is the project director for a 26-state, 10-year effort to collect comparable data on the performance of public developmental disabilities systems. She also co-edited a book titled Creating Individual Supports for People with Developmental Disabilities. Ms. Bradley is a former chairperson of the President’s Committee on Intellectual Disabilities and has just completed a term as President of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Ms. Bradley is Chair of the Community Health Leaders NAC.
SANDRAL HULLETT
Sandral Hullett, M.D., is the Chief Executive Officer/Medical Director for the Jefferson Health System consisting of Cooper Green-Mercy Hospital and Jefferson Outpatient Care. The primary focus of Jefferson Health System is service to the underserved populations of Jefferson County. Dr. Hullett has also served as the Executive Director of the Family HealthCare of Alabama, headquartered in Eutaw, Alabama.
Dr. Hullett is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama and on the Board of Directors of University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System. She also serves as a member of the Practicing Physicians Advisory Council for the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Hullett earned her undergraduate degree in biology at Alabama A&M University, her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
MARTIN LYNCH
Marty Lynch is the Executive Director of LifeLong Medical Care, a community health center in Berkeley and Oakland. Dr. Lynch has been the Director of LifeLong and the Over 60 Health Center since 1982. He has been a non-profit administrator for more than 25 years. In addition to serving the uninsured and MediCal populations, LifeLong focuses on providing integrated services to special populations such as the disabled elderly, people with HIV/AIDS, and the homeless with medical, mental health and substance abuse problems.
Dr. Lynch received a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the University of California, San Francisco and an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. In addition to health administration, Dr. Lynch is involved in public policy and research activities related to health access for the uninsured, long term care models, and financing care for special populations.
Dr. Lynch is a 1995 recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders award.
MARGARET O’BRYON
Margaret O’Bryon is president and CEO of the Consumer Health Foundation. The foundation’s work is dedicated to improving the health of Washington, D.C. area communities, targeting equitable access to quality health care, consumer voice and advocacy, and prevention and wellness.
From 1994 to 1997, Ms. O’Bryon worked for Prince Charitable Trusts, a family foundation, where she served as Senior Program Officer, overseeing the foundation’s grant making activities in the D.C. metropolitan area. She also developed and taught an award-winning neighborhood planning program for inner-city junior high school students.
Ms. O’Bryon co-chairs the Health Working Group of Washington Grantmakers and chairs the national Board of Grantmakers in Health. She is a Steering Committee member of the Washington AIDS Partnership and chairs its public policy subcommittee. She serves as a member of the local advisory committees of the D.C. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Nonprofit Finance Fund.
Ms. O’Bryon has a B.A. from Hamilton/Kirkland College and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from George Washington University.
JACQUELINE REED
Jacqueline Reed is the Executive Director and Founder of the Westside Health Authority (WHA) located in Chicago, Illinois. Since 1988, WHA has been a catalyst for improving both the physical and economic health of residents on Chicago’s West Side.
Mrs. Reed has more than 25 years of experience in social work and community organizing. As a community activist, Mrs. Reed has provided leadership in organizing citizens to have a voice in shaping public policies and programs on Chicago’s West side. She also is involved in organizing WHA’s Every Block A Village initiative which focuses on capacity-building among neighbors on a block-by-block basis.
Mrs. Reed is a 1995 recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders award. | 
