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Board of Directors
Staff Ann Woloson, Executive Director Ann joined Prescription Policy Choices in 2006, after serving as Chief of Staff for Maine’s Senate Majority Leaders for 3 ½ years where she provided information and expertise regarding health care policy issues when health care reform was a major focus of the legislature. The focus of her work during that time included significant constituent work and policy analysis in the area of health care service delivery and financing, including Maine’s Dirigo Health Care Reform Law, prescription drug programs, hospital financing and the state budget related to health and human services programs. Prior to her work at the Maine Legislature, Ann worked as a health care policy analyst and advocate for several years in Maine’s nonprofit sector and also as a policy writer for the Maine State Medicaid Program, MaineCare. She has served on a number of health care related boards and commissions including the Governor’s Health Action Team, and most recently the Commission to Study the Future of Primary Care in Maine. She previously chaired the State Medicaid Advisory Committee and was an active member of Maine’s Dual Diagnosis Task Force aimed at improving the continuity of care for people suffering from both mental illness and substance abuse. Ann helped establish the Maine Dental Access Coalition created in an effort improve access to oral health care throughout Maine. Ann currently serves as the Chair of a Maine-based women’s health care fund serving low-income women and is past chair of Literacy Volunteers of Waterville, where she was awarded the statewide Administrative Volunteer of the Year Service Award in 2001. Jennifer Reck, Policy Analyst Jennifer Reck, MA is a policy analyst and project manager for Prescription Policy Choices (PPC). She recently led PPC’s tri-state academic detailing planning initiative involving Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and authored the resulting white paper: A Template for Establishing and Administering Prescriber Support and Education Programs. Prior to joining PPC in 2007, Jennifer was with the Institute for Health Policy (IHP) at the Muskie School of Public Service in Portland, Maine where she also completed graduate coursework in health policy. At IHP she co-authored a review of approaches to improving medication management. She earned a master’s degree in Science and Technology Studies from Cornell University (1998) where she studied the intersection between society, medical research and practice, and a bachelor’s from Bard College (1994) in the history and philosophy of science. Jennifer lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 1998-2004 where she worked at an international medical communications agency which served the corporate offices of major pharmaceutical companies. Her behind the scenes look at industry approaches to research design, publication and education raised serious concerns relating to their impact on clinical research and the medical profession, and led her to her current role as an advocate for prescription drug policy reform. Tina Duffany, Administrative Assistant |