Who's Who at the ONC

I have been generally very impressed with the efforts at implementation of government 2.0 principles, but here is one area where there needs much greater transparency at the Office of the National Coordinator and this in listing their staff and contractors. To avoid the impression that identities of personnel and contractors are being withheld from the public to prevent the public from knowing who they are and what their past and present affiliations might be, the ONC should immediately release contact information and titles for all the staff. (Update 5/28/10 - much of this information has now been released).

HHS does have a listing of public employees. Unfortunately the ONC is not in this list. However, doing some creative searching I was able to create the following list with active links to their contact information pages. But, alas many of the titles are blank, much of the data are outdated, and there seems to still be some missing data.

Last name	First name	Job title
Alvarez	Juan
Andriesen	Brett
Anozie	Emily	Administrative Assistant
Anthony	Elise	Policy Advisor
Arbogast	Carol	Director Human Resources
Ashkenaz	Peter
Baker	Alexander	Project Officer
Barnes	Michelle	Administrative Assistant
Becker	Targi	Management Analyst
Black	Erin
Bonner	Tiffany	Intern
Boone	Edna	Contractor
Borja	Tom
Brooks	Aja	Policy Analyst
Brown	Jennifer
Buchele	Libbie
Bundy	Yvette	Management Analyst
Butler	Tiffany
Cao	Yolanda
Caton-Peters	Helen	Information Technology Specialist
Celentano	Kristina
Chambers	Cortney	Program Analyst
Chaput	Daniel	Public Health Analyst
Charles	Dustin
Chikatla	Ruhana	Executive Assistant
Choi	Christy
Choi	Mera	Program Analyst
Chrapaty	Kevin	Contractor
Clark	Asara	Program Analyst
Colby-Elborn	Sharon
Consolazio	Michelle	Program Analyst
Constant	Monifa
Costa	Bianca
Costa	Catherine	Innovator In Resisdence
Coughlin	Brett	Communications Specialist
Coy	Caroline	Presidential Management Fellow
Cramer	Jennifer
Cronin	Kelly	Director Office of Programs and Coordination
Dandashi	Fatma	Contractor
Daniel	James
Daniel	Jodi	Director of Policy and Research
Darbouze	Farrah
Davis	Seon	Program Analyst
Day	Chartese	Supervisory Communication Manager
Day	Wes
Dean	Kevin
DeSalvo	Karen	National Coordinator
Digiacomo	Nicholas	Project Coordinator
Eckerman	Ivy
Erickson	Christina
Fowler	Crystal	Program Coordinator
Frazier	Jennifer
Frazier	Pavla	Nurse consultant
Gabriel	Meghan
Galvez	Erica
Gettinger	Andrew	IPA
Ghebresillassie	Lisa
Govan-Jenkins	Wanda
Gray	Aaron
Halloun	Carmel
Hammond-Hatcher	Deone
Haque	Ahmed	Director Office of Programs and Engagement
Haynes (Harris)	Yvette
Hedgepeth	Blair	Legislative Liason
Heintzman	Elizabeth	Intern
Heisey-Grove	Dawn
Himelright	Michele	Supervisory CAM (Acting)
Hogan	Michelle	Financial Analyst
Hollin	Ilene	Student Trainee
Holloway	Jason
Hopewell	D'Lisa
Hua	Jiuyi	IT Specialist
Hughes	Penelope	Intern
Hunt	David	Medical Officer
Ihlenfeld	Matthew
Jain	Trishla	Intern
Jessup	Larry
Johnson	Janelle	Intern
Johnson	Patricia	Executive Assistant
Jones	Jerome	Financial Analyst
Jones	Michael	Contractor
Justus	Ralph
Kalbfleisch	Gail	Director FHA
Keesey	Peter
Kendrick	David	Principal Investigator
Kenyon	Kathy
Khan	Kashif	Project Manager
Khetan	Vanitha	Contractor
Kilgore	Wendy
Klintworth	Paul
Krishnamoorthy	Sathiyanarayanan
Lamadine	Beh	Administrative Assistant
Larsen	Kevin
Larson	Eric
Lazzaro	Victor
Leavelle	Cannon	Program Analyst
Lehrer	Evan	Intern
Lewis	Lisa
Lipinski	Michael	Policy Analyst
Livingston	Ebony	Financial Analyst
Lueck	Greg
Mactaggart	Patricia	IPA
Madlansacay	Cheryl
Makar	Ellen	Program Analyst
Marchesini	Kathryn
Marks	LaShawn	Management Analyst
Marshall	Carmelita	Summer Intern
Meklir	Samantha	Senior Policy Advisor
Mertz	Kory	Program Manager
Metcalf	John	Contractor
Meter	Erin
Mock	Tracey	Program Manager
Mohla	Chitra	Management & Program Analyst
Monterastelli	Mark	External Entrepreneur
Moore	Mary	Executive Assistant
Moriarty	Lana	Director
Morrison	Michael
Morton	Alicia	Director Health IT Certification Program
Muir	Christopher	Senior Program Analyst
Murphy	Judy
Murray	Michelle	Program Analyst
Nelson	Rachel	Special Assistant to Deputy Nat'l Coordinator for HIT
Nguyen	Ngoc	Senior Developer
Norman	John	Program Officer
O'rourke	Lena	Contractor
Palena Hall	Elizabeth
Patel	Vaishali
Pazinski	Seth	Division Director Planning and Operations
Perlie	Laverne	Nurse Consultant
Perry	Cynthia
Pinkney	Rudette
Porotesano	Charity	Truman-Albright Fellow
Posnack	Steven	Policy Analyst
Prendergast	Erin	Intern
Pretto	Marissa
Purnell-Saunders	Scott	Program Analyst
Rahn	Matthew	Program Analyst
Ramsey	Arlene
Ramsey	Jamil	Contractor
Rancourt	John	Program Analyst
Reed	Cinyon
Rego	Susette	Project Manager
Reider	Jacob	Director Chief Medical Officer
Reyes	Natalie
Richie	Lauren	Public Health Analyst
Roberts	Vernette
Ryan	Caitlin	Business Administrator
Samy	Leila
Sarnowski	Lisa-Nicole
Savage	Lucia	Chief Privacy Officer
Savoy	Kimberly
Searcy	Talisha	Supervisory Social Scientist
Shanbhag	Krishnakant
Shelton	Leo	Program Analyst
Shevlin	David	Junior Analyst
Shimabukuro	John
Shkarovsky	Gerald	Program Management Office Functional Analyst
Showen	Kristin	Intern
Siminerio	Erin	Policy Analyst
Skipper	Jamie
Stevens	Lee	Senior Program Analyst
Styma	Amy	Program Analyst
Swain	Matthew
Szemraj	Nancy	Program Analyst OPC
Tate	Algeria
Tavernia	Kimberly
Taylor	Tevon
Thomas	Alice	Contractor
Thomas	Vincent	IT Desktop Support Analyst
Thompson	Lauren	FHA Program Lead
Thompson-Teagle	Yolonda	Grants Management Specialist
Todd	Nickol
Tomlinson	Andrew	Grants Management Specialist
Toro	Cameline	Policy Analyst
Townsend	Sonya	Administrative Assistant
Tumati	Bheeshma	Contractor
Tuten	Paul
Wagner	Steven
Walters	Acheeria	Briefings and Logistics Analyst
Wanis	Maggie	Program Analyst
Warner	Keviar	Contract Specialist
Wesley	Ellen
White	Jon	Acting Director OCQS
Wiggins	Davina	Contactor
Wilburg	Seon	Management Analyst
Wilkins	Tricia	Project Officer
Williams	Claudia
Wilson	Douglas	Contractor
Wilson	Ryan	Contractor
Wittie	Michael	Program Analyst
Wong	Adam
Woodhead	Amanda	Sr. Stakeholder Outreach Coordinator
Wu	Lauren	Policy Analyst
Wyatt	Gretchen	Policy Analyst
Yuan Yuan	Zhang	Web Producer

I am very pleased with the additional information that is being provided on the ONC web site ~ Things are continuing to improve and I have updated the contact information below (updated 10/1/2010)


Federal Register Notice: December 1, 2009
Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority; Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Below are listed responsibilities for each office:

Office of the National Coordinator: Organization

Description of Organizational Structure and Offices

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is directed by the National Coordinator and is assisted by the Deputy National Coordinator for Operations, the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy, the Chief Scientist, the Chief Privacy Officer, and the Office of Economic Modeling and Analysis.

Within the Deputy National Coordinator for Operations are: the Office of Communications; the Office of Oversight; the Office of Mission Support; and, the Office of Strategic Initiatives.

Within the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy are: the Office of Policy and Planning; the Office of Standards and Interoperability; the Office of Provider Adoption Support; and, the Office of State and Community Programs.

The Office of the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy assumes functions previously performed by the Office of Health Information Technology Adoption, the Office of Interoperability and Standards, the Office of Adoption Provider Support, the Office of State and Community Programs, and the Office of Policy and Planning.  The new office will lead ONC programs related to health information exchange, regional extension centers, training of the health IT workforce, and the development of technical standards for interoperability, security, and certification of health IT systems.  The new office comprises:

• The Office of Standards and Interoperability, with responsibility for standards, security, certification, the Nationwide Health Information Network, Federal Health Architecture and the CONNECT program;
• The Office of Provider Adoption Support, which administers the Regional Extension Centers program and health IT workforce development;
• The Office of State and Community Programs, which administers the state-level health information exchange program and the Beacon Communities Program; and
• The Office of Policy and Planning, which is realigned to include all policy development, including privacy and security policy, and is liaison with legal affairs and legislative affairs, regulations development  and externally focused strategic planning.

The Office of the Deputy National Coordinator for Operations is responsible for activities that are vital to supporting ONC’s numerous programs and enhancing ONC’s ability to communication about health IT.  This office comprises:

• The Office of Communications, which is responsible for stakeholder communications and constituency relations;
• The Office of Mission Support, which supports day-to-day operations, including new grants processing, contracts management, budget execution and reporting, and human resources;
• The Office of  Oversight, which assures oversight of grants, internal and external performance reporting, and auditing; and
• The Office of Strategic Initiatives to oversee internal strategic planning, special projects, and budget formulation.

The Office of Economic Analysis and Modeling provides analyses to the National Coordinator, including advanced modeling of the U.S. health care system for simulating the micro- and macroeconomic effects of investing in health IT.

The Office of the Chief Scientist is responsible for research and for identifying innovations in information technology that can be applied in health care settings, and which will be the ONC interface for international activities.

The Office of the Chief Privacy Officer, a position mandated by the Recovery Act, advises on privacy, security, and data stewardship of electronic health information and coordinate ONC’s privacy and related efforts with similar privacy officers in other Federal agencies, State and regional agencies, and foreign countries.