General Board Meeting, we will have Regional Director of the Department of Human and Health Services Region III, Joanne Corte Grossi for a Roundtable Discussion about the Affordable Care Act. This might be an interesting topic for many individuals working in the Healthcare field. Anyone is welcome to come.

Information:

Date: June 19th, 2012

Time: 8:30am – 9:30am (potentially 10:00am)

Location: Lehigh County Goverment Center, 17 South 7th Street, Allentown, PA 18101

Room: Public Hearing Room

Joanne Corte Grossi, MIPP

In April, 2010, Joanne Grossi was appointed by the Obama Administration as the Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Region III, which includes the states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. As Regional Director, Ms. Grossi serves as the key representative in this region in working with federal, state, local and tribal officials on a wide range of health and social services issues.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Grossi served for seven years in the administration of Governor Edward G. Rendell, first as Deputy Secretary of Health and later as the first- ever Director of the Office of Women’s Services.

Before joining the Governor’s Administration, Ms. Grossi served for 13 years as a Senior Technical Advisor in the Bureau of Global Health at the United States Agency for International Development, where she oversaw international health programs in developing countries.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Grossi served on the staffs of Congressman Peter Kostmayer and Ambassador Millicent H. Fenwick at the American Embassy in Rome, Italy. Ms. Grossi earned her master’s degree in International Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and completed additional graduate education at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Public Health and Hygiene.