The role of the Advisory group is to decide which recommendations presented by the Workgroups and Planning Committee shall be forwarded to the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency prior to submission to the Board of Supervisors for review and approval and forwarded to the State Office of Long Term Care.
| Name | Stakeholder |
| 1. Consumer Center for Health Education and Advocacy* | Gregory Knoll |
| 2. Health Services Advisory Board | George Flores, MD |
| 3. Nursing Home Ombudsman* | Maxine Fischer |
| 4. CA Association of Health Facilities | Berry Crow
Alternate: Joe Diaz |
| 5. ACCESS Center* | Bud Sayles |
| 6. SanDan (association of non-profit social service agencies) | Leslie Hine-Rabichow
Alternate: Roger Bailey |
| 7. AARP* State Legislative Committee, Health/LTC Subcommittee | Betty London
Alternate: Carol Voelker |
| 8. Domestic Workers Home Care Center | Fahari Jeffers
Alternate: Jennifer Carbuccia |
| 9. Office of Veterans’ Affairs* | Jim Stodola |
| 10. Healthy San Diego (MediCal Managed Care) | Steve Hon
Alternate: Esti Stevens |
| 11. Council on Minority Aging* | Dolly Crawford |
| 12. Aging & Independence Services (lead LTCIP agency) | Pamela Smith
Alternate: Evalyn Greb |
| 13. Alliance for the Mentally Ill* | Bettie Reinhardt
Alternate: Charles Sosebee |
| 14. HHSA Regional Manager | Nick Maccionne
Alternate: Harold Tuck |
| 15. IHSS – Subcommittee of AIS Advisory Council | Ellen Schmeding
Alternate: Shirley Downs |
| 16. Social Security Administration | Deborah Sharp |
| 17. State of CA Developmental Disabilities Area Board XIII | Sarah Couron
Alternate: Michele Geving |
| 18. California Nursing Association/Case Management Society of America | Julie Rieve
Valerie Er-OConnor |
| 19. The Center for the Blind | Jody Shephard
Alternate: Kim Gibbens |
| 20. Deaf Community Services | Tom Galey |
| 21. AIS Advisory Council | Robert Prath
Alternate: Doris Steinman |
| 22. Home Care Council | Ginny Pinkerton
Alternate: Laurie Edwards-Tate |
| 23. County Medical Society | Robert Hertzka, MD
Alternate: David Knetzer |
| 24. California Association of Health Plans | Kathleen Mead
Alternate: Andrew Shogren |
