The Coalition is as strong as the people at its tables. Nursing home residents, direct-care staff, providers, advocates, care partners, researchers, policymakers, regulators and more have built this Coalition from the ground up. Thank you!

About Our Steering Committee

The Moving Forward Steering Committee sets the nursing home policy agenda for the Coalition as a whole. Representing diverse stakeholders from across the field, the committee develops policy statements on nursing home topics—drawing from the NASEM report, the nine original Moving Forward Action Plans, and current federal and state policy movement. Steering Committee statements serve as the basis for collaborative advocacy, education, and leadership.

Steering Committee Members

Committee members represent either themselves or an organization with which they are affiliated.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Anna Fisher

Anne Montgomery

Barbara Bowers

Jasmine Travers

Jeanette Sullivan-Martinez

Joe Angelelli

MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT ORGANIZATIONS

Amy Stewart

AAPACN

Christopher Laxton

Advancing Excellence

Deke Cateau

A.G. Rhodes

Douglas Pace

Alzheimer’s Association

Irma Rappaport

Caregivers for Compromise

Katie Smith Sloan

LeadingAge

Kezia Scales

PHI

Lori Smetanka

National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care

Margaret Barajas

Pennsylvania Ombudsman for Long-Term Care

Mark Prifogle

American College of Health Care Administrators

Milta Oyola Little

Post-Acute and Long Term Care Medical Association (PALTMed)

Sarah Nolan

SEIU

Sue Polis

Lutheran Services in America

Susan Ryan

Center for Innovation

Theresa Williams

Open Doors

Tina Sandri

Forest Hills of DC

People Who Made Moving Forward Possible

Since our launch in 2022, the Coalition has been a place for big ideas, meaningful conversation, and collaborative action. Meet the people who have been leaning in with us since day one.

Michael K. Lin

Senior Scientist, Telligen

Michael Wasserman

Chair, Public Policy Committee,
California Association of Long Term Care Medicine

Michelle Dionne-Vahalik

Associate Commissioner for Long Term Care Regulation, Texas Health and Human Services

Michelle Dougherty

Senior Manager, Health Information Technology Policy, Center for Health Informatics, RTI International; Convener, LTPAC Health IT Collaborative

Michelle Moccia

DNP, ANP-BC, GS-C
Geriatric Independent Consultant/City of Livonia Commission on Aging

Molly Langford

PMDA, PA Society for Post Acute and Long Term Care, Past President & Executive Board Member

Nancy D. Zionts

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Program Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

Nancy Kusmaul

Associate Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County School of Social Work

Nancy Swierz

MSN, RN, CMC, Program Director, MFC Michigan State Team

Steering Committee + Advisors