District of Columbia State Planning Grant for the Uninsured Health Care Coverage Advisory Panel The members of the Advisory Panel were chosen by the Director of the D.C. Department of Health for their expertise and their ability to represent various community voices throughout the District. Members represented the health insurance industry, government agencies, the business community, health care advocates, and the uninsured.  The Panel met between May of 2004 and May of 2006.  Over the two years, members weighed evidence on who is uninsured and why, what other jurisdictions have done to expand coverage, and what are the full range of options for increasing coverage in the District of Columbia.  Based on this information, it developed eight recommendations for expanding health insurance in the District. Throughout the two years, as members left the organization they represented, the organization identified a replacement member.  The following names identify Panel Members participating in May of 2006.  Panel Listed Alphabetically by Last Name. . Panel Chair Bailus Walker Jr., PhD, MPH Chair, Professor Howard University School of Medicine Panel Members Lewis M. Anthony Metropolitan Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Kristin Jerger Council of Latino Agencies Sharon Baskerville DC Primary Care Association Samuel Jordan Health Care Now! Robert Beasley District of Columbia Government Office of City Planning Gina Lagomarsino District of Columbia Government Office of the City Administrator Larry Berman DC Insurance Federation Marsha Lillie-Blanton Henry J. Kaser Family Foundation Lynne Breaux Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington Dana Jones United Planning Organization Cynthia Brock-Smith DC Chamber of Commerce Robert A. Malson DC Hospital Association David A. Catania Councilmember, District of Columbia    Sue Marshall The Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness Natwar M. Gandhi District of Columbia Government Office of the Chief Financial Officer Robert T. Maruca District of Columbia Government Medical Assistance Administratioln   Yvonne D. Gilchrist District of Columbia Government Department of Human Services Wilhelmine Miller Institute of Medicine Thomas E. Hampton District of Columbia Government Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking Emil Parker District of Columbia Government Health Care Safety Net Administration Julie Hatton Carefirst Blue Cross and Blue Shield Henry W. Williams, Jr. Howard University College of Medicine & Medical Society of DC                                        Alethia Jackson Amerian's Health Insurance Plans Joslyn N. Williams AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council   The SPG team wishes to thank many others who played large roles in SPG and Panel work. Special mention goes to Charles Allen and David Chandra, DC Primary Care Association; Gary Claxton, Kaiser Family Foundation; Kate Jesberg and Brian Haile, DC Income Maintenance Administration; Rose Horigan, DC Restaurant Association; Tonya Vidal Kinlow, DC Hospital Association; Kathleen McKirchy, AFL-CIO Washington DC Metro Council, Gail M. Thompson, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States; Kathy Willis, Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking; Ben Young, DC Council Health Committee; former SPG Team members Carl Wilson, Raymond Terry, Elaine Vowels, Fern Johnson-Clarke, and Angela Estwick from the Department of Health, Jennifer King and Heather Sacks from the Urban Institute, and Mary Jacksteit from DC Agenda.