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Meet the Staff →Board of Directors
Our board brings together accomplished leaders in health care, law, technology, and public policy to guide the Medicare Rights Center's strategic direction.
Officers
Renu Thomas
SecretaryRenu Thomas is a 2019 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow. ALI is an interfaculty fellowship dedicated to preparing experienced leaders to transition from successful careers to their next phase of community and public service. Renu was joined at Harvard by her husband John Roth and their focus is on eldercare. Prior to ALI, Renu Thomas […]
Donna Regenstreif, PhD
Chair EmeritaDr. Regenstreif retired from full-time employment at the John A. Hartford Foundation in 2005, and is currently consulting in geriatrics and gerontology. Before her tenure at the Hartford Foundation, Dr. Regenstreif held a variety of positions in health care and higher education, including teaching anthropology at the undergraduate level; academic administration; development and management of […]
Carol Raphael
Co-ChairCarol Raphael is a Senior Advisor at Manatt Health. She served as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), the largest non-profit home health agency in the United States from 1989 to 2011. She also served as Board Chair of AARP. Prior to joining VNSNY, Ms. Raphael held […]
Alan B. Lubin
TreasurerAlan B. Lubin, New York State United Teachers’ (NYSUT) former executive vice president serving from 1993 to 2010, helped guide the union’s massive political mobilization and legislative efforts. He came to Albany after 26 years as an educator and elected leader of the United Federation of Teachers, NYSUT’s affiliate in New York City. He served […]
Kathy Hirata Chin
Co-ChairKathy Hirata Chin is a Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, where she moved in October 2018 with the rest of the healthcare practice group after 38 years at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. She is a member of the healthcare and litigation groups at Crowell. She has successfully represented health care providers and associations […]
Bruce C. Vladeck, PhD
Chair EmeritusBruce C. Vladeck currently serves as a Senior Advisor to the Greater New York Hospital Association and LiveOnNewYork, and as a consultant to a number of other health care organizations. He is also Chair Emeritus of the Board of Medicare Rights Center, and serves on the boards of Penn Medicine and the Mary Imogene Bassett […]
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