NASBHC's mission is to
improve the health status
of children and youth
by advancing and advocating
for school-based health care
1100 G Street, NW, Suite 735
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 638-5872
Fax: (202)638-5879
Email: info@nasbhc.org
NASBHC STAFF DIRECTORY
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Laura Hurwitz |
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Sabrina McNair |
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Alicia Newell |
Donna Roseburough |
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Joanie Rothstein |
Jan Strozer |
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Deirdre Taylor |
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Staff Biographies
Adrienne Ammerman joined the staff of NASBHC in November 2009 as the Communications Director. Prior to joining NASBHC, Adrienne managed press communications for the National Women's Law Center and was responsible for marketing and communications at Bread for the City, a non-profit that provides direct services to low-income DC residents. Adrienne first became passionate about the potential to use communications to promote and enhance health and well-being of young people while a fellow at an adolescent health non-profit in New Delhi, India, where she worked with Indian media to raise awareness about child marriage and teen pregnancy. Adrienne graduated with a BA in gender & sexuality from the New School in New York City, and is currently an MA candidate in health communication at Johns Hopkins University.
Laura Brey joined the NASBHC staff in October of 2000 as the Director of its new Center for Technical Assistance and Training. She is now NASBHC’s Director of Training and manages the annual convention, and all other NASBHC technical assistance and training requests and initiatives. Her thirty year career in public health and nonprofit administration, management, consultation, and training includes: Clinical Service Coordinator for the NC Division of Public Health, Making the Grade in NC, the State Office for the development, funding, and oversight for NC’s 50 SB/SLHCs; Project Director for the American Medical Association’s GAPS in School-Based Health Centers Initiative, a five-year national project of the Carnegie Corporation of New York focused on the implementation of clinical preventive services in SB/SLHCs; Owner and Senior Partner, Chicago HealthCare Management Consultants, Inc., a public health and nonprofit management consulting firm; Assistant Administrator for Ambulatory Care, Cook County Hospital’s Fantus Health Center, and Health Education Coordinator, Illinois Migrant Council. Laura is an Illinois native and received her Bachelor of Arts in Teaching, French, Spanish, and School Health Education and her Master of Science in Community Health Education and Administration from University of Illinois.
Whitney Brimfield joined NASBHC in June 2007 as the Development Director. In her position she works closely with the Executive Director, Board, staff, and field to achieve the resource development goals of the organization and also works on fundraising and planning for NASBHC’s annual convention. Whitney’s background is in reproductive health, adolescent health, and health communications. Before joining NASBHC, Whitney managed corporate marketing for a clinical trial patient recruitment firm and served as the Development Director at the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, where she developed her passion for protecting adolescent health. Whitney has a BA in Biology from Haverford College and in 2004 she received her Masters in Health Science from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD.
Laura Hurwitz joined the staff of NASBHC in July 2006 as the School Mental Health Project Director to manage an initiative to build school mental health capacity in state and local education agencies through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control. Previously, Laura was the Project Coordinator of the Illinois Children’s Mental Health Partnership, a state-wide effort to develop a comprehensive, coordinated approach to mental health services that includes prevention, early intervention and treatment for all children and adolescents. Fluent in Spanish, she has worked in San José, Costa Rica, as well as in a variety of immigrant communities in Chicago and has worked extensively with children and adolescents in both school and community settings. She became passionate about the school based health model during her five years as the Mental Health Supervisor in a School Based Health Center Program, sponsored by Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, where she provided direct services and coordinated the mental health program. Additionally, Laura was active in the Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers as co-chair of the mental health committee and as a member of the Coalition’s steering committee. Laura is a New York native and received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Williams College and her masters in social work from the University of Michigan.
Linda Juszczak, DNSc, MPH, MS, CPNP is NASBHC's Executive Director. Prior to assuming this position she served as both the Interim Executive Director and Deputy Director with responsibility for overseeing the organization’s programmatic work. She is also responsible for all data, evaluation, and quality improvement work in the organization. Her 35 years of professional experience includes work as a nurse practitioner and a director for hospital, community, and school-based programs for adolescents. She has also held responsibilities as a faculty member and for developing policies impacting adolescents and SBHCs. She served as Deputy Director of the School Health Policy Initiative at Montefiore Medical Center and director of SBHCs at North Shore University Hospital in New York. She was the founding president of the New York Coalition for School Based Primary Care and is a founding member and past president of the NASBHC. Linda’s faculty appointments have been at Yale University, New York University, Cornell University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College, a masters in nursing at the University of Colorado, a Pediatric Nurse Associate certificate and masters in public health from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate in nursing from Yale University. Linda has published extensively on adolescent health and school based health care. She continues to maintain a practice as a pediatric nurse practitioner in adolescent medicine.
Sabrina McNair joined NASBHC in January 2010 as an E-Learning Training Developer. Sabrina is responsible for assisting in the development of the Practice Management Web Based Training Tool. She helps to lend web, marketing, and research skills to the organization as well. Sabrina has also been an Adjunct Professor in the IT/Web department at Kaplan University Online since 2004. Having taught adjunct at a number of online and traditional colleges and universities, Sabrina has also worked as an IT Production Coordinator through Seneca Corporation at the US Dept of Education in Washington, DC. There she worked on a project management team assisting in technical writing, research, and web/advertising. Prior to working as a consultant, in 2001 Sabrina joined Remington College as an IT/Web Professor in San Diego, CA. There she assisted in the implementation of their initial pilot program to offer online courses to students. Prior to teaching, Sabrina worked in HR at The University of CA- San Diego (UCSD) where she was a Placement Coordinator, hiring employees into various departments on campus. Sabrina started in the Web arena by working as a Recruitment Advertising Internet Specialist in Atlanta, GA with Impact Innovations Group. Sabrina earned her Masters degree in Information Systems Management from Keller Graduate School of Management in San Diego, CA. Sabrina is also a published author with Prentice Hall/Pearson Education.
Alicia Newell joined NASBHC in May 2008, as Administrative Assistant, Programs. She is responsible for the daily office administration of the National Office and serves as the liaison for the NASBHC Board of Directors. Alicia has over 15 years of administrative experience and has held a variety of administrative positions. She held the position of Administrative Assistant with the Office of Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations of the Internal Revenue Service for five years. Because of her administrative expertise, Alicia was invited to provide administrative support to two attorneys who left the Internal Revenue Service and started the independent law firm of Bosley Hutzelman. She served in the position of Firm Administrator with Bosley Hutzelman for seven years before joining The Mitchellville School where she served as Business Administrator for four years. During her many years of service, Alicia has demonstrated solid administrative and office skills.
Joanie Rothstein joined NASBHC in August 2009, as a Senior Policy Advisor. She holds Masters Degrees in public health and public policy, and has over nine years of experience in the non-profit health care arena. Her work has largely focused on improving quality and efficiency in publicly funded programs. From 2003-2008, she was employed at the Center for Health Care Strategies, where her responsibilities included designing, implementing and managing technical assistance initiatives for State Medicaid agencies and health plans. Joanie also has extensive experience in fundraising and grants management, having recently served as the Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Princeton HealthCare System.
Donna Roseburough joined NASBHC in April 2008 as Administrative Assistant, Operations. She works in conjunction with the Director of Administration and her responsibilities include accounting, human resources, and various administrative tasks as well as coordination of meetings and activities. Prior to joining the NASBHC team, she worked as an Executive Assistant with Rural Community Assistance Partnership for five years. She received her certification in “Event Management” in 2005, which has given her a solid background in planning a variety of meetings and events.
Jan Strozer joined NASBHC in February 2009. She is responsible for supervising program interns, directing activities related to mental health quality improvement, continuous quality improvement, state-national training and technical assistance partnership; and assisting with SBHC census. Before joining NASBHC, Jan was the Pediatric Project Manager for Access Community Health Network, a Data Manager for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, a Research Analyst with Pinkerton Computer Consultants, and a consultant. Jan holds a Master of Social Work, Clinical Concentration with Specialization in Child, Adolescent, and Family Health, The University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD: 2006 ,Master of Public Administration, University of Akron, Akron, OH: 1997 and a B.A., Sociology/Urban Studies, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1995.
Deirdre Taylor has been with NASBHC since September 1998. Deirdre is responsible managing the administrative function of the organization which includes the databases, website, financial oversight, computer equipment, and logistics for the Annual Convention. Deirdre came to NASBHC with over 16 years of administrative and financial experience. She was the Office Manager for a construction union and volunteered bookkeeping services to her youngest daughters’ daycare center as well as prepared taxes for Jackson Hewett. While working full time and raising children, Deirdre earned a degree in accounting from Strayer University and a certificate in Information Technology and Network Administration from Computer Learning Center.