The advisory board meets regularly. Meeting agendas and minutes are posted on Mass.gov. Under Chapter 224, the Advisory Board is responsible for the following:
- Making recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health on the administration and allocation of PWTF
- Advising the Department of Public Health on its annual report to the legislature
- Evaluating PWTF and making a report to the legislature on the findings of this evaluation with a recommendation to the legislature about whether PWTF should continue
The Advisory Board members are:
- Commissioner Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Chair, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Stephenie C. Lemon, PhD, Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Heidi Porter, MPH, REHS/RS, Director of Public Health, Town of Bedford
- Rebekah Gewirtz, MS, Executive Director, Massachusetts Public Health Association
- Bruce Cedar, EdD, CMG Associates
- Ray A. Campbell III, MPA, JD, Executive Director, Center for Health Information & Analysis
- Representative Jeffrey Sanchez, Chair, Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing
- Senator Jason Lewis, Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health
- David Hemenway, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, Harvard School of Public Health
- Paul Mendis, MD, Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Neighborhood Health Plan
- Catherine Hartman, MS, Vice President, Prevention & Wellness, Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Keith Denham, BS, Principal and National Director, CohnReznick Advisory Group, CohnReznick LLP
- Lorenza Holt, MPH, MCH, Executive Director, Boston Association for Childbirth Education & Nursing Mothers’ Council
- Gary Sing, PhD, Director of Delivery System Investment, MassHealth
- Senator James T. Welch, Chair, Joint Committee on Healthcare Financing
- Representative Kate Hogan, Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health