NH VOICES FOR HEALTH STAFF TEAM

NH Voices for Health relies on its network of consumer and advocacy organizations, small businesses and individuals to increase access to quality, affordable health care in New Hampshire. The staff team at NH Voices for Health works to identify opportunities and ensure that the entire network has the information they need to push for positive changes in public health policy and build public support for health reform at the State House, in Congress, and all across New Hampshire.

Lisa Kaplan Howe - Director

Lisa Kaplan Howe, Esq. is the Director of NH Voices for Health, a network of consumer and advocacy organizations, small businesses and individuals committed to increasing access to quality, affordable health care in New Hampshire. Prior to joining NH Voices for Health, Lisa was the Private Market Policy Manager at Health Care For All in Boston, Massachusetts, where she led policy efforts related to health reform and health care cost control.  She also practiced law in Ropes and Gray’s health care department. Lisa holds a law degree with honors from New York University School of Law and a Bachelors of Arts with honors from Tufts University. She is admitted to the state bar in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.  Lisa currently serves on the board of directors for the NH Health Plan and Against All Odds. She is a native of Nashua and currently resides in Manchester.

Contact Lisa: lisa@nhvoicesforhealth.org

Tom Bunnell - Policy Advisor (Consultant)

Tom Bunnell is Director of the Institute for Health, Law & Ethics (IHLE) at New Hampshire’s law school, the Franklin Pierce Law Center. The IHLE is a non-partisan policy center focused on the interplay between health, public policy making, and the law. Tom’s experience and expertise include teaching the models for effective navigation of the so-called “public policy divide,” the gap between the existence of helpful and compelling data, research, analysis, and recommendations on the one hand and the actual implementation of related and sensible public policies on the other. Tom previously served as a health lawyer and lobbyist at NH Legal Assistance, health policy advisor to the Governor of New Hampshire, and public policy director for New Hampshire’s statewide network of community health centers. He is an adjunct professor of health law and policy at the Law Center.

Tom holds a JD from Northeastern University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts.

Contact Tom: tbunnell@piercelaw.edu

Zandra Rice Hawkins - Organizing and Communications Coordinator (Consultant)

Zandra Rice Hawkins is the founding Executive Director of Granite State Progress Education Fund, a multi-issue advocacy organization using media outreach and organizing to provide a strong, credible voice in advancing progressive solutions to critical community problems. Zandra developed her communications expertise with groups such as America Coming Together and New Hampshire for Health Care. As a national organizer for Corporate Accountability International, she mobilized faith communities to challenge corporate control of water and protect our fundamental human right to water. An alumnus of Gonzaga University, Zandra lives in Goffstown with her husband Brian and their emerging garden, and was named the Business and Professional Women of New Hampshire's 2009 Young Careerist.

Contact Zandra: zandra@nhvoicesforhealth.org