Principal:
Susan
Thorner, MA
has extensive experience in needs assessment, program planning, implementation
and evaluation. She is the founder
of Training Resources Network, a consulting firm focusing on training,
coalition-building and technical assistance (TA) in the arenas of health care
and human services. Ms.
Thorner is a consultant with over 20 years experience in the design and delivery
of workshops and seminars on a variety of topics including grant writing,
patient education and decision-making, presentation skills, human sexuality,
risk assessment/risk reduction, death, dying and grief, multiple loss, working
effectively with gay, lesbian and bisexual patients and more.
Previously, she was the Coordinator of the Northern Virginia HIV Resource
and Consultation Center and before that, the first AIDS Health Educator/Trainer
at the Virginia Department of Health. Ms.
Thorner earned her B.A. in Health Services Administration with a specialization
in Health Education as well as her Masters in Health Services Administration
with a specialization in Sex Education from Antioch College/West in San
Francisco.
Training Resources Network works with a team of multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary consultants.
Senior Consultants:
Joe Anarella, MPH has worked with the New York State Department of Health since 1985 and currently serves as the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Quality Management within the Office of Managed Care. In this position, Mr. Anarella is responsible for coordinating the collection, analysis and publication of quality data submitted by managed care plans from across the state. Mr. Anarella is also one of the senior health planners participating in the development of Special Needs Plans for persons with HIV, one of the key features of the state’s impending 1115 waiver. Prior to his work in the Office of Managed Care, Mr. Anarella worked for ten years in the Department’s AIDS Institute as the Director of the HIV Primary Care Program. Mr. Anarella also provides consulting services to the US Public Health Service and has worked extensively with community health centers and other traditional community providers. Mr. Anarella has co-authored articles published in the Annals of Internal Medicine and the American Journal of Infection Control. He received his Masters in Public Health from the New York State University at Albany.
Deborah Brimlow, PhD has presented a variety of seminars and workshops over the last 10 years on topics such as HIV/AIDS epidemiology, infection control, sexual history taking, managing substance users, death, dying and grief, coping with multiple loss, women and HIV and multi cultural health issues. Her most recent project is the production of an HIV/AIDS training video for dental care providers. Dr. Brimlow has published internationally in the areas of women and HIV, substance use, burnout and training of health care providers. She is an adjunct faculty member of The University of Texas School of Public Health and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Previously, she was on staff of the AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) for Texas and Oklahoma where she directed education and clinical training programs for health care professionals. Dr. Brimlow earned her Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Rick Crane, MPH has a Master’s Degree in Health Planning and Administration from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and 20 years experience in community, institutional and systemwide health care planning and development. Mr. Crane has worked nationwide and internationally, conducting and facilitating needs assessments, resource analyses, program evaluation, strategic and market-driven programs, facility and policy planning and development in many sectors of health care. Mr. Crane also has significant administrative and management expertise. At the Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) he served as the Capital Projects Feasibility Studies Director, Capital Project Manager and interim Administrator for Capital Planning and Project Management for the Mount Zion campus of UCSF. He also served as the founding Executive Director of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Project Developer and Director of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national demonstration project, and as Product Manager for Kaiser Permanente. For the past several years Mr. Crane has worked on the development and management of web sites for health care organizations. He directed the conceptual planning and initial development of HIVinsite, the AIDS information, prevention and policy Internet asset sponsored by the UCSF AIDS Program, the Center for AIDS Prevention and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Lori DeLorenzo, MSN, RN is an independent consultant and the founder of Organizational Ideas. Previously, she served as both a Nurse Educator and the Coordinator of the Northern Virginia HIV Resource and Consultation Center. In those roles, Ms. DeLorenzo developed, implemented and evaluated a wide array of HIV education and consultation programs for health care providers. She has conducted more than 25 site visits for the Ryan White Title I, III and IV programs, serving as the clinical or administrative/programmatic reviewer and team leader. Ms. DeLorenzo is an experienced grantwriter and has served on several Objective Review Committees. Some of her most recent projects have included writing the ARequest for Proposals@ program guidance for Ryan White Title III and Title IV. Other writing projects have included seven books on HIV and nursing. Ms. DeLorenzo is currently serving as a Project Director for a National Library of Medicine contract that provides Internet training for community-based organizations. Ms. DeLorenzo received her Masters of Science in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Tim Faith has been involved in the health care industry for the last seven years. He has spent the last four at a Ryan White-funded health center in Baltimore. During his tenure, Mr. Faith has been involved in a number of information technology initiatives, and has lead the installation of a practice management system, and numerous database applications. Mr. Faith is a web developer, with several years of experience in designing web applications, and Mr. Faith also develops database applications in Microsoft Access. Mr. Faith is fluent in Structured Query Language (SQL), php, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). Mr. Faith also has several years of experience administering Windows NT/2000 Server, and SQL Server. In 2003, Mr. Faith will be leading an initiative to implement an electronic patient record system. As a partner of his business, Mr. Faith has worked with a number of clients to develop and implement web sites, database applications, and local/wide area networks, since 2000. Mr. Faith enjoys abstract painting, making photographs, and reading history in his spare time.
Charles Hostetter, MD, MPH received his Masters degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and his Doctorate of Medicine degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Hostetter served for 22 years as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service. His expertise encompasses having functioned as family practitioner on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, recruiting physicians to serve in Indian Health Services, assisting Indian tribal groups in the western United States to access health resources from state and federal sources, managing public health services programs in the Western Pacific region of the United States and developing public health programs. Dr. Hostetter has directed public programs to provide health care services related to organ transplantation and for HIV-positive individuals. He has trained medical students in public health and community medicine in Nicaragua. Currently Dr. Hostetter is working as a public health consultant, based in San Francisco, providing consulting services related to comprehensive health care programs for medically underserved populations, HIV services, organ transplantation and medical ethics issues.
Jeffrey A. Menzer, RN has 17 years public health experience, with emphasis on HIV/AIDS and on program evaluation. Mr. Menzer has worked at the community, local and national levels in the area of program planning and management, policy development and analysis, grant writing, program evaluation, training, and publications and web site development. He has written Request for Proposals/Program Guidance and coordinated grant review for HRSA, developed protocol and conducted site visits of HRSA training programs, written meeting summaries for both HRSA and NIH, and provided support to Objective Review Committee (ORCs) reviewing federal and state grants. Most recently, for seven years, Mr. Menzer was the founder and project director of a child welfare, community-based program which provided services to families affected by HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC; this included the development of multi-disciplinary services, development and advocacy for policy and legislative, and the provision of training to a wide variety of disciplines. For TRN, Mr. Menzer is currently the Director of Quality Improvement Studies for the Baltimore City Health Department Quality Assurance Program. Mr. Menzer has current clinical nursing experience, and has worked in hospital, home-care and hospice settings. He has an AIDS Certification (ACRN) from the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) and has served on national committees of this organization and has been a local chapter officer. He received his BSN from the Catholic University of America and a BA from Williams College.
Steven
W. Murdock, RN has a Nursing Degree from the University of the State of New
York, with 30 years experience in the nursing field, and has CRRN and
ACRN certifications. For the last eight years Mr. Murdock has been in
several positions in the infectious disease arena with Saint Joseph’s Mercy
Care Services (SJMCS) in Atlanta, Georgia and has worked as the Infectious
Disease Coordinator for Ryan White Titles I, III, and IV, most recently Mr.
Murdock as been the Registered Nurse Clinic Manager with SJMCS over seeing all
aspects of clinical care second only to the Medical Director and was also
responsible for training clinical staff in regards to grants writing, grants
management and reporting
guidelines. Mr. Murdock has also served as clinical consultant for HRSA Ryan
White Title III PCAT reviews for the last four years. Served as technical
consultant for BETAH assisting clinics with policies and procedures in order to
meet HRSA standards for HIV and remain HIPPA compliant. Mr. Murdock has also
worked with Training Resource Network and Nesbitt Enterprises reviewing
standards of care for the Baltimore MD and Norfolk Virginia Ryan White Title I
EMAs, reviewing case management, primary care, substance abuse, adherence and
mental health.
Cheryl Nesbitt has 20 years experience in the health and human service arena, working with both public and private organizations on local, state and national levels. Her principal experience includes program management and evaluation, training and technical assistance design and delivery, community networking and information dissemination. Ms. Nesbitt has served as a grant reviewer for Ryan White Title III and Special Projects of National Significance, Baltimore City Health Department Ryan White Titles I and II as well as the Texas Department of Health. She has conducted more than 20 Title III site visits. Ms. Nesbitt served as Deputy Project Director and then Project Director on a National Institute on Drug Abuse contract, during which time she coordinated 38 drug abuse and HIV prevention coalitions nationwide. In addition, Ms. Nesbitt was the liaison to a number of national organizations including the National Urban League, United National Tribal Indian Youth, Inc. and the United Pan Asian Communities. She also has developed 12 training curricula on such topics as outreach, enhancing training design and delivery skills, enhancing cultural awareness, developing community linkages and HIV/drug abuse prevention. Ms. Nesbitt has a B.A. in biology and a secondary education teaching certification from Temple University.
Kathleen A. Wolf is an independent health
care consultant since 1993, Ms. Wolf has helped many government agencies and
non-profit corporations to improve fiscal management and data management
systems, monitor costs, increase revenues, plan and reposition in changing
environments and maximize efficiency.
Also, as a consultant to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), she wrote the curricula on cost benefit analysis of
behavioral prevention services, financial planning and fiscal management for
community-based organizations. Working
with SAMHSA and Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), she has
conducted trainings, assessed fiscal systems and provided technical consultation
to numerous nonprofit organizations and State and local government agencies.