Principal:

Susan Thorner, MHSA 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.

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.

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, ACRN 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. 

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.

Gloria Weissman, MA Gloria Weissman served in the Federal government for more than 30 years, developing, directing, managing and evaluating programs in the areas of health, public health, education and cultural affairs.  From 1999 to 2003, she was Deputy Director of the Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs in HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau.  Prior to that, from 1990 to 1999, Ms. Weissman held a number of senior positions in HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau, including the Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Epidemiology, the Chief of the Program Development Branch of the Division of Community Based Services and the Chief of the Eastern Services Branch in the Division of HIV Services.  From 1981 to 1990, Ms. Weissman worked at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, where, as Deputy Chief of the Community Research Branch, she designed and managed the first national HIV prevention programs for women, In addition to her work in program design and implementation, Ms. Weissman has directed numerous evaluation and research projects.  She has presented at many national and international conferences and has published widely in books, scholarly journals, educational publications and the popular media.  She has also been the receipient of numerous awards, including, in 2002, the HHS Secretary's Award for Outstanding Performance.  Since her retirement from the Federal government in November 2003, Ms. Weissman has been an independent consultant.  She provides a variety of consultant services to public and private entities working in the areas of maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, mental health and genetics services.

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. Her expertise includes financial planning, fiscal management, cost accounting, public financing of healthcare services, data management, computer systems, program evaluation, strategic planning and long-term planning.  She has worked at the local and State level to organize coalitions, build consensus and solidify working relationships around issues of healthcare services for the elderly, mentally ill, substance abusers and people with disabilities. Ms. Wolf worked as the Executive Director of the Mental Health Management Agency of Frederick County, Inc. during 1996 - 1998.  She was responsible for all aspects of organizational startup and fiscal and data system development.  She built the necessary working relationships with State and local officials to implement successfully a managed care system for publicly funded mental health services.  As part of the organizational startup, she assisted the new Board of Directors to establish appropriate local committees, task forces and work groups.  At the statewide level, she chaired the committee charged with rate setting and fiscal policy formulation for the new managed care system. While Deputy Director, Developmental Disabilities Administration, (1990-1993) she was responsible for everyday operations encompassing 1,800 employees, five institutions, 110 community-based providers and a budget of $284 million. She formulated policy and implemented systemic changes that increased federal revenue 59% in three years and shifted the agency toward better quality, lower cost services focused on consumer satisfaction. She has ten years managerial experience with Maryland’s state and local governments in healthcare financing, prospective payment systems, Medicare and Medicaid cost settlements, grants and contract management and indirect cost allocation plans. Ms. Wolf is a strong advocate for special populations.  Currently, she is Treasurer of Independence Now, Inc., a non-profit organization serving people with disabilities.  The Montgomery County Executive appointed her a member of the Montgomery County Commission of People with Disabilities, where she served for three years. Ms. Wolf holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Baltimore and a Bachelors of Science in Accounting from the University of Maryland.  

Logistics Coordinator

Jessica Ann Uleck started with TRN in September of 1999.  She previously was the Executive Assistant for the non-profit National Center for Wellness and Health Promotion.  Her other clients, besides TRN include Judith A. Leibowitz & Assoicates and Tom Finn Associates.  She's had various experience in computer building, using Microsoft office, website building, bookkeeping, logistics coordination, meeting planning, & taking care of animals.  In May 2005, Jessica graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park.  She received a double degree in Social Studies Education and History of Women & Gender.  She was the only student out of 35 in the UMD Education program to receive her History degree in Women & Gender.  Other achievements include, a degree in Reiki & Reflexology I and experience with animal communication.  Jessica is studying for the GRE and hopes to get her masters in either Sexuality or Education with a concentration on sexuality.  Currently, Jessica lives in Bealeton, Virginia with her husband, two children (Victoria & Merrick) and four pets.  When she has free time, she likes to write stories, update her family website www.jessicaandkevin.com, write for her blog The Life of a Bealeton Babe, and Facebook.