Regional
Staff
Role of the Regional Women's Health
Coordinators
Ten Regional Womens Health Coordinators (RWHCs) in the
United States coordinate activities to promote a greater focus on womens health
issues at the regional, state and local levels. They advance the mission of the Office on
Womens Health in the Department of Health and Human Services and represent the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Womens Health) by administering programs that
improve the health of women in communities across the country, and by coordinating
activities and programs in health care service delivery, research, and public and health
professional education. Sensitivity to local, state, and regional needs in womens
health is reflected in their work to identify priority health areas, to establish
networking relationships, and to implement initiatives addressing regional womens
health concerns.
The RWHCs chair regional advisory committees on womens
health; advise Regional Health Administrators on womens health priorities; provide
information and technical assistance; share information and resources with Federal and
state agencies, local communities, and the public; convene conferences and workshops;
support the capacity building of minority womens organizations; and participate in
local, state, regional, Federal and international activities to advance the mission of the
Office on Womens Health.
Office on Women's Health Central Office
and Regional Women's Health Coordinators pause during a planning
session to gather for a photo session.
Standing top row
left to right:
Lindsey Kirn (Reg. VI Assistant), Annie Fair (Reg. IV RWHC),
Michelle Hoersch (Reg. V RWHC), Rosa Myers (Reg. III RWHC),
Charlotte Gish (Reg. VI RWHC) , Marion Mehegan (Reg. X RWHC).
Middle row:
Laurie Robinson (Reg. I RWHC), Renee Bouvion (Reg. X Assistant)
Sandra Estepa (Reg. II RWHC).
Front seated:
Jeannine Greenfield (Service Fellow CO), Dr. Wanda Jones, DASH,
Joyce Townser (Reg. VII RWHC), Carolyn Lofgren (Senior Regional
Health Liaison).
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