DRAFT
Task Force on Availability and Affordability of Long-Term Care Members

 

 
Chairperson

 
The Honorable Frank Brogan 
 Lt. Governor
 State of Florida
 The Capitol
 Tallahassee, FL  32399
 Phone: 850-488-4711
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 850-921-6114
 e-mail: [email protected]

 
Department of Elder Affairs
Dr. Gema Hernandez, Dr.P.A.
 Secretary
 Department of Elder Affairs
 4040 Esplanade Way
 Bldg. B, Suite 150
 Tallahassee, FL  32399
 Phone: 850-414-2000
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 850-414-2004
 e-mail: not provided
State Medicaid Director
TBA
The Florida Bar
Mr. Philip Freidin 
 Freidin & Brown
 One Biscayne Tower, Suite 3100
 2 South Biscayne Boulevard
 Miami, FL  33131
 Phone: 305-371-3666
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 305-371-6725
 e-mail: [email protected]
Florida 
Assisted Living Association
Mr. Larry Sherberg 
 Owner/Operator
 Lincoln Manor
 P.O. Box 221650
 Hollywood, FL  33022
 Phone: 850-425-2699
 Cell Phone: 850-257-0133
 Fax: 954-923-1766
 e-mail: [email protected]
Florida Association of 
Homes for the Aging
Mr. David Grofic 
 Director Operations Management
 Life Care Services
 10 Southeast Central Parkway
 Suite 307
 Stuart, FL  34994
 Phone: 561-223-9889
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 561-288-2381
 e-mail: [email protected]
Insurance Industry

 
 Mr. Walter Liptak 
 Subsidiary President
 BCBS Insurance Co.
 8665 Baypine Rd.
 Suite 200
 Jacksonville, FL  32256
 Phone: 904-828-7801
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 904-828-7915
 e-mail: [email protected] 
DOEA Appointee for HUD
Mr. Rene Rodriguez 
 Director
 Miami-Dade Housing Agency
 1401 NW 7th Street
 Miami, FL  33125
 Phone: 305-644-5112
 Cell Phone: 305-582-3018
 Fax: 305-541-6716
 e-mail: [email protected]
AARP
 Ms. Cherryl Chmielewski 
 Florida Regional Nurse Consultant
 Northport Health
 2844 Proctor Road
 Suite 3
 Sarasota, FL  34321
 Phone: 941-924-3611
 Cell Phone: 352-208-0276
 Fax: 941-924-8358
 e-mail: [email protected]
Investment Banking
Mr. Raymond Noga 
 Salomon Smith Barney
 777 South Flagler Drive
 Suite #801 - East Tower
 West Palm Beach, FL  33401
 Phone: 561-655-1122
 Cell Phone: not provided
 Fax: 561-832-8663
 e-mail: not provided
Attorney General
Mr. Kenneth Connor, JD
 Attorney
 Wilkes & McHugh, PA
 P.O. Box 11187
 Tallahassee, FL  32302
 Phone: 850-681-9550
 Cell Phone: 850-508-3457
 Fax: 850-681-9379
 e-mail: [email protected]
State University System

 
Dr. Jeff Dwyer, Ph.D. 
Director, Institute on Aging
Professor & Head, Division of Aging
University of Florida Department of Health Policy & 
 Epidemiology
1329 SW 16th Street, RM. 5234, P.O. Box 100177
Gainesville, FL  32610-0177
Phone: 352-395-8036
Cell Phone: not provided
Fax: 352-395-8047
e-mail: [email protected] 
Florida Health Care Association
Dr. Joy Calkin, Ph.D. 
CEO & Deputy Chairperson
Extendicare Inc.
111 W. Michigan St.
 Milwaukee, WI  53203
Phone: 414-908-8880; 414-908-8800 (sect); 902-275-2529 (vacat)
Cell Phone: 416-812-8961 Beeper
Fax: 414-908-8111
e-mail: [email protected]
Florida Medical Association
 Dr. Jesse Lipnick, M.D. 
 Physiatrist
 Rehabilitation Medicine Associates, P.A.
 4881 NW 8th Avenue, Suite 2
 Gainesville, FL  32605
 Phone: 352-373-4321
 Cell Phone: 352-317-3502
 Fax: 352-373-0555
 e-mail: [email protected]
LTC Ombudsman
Mr. Ed Boyer 
District 6 Ombudsman
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
1800 2nd Street
Suite 760
Sarasota, FL  32436
Phone: 941-365-2304
Cell Phone: not provided
Fax: 941-364-9896; 902-275-4076 (vac.)
e-mail: [email protected]
Senate Consumer Appointee
Mr. Robert Miller 
1022 Hughey Street
Kissimmee, FL  34741
Phone: 407-425-9590
Cell Phone: not provided
Fax: 407-872-8683
e-mail: not provided 
House of Representatives Consumer Appointee
Ms. Victoria Fierro 
2855 Ashbury Hill
Tallahassee, FL  32312
Phone: 850-386-3400
Cell Phone: not provided
Fax: 850-386-6838
e-mail: not provided
Senate
The Honorable John McKay 
State Senator Florida Senate
Wildewood Professional Park
3653 Cortez Road West, Suite 90
Bradenton, FL  34210
Phone: 941-727-6349
Cell Phone: 941-741-6960
Fax: 941-727-6352
e-mail: [email protected]
House of Representatives
The Honorable Nancy Argenziano 
State Representative
Florida House of Representatives
6216 W. Corporate Oaks Drive
Crystal River, FL  34429
Phone: 352-563-1204
Cell Phone: not provided
Fax: 352-860-5177
e-mail:
[email protected]

 
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