The Steering Committee membership includes Nicholas Toumpas, the DHHS Commissioner, and his Policy Team, as follows:

• Mary Ann Cooney, DHHS Deputy Commissioner
• Kathleen Dunn, NH Medicaid Director
• Nancy Rollins, DHHS Associate Commissioner, Division of Community Based Services
• José Montero, NH Public Health Director

The Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) team consists of a Project Director, a Project Manager, and a Project Analyst.

• Project Director (Dave Towne, MHA)
  • Has primary responsibility for the project, including financial accountability
  • Leads Leadership Team
  • Presents status updates to Steering Committee and Stakeholders
  • Presents deliverable to Steering Committee for approval and to Stakeholders for review, feedback and input
• Project Manager (TBD)
  • Overall responsibility for quality and timeliness of deliverables, status reporting, risk and issue management
  • Responsible for project plan, schedule, quality and timeliness of deliverables, status reporting, risk and issue management
  • Responsible for coordinating and integrating work of all sub-teams, consultants, contracted services and technology vendors
  • Responsible for coordinating and integrating work of other related projects and initiatives
• Project Analyst (TBD)
  • Supports Project Director and Project Manager as needed.
  • Creates and maintains Project Communication Strategy, Plan and Schedule
  • Creates and supports the creation of project deliverables
  • Assists with administrative tasks such as
    • Scheduling and organizing meetings
    • Creating meeting minutes
    • Maintaining Project Documentation Library

The Leadership Team role is comprised of the following DHHS leaders:

• William Baggeroer, DHHS Chief Information Officer
• David Towne, State Health Information Technology Coordinator
• Brook Dupee, Chief, Bureau of Public Health Informatics, DHHS Division of Public Health Services
• Andrew Chalsma, Chief, Bureau of Data and Systems Management, DHHS Office of Medicaid Business and Policy
• Shanthi Venkatesan, Administrator – Finance/ARRA, DHHS Office of Business Operations
• Patrick Miller, Research Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice