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Civica Rx Welcomes New Founding Members | January 7, 2019
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Civica Rx
Debbi Ford
Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer
970-227-3991
debbi.ford@civicarx.org
Governing Members
Michael Romano
National Director, Media Relations
Catholic Health Initiatives
303 - 383 - 2720
michaelromano@catholichealth.net
Daron Cowley
Media Relations Director
Intermountain Healthcare
801 - 442 - 2834
daron.cowley@imail.org
Duska Anastasijevic
Media Relations
Mayo Clinic
507 - 538 - 7003
Anastasijevic.dusanka@mayo.edu
Jessica Coffman
Senior Communications Manager
Providence St.Joseph Health
(425) 525 - 3643
Jessica.Coffman@providence.org
Eve Pidgeon
Manager, Communications & PR
Trinity Health
734 - 343 - 1270
pidgeone@trinity-health.org
Ed Fishbough
AVP Communications
HCA Healthcare
615 - 344 - 2810
Ed.Fishbough@HCAHealthcare.com
David Hebert
Director of Communications
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation
713 - 554 - 1967
dhebert@arnoldfoundation.org
Lance Teegarden
Manager, Communications
Peterson Center on Healthcare
646 - 768 - 4022
lteegarden@petersonhealthcare.org
Brian Westrich
System Manager, Media Relations
SSM Health
314 - 989 - 2878
Brian.Westrich@ssmhealth.com
Tim Ingersoll
Communications Director
West Health
858 - 412 - 8727
tpingersoll@westhealth.org
Founding Members
Dan Laurent
Vice-President, Communications
Allegheny Health Network
412-807-8103
daniel.laurent@highmarkhealth.org
Michael Shepherd
Sr. Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations
Franciscan Alliance
219-865-2141 ext. 43100
michael.shepherd@franciscanalliance.org
Allison Clair
Director, Institutional Communications
NYU Langone Health
212-404-3753
allison.clair@nyulangone.org
Darren Huber
Media Relations
Sanford Health
701-200-6080
darren.huber@sanfordhealth.org
Jim Olson
Chief Communications Officer
Steward Health Care
469-341-8901
james.olson@steward.org
Heather Nahas
Communications Director
UnityPoint Health
515-491-8813
heather.nahas@unitypoint.org
Adam Mesirow
Director, Media
Advocate Aurora Health
708.280.4811
adam.mesirow@advocatehealth.com
Dori Alvarez
Director, Communications
Baptist Health South Florida
786-527-9516
doria@baptisthealth.net
Rhiannon Collette
Manager, External Communications
Memorial Hermann
713-242-4782
rhiannon.collette@memorialhermann.org
Giselle Hecker
Director, Public Relations
Ochsner Health System
504-842-9219
ghecker@ochsner.org
Tim Hawkins
Media Relations Lead
Spectrum Health
616.481.6091 (o); 616.443.0361 (c)
timothy.hawkins@spectrumhealth.org
Sam Kennedy
Corporate Communications Director
St. Luke’s University Health Network
484-526-4134
samuel.kennedy@sluhn.org