Regular contributors to this blog will include a number of persons who are committed to keeping the conversation going about our faith values contribute to our public discussion about health care reform.
Jackson Day is a minister in the United Methodist Church and serves as a health care consultant to the UMC General Board of Church and Society. He is currently working on his Doctor of Ministry degree at Wesley Seminary, with a focus on health care.
Ed Gerardo is the Director of Community and Social Investments for the Bon Secours Health System, Inc. This work leads to his engagement in developing resources that draw lay persons into dialogue and advocacy for values-based systemic reform.
David Lamarre-Vincent is the Executive Director of the New Hampshire Council of Churches. A Roman Catholic layman, he has a long history of working on health care reform within the faith community. An additional interest, the focus of his 2008 summer sabbatical, is that of working for sustainable peace in the Middle East.
Diane Lardie, the founding director of the Universal Health Care Action Network, is now retired and active in the Catholic Ministry of Health Care Professionals in greater Cleveland, OH.
Arthur Rothschild is a freelance writer with a keen interest in values-based messaging about health care reform and using the internet to communicate these messages.
Elizabeth Sholes is the Public Policy Director for the California Council of Churches and California Church Impact. She has developed numerous resources for state faith advocates and is a leader in California’s progress toward comprehensive reform.
Linda Hanna Walling, Executive Director of Faithful Reform in Health Care, has worked in faith-inspired health care reform advocacy since 2000, and has contributed to numerous printed resources to help people of faith engage in this issue. She is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Jill Zimmerman is a Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Her portfolio includes a focus on health care reform, as well as on issues related to immigration reform in the U.S.
