Promoting Health & Recovery

The Health & Recovery (H&R) Community Council encourages individual health by collaborating with citizens, health agencies and other organizations to support beneficial conditions within communities. By supporting a wide range of services that include children's dental care, intensive counseling and social rehabilitation for mental health and substance abuse patients, and adult day health and home care, the Health Council shapes programs that enhance access to care. Other programs also work to decrease premature deaths and avoidable hospitalizations while increasing the quality of life for those with chronic diseases.
The Health Council has offered four rounds of competitive funding (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008) for programs that target priorities in Facing Facts in the areas of Health, Education and Basic Needs. Councils also work on a variety of Community Initiatives and projects to address the priorities of Facing Facts. For more information about the Health Council, contact Cheryl Johnson at cjohnson@uway.org.

2008-2009 Health and Recovery Community Council Members

Senior Director, Health Council: Cheryl Johnson, MBA, United Way of the Midlands
Chair: Lissa Shine, R. N., BlueCross BlueShield of SC
Vice Chair: Ethel Brewer, Benedict College
Members:
Pierre Barakat, MBA, Ph.D., South University
David Boucher, MPH, FACHE, Companion Global
Natalie Brunson
Dennis Coker, FACHE, Free Medical Clinic

Lana Furnish, MPH, USC Graduate Assistant @ Companion Global
Barbara Gelbard, FACHE, MSW, MPM, Bridge Builders, LLC
Genice Hall-Summers, LISW, ACSW, CPP, CAC, Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth
LaCrystal Jackson, SC Department of Commerce
Mathew Mammen, Prometheus Group
Melanie Matney, SC Hospital Association
Suzanne Maynard, MHA, Administrative Resident, Palmetto Health
Bonnie Pate, SC Share
Suzanne Sanders, MPH, CHES, SC DHEC Region III
James Scarborough
Sharon Seago, MPA, CIRS-A, Central Midlands Council of Governments (COG)
Lisa Waddell, MD, MPH, SC DHEC
Dennis Coker, Free Medical Clinic