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WREN Committees

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Steering Committee

The WREN steering committee establishes overall direction and policy for the organization.

  • Dennis Baumgardner, MD, St. Luke's Family Practice Center (Chairman of the Steering Committee)
  • John Beasley, MD, UW Department of Family Medicine (General Member Representative)
  • Rod Erickson, MD, Lake Tomah Clinic (General Member Representative)
  • Val Gilchrist, MD UW Department of Family Medicine Chairperson (General Member Representative)
  • Kari Lathrop-Capaul, MD, Affinity Medical Group (Chair-elect of the Steering Committee)
  • Mary Beth Plane, PhD, UW Department of Family Medicine (UW Department of Family Medicine Director of Research Services)
  • Ken Schellhase, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW Department of Family and Community Medicine Representative)
  • Greg Simmons, President/CEO of MetaStar, Inc (General Member Representative)
  • Paul Smith, MD, UW Department of Family Medicine, UW Health Belleville Clinic (WREN Director)
  • Paul Treder, APNP, Waushara Family Physicians (General Member Representative)

Advisory Committee

The WREN advisory committee convened for the first time in November 2008. This committee includes the WREN Director and a group of public members charged with advocating for Wisconsin citizens and making recommendations to the steering committee.

  • Howard Bailey, MD, Professor of Medicine, UW Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR)
  • Marc Drezner, MD, Senior Associate Dean, SMPH Professor of Medicine, UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)
  • Molly Jahn, PhD, Dean UW-Madison College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • Nancy Nankivil, Senior VP Quality & Efficiency, Wisconsin Medical Society
  • Kristin McManmonm, Vice President of Operations, St. Marys Hospital
  • Zorba Paster, MD, Dean Health System
  • Larry Pheifer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians
  • Chuck Shabino, MD, Senior Medical Advisor, Wisconsin Hospital Association
  • Greg Simmons, President/CEO of MetaStar, Inc (Committee Chairperson)
  • Paul Smith, MD, WREN Director, UW Department of Family Medicine
  • Kathleen O. Smith, Outreach Program Manager, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Surgery
  • Geoffrey R. Swain, MD, MPH, Medical Director, City of Milwaukee Health Department
  • Bruce L. Van Cleave, MD, Aurora Health Care
  • Steve Yale, MD, Marshfield Clinic