Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D., has served as the Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Programs at the Global Health Sector of SRA International since 2006. In this capacity, he is developing new demonstration and research projects around mental health and substance use services, programs, and systems, using a public health framework. Areas of focus include transformation of financing, human resources, evidence-based practices, information technology, statistical data, performance measures, and quality report cards. Consumer and family concerns pervade all of this work. Concurrently, he is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, a Member of the Secretary of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Healthy People 2020, and President-Elect of ACMHA—The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. Dr. Manderscheid serves on the boards of the Employee Assistance Research Foundation, the Danya Institute, and the Public Manager.    

                        
    
Jennifer Daniels, Esq.
Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Jennifer J. Daniels, Esq. is a partner at Blank Rome, LLP, where she provides counsel on healthcare and transactional matters. She services a wide range of clients, with a focus on the health information technology and life sciences industries.  Ms. Daniels regularly advises clients on matters involving compliance with privacy and security regulations, fraud and abuse laws, facility licensing requirements and other regulatory matters.  She has extensive experience handling the day-to-day contracts and transactions for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device manufacturers.  Ms. Daniels currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.  She also is a member of the HIMSS / AHIMA workgroup for Privacy and Security in Health Information Exchange and authored many publications, including Applying Basic Privacy Principles to the Use of RFID for the Food and Drug Law Institute's Update Magazine 2005, Issue 4.

Ms. Daniels received her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Rochester.