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Brief Biographical Information of the Delegation Members (in last names’ alphabetical order)


Brent Earnest, MPM 美國新墨西哥州 社福部部長

新墨西哥州州長Susana Martinez在2014年12月1日任命Brent Earnest擔任社福部（HSD）部長。該部門主要使命是透過提供各項支援性服務，幫助弱勢家庭脫離需要依賴政府社會救助之循環，降低貧窮造成的影響。社福部管理該州與聯邦資金 66億美元，執行與監督各種計畫，包括強制子女撫養費支付管理、藥物濫用管制與心理健康計畫，並且提供食物、經濟支持與醫療保健服務給需要援助的民眾。

在成為部長之前，Earnest在2011年3月被任命為新墨西哥社福部副部長，負責督導醫療補助署（Medicaid）、心理行為衛生服務署與行政執行署。過去幾年來，社福部在管理與服務提供體系上均有大幅的改善與進步，使愈來愈多的新墨西哥州居民可以得到社福部的照護與服務。儘管服務人數增多，社福部透過新興科技與簡化的業務流程來控管成本。該部門主要策略目標為持續推動醫療援助計畫現代化，幫助失業的新墨西哥州居民回歸職場、協助需要支付兒童扶養費的父母教養之責任、強化身心健康服務，精簡工作流程並且改善行政效率。

Earnest部長也曾在新墨西哥州議會財政立法委員會擔任資深財政分析師，負責向議會提出全州預算建議。他曾在布魯金斯智庫擔任高級研究員，同時擔任國會參議員Jeff Bingaman的法案助理（兩個職位都位於華盛頓特區）。Earnest部長擁有新墨西哥大學政治學學士學位，以及馬里蘭大學的公共管理碩士學位。

Brent Earnest, MPM, Secretary, New Mexico Human Services Department

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez nominated Brent Earnest to serve as her Cabinet Secretary for the Human Services Department (HSD) on December 1, 2014. The agency’s core mission is to reduce the impact of poverty by providing support services that help families break the cycle of dependency on public assistance. The Human Services Department manages a $6.6 billion budget of state and federal funds and administers and oversees programs including the enforcement of child support payments, the administration of substance abuse and mental health programs, and the provision of food, financial assistance, and health care to those who qualify.

 Prior to his current position, Earnest was appointed Deputy Secretary of the New Mexico Human Services Department in March 2011, where he oversaw the Medical Assistance Division (Medicaid), Behavioral Health Services Division, and Administrative Services Division. In the past few years, more New Mexicans are served by HSD than ever before, and the programs have seen monumental changes and improvement in the management and delivery. Even with increased enrollment, the Department has controlled costs by leveraging technology and streamlining business processes. The Department’s primary strategic goals are to modernize medical assistance programs, help New Mexicans get back to work, assist parents with child support responsibilities, strengthen behavior health services, and improve administrative effectiveness and simplicity.

Before his services at HSD, Brent spent almost six years as a Senior Fiscal Analyst for the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, whose responsibilities included appropriation recommendations to the Legislature for the State’s budget. Brent was also a Senior Program Associate with the Brookings Institution and a Legislative Aide to Senator Jeff Bingaman, both in Washington, D.C.  Brent received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Public Management degree from the University of Maryland.

林倩蓉教授 美國杜克大學 政策與組織管理研究中心主任和市場管理學教授

林教授是杜克大學政策與組織管理研究中心副主任，及市場和管理學程、心理和腦神經科學系之教授。林副主任同時教授市場行銷學、服務品質、國際商務、消費者心理學、客戶關係管理、滿意度評估等課程與研討會，她個人研究專長為橫跨消費者洞察、社會和健康行為、勞力經濟學、內部行銷、決策科學以及跨文化影響等學門的整合研究。

林教授在創意課程設計、經理人深造進修計畫發展有多年經驗，以及多元量化之調查設計與統計分析等領域也多有鑽研。她在國際性與美國國內之學術研討會中多次發表論文並獲研究獎;目前擔任國際網絡營銷與廣告學刊編輯審查委員會, 2005 至 2008年為杜克大學富爾布萊特獎學金的評審委員。

林教授於2009年夏天獲廣告教育基金會邀請成為訪問教授，目前也是醫療財團法人辜公亮基金會和信治癌中心醫院基因資料庫與醫學倫理審議委員。林教授受市長及市議會聘為教堂山市市區發展董事會之董事。該董事會旨在協助匯集該市之資源及該市之知名研究大學與市中心商區，共同促進經濟文化發展及繁榮。

林教授擁有北卡羅萊納大學教堂山分校教育與企管博士學位，專攻市場行銷學與消費行為，並擁有杜克大學經濟學碩士以及加州大學柏克萊分校經濟學學士學位。

Cheryl Lin, PhD, Co-Director, Policy and Organizational Management Program, Duke University

Dr. Cheryl Lin is Co-Director of the Policy and Organizational Management Program and on the faculty of the Markets & Management Program and the Psychology & Neuroscience Department at Duke University. She teaches marketing management, service quality, consumer psychology, and international business. Her research focuses on interdisciplinary approach to consumer insights, social and health behavior, decision science, labor economics, and the influence of cross-culture experience.

Dr. Lin has over a decade of experience in innovative program development and curriculum design for executive training. She also specializes in survey design and both qualitative and quantitative analyses. Dr. Lin has published and presented at numerous international conferences and received multiple research awards. She is on the editorial review committee of the International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising and ad hoc reviewer for the American Public Health Association. She also served as a reviewer for Fulbright Fellowship at Duke University and was awarded a visiting professorship at the American Advertising Education Foundation.

In addition to her academic endeavor, Dr. Lin served on the board of directors of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership, appointed by the City Council to promote economic prosperity. She is a board member of the Koo Foundation’s Cancer Center Biobank and Ethics Review Board. She also serves as the co-convener of the Duke-Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare symposium since 2006 and leads international exchanges of senior health officials. In 2010, Dr. Lin received the prestigious Health Services Medal from the Taiwan Department of Health. 

Dr. Lin holds a doctorate in education and business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master’s degree in economics from Duke University, and a bachelor degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Kim Malsam-Rysdon, MSW 美國南達科他州 衛生部部長

Kim Malsam-Rysdon 是美國南達科他州衛生部部長，同時也是州長的資深顧問、執行委員會成員及內閣成員，擔任州長召集的家庭醫療照護監督委員會主委，致力於強化當地居民獲得優質初級照護服務之可近性。

身為衛生部部長，Malsam-Rysdon負責南達科他州7萬7千平方英里人民的健康，也共同領導南達科他州健康照護方案聯盟，運用創新思維於財源及運營策略以落實該州全面健康照護，確保當地民眾(包括該州9個美國印地安部落)能獲得所需的醫療服務。

Malsam-Rysdon在南達科他州政府服務已超過20年，她也曾任南達科他州社福部部長，以及社福部之精神健康與發展性障礙署署長。在投身州政府部門之前，她主要的工作是協助殘障人士能夠自在地在他們的社區生活與就業。

她的貢獻與成就包括為殘障兒童服務部門建立永續性的財政，貫徹慢性病患持續完整的醫療關懷，執行減少使用急診服務之策略，並強化數個州立醫療保健團隊人力之招募。她於2014年獲得南達科他州健康照護協會頒發「年度最佳政府首長獎」及兒童家庭協會之「兒童之友」獎。

Malsam-Rysdon部長以名列前茅的成績畢業自南達科他大學，取得政治學學士學位，她也是該校首批挑選入特優課程的學生。她在威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校取得社會工作碩士學位，專研醫療保健政策。

Kim Malsam-Rysdon, MSW, Secretary, South Dakota Department of Health 

Kim Malsam-Rysdon is the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health.  She also serves as the Governor's Senior Advisor and is a member of the Governor's Executive Committee and Cabinet.  She chairs the Governor’s Primary Care Oversight Committee, which is focused on improving access to quality primary care across the state. 

As Secretary of Health, she oversees provision of public health care in a frontier-populated state spanning 77,000 sq. miles.  She also co-chairs the South Dakota Health Care Solutions Coalition to develop innovative funding and operational solutions to health care access in South Dakota, including for members of the nine American Indian tribes in the state.

In her twenty years serving in the state government of South Dakota, Kim has also served as Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Social Services, and as Director of the Divisions of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Human Services. Prior to working for the state of South Dakota, Kim worked to help people with disabilities live and work in their communities.

Achievements during her career include development of sustainable funding for services for children with disabilities, implementation of health homes for people with chronic conditions and strategies to reduce use of emergency room services and expansion of several state health care workforce recruitment efforts. She received the South Dakota Association of Health Care Organizations award for State Official of the Year and the Children’s Home Society Friend of Children awards in 2014.

Kim graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of South Dakota and was one of the initial graduates from the University Honors program.  She received a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a concentration in health care policy.

Thomas Miller, MD, MPH 美國阿拉巴馬州 公共衛生部部長

Thomas Miller醫師於2015年11月被任命為美國阿拉巴馬州公共衛生部代理部長，並於2016年4月正式接任成為部長。Miller醫師在公衛部服務超過二十年，在各個領域皆有相當豐富的經驗。在成為部長之前，他擔任首席醫療長和副部長，督導家庭健康署、臨床實驗室、傳染病防治署、家庭和社區服務署。他負責婦幼健康、家庭計畫、婦幼營養補助計畫(WIC)、牙齒保健、實驗室檢驗、疫苗接種、肺結核、性病、愛滋病、流行病學與居家照顧服務。此外，他也與健康服務標準署和輻射管制辦公室合作。

Miller部長是美國婦產科醫學會的成員，也積極參與及領導多個州和國家層級專業組織。2015年4月，他獲得了美國阿拉巴馬州醫學協會頒發的威廉·亨利·桑德斯獎，表揚其在公共衛生工作卓越的貢獻與努力。他也是阿拉巴馬州醫學會附屬醫學基金會的醫學在職教育主席。他在2013年成為國家醫學持續教育審議及認證委員會委員，並在2016年成為董事會成員。此外，在2012年，他完成普拉特維爾市市議會第三任任期，期間他擔任代理議長與議長，他也參與很多社區倡議活動。

Miller部長在南阿拉巴馬大學醫學院取得醫學學位並完成住院醫師訓練。之後在伯明罕市的阿拉巴馬大學取得公共衛生碩士學位，他也是扶輪社和國際演講協會成員。自2012年起，他每年皆會與醫療志工團隊前往多明尼加共和國進行醫療服務。

Thomas Miller, MD, MPH, State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health

Dr. Thomas Miller was appointed Acting State Health Officer of the Alabama Department of Public Health in November, 2015 and State Health Officer in April, 2016. Dr. Miller has been with the Department for over twenty years and has gained experience in leading many areas. His most recent position has been as chief medical officer and deputy director, in which he has overseen the bureaus of Family Health Services, Clinical Laboratories, Communicable Disease, and Home and Community Services. His responsibilities included maternal and child health, family planning, WIC, dental, lab testing, immunizations, TB, STD, HIV/AIDS, epidemiology and home care services. In addition, he worked with the Bureau of Health Provider Standards and the Office of Radiation Control. 

Dr. Miller is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and is an active member and leader of several professional organizations at the state and national level. In April 2015, Dr. Miller received the Medical Association of the State of Alabama’s William Henry Sanders Award for outstanding public health work above and beyond the call of duty. He is Chairman for Continuing Medical Education for the Medical Foundation of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. In 2013, he became a member of the Committee for Review and Recognition which is part of the national Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and was elected to a three year term on their Board of Directors in 2016. Moreover, in 2012, he finished his third term on the Prattville City Council, where he served as President Pro Tempore and President, and he is involved in a number of community enrichment initiatives.

Dr. Miller received his MD and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. He received a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a member of his local Rotary Club and of Toastmasters International. Since 2012, he has gone to the Dominican Republic on annual medical mission trips.

涂碧桂教授 美國杜克大學 政策與組織管理研究中心主任和組織管理及國際研究教授

涂教授是美國杜克大學之政策與組織管理研究中心主任及國際研究、市場和管理學程之教授。杜克大學以優質教育、研究以及醫療保健等項目聞名世界，是全美排名前十大名校。涂教授的授課與研究方向結合廣泛領域，包含國際發展政策、公私部門策略規劃、管理與組織行為、及領導學。

在涂教授的領導下，其研究中心結合國際級的產官學界發展研究專案，並針對政府官員及民間企業的高階領導人，就公部門管理、領導統御、全球衛生、品質及績效評估、顧客關係與行銷 、危機管理、量化方法論、及教育等相關議題上提供量身定製的課程設計和訓練。 此中心以全方位的整合作法，結合不同領域與跨科系之教學與研究，輔以實地參與和實務交流的授課執行方法，為其特色。

涂教授在為美國及多國政府機構設計高階主管進修課程有超過二十年的豐富經驗，主持過數個杜克大學與國家元首，大使及各國政要合作的計畫。她的經驗還包括與國際組織、跨國研究機構、非政府組織、公共機構和民間企業的顧問，目前並擔任環境品質文教基金會的董事。涂教授也熱心參予地方公共事務， 並曾擔任北卡州教堂山市人事爭議審議委員會委員六年及公教員工給與委員會委員。

涂教授擁有北卡羅萊納大學教堂山分校教育領導學博士學位，專攻組織與社會行為，同時也擁有杜克大學國際發展政策碩士與拉丁美洲研究證書，及聖塔克拉拉大學食品與農經企管碩士的學位。

Pikuei Tu, PhD, MBA, Director, Policy and Organizational Management Program, Duke University

Dr. Pikuei Tu is director of the Duke University’s Policy and Organizational Management Program and a faculty member at the International Studies and Markets & Management Studies. Duke University is world-renown for its excellence in education, research, and medical care. It is ranked as a top ten university in the U.S. Professor Tu’s teaching and research include a wide range of issues on international development policy, public and private sectors strategic planning, management and organizational behavior, and leadership.

Under Dr. Tu’s leadership, the Policy and Organizational Management Program develops and conducts research projects with academic, public and private institutions, and provides customized executive education and research to ranking international government officials and private enterprises on a range of topics, e.g., public management, leadership, global health, quality and performance evaluation, relationship marketing, crisis management, quantitative methods, and education. The unique approach of comprehensively integrating a variety of disciplines and methodologies in teaching, research, exchange, and practice is a distinctive feature of the Program.

Prof. Tu has more than 20 years of experience in designing custom programming and in working directly with international dignitaries such as former Presidents of Mexico, Argentina, and Colombia, Constitution Justice of South Africa, and U.S. ambassadors. Her experience also includes consultancies with international organizations and research institutes, non-governmental organizations, public agencies, and corporations. She currently serves as a board director to the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation. Dr. Tu has also been involved in public service in the local area; she served on the Personnel Appeals Committee for six years, and the Pay Plan Review Committee at the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Prof. Tu received her doctorate in educational leadership with a concentration on organizations and social behavior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a master’s degree in international development policy as well as a graduate certificate in Latin American Studies from Duke University, and an MBA with food and agribusiness focus from Santa Clara University.

Ann Silverberg Williamson, MSW 美國猶他州 社福部部長

Ann Williamson在2013年10月被任命為猶他州社福部部長，她的職業生涯致力於透過公私部門合作協助及服務兒童、家庭與成人。身為社福部部長，她領導該部用心而勤奮的員工，為猶他州各年齡層最弱勢的民眾與家庭提供支援和照護服務。

猶他州社福部包含老年與成人服務部門、兒童和家庭服務部門、兒少法部門、身心障礙服務部門、猶他州發展中心、猶他州立醫院、藥物濫用與心理健康部門、許可證核發辦公室、復原重建辦公室以及公共監護人辦公室。為了讓猶他州居民能在社區得到他們需要的服務，社福部與社區夥伴緊密合作，以達到讓兒童、青少年、成人與家庭可以有安全、健康又繁榮生活的目標。

Williamson部長是路易斯安那州人，她之前15年來在該州政府及民間社福機構服務。不論在哪個位置，她都努力尋求創新，有效應用資源為服務對象提供最優質的服務。

2001年至2008年期間，Williamson聯續擔任兩任路易斯安那州社福部（DSS）部長，期間她成功建立整合性社會福利服務計畫，包括 “任一便民窗口制度 No Wrong Door”；2005年卡崔納颶風造成路易斯安那州嚴重受損，她帶領社福部團隊投入緊急應變救災和援助行動，也因此獲頒美國農業部最高榮譽獎殊榮。

2009年至2013年期間，Williamson擔任路易斯安那州非營利組織協會（LANO）的總裁兼執行長，她大力推動協會成員提高非營利組織的效率與永續發展。2012年，Williamson獲選「非營利時代」雜誌的全國最佳五十位領導者之一。

Williamson部長於南卡羅來納州史巴坦堡的沃福學院取得神學學士學位，之後她在路易斯安那州州立大學取得社會工作碩士學位，她並獲得這兩間母校頒發「傑出校友」的殊榮。

Ann Silverberg Williamson, MSW, Executive Director, Utah Department of Human Services

Ann Williamson was appointed Executive Director of Utah Department of Human Services (UDHS) in October 2013. Williamson has dedicated her career to serving children, families, and adults through public-private partnerships. As executive director, she is responsible for the administration and supervision of a committed workforce that provides support and services to Utah's most vulnerable populations at all ages.

The UDHS is composed of the Division of Aging and Adult Services, Division of Child and Family Services, Division of Juvenile Justice Services, Division of Services for People with Disabilities, Utah State Developmental Center, Utah State Hospital, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Office of Licensing, Office of Recovery Services and Office of Public Guardian. Services provided by the Department are designed to meet Utahns in their communities and in a manner that best meets their needs. Working closely with community partners, the primary goal of the Department is to give children, youth, individuals, and families an opportunity to live safe, healthy and successful lives.

A native of Louisiana, Williamson served that state for the past 15 years working in both the public and private sectors in the interests of human services. Throughout her career, she has been seen as a reformer seeking the most effective and efficient use of resources to produce results for those she serves.

Williamson led the Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS) from 2001-2008, holding consecutive cabinet posts. While at the agency, Williamson championed the development of the integrated human service delivery program, "No Wrong Door," and led the Department’s emergency response to the 2005 catastrophic hurricanes that impacted the state. During her tenure, the U.S. Department of Agriculture honored DSS with the Pinnacle Award, a national citation of excellence, for the department’s efforts following the storms.

From 2009 until 2013, as President and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO), Williamson led advocacy efforts for the statewide member organization to strengthen the effectiveness and sustainability of the nonprofit sector. In 2012, she was honored as one of the nation’s top 50 leaders by The NonProfit Times.

Williamson graduated from Wofford College, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a degree in theology and earned a master’s in Social Work from Louisiana State University (LSU). Williamson received awards from both Wofford College and LSU as a Distinguished Alumna.

Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH 美國科羅拉多州 公共衛生和環境部部長

Larry Wolk醫師是科羅拉多州公共衛生和環境部部長和醫療長。自從2013年9月上任後，致力於推動科羅拉多州的醫療照護體系單純化以方便民眾，並賦予該部任務為提供健康與環境資訊實證之領航者。在他就職期間，他督導科羅拉多州洪災後生活重建工作，處理聯邦政府被迫停工問題，以及制訂頒佈全國第一個減少石油和天然氣甲烷排放量之空氣品質管理法規，目前他的新挑戰為處理醫療用和合法零售大麻衍生的多樣問題。

科羅拉多州公共衛生和環境部提供優質兼具成本效益之公共衛生和環境保護服務，他們強化衛教宣導，使民眾可以做出明確的選擇，此外，該部也負責檢測及解決可能影響科羅拉多州民眾健康和環境之新興問題，並提出因應對策。

在加入科羅拉多州公共衛生和環境部之前，Wolk醫師在科羅拉多州非營利醫療資訊交換總部(CORHIO) 擔任執行長，他也領導過數個醫療保健公司，包括科羅拉多州藍十字/藍盾保險公司、科羅拉多保誠醫療、和CIGNA醫療照護公司。Wolk醫師在1996年創辦了洛基山青少年診所，這是科羅拉多州最大的安全網診所之一，為沒有醫療保險之民眾提供醫療照護服務，成為全國典範，迄今他仍繼續在那行醫。

Wolk部長在佛蒙特大學醫學院完成了醫學訓練，並在科羅拉多大學醫學院取得公共衛生碩士學位。他獲得許多榮譽，包括科羅拉多年度小兒科醫生獎、丹佛商業期刊年度醫療照護執行長獎、和丹佛7News的人民英雄獎。

Larry Wolk, MD, MSPH, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Dr. Larry Wolk is Executive Director and Chief Medical Officer for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Since joining the agency in Sept. 2013, Dr. Wolk’s mission has been to simplify the health system for the citizens of Colorado and to position the department as the leader in providing evidence-based health and environmental information. During his tenure, he has overseen flood recovery, a federal shutdown, and the promulgation of the nation’s first air quality rules specific to methane reduction for oil and gas operations. His new frontier is addressing the myriad issues surrounding medical and retail marijuana.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment provides high-quality, cost-effective public health and environmental protection services. The Department plays a critical role in providing education to Colorado’s citizens so they can make informed choices. In addition, the Department is charged with identifying and responding to emerging issues that could affect Colorado’s health and environment.

Before coming to the Department, Dr. Wolk served as Chief Executive Officer of CORHIO, Colorado’s nonprofit health information exchange. He was an executive with Correctional Healthcare Companies, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Colorado, Prudential Healthcare of Colorado, and CIGNA Healthcare. In 1996, Dr. Wolk founded the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics, one of Colorado’s largest safety net clinics and a national model for providing care to the uninsured. He continues to practice medicine there.

Dr. Wolk completed his medical training at University of Vermont College of Medicine and a Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He has received many honors, including Colorado Pediatrician of the Year, Denver Business Journal Healthcare Executive of the Year, and the 7News Denver Everyday Hero award.