2010-2011 Executive Board
Daniel Bruey
President
Director of Student Health Center, American University
Dan has been at AU since August 2004. He provides direction for the campus community on public health issues, facilitates and coordinates access to health and wellness services for students, administers the university sponsored health insurance plan, and ensures compliance with applicable governmental, licensing, insurance, and accrediting requirements. Dan directs approximately 15 full and part time medical, professional, and administrative employees.
Dan is originally from Philadelphia, PA. He has a B.S. in Education from Millersville University and an MBA from Temple University. He has over seventeen years of healthcare administration experience. Prior to coming to American University; he worked at Temple University as the Assistant Director of Finance and Administration in Student Health Services and was an Administrator in the Department of Medicine. Dan has also held management positions at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dan is currently serving as President for the Mid-Atlantic College Health Association (MACHA).
Degrees
Master of Business Administration, Marketing, Temple University;
Bachelor of Science, Education, Millersville University
Paul C. Furtaw, Psy.D.
President-elect
Director, Student Health and Counseling
University of the Sciences
Student Health Center
Since 2006, I have servedas the Director of Student Health and Counseling at the University of the Sciences (a ~2500-student health science campus in Philadelphia, PA). During my tenure, our department has: (1) dramatically increased personnel, fiscal and material resources; (2) deployed EHR platforms for counseling and health functions; (3) converted student insurance to an online hard waiver; (4) implemented a robust wellness program; and (5) launched a nurse practitioner provider model.
By training, I am a licensed doctoral-level clinical psychologist and organizational consultant, with a 22-year career in community nonprofits and higher education. My heritage as the eldest son of a life-long registered nurse has helped to mold my disposition into that of a pragmatic bridge-builder andsystems-thinker, as well as someone who champions the development of my staff and colleagues. Though I still provide student mental health services, I am most passionate about the application of managerial “best practices” in order to facilitate optimal patient care, enough so that I’m embarking on a part-time MBA.
My membership in MACHA and ACHA reflects my strong identification with other healthcare professionals, itself the byproduct of a multitude of close working relationships with physicians, nursing professionals, pharmacists and other allied health professionals across diverse contexts, including: (1) hospital- and community-based interdisciplinary treatment teams; (2) applied research and teaching in collaboration with healthcare and behavioral science faculty; and finally, (3) direct service provision to health professional students as consumers. As a result, while others focus on distinctions between mental health and healthcare proper, I find more salient the core values the two disciplines share as well as the common challenges they face, particularly in today’s higher education climate.
Lora Crosswhite,RN, BC
Member-at-Large
Staff Nurse, West Chester University
Lora Crosswhite has been employed at West Chester University since 2000. She is a staff nurse and her responsibilities also include the operations of the pharmacy.
Lora is also the OPEIU local union president for the West Chester University nurse staff. She was also on the contract negotiation team for the most recent contract between OPEIU and PASSHE.
Lora received her BSN from West Chester University. She is also Board Certified in College Health. Lora is currently an ACHA member and sits on the Board of directors as the Member at Large for MACHA.
Vanessa Stoloff, MD
Vice President
Staff Physician,
University of Pennsylvania,
Student Health Center
Vanessa has been in college health for the past 7 years. She is currently completing her second year as MACHA member at large. She has served on the program planning committees for the past 2 years.
2003-present – Family Practice trained, full-time staff physician at University of Pennsylvania Student Health Center
Special interests: patient education, infectious disease, information management, eating disorders
2005-present – MACHA, member; 2010-2012 - MACHA, Executive Board, member-at-large 2010-2012, speaker 2012
Evelyn Wiener , MD
Region IV Representative
Director,
University of Pennsylvania
Student Health Center
I have worked in college health for more than twenty years as a clinician and administrator. As Director of the Student Health Service, I have oversight of student clinical services, health promotion and public health efforts for the University of Pennsylvania campus.
I have been active in MACHA and ACHA since 1997. My involvement began when I responded to a solicitation to be part of the program planning committee for the 1997 Annual MACHA Meeting. While I had been to a few ACHA meetings before, I didn’t really understand what the association offered other than continuing education. That changed very quickly once I met the people in charge of planning that conference: from all disciplines, they were all smart, knowledgeable and passionate about the work that they did. It was at that point that I decided to get involved.
In short order, that November I was elected to the MACHA executive committee as a member-at-large. The following year, I was elected to be President-elect (and Program Planner) for MACHA’s 1999 Annual Meeting in Virginia Beach. Planning that meeting was an education unto itself, demanding, frustrating and a lot of fun.
I was also appointed Chair of the Benchmarking Advisory Committee in 1998, and I served as Chair/Co-chair for many years thereafter. One of the most rewarding aspects of being on benchmarking was recognizing the tremendous depth and breadth of college health programs, and appreciating that a nurse-directed program for a college of 500 students is managing the same set of issues as the multi-specialty clinic serving a university with 50,000 students.
In 2010, I served as Chair of the Program Planning Committee for the ACHA Annual Meeting. This provided me the opportunity to work closely with the program planners from all of the different professions represented by ACHA. This was a singular experience, and provided me with even more understanding and appreciation for how ACHA works, and how it is a truly interdisciplinary organization.
It is an honor to serve as the Regional Representative to the ACHA Board of Directors. I have gained so much from MACHA and ACHA over the years, and I hope to be able to give back to both groups.