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Amelia Broussard, PhD, RN, MPH
Medical Associate

Dr. Amelia Broussard has over 20 years in health care. Her experience includes clinical nursing in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units, work as a nursing supervisor and clinical coordinator of a three tiered nursery in the Atlanta, GA area. Dr. Broussard was the original executive director of the Atlanta Health Care for Homeless program for 2 years (1988 – 1990). For six years, Dr. Broussard was a project officer/nurse consultant for the Division of Community Health Services in Region IV (Atlanta Office) of the US PHS. In 1996, Dr. Broussard began teaching full time in health care administration in a local university outside of Atlanta and began a consulting career that includes work with community health centers (compliance site visits and new start TA), Ryan White Part C and D programs as a compliance site visitor and grant reviewer, HIVQUAL consultant (quality improvement consultant) for the AIDS Institute of New York and trainer for Family Planning Programs in Region IV (southeast region).

Dr. Broussard has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Mississippi, a Masters in Public Health, Behavioral Health Sciences from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and a
Doctor of Philosophy in Human Resource Development from the College of Education at Georgia State University.

ABroussard@theFranaGroup.com

Karla Finnell, JD, MPH
Health Planning & Legal Associate

Karla Finnell is a Senior Health Care professional with extensive experience in health policy for medically disenfranchised populations. She holds a strong background in advocacy and policy development, health system strengthening, program development, as well as leadership and capacity building.

Ms. Finnell is currently a Principal at Strategic Business Solutions, where she focuses on business strategy and program development for non-profit organizations dedicated to medically underserved populations. Ms. Finnell also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Kansas, and previously served as the Executive Director of the Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved. Ms. Finnell also served as the Assistant Director of the New Mexico Primary Care Association and was a practicing attorney for 12 years.

Ms. Finnell holds an M.P.H. in Health Policy and Management from the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK (with honors), a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and a B.S., Business Administration in Finance from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

KFinnell@theFranaGroup.com

Deborah A. Fransen, BA
Community Development Associate

Deborah Fransen is a grant writing consultant. She works not only with theFranaGroup, but also, in the past, with the Northern Illinois Botanical Society, Crusaders Health Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, Davis Memorial Park, Blackhawk Day Care Center, and Rockford Symphony Orchestra.

Deborah currently works at NIU College of Education on Special Projects. She formerly worked as a Senior Gift and Estate Planning Officer for Northern Illinois University Foundation, as Chief Development and Communications Officer for the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, and as Director of Grants at Rockford College.

Deborah holds a B.A. in English from Rockford College, and an Associate in Arts from Rock Valley College.

DFransen@theFranaGroup.com

Kara Green, RN, BSN
Nurse Consultant Associate

Kara earned her nursing degree from the University of Texas at Arlington and began her career in an acute health care setting. After gaining a strong repertoire of clinical skills and caring for patients with complex health needs, she shifted her focus to the broader population need and outpatient health care. This love for prevention and a community focus has drawn her to a number of areas in public health and non-profit work including public health nursing, epidemiology, emergency preparedness, grant writing, and program/project management. Through her work to build partnerships, maximize efficiency and creative innovative solutions, she remains focused on the health of families and children.

In addition to consulting, Kara now serves as adjunct faculty for the College of Nursing and Allied Health for Houston Baptist University. She enjoys volunteering for a local non-profit community clinic and supporting Texas Action for Healthy Kids as a Steering Committee member.

kara@karagreen.com

Bill Huesing
Financial Associate

Bill Huesing is a dedicated Chief Finacial Officer with broad based experience in all accounting functions. He is experienced in non-profit as well as for profit organizations, health care, manufacturing and service industries. Bill is seasoned and successful in dealing with all levels of an organization, with a strong record of progressive responsibilities and accomplishments.

As Vice-President of Finance at Neighborhood Health Care, Inc., based in Cincinnati, Ohio, his responsibilites include financial statements, payroll, budget, billing, treasury and banking, reporting to the CEO and the Board of Directors. He participates on the Senior Management Team to provide financial leadership in searching for revenue and controlling costs, as well as a member of the Financial Committee of Ohio Shared Information Services, the practices management network for all of the Health Centers in Cincinnati. He prepares the annual UDS Report for the company and two grant sub-recipients, and develops the budget for the Federal 330(e) Grant as well as the various budgets for all grants submitted locally, within the state, and other Federal grants. A major accomplishment was the installation of new payroll, billing and accounting systems.

BHuesing@theFranaGroup.com

Thomas Lufkin, RPh
Management/Pharmacy Associate

Tom Lufkin has served as a CEO of a Federally Qualified Health Center and is experienced in building, managing, fund raising, recruiting and problem solving. He is a licensed pharmacist in Michigan and has Pharmacy design, 340B implementation and productivity management experience. Tom has been president of a variety of healthcare organizations in both the for-profit and not for-profit arenas and has been involved with medical residency programs and hospital relationships.

tlufkin@sbcglobal.net

Ann Marchetti, MS
Project Development Associate

Ann Marchetti earned her MS degree from Radford University. For the past twenty-two years, Ann has held leadership roles in several successful nonprofit agencies towards a singular goal — to improve the health and wellbeing of children, youth, and families.

Most recently, Ann has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for the Cambridge, MA based National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), which specializes in improving the quality of care for children through advocacy and assistance to help prevent and combat childhood obesity, promoting the best approaches to dealing with chronic childhood illnesses such as asthma, hyperactivity and epilepsy, and encouraging early screening programs for infants.

Her firm is dedicated to providing executive leadership and oversight and to empowering a new generation of leaders in the nonprofit sector to develop effective systems for capacity development and program delivery.

awmarchetti@gmail.com

Suzanne Niemi, MHA, CPA
Financial Associate

Suzanne Niemi has been involved in the health care industry for over 20 years, and in the Community Health Center program for 8 years. In addition to experience in public accounting, she has worked for hospitals and ambulatory clinics across the country. Her experience covers all facets of healthcare finance and operations. In addition to hands-on clinic operations, Suzanne worked at the Alaska Primary Care Association as a practice management specialist for four years.

Suzanne currently works part-time for a tribally-owned CHC in Alaska, and does consulting for CHCs in new access point applications, grants management and compliance, finance, strategic planning and operations.

Suzanne holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and a Masters’ degree in Health Administration from Chapman University. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and has achieved Certified Medical Practice Executive status through the Medical Group Management Association.

sniemi@gci.net

Emily Sanders, MSW
Community Development Associate

Emily Sanders is the Community Care Manager for Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin. She has served as an Independent Community Health Grant consultant, and as a paid consultant to review grants for Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, School Based Health Centers, Public Housing Primary Care and Health Care for the Homeless Programs.

Currently, Ms. Sanders serves as a member of the Healthy for Life Community Solutions Team through United Way of Dane County allocating resources to address primary care, mental health and dental access issues.

Ms. Sanders graduated from the Leadership Greater Madison Program in 2008, and earned her Bachelors of Social Work in 1999 and Master of Social Work in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin Madison.

ECurtis@theFranaGroup.com

Sergey Sergeyev, MPA
Financial Associate

Mr. Sergeyev earned his Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago, Illinois. As a member of Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), his skills include:
• An Experienced team leader with the ability to initiate/manage cross-functional teams and multi-disciplinary projects, and to deliver cost reduction using dedicated process
• Analytical thinking, decision making and problem solving skills and strong non-for profit experience experience.
• Corporate Vision, Mission Driven, Strategic Planning, and Execution
• Cost Reduction and Revenue Maximization
• Reorganization and Turnaround Management
• Project management skills: Influencing, leading, negotiating and delegating abilities
• Re-Engineering Operations and Process Improvement
• Adaptability and tolerant to stressed situations.

humkas@gmail.com

Karen S. White
Financial Associate

Ms. White is a dynamic, results-driven professional with broad experience in the accounting field. She is proficient at project start-up/planning and oversight, personnel management, accounting, job costing, contracts and logistics. Karen is a team player with the knowledge to lead, set goals, mentor, and train personnel, as well as having an outstanding background in maximizing profits, implementing policies and procedures, and building and maintaining client relationships. She consistently meets budgets, schedules, and corporate goals. Highly trustworthy, discreet, and ethical, Ms. White also has the credentials to do Ryan White reviews.

kwhite4@gmail.com