Advancing Produce Prescription Programs in Michigan
The Michigan Produce Prescription (PPR) Steering Committee
About the Steering Committee
Vision
To collectively identify and progress a unified state policy ask or asks that will concretely support Produce Prescription programming advancement and expansion throughout Michigan. The Michigan PPR Steering Committee will engage in decision making that will guide the Michigan PPR Statewide Learning Network to create sustainable funding models for this intervention through private insurance coverage and/or Medicaid or Medicare expansion.
Creation Date
April 2023
PPR Steering Committee Members
The Michigan PPR Steering Committee is composed of leaders and key facilitators from a diverse set of sectors who are influencing Produce Prescription programming and committed to advancing it.
Brent Mikkola
Community Health Manager
MyMichigan Health
Bella Pagogna
Produce Prescription Manager
Michigan Farmers Market Association
Dominick Pallone
Executive Director
Michigan Association of Health Plans
Dawn S. Opel, JD, PhD
Chief Innovation Officer and General Counsel
Food Bank Council of Michigan
Stacia Schaefer, PharmD
Strategy Execution Manager, RDO (Results Delivery Organization)
Meijer
Kelsey P. Ostergren, MPH, CIC
Director, Health Policy Initiatives
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Hannah Swartz
Program Manager
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
Ariane Donnelly, MPH, RD
Health Promotion Coordinator
Washtenaw County Health Department
Tammy Rosa
Nutrition Program Manager
Upper Peninsula Commission For Area Progress (UPCAP)
Anne Scott, MPH
Health Center Operations Officer
Michigan Primary Care Association
Janèe L Moore
Food Access Public Health Consultant
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Jan Delatorre
Senior Program Officer
Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Katelyn Smoger
Interim Director, Farming and Healthy Lifestyles Michigan
Manager of Farm Programming
Trinity Health Oakland