The Essentials of Data Sharing in a Coordinated Network of CBOs

Sharon R. Williams is the founder and CEO of Williams Jaxon, Consulting, LLC, a business development and training firm focused on support for community organizations, government agencies and health organizations serving Medicare/Medicare consumers. Sharon’s experience includes executive leadership in both the traditional health care and the Home and Community Based Services industries.  She is a seasoned and results oriented executive with a passion for the delivery of high quality, culturally competent, comprehensive and cost effective health care services for publicly funded consumers. Sharon was CEO at CareSource Michigan, a top 100 ranked health plan with Medicaid and Medicare product lines.  Additional leadership experiences include Vice President roles at Coventry, Amerigroup and OmniCare.  She has also served as COO for one of the nation’s leading Area Agencies on Aging.

Nikki Kmicinski is the Executive Director for the non-profit Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative (WNYICC) where she oversees this regional network of over 20 agencies working toward sustainability and integrated health care. Nikki has been a Registered Dietitian for 20+ years, was a licensed real estate agent for 10 years, and owns a property management company with her husband. She is a Master Trainer for the Self-Management Resource Center’s Self-Management Programs, and a Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach. Nikki has a Master’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in Service Management and throughout her professional career she has worked in numerous healthcare and business settings including: hospital, nursing home, restaurant, private practice, real estate, property management, business owner, school, amusement park, hotel, municipal Area Agency on Aging, and non-profit community-based organizations.

A career leader in the public sector and human services, Laurie Pferr is a highly regarded subject matter expert in the aging and disability services ecosystem. She is recognized as an adviser and partner who sparks, designs, and guides impactful and transformative programs and advocacy training from inception through delivery. Her political acumen and social determinants of health knowledge are critical and highly valued components of her background. From concept to execution, Laurie has worked on initiatives such as establishing the NY Connects No Wrong Door System and building out local delivery of evidence based self-management programs across the aging, health, and disability networks. Laurie performs with a collaborative style, negotiating skill, creativity, and determination, with a consistent eye on process. Prior to serving as Deputy Director for Policy, Planning, Program and Outcomes at the NYS Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), she held several key senior positions in the agency. For almost twenty years, Laurie worked in the NYS Senate, where she served as Director of the State Aging Committee for five years. Laurie holds a B.A. in Political Studies from Adelphi University and a M.P.A. from Rockefeller College at the State University of New York at Albany.