State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee

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2018, Public Health – Community Health Workers – Advisory Committee and Certification​​

Senate Bill 163 (Chapter 441) established the State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee to advise the Maryland Department of Health on matters relating to the certification and training of community health workers; requiring the Department to adopt regulations for accrediting certain training programs; requiring that certain written materials be in the preferred language of Advisory Committee members, as necessary; providing that, subject to an exception, a certified community health worker training program must be approved before operating in the State; etc.​​

Read more about CHW history in Maryland

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Advisory Committee Members (as of 4.10.2025)

First Name	Last Name	Organization	Committee Seat	Position
Fay L.	Alexander	The Coordinating Center	Community Health Worker
Rosario A.	Campos	​Asian American Center of Frederick	Community Health Worker
La Kerry	Dawson	United Healthcare	Community Health Worker
Griselda C.	Funn	University of Maryland Medical Center	Community Health Worker
Kathleen	Gilligan	Mosaic Community Services, Inc.	Community Behavioral Health Assn. of MD
Kimberly	Hiner	Maryland Department of Health	Secretary of Health or Secretary's Designee	Chair
​Hanna	​Idriess	​Health Maxima	​Maryland Public Health Association	​
Jude L.	James	Johns Hopkins Healthcare	Community Health Worker
Rebecca L.	Jones	Worcester County Health Department	MD Assn. of County Health Officers
​Jennifer	​Martinez	​Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services	​Community Health Worker	​
Bettye	Muwwakkil	Access to Wholistic and Productive Living Institute Inc.	Community Health Worker Training Org.
Rachael	Parran	University of Maryland, Baltimore​	Registered Nurse Exp. in Community Health	​
Stephanie	Ransom	Baltimore County Department of Health and Human Services	Community Health Worker
Samantha	Sailsman	MedStar - Community Health	Community Health Worker
Tiffany	Scott	MD Community Health Worker's Association	Community Health Worker	Vice Chair
Lashelle	Stewart	Baltimore Healthy Start	Community-Based Employer of Community Health Workers
Kelly	Umaña	Umana Public Health Solutions, LLC​	Public Member Familiar with Services of Community Health Workers	​
​	​	​	​Licensed Social Worker Exp. in Community Health​​	​
​​	​	​	​Maryland Hospital Association	​

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​More Committee and membership information can be found on the 

Maryland Manual On-Line State Community Health Worker Advisory Committee listing​

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​We welcome your input!

We welcome feedback and input from all interested parties, including those partners listed in Senate Bill 163 (Chapter 441)​

• Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation, the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Maryland Rural Health Association, the Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Maryland State Dental Association, Community and Hospital Employers of CHWs, and institutions of postsecondary education with the program in nursing, social work and dietetics​​
• Send your comments to MDH.CHW@Maryland.gov.​​

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