MorningsideHospital.com is the result of research by Ellen Ganley and Karen Perdue into the history of mental health care in Alaska. They are assisted by Information Insights’ staff Chris Rogers and Deborah Hewitt.
Ellen Ganley
Ellen is the Co-founder, CEO and a Principal Consultant at Information Insights, a public policy research and management consulting company in Alaska. Ellen’s background is in public policy research and analysis. She earned B.A.s in anthropology and urban affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Hawaii. She worked as a substance abuse counselor and administrator, a health planner for the State of Alaska, and was the founder and director of an organization that conducted quality assurance reviews of human service programs. Ellen is Vice-Chair of the Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and served as President of the Alaska Public Health Association.
Karen Perdue
Karen is the Associate Vice President for Health at the University of Alaska. She was appointed as a Commissioner for the Denali Commission in May 2007.
From 1994 to 2001, Karen served as Alaska’s commissioner of Health and Social Services. She led the University of Alaska’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the writing of the State’s Constitution, including the production of an Emmy-award winning documentary for public television, The 49th Star. She is the recipient of numerous awards in the health and human services field and for her work in civic organizations and historic preservation. She is a graduate of Stanford University.
Chris Rogers
Chris is a Consultant at Information Insights, specializing in meeting facilitation, IT consulting, and public relations and marketing support. He received his B.A. from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 2004, majoring in journalism with a focus in public relations, and a minor in Spanish. Chris spends winters in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, as a snowboarding instructor. He is also the editor of Snowboarder Guide Review Magazine.
Deborah Hewitt
Deborah is an Administrative Assistant in Information Insights’ Fairbanks office. She maintains the Alaska Tobacco Control Alliances membership database, and processes all membership applications for ATCA. Deborah also helped plan, prepare for, and coordinate both the Forum of Young Alaskans, and the Conference of Young Alaskans 2009 in Girdwood, AK. Deborah plans to attend UAF, and continue to work at Information Insights part time.
Information Insights
Information Insights is providing support and web hosting for MorningsideHospital.com. Information Insights is an Alaska based public policy research and management consulting firm with offices in Fairbanks and Anchorage. You can find out more about Information Insights at www.infoinsights.com