NNCC Is Headed by Tine Hansen-Turton, Who Has Over a 15-Year Professional History of Working

Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD Executive Director, Convenient Care CEO, National Nursing Centers Consortium Association VP, Philadelphia Health Management Corporation 260 South Broad Street, Suite 1800 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 731-7140 [email protected] www.nncc.us www.phmc.org www.ccaclinics.org

Tine Hansen-Turton has over 15 years of experience in providing executive management and has led several national disruptive healthcare movements using nurse practitioners in a primary care provider role.

Tine, known to be an effective change agent, systems-thinker and effective policy advocate, assists organizations in building capacity, including developing and setting up health centers; provides technical assistance in the areas of fundraising and program development, policy development, health education, advocacy, program planning and health center management; conducts health policy research and outcome evaluation; establishes quality care indicators for nurse practitioner care; represents retail-based convenient care clinics and nurse-managed health centers at local, state and national executive and legislative branch levels; and gives regular public health testimonies.

Tine Hansen-Turton serves as Vice President for Health Care Access and Policy for Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC). PHMC, a nonprofit public health institute, has more than 30 years of experience in managing and providing technical assistance to nonprofit organizations. In her Vice President capacity, she provides executive management and serves as the Executive Director for the Convenient Care Association, a national trade association of over 1250 emerging private-sector based retail clinics with the capacity to serve over 17 million people with basic health care services.

Tine also serves as CEO the National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC), a nonprofit organization supporting the growth and development of over 250 nurse-managed health centers, serving more than 2.5 million vulnerable people across the country in urban and rural locations. Tine has also been instrumental in positioning Nurse Practitioners as primary health care providers globally.

Tine’s accomplishments include, but are not limited to ensuring that Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants were defined as primary care providers in state laws; negotiating changes in managed care reimbursement policies nationally for nurse practitioners and physician assistants; ensuring that Nurse Practitioners receive prescriptive privileges in many states; developing and implementing various nationally- recognized health promotion and primary prevention programs; and securing over 300 million dollars in direct support to community-based health centers. Most recently she played an instrumental role in the passage of reforms related to health care access under Rx for PA.

Tine writes and publishes for many peer-review professional healthcare and legal journals and is a regular presenter at local, state and national health care conferences. She is Co-Author of “Community and Nurse-Managed Health Centers: Getting them Started and Keeping them Going,” an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award Winner, “Nurse-managed Wellness Centers: Developing and Maintaining Your Center,” both published by Springer Publishing Company, and “Conversations with Leaders,” published by Sigma Theta Tau International.

Tine Hansen-Turton is a member of several organizations such as The Forum for Executive Women and the American and Pennsylvania Public Health Associations. She was recently inducted as a Fellow in the Philadelphia College of Physicians. She is a Trustee at the Greentree Community Health conversion Foundation and a board director of the Health Promotion Council. She also serves on numerous local and state-wide advisory boards.

Tine Hansen-Turton has received several advocacy and leadership awards. In 2005 she received the prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship, through which she traveled to New Zealand to support the growth and development of nurses providing primary care and subsequently organized a successful global healthcare conference in 2008. She also recently received the Philadelphia Business Journal 40 under 40 Leadership Award and was named one of the 101 emerging Philadelphia connectors by Leadership, Inc. Tine serves as an advisor to the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Health Science Products and Services.

Tine received her BA from Slippery Rock University, her Master’s in Government Administration from University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute and her Juris Doctor from Temple University Beasley School of Law.