Leadership & Structure
Leader driven for sustained results.
The Milwaukee Health Care Partnership (MHCP) operates under a Leadership Council, comprised of senior executives of the private members and government entities. The organization operates as an unincorporated managed consortium. Fiscal agency is provided by Ascension Wisconsin.
Leadership Council Members
**Chairperson
- Candice Cole, Progressive Community Health Center
- Deborah Costakos, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Bryce Gartland, Froedtert ThedaCare
- Mike Gutzeit**, Children’s Wisconsin
- Bill Hanna, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Julia Harris-Robinson, Outreach Community Health Center
- Lyle Ignace, MD, Gerald L Ignace Indian Health Center
- Tito Izard, MD, Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
- Kirsten Johnson, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
- Shakita LaGrant-McClain, Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services
- Christian Moran, Wisconsin Hospital Association
- Shana Sappington, Ascension Wisconsin
- Jennifer Schomburg, Aurora Health Care
- Julie Schuller, MD, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
- Scott Stewart, Wisconsin Primary Health Care Partnership
- Michael Totoraitis, Milwaukee Health Department
MHCP Staff
Ann Christiansen serves as the MHCP executive director, managing the consortium’s initiatives, which include significant contributed expertise from its members. Currently, about 100 health care leaders and providers participate in over a dozen initiatives and workgroups.
Operations
MHCP operations are funded through member contributions, each assessed relative to their size. Program and project activities are funded through a blend of member support and philanthropy.
The MHCP Leadership Council oversees the development of an annual operating plan, with strategies and tactics supporting each of its four goals:
- Securing and retaining adequate and affordable health insurance for all
- Increasing availability, accessibility and acceptability of health care services
- Enhancing care coordination and navigation within and across the delivery system
- Identifying and addressing targeted community health needs