Boards and Committees

Health Care Advisory Board (HCAB)

This Board improves accessibility and efficiency of care for medically poor residents of Hillsborough County through recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners for fund allocation, coordination, planning, and monitoring of health care delivery systems.

Membership:

The membership of this Board shall be appointed by the BOCC and shall be comprised of 17 members. Composition is specified as follows:

  • 1 USF College of Medicine representative
  • 1 USF College of Public Health representative
  • 1 Hillsborough County Medical Association representative
  • 1 Health care business or professional representative
  • 1 Mental health care provider
  • 1 Community health care provider who is not a physician
  • 1 Hillsborough County School Board representative
  • 1 Health insurance industry representative
  • 1 Person who represents the non-healthcare business community
  • 1 Network provider hospital representative
  • 1 Consumer non-profit organization representative
  • 4 At-large representatives
  • 2 Persons who at the time of appointment or any subsequent reappointment, are participants in the Hillsborough County Indigent Health Care Plan

Terms:

Members shall serve four year terms.

Authority:

BOCC Resolution 99-176, 00-059, and 00-140.

Meetings:

Monthly, 3rd Thursday, 3 PM.
26th Floor, County Center
601 E. Kennedy Blvd
Tampa, FL 33602

HCAB Schedules

Contact:

Gene Earley
Department Director, Health Care Services
601 E. Kennedy Blvd., 16th Floor
Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 301-7356

Members:

Member Position Dates of Service
Ms. Angela Birdsong Health Insurance Industry Representative 09/16/2020- 09/30/2024
Ms. Sonja Brookins At-Large Representative 09/16/2020- 09/30/2024
Dr. John Curran University of South Florida College of Medicine 06/20/1990- 06/30/2026*
Mr. Derek Elllis Community health care provider who is not a physician 11/15/2023- 11/15/2027
Ms. Edi Erb At-large representative 01/22/2003- 06/30/2025
Mr. Anthony Escobio Network provider hospital representative 12/17/2008- 12/31/2024
Mr. Vincent Ferlita Historian
Professor Steve Freedman At-large representative 04/01/2007- 06/30/2026*
Dr. Neil Manimala Hillsborough County Medical Association 07/12/2023- 08/30/2025
Pastor Shonda Obi Participant in the Hillsborough County Indigent Health Care Plan 07/01/2014- 06/30/2026*
Dr. Donna Petersen University of South Florida College of Public Health 02/07/2007- 08/30/2025*
Dr. Maria Russ Hillsborough County School Board representative 12/17/2008- 08/30/2025*
Mr. Patrick Ryan Health care business or professional representative 06/03/2010- 06/30/2025
Ms. Genet Stewart Consumer non-profit organization representative 10/16/2019- 09/30/2023
Ms. Roaya Tyson Mental Health Care provider 10/05/2011- 11/15/2027*
Dr. Jason Wilson At-large representative 09/08/2011- 06/30/2024*
Ms. Laurie Winkles Non-Health Care Business Community Representative 09/16/2020- 09/30/2024

Participant in the Hillsborough County Indigent Health Care Plan

*Reappointed