About ESRI

Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D., is the founder and President of ESRI. Dr. Meyer has conducted policy analysis and directed research on frontline issues in health care reform and social policy for twenty years. He is the author of numerous books, monographs, and articles on topics including health care, labor market and demographic trends, and policies to reduce poverty. Dr. Meyer is also the founder and President of New Directions for Policy, a health care consulting firm.

Sharon Silow-Carroll, M.B.A., M.S.W., is Vice President of ESRI. Ms. Silow-Carroll's areas of expertise include health care reform strategies and meeting the needs of vulnerable populations. Her recent projects involve assessing the strengths and weaknesses of several proposals to improve access to health coverage, including Congressional proposals for tax credits or deductions for people buying health coverage on their own. She is co-author of ESRI books analyzing major health care reform plans.

Elliot K. Wicks, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at ESRI. He has more than twenty-five years experience as a health economist and policy analyst. Dr. Wicks specializes in analysis of policy issues related to health system reform, cost containment, the uninsured, and insurance reform. He has extensive knowledge of arrangements of pooled purchasing of health coverage. Dr. Wicks is the author of numerous articles and monographs on these and other subjects related to health care financing and delivery.

Stan Dorn, J.D., is a Senior Policy Analyst at ESRI. For over 15 years, Mr. Dorn has worked on health policy issues involving Medicaid and SCHIP, the uninsured, low-income consumers and children. Since 1993, he served as Health Division Director at the Children's Defense Fund and Managing Attorney and Project Director at the National Health Law Program's Washington and San Francisco offices.

Tanya Alteras, M.P.P. is a Senior Policy Analyst at ESRI. Ms. Alteras joined ESRI from the Department of Health and Human Services office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), where she worked on a nationwide evaluation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, and reviewed federal and state Medicaid and SCHIP policy reforms. At ESRI, she is examining issues related to public coverage, including delivery system innovations designed to increase coverage and improve health care access and health outcomes.

Darlene Gregory, B.A., is the Project Manager at ESRI. She coordinates projects, plans meetings, and manages grants, including tracking spending on current grants, completing financial reports to foundations, and preparing budgets for new grants.