CONTACT INFORMATION

Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr.
Managing Attorney
Healthcare Rights Project, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 1001
Washington, DC 2005
Telephone: 202-216-0028, ext. 101
Cell phone: 202-550-2998
Fax: 202-216-0119

Website: www.medicareadvocacy.org

CAPACITY / CAPABILITY

Number of consultants (if group/company):

One

Area(s) of expertise:

Program development and planning, telephone hotline development and management, and program merger negotiations

JD and/or other degrees:

J.D. and Master of Divinity

Languages spoken other than English, and level of fluency:

None

Information regarding race, ethnic background, and gender:

African-American male

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Years of experience as consultant:

12 Years

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for LSC:

Assisted LSC with the negotiations around the merger of Central Mississippi legal Services and Southwest Mississippi Legal Services. Work involved planning with LSC staff in Washington, DC, two trips to Mississippi for discussions, drafting discussion and merger drafts, and numerous telephone conferences with the several parties and a final set of recommendations to LSC.

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for other organizations involved in the delivery of civil legal assistance, including local, state, and national organizations (NLADA, ABA, MIE):

Served as a consultant to the Administration on Aging (AoA), Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), focusing on the review of proposals for the provisions of National Support under the Older Americans Act, the establishment of telephone hotlines, including the review of program operational details.

Have also provided workshop training at NLADA on the Older Americans Act, service delivery, etc. Also provided program coordination assistance to the ABA and the Spangenberg Group in the evaluation of Title III legal assistance provider programs.

Brief paragraph regarding other consulting experience:

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional experience (staff, board member, volunteer) in LSC-funded program(s):

2 years - Cambridge-Somerville Legal Services, Title III-B Legal Assistance Attorney
12 years - National Senior Citizens Law Center, staff attorney
3 years 0- State Support Center, Mississippi Legal Services Coalition, program attorney

Experience in other legal aid programs (staff, board member, volunteer):

2 years - Migrant Legal Action Program, staff attorney
2 years - Mental Health Project, Central Mississippi Legal Services, staff attorney
2 years - Mental Health Project, Central Mississippi Legal Services, project director

Other professional experience:

1.5 years - Pro Seniors, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, Litigation Director
2 years - Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care, Consultant
2.5 years - Healthcare Rights Project, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., Managing Attorney

RATE / FEE INFORMATION

$500 per day, plus expenses

REFERENCES

Joyce E. Hubbard
Project Officer, Administration on Aging
330Independence Ave., SW, Rm 4256
Washington, DC 20201
202-619-2987
202-260-1019 (fax)
Joyce.Hubbard@aoa.gov

Patricia Hanrahan
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Programs
750 1st Street, NE, 11th Fl.
Washington, DC 20002-4250
202-336-8848
202-336-8952 (fax)
Phanrahan@lsc.gov

RESUME

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