Oversight and Advisory Committee
The Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Oversight Advisory Committee is a nine-member panel including representatives of urban and rural areas, the Office of the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Call for nominations: The UW School of Medicine and Public Health Wisconsin Partnership Program seeks nominations to fill a health advocate public member vacancy on the Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC). Nominations are due October 1, 2026.
Review the OAC call for nominations
Committee Contact
Tonya Mathison
Administrative Director
Wisconsin Partnership Program
Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 4230
750 Highland Ave.
Madison, WI 53705
tonya.mathison@wisc.edu
The primary responsibilities of the committee are to:
- Direct and approve funds for public health initiatives
- Provide public representation through the Oversight and Advisory Committee’s four community members
- Comment and advise on expenditures of the Partnership Education and Research Committee
Community Health Advocate Appointees
Gregory Nycz
OAC Health Advocate; Executive Director, Family Health Center of Marshfield, Inc.
nycz.greg@familyhealthcenter.org Aaron Perry
OAC Secretary; Founder and President, Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association
ironmanaaron49@gmail.com Sue Smith, RN, MSN, CPM
OAC Vice Chair; Director/Health Officer, Wood County Health Department
skunferman@co.wood.wi.us Kirstie Yu
Program Training Specialist, Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association
KYu@wpcha.org Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner’s Appointee
Coral Manning
Policy Initiatives Advisor
School of Medicine and Public Health Appointees
Manish Shah, MD, MPH
OAC Chair; The Azita G. Hamedani Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine; Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
mnshah@medicine.wisc.edu Jon Audhya, PhD
PERC Chair; Vice Dean for Research
audhya@wisc.edu Elizabeth Felton, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology
Felton@neurology@wisc.edu WPP Executive Director
amy.kind@wisc.edu Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
UW System Board of Regents Liaison
Amy Traynor
Regent, University of Wisconsin System
UW–Madison Office of the Chancellor Liaison
Ken Mount