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www.HartfordBusiness.com December 5, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 33 HEALTH CARE HEROES 2016 JUDGES Ellen Andrews has spent the past 17 years as the executive director for the Connecticut Health Policy Project, a non- profit consumer advocacy organization that works to improve access to quality, affordable health care for every Con- necticut resident. Andrews provides analysis of health policy issues and options for policy- makers, and assists consumers struggling to access the care they need. She also teaches, super- vises student projects and writes about health policy, including the CT Health Notes blog. In the past, Andrews has worked as legis- lative health policy staff, a childbirth educa- tor at a community health center, and child advocate at a domestic violence shelter. She serves on local, state, regional and national health policy governmental and nonprofit boards and committees. Andrews holds a Ph.D. in human genetics from Yale. John O'Connell Jr. is the president of Hartford-based C.M. Smith Agency Inc. He earned a degree from Trinity College and holds industry designations as an Employ- ee Benefit Specialist and a Chartered Life Underwriter. O'Connell serves on the board of the Bene- fit Advisors Network (BAN), a consortium of 70 independent benefit advisors with annual revenues of over $350 million. He also serves on the board of the National Benefit Center, an insurance and product distribution company headquartered in Cleveland. O'Connell served on the board of VNA Health Care Inc. from 1994-2002, and was chair from 1999 to 2002. He rejoined the board in 2011 and was chair for 2013-2014. He also served on the board of Renbrook School in West Hartford from 1998-2006 and was chair from 2003-2006. He is active in other community and industry organizations and is a corporator for both Hartford Hospital and St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Angela Mattie is a profes- sor and chair of the department of healthcare management and organizational leadership, director of the long-term-care certificate pro- gram and holds an appointment at the medi- cal school at Quinnipiac University (QU). She serves on several boards including St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Qualidigm, and the regional advisory committee of The Connecticut Chapter of The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). She is the 2012 recipient of the Dis- tinguished Faculty/Advisor Award from CT ACHE and the 2013 prestigious Center of Excellence in Teaching Award from QU. Prior to joining Quinnipiac, Mattie held healthcare leadership positions in acute and managed care. In 2000-2001, Mattie was selected for the competitive Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship and served as a fellow for the U.S. Senate Health, Educa- tion, Labor & Pensions Committee. Mattie received her master's degree in public health with dis- tinction from the Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health; a law degree at the University Of Con- necticut School of Law; and an undergrad- uate degree from Quinnipiac University. Welcome to tomorrow. You'll love it here. When you're healthy, everything is possible. At Yale New Haven Health, we are at the forefront of everything possible in health care. And it's easily accessible to you. So when you visit any Yale New Haven Health provider, it's a gateway to all the skills and technology of five leading hospitals, along with thousands of community physicians and skilled specialists. That not only makes health care easier, it makes it more promising. yalenewhavenhealth.org Bridgeport Hospital Greenwich Hospital Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Westerly Hospital Yale New Haven Hospital Northeast Medical Group YNHH-4153 BrandHBJ7.437x9.625R1.indd 1 11/28/16 4:35 PM