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1	1	MURIEL BOWSER
2	2	MAYOR
3	3	June 15, 2023
4	4	The Honorable Phil Mendelson
5	5	Chairman
6	6	Council
7	7	ofthe District of Columbia
8	8	John
9	9	A. Wilson Building
10	10	1350Penn_sylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
11	11	Washington,
12	12	DC 20004
13	13	Dear Chairman Mendelson:
14	14	In accordance with section 2
15	15	of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law
16	16	2-142; D.C. Official
17	17	Code§ 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 4603 of the Child Fatality Review
18	18	Committee Establishment Act
19	19	of 2001, effective October 3, 2001, (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official
20	20	Code § 4-1371.03), I am pleased to nominate the following person:
21	21	Ms. Kristen Constantine
22	22	Channing Place, NE
23	23	Washington, DC 20018
24	24	(Ward
25	25	5)
26	26	for appointment as a community member of the Child Fatality Review Committee, replacing
27	27	Claudia Booker, for a term to end July 16, 2025.
28	28	Enclosed
29	29	you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above
30	30	mentioned nominee,
31	31	together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the
32	32	confirmation process.
33	33	I would appreciate
34	34	the Council's earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation.
35	35	Please
36	36	do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent
37	37	and Appointments, should the Council require additional information. 1
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52	52	Chairman Phil Mendelson
53	53	at the request
54	54	of the Mayor
55	55	A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
56	56	IN THE COUNCIL
57	57	OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
58	58	16 To confirm the appointment of Ms. Kristen Constantine to the Child Fatality Review Committee.
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60	60	18 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
61	61	19 resolution may be cited as the "Child Fatality Review Committee Kristen Constantine
62	62	20 Confirmation Resolution of 2023 ".
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64	64	22 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
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67	67	Ms. Kristen Constantine
68	68	25 Channing Place, NE
69	69	26 Washington, DC 20018
70	70	27 (Ward 5)
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72	72	29 as a community member ofthe Child Fatality Review Committee, and pursuant to section 4603
73	73	30 ofthe Child Fatality Review Committee Establishment Act of 2001, effective October 3, 2001,
74	74	31 (D.C. Law 14-28; D.C. Official Code§ 4-1371.01), replacing Claudia Booker, for a term to end
75	75	32 July 16, 2025.
76	76	33 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
77	77	34 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
78	78	35 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
79	79	36 Kristen Constantine, MPH
80	80	-
81	81	Obiective: Seeking a challenging position where my 10+ years in healthcare and science -coupled with
82	82	my passion for kidney
83	83	disease, family well-being, patient advocacy, and health communication - can
84	84	benefit public health policy.
85	85	SKILLS & TRAINING
86	86	Project management and operations, data analysis, quality control and analysis, ArcGIS, R, STATA,
87	87	qualitative research, NVivo software, Microsoft Office, Pivot Tables, laboratory benchwork, stakeholder
88	88	engagement and networking, community outreach, fundraising, non-profit management and budgeting,
89	89	Contracting Officer's Representative
90	90	(COR) Level I; health equity and diversity training; Regulatory
91	91	drafting
92	92	& processes training
93	93	PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
94	94	Venn Strategies and Continuum Health Group. Washington, DC
95	95	Assistant Vice President: March 2022 - Present 40 hours/week
96	96	Track and analyze relevant federal and state activity related
97	97	to population health and health equity.
98	98	• Develop and maintain strong relationships
99	99	with allied organizations in key public health areas
100	100	(health disparities, health policy, community health, education, reproductive health, behavioral
101	101	science)
102	102	• Manage relationships
103	103	with third party groups conducting educational activities related to clinical
104	104	research and precision medicine
105	105	• Execute
106	106	priority projects to advance understanding and awareness of diversity in clinical
107	107	research, especially related
108	108	to precision medicine (National Institutes of Health All of Us Project
109	109	Engagement Counselor
110	110	for various nursing association groups)
111	111	• Support
112	112	the development of policy proposals related to value-based care in Medicare and
113	113	Medicaid through research and analysis, particularly supporting policy
114	114	for federally qualified
115	115	health centers
116	116	•
117	117	Write public comments, requests for information letters, appropriations requests, and policy
118	118	documents on behalf
119	119	of healthcare clients
120	120	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Baltimore, MD
121	121	Social Science Research Analyst: October 2019 - March 2022 40 hours/week; GS 12 Step 1
122	122	Health Equity Strategist: July 2021 - Present; 15/20% of current role
123	123	At
124	124	the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), work on 3 kidney related models of Comprehensive ESRD Care
125	125	(CEC), mandatory ESRD Treatment Choices (ETC), and the Kidney Care Choices {KCC). Duties include:
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127	127	ETC Model Lead: November 2021 - Present
128	128	o Oversees overall direction for the model, coordinating model policy and
129	129	implementation, key dates, and deadlines under guidance and leadership
130	130	of Division
131	131	Leadership and identifies issues and areas
132	132	for future improvement
133	133	o Manages in conjunction with Division Leadership program assignments for team
134	134	members
135	135	o Manages in conjunction with Division Leadership clearance of all model
136	136	policy/operations
137	137	with federal partners including other model teams, PPG and other
138	138	CMMI components, CMMI Leadership, other CMS components, HHS components, OGC,
139	139	and the White House Kristen Constantine, MPH
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141	141	o Coordinates communications with outside stakeholders and model participants
142	142	o Manages rule writing for any future rules
143	143	o Addresses program budget development, implementation, and updates to CMMI
144	144	budget call
145	145	letter requests in conjunction with Division Director's guidance
146	146	• Alignment
147	147	Lead and Participant Management co-lead for all 3 models
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149	149	O Drafts and reviews participation agreements, policy documents, drafting proposed rules,
150	150	responding
151	151	to public comments (CMS-5527-F), respond to comments from the Office of
152	152	the General Counsel; help finalize CMS rules
153	153	o Review financial, beneficiary attribution (over 100,000 beneficiaries) , and participant
154	154	management reports (over 5,000 dialysis facilities and 5,000 nephrology professionals)
155	155	o Problem solve overlaps issues
156	156	for model beneficiaries and participants
157	157	O Analyze healthcare claims for utilization and clinical appropriateness
158	158	o Review COVID-19 impact
159	159	for beneficiaries
160	160	o Analyze Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients(SRTR), HRSA, UNOS and Medicare
161	161	data sources
162	162	as appropriate to create policy and operate models accordingly, such as for
163	163	beneficiary exclusions, quality measures, kidney disease comorbidities, incentivizing
164	164	kidney transplants, and promoting home dialysis
165	165	o Help build 4i functionality features,
166	166	an online portal for participants to review Model
167	167	reports and operations. Provide usability feedback
168	168	for tasks such as accessing reports
169	169	O Provide suggestions and memos for leadership staff regarding difficult policy decisions
170	170	KidneyX committee member
171	171	o Represent
172	172	CMS; Attend bi-weekly meetings with stakeholders and HHS members,
173	173	including members
174	174	from FDA and NIH
175	175	o Review materials for artificial kidney and COVID-19 kidney research proposals
176	176	• Communications
177	177	Lead for all 3 models
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182	182	o Produce a weekly KCC newsletter for 1,000+ contacts
183	183	O Provide communications for ETC listserv (9,000+ subscribers) and KCC listserv (23,000+)
184	184	listserv using govDelivery
185	185	o Lead contractors and create standard operating procedures and scripts for answering
186	186	helpdesk frequently asked questions and
187	187	other model operations
188	188	o Create beneficiary notifications and with legal assistance, draft appropriate webinars,
189	189	fact sheets, policy documents, emails, and waivers
190	190	o Lead and host webinars and office hours
191	191	O Respond to questions from stakeholders, physician groups, and media
192	192	o Lead coordination with the Office of Communications (OC) for clearing language,
193	193	webinar materials, and updating all 3 kidney Model websites
194	194	o Reviewed over 260 KCC applications; Technical Evaluation Panel (TEP} Chair for a subset
195	195	of applications
196	196	TEP member for $50 million compliance contractor across multiple models
197	197	Review statements
198	198	of work and assist with acquisition/ close out process of Model Applications
199	199	fixed price cost reimbursement contract
200	200	Attend MedPAC meetings
201	201	to understand general Medicare policy and recommendations; attend
202	202	conferences, briefings, and webinars regarding health equity, kidney and health policy
203	203	Frontier Community Health Integration Project
204	204	(CHIP) Demonstration assistance Kristen Constantine, MPH
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206	206	o Assist the COR in reviewing contractor monthly progress and budget reports
207	207	o Review the involved Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) for their telehealth, ambulance,
208	208	and/or swing bed interventions and flexibilities
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210	210	As a Health Equity Strategist, provide collaboration across the Innovation Center to align Model
211	211	initiatives and outreach
212	212	with the Office of Minority Health's Plans and other HHS goals
213	213	The Bizzell Group. Lanham, MD
214	214	Scientific Research Associate: July 2018 -September 2019 40 hours a week
215	215	Contractor
216	216	for the National Cancer institute (NCI) Tobacco Control Research Branch (TCRB). Duties
217	217	include:
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220	220	Provided research, administrative, and data analysis support to the Branch
221	221	Team member and Project
222	222	Lead on individual short term and long-term projects, 8-10 projects
223	223	at a time
224	224	• Project Lead for evaluating progress within the Cancer Center Cessation Initiative (C3i)
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230	230	o Project involves supplements given to Cancer Centers to update electronic health
231	231	records
232	232	(EHR) to document tobacco use and encourage tobacco cessation support to
233	233	cancer patients
234	234	O Liaison between NCl and main coordination center
235	235	o Evaluate progress reports
236	236	for 40+ centers by comparing original applications, progress
237	237	reports, site visit reports, reach, and effectiveness measures in order
238	238	to provide
239	239	recommendations
240	240	of re-funding the sites
241	241	NCI Uaison for Tobacco Regulatory Science Program (TRSP) within TCRB, led by the Food and
242	242	Drug Administration
243	243	(FDA). This included collaboration across multiple NIH agencies.
244	244	o
245	245	NCI portfolio included projects worth over $87 million
246	246	o Major focus includes e-cigarettes research, particularly in the youth population
247	247	o Liaison for grantee communications for R and K awards and cooperative agreements
248	248	o Provided scientific input to grant applications, RFAs, administration of grants, and
249	249	cooperative agreements
250	250	o Monitored, tracked, and briefed members on federal and state tobacco and vaping
251	251	regulations
252	252	Data analyses included literature reviews, contributing
253	253	to report production, planning and
254	254	supporting large meetings, assist
255	255	with webinars, and creating fact sheets
256	256	Reviewed over 1000 articles and coded over 700 articles
257	257	for global tobacco control in Africa
258	258	Research topics included domestic and international tobacco control, smoking cessation
259	259	practices and policies, health behavior, comorbidities
260	260	with tobacco use, patient generated
261	261	health outcomes, tobacco use in vulnerable populations (such
262	262	as HIV/AIDS patients, veterans,
263	263	military, and maternal and child health) and cancer survivorship
264	264	Employed epidemiological concepts and tools
265	265	to assist clients in defining public health research
266	266	questions, identifying potential data sources to test their hypotheses, and designing studies
267	267	o Assisted with analysis of national, longitudinal datasets, such as NHIS, NSDUH and PATH
268	268	Association of Maternal&. Child Health Programs (AMCHP), Washington, DC Kristen Constantine, MPH
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270	270	Intern, Child and Adolescent Health Team: January 2018 -May 2018 20 hours/week
271	271	Completed a paid internship
272	272	with a national public health association representing maternal and child
273	273	health programs/ Title V
274	274	within state public health departments. Duties included:
275	275	• Provided research, survey, and qualitative analysis support
276	276	for AMCHP's Act Early State
277	277	Systems Grant program
278	278	to strengthen state and community systems for the early
279	279	identification and improve coordination
280	280	of early intervention services for children
281	281	o Included analyzing data and city/state policies
282	282	from 10+ year-long project
283	283	o Created, disseminated, and analyzed a survey to over 30 stakeholders on feedback of
284	284	the grant process and AMCHP's technical support
285	285	• Assisted
286	286	with the collection and dissemination of best to increase developmental screening
287	287	for all children, including children and youth with special health care needs
288	288	• Supported
289	289	the Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH-NRC),
290	290	including research on increasing the percentage of youth receiving preventive well visits,
291	291	improving
292	292	the quality of visits, addressing confidentiality rights; and supporting public health
293	293	department partnerships
294	294	with school-based health centers and state foster care systems.
295	295	Includes research
296	296	on insurance programs and engaging with youth representatives and councils.
297	297	o Created
298	298	an online repository for stakeholders to search for specific resources. Topics for
299	299	wellness visits include quality improvement, outreach for specific audiences, and
300	300	providertraining resources
301	301	• Promoted
302	302	the dissemination of the Bright Futures preventive health guidelines
303	303	• Promoted quality improvement measures through evidence-based practices
304	304	• Supported workshops and activities
305	305	at the AMCHP annual meeting (900+ attendees)
306	306	University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School. Philadelphia. PA
307	307	Clinical Microbiology Technician: July 2011 - June 2016
308	308	Orchard Software System Administrator: November 2014 -June 2016, 40 hours/week
309	309	• Performed laboratory analysis, infection control, and operational support
310	310	for clinics, including
311	311	environmental checks
312	312	for hemodialysis machines and feline kidney transplant workups
313	313	• Provide and analyze antibiotic resistance trends and surveillance
314	314	• Provided data management services
315	315	for clinical veterinary studies and managed outside vendors
316	316	• Received mycology training
317	317	at the Mayo Clinic, focus included diagnosis and treatment for
318	318	transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients
319	319	• Cross-trained in clinical chemistry and hematology procedures, including cross-matching
320	320	• Supervised
321	321	work study undergraduate and veterinary students and 2 junior staff members
322	322	• Single handedly built
323	323	the microbiology database for the Electronic Health Records and
324	324	Laboratory system; trained over 30 people
325	325	• Recruited over
326	326	six new veterinary practices to use the laboratory services
327	327	• Managed grants and budgets
328	328	for the laboratory, including studies with the FDA
329	329	• Created the safety data sheet; Edited Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs}; Implemented 6
330	330	newSOPs
331	331	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Policy Lab, Philadelphia. PA
332	332	Fieldwork Intern:. January 2015 -May ,2015 15-20 hours/week
333	333	• Prepared policy briefs, talking points, summaries, and state public health profiles
334	334	for the Public
335	335	Health Subcommittee
336	336	of the Federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Kristen Constantine, MPH
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338	338	o State public health profiles included health department structure review and state
339	339	insurance/Medicaid/Medicare policies and foster care systems
340	340	• Assisted
341	341	with grant writing and engaging local and national stakeholders on pediatric concerns
342	342	• Evaluated home visiting programs, federal, state, and local policies
343	343	that addressed family
344	344	violence and substance/drug/opioid dependence
345	345	University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
346	346	Teaching Assistant Spring 20,15 10 hours/week
347	347	Provided support
348	348	to professor for graduate-level public health methods course with over 30 students.
349	349	Duties included teaching graduate and undergraduate students, grading assignments, and preparing
350	350	readings and
351	351	case studies.
352	352	RELAVANT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
353	353	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia-Homeless Health Initiative. Philadelphia. PA
354	354	Volunteer, March 2012 - May 2016 2-6 hours/week
355	355	Employed trauma-informed care techniques
356	356	to instructed homeless children and families in coping
357	357	mechanisms, healthy eating habits and exercise. Strengthen partnerships between
358	358	CHOP and
359	359	community organizations through outreach events.
360	360	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. PA
361	361	Volunteer, January 2012 - July 2013 4 hours/week
362	362	• Supervised volunteer orientation, including patient interaction and
363	363	HIPAA compliance training
364	364	• Assisted medical and nursing staff in the maternity ward and trauma emergency
365	365	department_
366	366	EDUCATION
367	367	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA
368	368	61 credits complete; medical studies; 2016-2017
369	369	Related Coursework: Human Clinical Gross Anatomy, Biochemistry, Embryology, Histology,
370	370	Microbiology, Immunology, Musculoskeletal System, Neuro Anatomy, Clinical Neurology, Healthcare
371	371	Management; Medical Genetics, Human Sexuality, Pathology, Physiology
372	372	1 Pharmacology
373	373	University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA
374	374	Master of Public Health (MPH), 2016
375	375	• Related Coursework: Biostatistics, Environmental & Occupational Health. Epidemiology,
376	376	Behavior and Social Sciences, Leadership Skills, Ethics, Law,
377	377	& Policy, Health Law Reform,
378	378	Nonprofit Management
379	379	• Related Projects: "Voices of Health": Photo exhibit comparing perspectives of health among
380	380	the community • including drafting and distributing community health assessments ;Course
381	381	related fieldwork
382	382	with the Mexican immigrant population of South Philadelphia
383	383	• Capstone paper:
384	384	Linking Animal Cruelty and Child Maltreatment: An exploratory qualitative
385	385	analysis
386	386	of stakeholder perceptions of cross-reporting. Involved over 12 key informant
387	387	interviews in 4 different states. Interviewees represented child protective services, medicine/
388	388	pediatrics, veterinary medicine, and law/senators/policymakers Kristen Constantine, MPH
389	389	-
390	390	lmmaculata University. lmmaculata, PA
391	391	Bachelor ofScience {Major: Chemistry; Minor: Biology,) 2011
392	392	Related Coursework: Instrumental, Physical, and Inorganic Chemistry, Nutrition, Biochemistry,
393	393	Anatomy; Physics, Botany, Genetics, Statistics, Cell Biology, Sociology, Adolescent Addiction
394	394	AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS/PUBLICATIONS
395	395	• Mangold KN, Gallicchio L, Gaysynsky A, Kent EE, Constantine K, Hesse BW. Feasibility of
396	396	collecting patient-generated health data to enhance cancer registry surveillance. J Cancer Surviv.
397	397	2021Jan
398	398	5. doi: 10.1007/s11764-020-00970-z (2021)
399	399	• Recipient, Service Award, The Bizzell Group (2018)
400	400	• Recipient, Dr.
401	401	S. Kumanyika Public Health Leadership Award, University of Pennsylvania (2016)
402	402	• Vice President, lmmaculata University IU Bio-Chem Club (2010-2011}
403	403	• Secretary, Sigma Zeta National Science
404	404	& Mathematics Honor Society-lU (2011}
405	405	• Recipient,
406	406	IU Chemistry Medal (2011)
407	407	• Recipient, American Chemical
408	408	Sodety Scholastic Achievement Award (2011) * * * WF:.ARF:.
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411	411	Executive Office of the Mayor -Office of Talent and Appointments
412	412	John A. Wilson Building J 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 I Washington, DC 20004-
413	413	Kristen Constantine
414	414	Kristen Constantine is the Assistant Vice President at Venn
415	415	Strategies and Continuum Health Group. She has extensive
416	416	experience analyzing and developing health policies and
417	417	partnering with various stakeholders.
418	418	Before her work with Venn Strategies and Continuum Health
419	419	Group, Ms. Constantine was a research analyst,
420	420	communications lead, and health equity strategist at the
421	421	Centers for Medicare
422	422	& Medicaid Services supporting kidney
423	423	health policy and value-based care. Her past work focused
424	424	on
425	425	preventive medicine, family violence prevention, and maternal
426	426	and child health issues. Ms. Constantine also previously served as intern at the Association for
427	427	Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) where she evaluated program implementation
428	428	and evidence-based practices· dissemination, including for Children and Youth with Special
429	429	Health Care Needs (CYSHCN). While living in Philadelphia, Ms. Constantine collaborated with
430	430	many community health centers. Through the Children's Hospital
431	431	of Philadelphia's Policy Lab,
432	432	she engaged stakeholders at federal, state, and local levels, preparing policy briefs, educational
433	433	material, and state public health profiles for the Public Health Subcommittee for the Federal
434	434	Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities. The focus included safe sleep, gun
435	435	safety and violence prevention, substance abuse, violence prevention and drowning prevention
436	436	measures as well as addressing systems involving military, foster care, and Medicaid / CHIP
437	437	programs.
438	438	A Ward 5 resident, Ms. Constantine received her bachelor's degree
439	439	from Immaculata University
440	440	and a master's degree
441	441	in public health from the University of Pennsylvania.
442	442	* * * GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
443	443	Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
444	444	* * * WEARE
445	445	WASHING TON
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447	447	Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
448	448	To:
449	449	From:
450	450	Date:
451	451	Subject: Tommy Wells, Steve Walker
452	452	Betsy Cavendish
453	453	April
454	454	5, 2023
455	455	Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Dr. Jacqueline Francis, Dr.
456	456	Cheryl Williams and Kristen Constantine as community representative members
457	457	of the Child Fatality Review Committee
458	458	This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolution and
459	459	found it to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
460	460	hesitate to call Vanessa Careiro,, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at
461	461	202-724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
462	462	Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
463	463	The John A, Wi1son:8uildi ng • 1350PennsylvaniaAvenue, NW • Suite300 • Washington,D,C, 20004 • Office(202)724-7681