ONC Hires Two

By Katie Wike, contributing writer

The ONC has announced two new members to its team, Chartese Day and Amanda Woodhead started at the office Monday.

The ONC has announced the addition of two new members – the Director of the Office of Public Affairs and Communications (OPAC) and the Stakeholder Engagement Lead in OPAC – according to an email received by Health IT Outcomes from Peter Ashkenaz, Office of Public Affairs and Communications.

Chartese Day was announced as the new Director of the Office of Public Affairs and Communications at OPAC. “Prior to ONC, Chartése spent more than a decade as a senior strategist at top international public relations firms leading award-winning programs and campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, major healthcare trade associations and non-profit groups,” according to the email. She earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a Bachelors of International Business from George Mason University.

Day’s experience in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), infectious disease, cardiovascular, pain management, respiratory, women’s health, mental health, and food and nutrition will be valuable in her new position.

Also introduced in the same email as the Stakeholder Engagement Lead in OPAC was Amanda Woodhead. Woodhead comes from health IT vendor Emdeon and, while there, led corporate communications and media efforts including traditional, tradeshow, social media, and crisis communications as well as industry relations and executive events. She previously served as a public relations manager at Windsor Health Group, a senior publicist for Harper Collins/Thomas Nelson publishers and a public affairs officer for the U.S. Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan.

Woodhead earned a BA in Journalism from Mississippi University for Women and a MS in International Relations from Troy State University.