Roslyne Schulman, M.H.A., M.B.A. has been a senior associate director for policy development at AHA since January 1999. In this capacity, she is responsible for policy development related to hospital preparedness for disasters. She is the co-lead of the AHA’s staff team for hospital readiness and helps to lead AHA’s efforts in this area. Ms. Schulman is AHA’s liaison to CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. In addition, she has primary policy development responsibility in a number of other areas, including the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act; Medicare hospital outpatient, physician, and ambulatory surgical center payment policy, and other Medicare Part B issues; Medicare contracting reform; rural health clinic issues; FDA policy issues regarding drugs, blood and devices; and other areas. Recently, she was principal investigator for AHA’s federal contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration on hospital implementation issues and solutions on Emergency Systems for Advanced Registration for Volunteer Healthcare Professionals, and served as an ex-officio member of the Hospital Incident Command System National Working Group. From 1992-1999, she worked for the American College of Emergency Physicians as regulatory representative, and from 1990-1992, she was a legislative assistant with the American Group Practice Association. Ms. Schulman received her M.H.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1989, and her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984.