Curriculum Vitae
W. June Simmons
EDUCATION
Master of Social Work, University of Southern California 1970
Bachelor of Arts, Occidental College, Los Angeles 1964
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Partners in Care Foundation (Formerly VNA Foundation), Founder
President & CEO; Director, Institute for Advancement
of Geriatric Social Work Practice 1997-Present
Visiting Nurse Association of Los Angeles
President & CEO, Interim President/CEO,
Executive Vice President 1993 - 1997
Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California 1972 - 1993
Associate Hospital Administrator 1988 - 1993
Responsible for all patient flow functions plus the Cancer programs.
Founding Director, Senior Care Network,
Pasadena, CA 1984 - 1993
Founder of a comprehensive geriatric services center to develop new approaches, community-based coordinated care programs (including MSSP, Linkages and Private Pay), and financing systems with multiple major grants for model program development.
Chief of Patient Services,
Huntington Memorial Hospital 1972 - 1987
Developer and administrator of comprehensive multi-function hospital social work department. Created and directed MSW Field Training Program
OTHER EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2007 Chair, California Community Choices Project Advisory Committee
2006 Executive Committee, American Society on Aging
2006 National Advisor, Alliance for Children and Families
2006 Consultant, Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging, Integrated Care Management ReDesign
2005 Board Member, B’nai B’rith West Coast Senior Advocacy Advisory Board
2005 Mentor, Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program
2005 Advisory Board Member, VA Greater Los Angeles Geriatric Research and Education Center
2004 Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Self Help & Self Care
2004 Steering Committee, Helping Self Help Forum
2004 Board Member, University of Southern California Nurse Social Work Practitioner Advisory Board
2003-2006 Co-Chair, Los Angeles County Long-Term Care Coordinating Council Design Team
2003-2006 Board Member, University of Southern California Alumni Association Board of Governors
2003 HMO Care Management Work Group
2002-2003 California Chapter, Social Work Hall of Distinction Committee
2002 California Social Welfare Archives, Board Member
2002 Los Angeles County Aging and Disabled Services Community Roundtable
2001-2002 Open Society Institute/Project on Death in America, Faculty Scholar
2001-2004 American Society on Aging, Board of Directors
2001-2002 National Advisory Panel, Council on Social Work Education Gerontology Project
2000 National Panel, American Association of Colleges of Nursing/Hartford Institute
2000-2002 Board Member, Center for Health Care Innovation, California State University, Long Beach
1997-1998 L.A. Care Health Plan, Technical Advisory Committee
1997-2003 Advisory Board, California Healthcare Foundation - Managed Care and the Elderly
1997-2001 National Advisory, Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Program, John A. Hartford Foundation
1996-Present Editor, Home Health Care Services Quarterly - The Journal for Community Care
1996-1997 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Roundtable and Committees on End Stage Care; Last Acts Campaign Comm.
1995 Board/California Hospital Based Nursing Homes Section
1995-1997 Board Member, National Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research
1988-1992 Founding Chair, National Chronic Care Consortium
1988-1990 Governing Council/Section for Aging and Long-Term Care, American Hospital Association
1988 American Jewish Congress/ National Committee on Health Care
1987 California Medical Association: Task Force on Health Care Issues in Aging
1986 Canadian-American Joint Conference on Care of the Elderly: National Planning Committee
1986 Health Care Financing Administration: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Technical Advisory Panel, Post-Hospital Care Study
1985 Community Coalition for Long Term Care: National Advisory Committee
1983-1985 Society for Hospital Social Work Directors, American Hospital Association: National President; Board
HONORS
2006 Finalist, Civic Ventures Purpose Prize
2006 National Council on Aging Health Promotion Institute’s Best Practice Award
2005 Soros Scholar in End of Life Care
2005 VOHS Award
2004 Award of Distinction, California Healthcare Association, for exemplary performance on behalf of the health care community for voluntary duties
2001 Woman of Achievement Award, Zonta Club of Pasadena
1997 Distinguished Alumna Award, for the Advancement of Social Work Education at the University of Southern California
1993 Daniel E. Koshland Award in Social Welfare as the outstanding Administrator, National Association of Social Workers,
1991 Community Leadership Award, Pasadena Association for Coordination of Service for the Disabled
1988 Eleanor Clark Award for Innovative Programs in Patient Care, National Hospital Social Work Directors of the AHA
1986 Ida M. Cannon Award, outstanding accomplishments as hospital social work administrator in leadership, communication and management, Nat'l Society Hospital Social Work Directors/AHA
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
1. Translating Evidence-Based Physical Activity Interventions for Frail Elders. Co-authored with Jennifer Wieckowski, MSG. Evidence-Based Interventions for Community Dwelling Older Adults. The Haworth Press, Inc.
2. Identifying Competencies for Geriatric Social Work Practice. Co-authored with Edna Naito-Chan and JoAnn Damron-Rodriguez.
3. Financing End-of-Life Care, Living with Dying: A Textbook on end-of-Life Care for Social Work. Columbia University Press.
4. Kaiser Permanente Community Partners Project: Improving Geriatric Care Management Practices. Co-authored with Susan M. Enguidanos, Nancy E. Gibbs, Karen J. Savoni, Paula M. Jamison, Lynn Hackstaff, Anne M. Griffin and David A. Cherin. JAGS, May 2003, Volume 51, No. 5.
5. Social Work Gerontological Practice:The Need for Faculty Development in the New Millennium. Co-authored with Judith Howe, Barbara Berkman, Patricia Volland, Barbara Silverstone. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2000, Volume 34, Number 1.
6. The Physician and Care Coordinator: A Chronic Care Partnership. Co-authored with Sue Shearer, Barbara Berkman, Gladys Gundrum and Monika White. Enhancing Primary Care of Elderly People. 1999.
7. The Impact of Managed Care on Cancer Care. Co-authored with Lynn Goforth. Cancer Practice, March-April, 1997, Volume 5, No. 2.
8. Ambulatory Elderly Patients of Primary Care Physicians: Functional, Psychosocial and Environmental Predictors of Need for Social Work Care Management. Co-authored with Barbara Berkman, Susan Social Work in Health Care, Volume 22, Number 3, 1996.
9. Physician Partnership Project: Social Work Case Managers in Primary Care. Co-authored with Barbara Berkman, etc. Continuum, Volume 15, Number 4, July-August, 1995.
10. Community Based Care: The New Health Social Work Paradigm. Social Work in Health Care, Volume 20, Number 1, 1994
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Completed Research/Demonstration Support
California Healthcare Foundation Brumley/Simmons(Co-PIs) 1998-2003
“Managed Care for the Elderly” with Kaiser Permanente
A comprehensive research demonstration and evaluation project that sought to redesign a portion of the health care delivery system that addresses persons with chronic illness referred to home health but not taken under care.
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
The Archstone Foundation/John A. Hartford Foundation Simmons(PI) 1999-2003
Geriatric Social Work Education Consortium
An integrated field curriculum and thorough training in the full continuum of gerontological care to second year social work graduate students
Role: Principal Investigator
John A. Hartford Foundation Simmons(PI) 2001-2003
Medication Management Model Project
Role: Principal Investigator
Open Society Institute Simmons(Co-PI) 2000-2002
SOROS Scholar/Social Work Leadership Award
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
John A. Hartford Foundation Simmons(PI) 1999-2003
Geriatric Field Practicum Planning Grant
Role: Principal Investigator
Kaiser Permanente Garfield Fund Brumley(PI) 1998-2000
Palliative Care Impact Study
Effectiveness study to test palliative home care services for terminally ill members of managed care organization.
Role: Co-Investigator
John A. Hartford Foundation Simmons(Co-PI) 1995-1998
Home Care Medications Risk Identification with Vanderbilt
University and VNS of New York
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
HRSA/SPNS Simmons(Co-PI) 1994-1999
AIDS Capitation/Palliative Care Integration
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
John A. Hartford Foundation Simmons(PI) 1990-1994
Geriatric Care Management in Primary Care Setting
Role: Principal Investigator
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Simmons(PI) 1988-1992
Life Care at home (Long Term Care Insurance)
To develop a strategic communications plan for long-term care and supportive services in Los Angeles County, California
Role: Principal Investigator
Ongoing Research/Demonstration Support
Administration on Aging Simmons/Frey (Co-PIs) 2003-2006
Community-based Medication Management Intervention
Medications management intervention targeting well and frail community-dwelling elders receiving social services in Los Angeles County, California
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
National Council on Aging/ John A. Hartford Foundation 2002-2005
Models Programs Project –Physical Activity for the Elderly
A physical activity intervention targeting in a care management client population
Role: Regional Director
