Vice President, Communications and Population Health Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State

Janine Logan is vice president of communications and population health for the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State and its two regional entities – the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC) on Long Island and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association (NorMet) in the Hudson Valley. She oversees and coordinates marketing/communications initiatives for these three associations, ensuring that the appropriate messages about hospitals and healthcare policy are delivered and understood by such targeted audiences as the media, lawmakers, business and industry, government agencies, allied health associations, and the public. She also directs the Long Island Health Collaborative (LIHC), a population health-based initiative coordinated by the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council. LIHC is a coalition of 300-plus organizations, including hospitals, local county health departments, community-based organizations, health plans, academic institutions, schools, libraries, physician associations, and several businesses. She is also an adjunct assistant professor of Community Health at SUNY Farmingdale.

She previously served as assistant director of public relations for South Oaks Hospital, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare facility and its sister agency Broadlawn Manor, a skilled nursing facility. Before that, she served as the public relations coordinator for the National Catholic Development Conference, a membership association for religious fundraising organizations.

She holds a Master’s degree in Health Communications from Boston University and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts from St. John’s University. Her public relations/marketing work has been recognized by regional and national peer organizations, especially for her efforts in the area of outreach and awareness. In 2012, she was awarded the Outstanding Association Achievement Award for excellence in healthcare communication from the Association of Association Educators, a subgroup of the American Hospital Association. She has earned several regional awards for her health promotion campaigns and communications initiatives. She frequently lectures and writes about health policy, legislation and regulation, population health, public health, and how the power of the narrative distills these complex and abstract concepts into the understandable. Accredited by the Public Relations Society of America in the practice of public relations, she serves on a variety of state, regional, and local task forces.