Staff
Ned Helms, Director
Email: ehelms@cisunix.unh.edu
Telephone: 862-5030
Ned Helms, MA, serves as Director of the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice. As the Institute's founding Director, Mr. Helms has provided intellectual and administrative leadership for the Institute by overseeing its continued growth and direction. This work has involved investigating and pursuing the development of research and demonstration projects, and facilitating collaborative linkages with health and health policy organizations throughout New Hampshire and New England.
Mr. Helms has over 35 years of experience in New Hampshire health policy development and management. His experience spans the health policy continuum and includes: serving as a Legislative and Administrative Assistant for Health Policy within the U. S. Senate, serving as Commissioner of Health and Human Services for New Hampshire, founder and past President of a health policy consulting firm, and serving as Chief Administrative Officer for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Hampshire.
As Director of the Institute, Mr. Helms currently provides direction to the New Hampshire Citizen's Health Initiative, works collaboratively on Health Information Exchange Initiatives in process at the University and in New England, and also serves on the Institute's project team for development of the Aging and Disability Resource Center program in New Hampshire.
Mr. Helms serves as Chair of the New Futures Board of Directors, and is also a Board member of The Maine Health Information Center, Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, and the New Hampshire Political Library.
He holds a Masters degree in American Government from the University of New Hampshire.