Deane Beebe

Public Education and Media Director
(718) 928-2033
DBeebe@PHInational.org

Deane Beebe is the Public Education and Media Director for PHI. She is responsible for developing and implementing communications strategies to promote PHI’s national policy goals and is the managing editor of PHI’s Quality Care through Quality Jobs blog.

Deane has been a communications specialist focusing on health care and aging issues for over 20 years at non-profit and government organizations. Most recently she was the Communications Manager for the Center for Home Care Policy and Research at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. She also served as the Medicare Rights Center’s Director of Public Affairs, helping journalists bring the consumer perspective to coverage on Medicare drug benefit legislation. Earlier in her career, Deane was a geriatric social worker at community-based programs and nursing homes. She holds a M.A. in communications from Emerson College.

Karen Kahn

Director of Communications
(978) 740-9844
KKahn@PHInational.org

Karen Kahn is Director of Communications for PHI. She is responsible for overseeing the production and dissemination of all PHI publications and promoting PHI’s vision for long-term care to key stakeholder audiences, policymakers, and the general public. She is the author of Quality Care Partners: A Case Study and Training Quality Home Care Aides.

Karen began working with PHI in 1998. Prior to that she was editor-in-chief of Sojourner: The Women’s Forum for 10 years. She has written numerous articles on economic, social, and cultural issues affecting the lives of women and children, and edited a collection of essays from Sojourner titled Frontline Feminism (Aunt Lute, 1995). She received her master’s degree in anthropology and completed coursework for her doctorate at the University of Michigan.

Matthew Ozga

Staff Writer
(718) 928-2070
MOzga@PHInational.org

Matthew Ozga is PHI’s staff writer. He contributes writing and editing to PHI resources, including the Quality Care through Quality Jobs blog and the National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce.

Prior to joining PHI, Matthew was an editor of an educational publication targeted at high school students. He received a BA in journalism from New York University.

Hadas Thier

Web Content Manager
(718) 928-2071
HThier@PHInational.org

Hadas Thier is the Web Content Manager of PHI’s website as well as the National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce and other PHI affiliated sites. She writes material for, maintains the content of, and works towards the overall development of PHI’s website communications.

Hadas is a frequent contributor to a number of publications, writing on labor and social justice issues. She graduated from the City College of New York with a focus in history and English.

Aaron Toleos

Online Communications Director
(718) 874-9035
Atoleos@PHInational.org

As Online Communications Director, Aaron Toleos manages PHI’s strategic use of websites, email, video, and other new media in the interest of advancing the Quality Care through Quality Jobs message.

Aaron is an award-winning web developer in the field of higher education and has been nationally recognized for his use of the web as a platform for political activism. He graduated from the College of William & Mary with a BA in history and government and earned an MA in English from Salem State College.