Carol Rodat

PHI’s Carol Rodat has been recognized with a Social Impact Award from AARP New York.  The awards, given in honor of the AARP’s 50th anniversary, were received by 50 New Yorkers who have been champions of social change.

According to the AARP, award recipients:

“have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to enhancing the lives of New Yorkers, improving their communities, and inspiring others in the areas of financial security, health care, livable communities, images of aging, giving back, arts and entertainment, and learning.”

As New York policy director for PHI, Rodat is responsible for strategic advocacy, research, and analysis on behalf of the state’s direct-care workers and long-term care consumers, improving the health care delivery system by emphasizing the policy and practice learning derived from PHI and its affiliates. She works closely with a variety of stakeholders in New York’s health care system, including consumers, workers and their representatives, and providers.

Rodat has over 20 years of policy experience, having worked first in the field of child welfare policy for the Child Welfare League of America in Washington, D. C., and then as executive director of Hospital Trustees of New York State, where she initiated one of the first quality improvement projects in the state’s hospitals. She was also a contributing editor to Health System Leader, which studied the development of integrated health systems.

Most recently Rodat served as president of the Home Care Association of New York State, a statewide not-for-profit organization active in state and federal home care policy.