Tish Tanski, MSW joined the Autism Consortium as Executive Director in February 2007. She comes to the Consortium from the Maine Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance, where she developed, monitored and evaluated state-level health policy, particularly Maine’s State Health Plan. Representing the Governor’s policy positions, she collaborated with cabinet level officials, interest groups, local government, businesses and community organizations. A major emphasis of her work was building coalitions and collaborations of diverse interests to improve patient care and public health.
She previously held positions as President of T2 Consulting, where she provided management implementation and oversight consulting for nonprofit strategy and development; Senior Policy Analyst at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, an independent center in the University of Maine; and Director of Institutional Relations at The Jackson Laboratory, a genetics research institution. At the Jackson Lab, Ms. Tanski founded the Maine Biomedical Research Coalition, uniting five independent biomedical research organizations and attracting new state funding for biomedical research. She provided leadership to secure philanthropic support, launched a new initiative to secure funding from pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, and served as the primary representative and spokesperson with numerous constituencies, including donors, legislators, local, state and government officials, media and public. She has also served in a variety of executive, policy and analysis roles in
Michigan and
Maine, improving economic growth and health care delivery.
