CURRICULUM VITAE OF GARY A. BENJAMIN

Education:

           
High School - Piqua Central; Piqua, Ohio - 1969

Bachelors Degree - Ohio Wesleyan University - Delaware, Ohio 1973

            Law degree - Wayne State University - Detroit, MI - 1978

            License to practice law - 1978 (Michigan)

                        Licensed in Federal Courts and Michigan Courts.

            National Leadership Training - Gamaliel Foundation - 2005

Work experience:

    Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio [UHCANOhio] - Northeast Ohio

Advocacy Coordinator - August 2009 to present. Working locally, on the state and federal level for reforms of health care delivery and finance to get everyone coverage.

    UHCAN Ohio Consultant - Cleveland Office - 2006 to August 2009. Same as

above.

     
    Michigan Legal Services - 2002 to present - Working on class actions in the area of health litigation; working with Michigan legislators and advocacy groups on health care and mass transit; worked with local governments to develop Health Authority and Clinics. Drafted proposed Constitutional Amendment and proposed Charter Amendments.

    Attorney in Private Practice - 1977 - 2002 - Managed 5 person law firm and

smaller firm.

           
     Community Organizer - 1973 - 1975 - focusing on urban issues in Southwest

Detroit and School related issues City-wide

Speeches and Articles:

Operation PUSH National Convention -7/31/95 - Panel member regarding

affirmative action

Political Science Panel ? University of Michigan undergraduate class - February

15, 2005

Panel discussion - Health Crisis in Detroit - April, 2004 - Wayne State

Universitys Journal of Law in Society

Article - Michigans Duty to Provide Access to Health Care published in Wayne

State Law Schools Journal of Law In Society.

Taught classes on health care reform and concentrated poverty issues at

Several colleges.

Offices held:

            Presently Board member for Community Shares Cleveland and a national health

care reform organization - Faithful Reform in Health Care.

            Board member of  Downtown Detroit Senior Citizens- Center - four years.

            President (One year) and Board member (three years) of Southwest Detroit

Community Mental Health Center.

            Co-President (Ten years) and Board member (17 years) of Bridging

Communities, Inc., a social service group serving the elderly and youth of

Southwest Detroit.

Appointments:

            Detroit Mayoral Health Task Force; 2004 - 2005.

            Detroit-Wayne County Health Authority Community Advisory Council; 2005 -

2009. Also served on 2 Work groups including Capital Corporation Development Group.

            Michigans Wayne County Circuit Court Mediator - 1988 to 2009.