Advocacy Staff

Lucas Swanepoel serves as vice president, advocacy & public policy at the Catholic Health Association.Contact

Indu Spugnardi serves as senior director of community health & eldercare at the Catholic Health Association.Contact

Paulo G. Pontemayor, MPH serves as senior director, government relations at the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Prior to joining CHA, he held roles at The Joint Commission, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, and in the U.S. House of Representatives. Paulo serves as the elected Chair of the Partnership for Medicaid, a national coalition of 25 organizations working to protect and strengthen the Medicaid program. Paulo holds a master of public health from the Milken Institute at George Washington University, an executive certificate in healthcare leadership from Georgetown University, undergraduate degree from the University of Washington in Seattle, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in public Health at the Bloomberg School at Johns Hopkins University as a health equity scholar. Originally from the U.S. territory of Guam, Paulo continues to be guided by his Mercy education and from his Filipino immigrant roots—particularly his grandfather, who helped rebuild the island after World War II. Contact

Kimberly M. Skinner serves as community health program coordinator at the Catholic Health Association.Contact

Nancy Zuech Lim is director, community health improvement, with the Catholic Health Association of the United States. CHA is comprised of more than 600 Catholic hospitals and 1,600 long-term care and other health facilities in all 50 states. The Catholic health ministry is the largest group of nonprofit health care providers in the nation. Nancy leads the association’s activities in areas of community benefit, community health improvement, social determinants of health, and tax exemption. Nancy has a successful history in consensus building, program management and process improvement, advancing local, regional and national alignment and reliability of reporting measures. Prior to joining CHA, her experience included public accounting, clinical nursing, hospital quality, community benefit, and public policy.Nancy holds a Master of Public Health from the University of South Florida, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ithaca College.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-zuech-lim-9a1b726/Contact

Joe Lepore serves as government relations associate at the Catholic Health Association.Contact

Kathleen A. Curran is senior director of public policy at the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). Ms. Curran coordinates the development of public policy positions for the association and works with other CHA staff to interact with Congress and the Executive Branch to promote CHA's advocacy agenda. Previously, Ms. Curran was with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops where she served as interim director of the Office of Domestic Social Development and as a policy advisor on health and welfare issues. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor and on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education and Pensions. Prior to coming to Washington, DC, she practiced law in Boston, following a year serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Ms. Curran received her law degree from the University of Virginia and her undergraduate degree from Yale University.Contact