Carol Herrmann-Steckel has held the position of Commissioner of the Alabama Medicaid Agency since her appointment by Governor Bob Riley, December 2003.

Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, she served as Director of the Survey Companies, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama, and as Chief Executive Officer of Survey Associates, LLC, Birmingham, Alabama. Ms. Herrmann-Steckel was primarily responsible for developing new business for the company in the health care arena, developing new products, and conducting public relations.

Additionally, Ms. Herrmann-Steckel has served in various capacities with various entities such as Senior Vice President of Northport Health Services, Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Program Chief of Staff, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, New York; Consultant, Independent Health Care; Commissioner, Alabama Medicaid Agency November 1988 through July 1992; Deputy Director, Office of Prepaid Health Care, Health Care Financing Administration, Washington, D.C.; Consultant and Director, Data and Policy Development, Alabama Hospital Association, Montgomery, Alabama; and Assistant to the Special Assistant to President of Health Policy, the White House, Washington, D.C.

Commissioner Herrmann-Steckel’s community activities include memberships on the Dean’s Advisory Committee, UAB School of Public Health; Board of Counselors, UAB Center for Aging; The Women’s Network, Birmingham; St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church; The Catholic Center of Concern.

Commissioner Herrmann-Steckel has a Master’s Degree in Public Health, UAB, and Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Birmingham-Southern College.

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