Executive Director
Tess Stack Kuenning, CNS, MS, RN - Executive Director
(603) 228-2830 ext. 112
Biography: Tess Stack Kuenning has served as the executive director of Bi-State Primary Care Association (Bi-State) since 1995. Ms. Kuenning is responsible for the overall operation, management, and supervision of Bi-State, including public policy and program development, member services, community relations, and fiscal policy. As an agent of Bi-State, she advocates for members, and the communities they serve, with federal, state and local policymakers to assure members have the financial and technical resources they require to improve access to primary care for the underserved in New Hampshire and Vermont. She acts as the principal liaison with governmental entities and directs Bi-State’s leadership role in national and statewide activities.
Prior to joining Bi-State, Ms. Kuenning worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Boston, MA, at the U.S. Public Health Service. Ms. Kuenning was the Principal Public Health Advisor throughout New England for public health program, planning and development, technical assistance, grants monitoring, program evaluation and management for federally funded programs. This included State Cooperative Agreements, Regional and State Primary Care Associations, Migrant and Community Health Centers, Health Care for the Homeless, and HIV early intervention programs.
Ms. Kuenning also worked as a nurse consultant for the Health Care Finance Administration where she served as a specialist in the review, analysis, and evaluation of state agency performance and effectiveness, including in-depth federal reviews of providers and suppliers participating in the delivery of health care under Medicare and Medicaid. Ms. Kuenning has worked in tertiary care and ICU in hospital and trauma settings, and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Maternal and Child Health in Kathmandu, Nepal.