Our Board
Board of Directors

Leticia Reyes-Nash, MBA
(Board Chair)
Managing Principal
Health Management Associates

Dan Harris, MA
(Board Vice Chair)
Executive Director
Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Joseph A. Antolin, JD
(Board Treasurer)
Executive Director
President and CEO
Asset Funders Network

Darlene Oliver Hightower, JD
(Board Secretary)
President and CEO
Think and Do LLC

Crystal Pirtle Tyler, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
Illinois Public Health Institute

Nakea West
Chief Equity and Diversity Officer
IFF (CDFI)

Pat Merryweather-Arges, MA
Executive Director
Project Patient Care

Shaan Trotter, DrPH, MS
Health Equity Officer
Aetna Better Health of Illinois

Stephen Konya
Chief, Innovation and Strategic Partnership
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, US Department of Health and Human Services

Verlon Johnson, MPA
Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer
Acentra Health

Will Snyder, MPP
Co-Founder and CEO
Metopio
Staff
Meet our Team
Staff
Administration

Ed Stellon, MS, MA
Chief External Affairs Officer

Kimberly Reaves, MS, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Quatrro Business Support Services

Christina Gray
Senior Manager, IT & Office Operations

Ivette Morla, MMkt
Executive Assistant to the CEO

Tricia VanTichelt, SHRM-CP
HR Assistant

Javier Varela
Administrative Assistant

Mariela Medina
Grants and Contracts Manager with CPPI

Savannah Daniels
Grants and Contracts Manager with CCCD & CHISI
Staff
Center for Community Capacity Development (CCCD)

Laurie L. Call
CCCD Center Director

Jess Lynch, MCP, MPH
CCCD Center Director

Leah Barth, MPH
Senior Program Manager

Karen Aguirre, MPH,MS
Senior Program Manager

Jordan Enos, MPP
Senior Program Manager

Samantha Lasky
Program Manager

Samantha Young
Program Manager

Mediha Sayeeduddin
Program Associate

Isabella Pizarro
Program Associate

TBD
Program Associate
Staff
Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives (CPPI)

Janna Simon, MPH
CPPI Center Director

Kathryn Bernstein, MPH, RDN, LDN
Program Director

Sarah Flores, MPS
Program Director

Rebeca Lira Gordenstein, MAIR
Senior Program Manager

Martha-Margaret Cotton, MPH, CLS
Senior Program Manager

Shahana Rashid
Program Manager

Trevor Johnson
Program Manager

Kiearra Jones
Program Manager

Elise Ramos
Program Manager

TBD
Program Associate
Staff
Center for Health Information Sharing & Innovation (CHISI)

Waldo Mikels-Carrasco
CHISI Center Director

Rashidat Balogun
Program Director

TBD
Program Director

Andras Ferencz
Senior Communications Manager

Catherine Gillis
Senior Program Research and Content Manager

Celestine Emberton
Senior Program Manager

Ellen Clewett
Senior Program Manager

Kaara Kallen
Content Producer

Norma Narsa
Program Manager

Adrian Blasi
Program Manager

Sheila Rurangirwa
Program Associate

Leti Diaz Leon
Program Associate

Gabi Marcos
Executive & Program Assistant

Santiago Avila
Program Assistant

Valentina Villaquiran
Program Assistant

TBD
Program Assistant
Positions
Careers @ IPHI
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If you are interested in advancing health and health equity, please view our career and internship opportunities which are updated as roles become available.