Our Board

Board of Directors

Crystal Pirtle Tyler, PhD, MPH

CEO
Illinois Public Health Institute

Leticia Reyes-Nash, MBA

(Board Chair)
Principal Health Management Associates

Dan Harris

(Board Vice Chair)
Executive Director
Illinois Network of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies

Joseph A. Antolin, JD

(Board Treasurer)
President and CEO
Asset Funders Network

Darlene Hightower, JD

(Board Secretary)
Former President & CEO
Metropolitan Planning Council
Greater Chicago Area

Patricia Merryweather

Executive Director
Project Patient Care

Stephen Konya

Senior Innovation Strategist
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
US Department of Health and Human Services

Will Snyder

CEO
Metopio

Staff

Meet our Team

Crystal Pirtle Tyler, PhD, MPH

Chief Executive Officer
312- 850-4744

Gatanya Arnic

Chief Operating Officer
312-850-4744

Ed Stellon, MS, MA

Chief External Affairs Officer
312-833-7813

Tricia VanTichelt

HR Assistant
312-993-5982

Ivette Morla

Virtual Executive Assistant
224-309-9950

Mariela Medina

Grants and Contracts Manager
312-786-5371

Laurie L. Call

Director, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5363

Jess Lynch, MCP, MPH

Program Director, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5358

Leah Barth, MPH

Senior Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5359

TBD

Sr. Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development

TBD

Sr. Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development

Samantha Lasky

Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-850-4744

Samantha Young

Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-673-8446

TBD

Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development

Mediha Sayeeduddin

Program Associate, Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5357

Isabella Pizarro

Program Associate, Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5360

SweetP Bailey

Senior Communications Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development and Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-319-8577

Janna Simon, MPH

Director, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5365

Kathryn Bernstein, MPH, RDN, LDN

Program Director, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5372

Sarah Flores, MPS

Program Director, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5362

Rebeca Lira Gordenstein, MAIR

Senior Program Manager, Chicago Cares, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5370

Martha-Margaret Cotton, MPH, CLS

Senior Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5350

Shahana Rashid

Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5369

Trevor Johnson

Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5366

Kiearra Jones

Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-319-8577

Elise Ramos

Program Associate, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-736-9845

Connor Elmore

Program Associate, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
224-310-2349

Waldo Mikels-Carrasco

Director, Center for Health Information Sharing & Innovation
773-270-8564

Rashidat Balogun

Senior Program Manager, Center for Health Information Sharing & Innovation
312-858-6874

Ellen Clewett

Sr. Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
610-945-6750

Catherine Gillis

Senior Program Research and Content Manager, Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation
312-850-4744

Celestine Emberton

Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8529

Norma Narsa

Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
312-736-9845

Adrian Blasi

Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-694-2743

Sheila Rurangirwa

Program Associate, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
224-310-2205

Leti Diaz Leon

Program Associate, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation

Gabi Marcos

Executive & Program Assistant, Admin & Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation

Santiago Avila

Program Assistant, Admin & Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation

Valentina Villaquiran

Program Assistant, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation

Andras Ferencz

Senior Communications Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-270-2986

Kaara Kallen

Content Producer, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8528

Christina Gray

Senior Manager, IT & Office Operations
312-598-3293

Positions

Careers @ IPHI

Thank you for your interest in IPHI

If you are interested in advancing health and health equity, please view our career and internship opportunities which are updated as roles become available.