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

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

Kimberly Reaves, MS, MBA

Chief Financial Officer
Quatrro Business Support Services

Christina Gray

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

Ivette Morla, MMkt

Executive Assistant to the CEO
224-309-9950

Tricia VanTichelt, SHRM-CP

HR Assistant
312-993-5982

Mariela Medina

Grants and Contracts Manager
312-786-5371

Savannah Daniels

Grants and Contracts Manager
312-447-9086

Javier Varela

Administrative Assistant
312-850-4744

Laurie L. Call

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

Jess Lynch, MCP, MPH

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

Leah Barth, MPH

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

Karen Aguirre, MPH,MS

Sr. Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-447-9082

Jordan Enos, MPP

Sr. Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-447-9083

Samantha Lasky

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

Samantha Young

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

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

TBD

Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development

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, 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

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

Celestine Emberton

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

Andras Ferencz

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

Catherine Gillis

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

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

Kaara Kallen

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

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
312-850-4744

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
312-850-4744

Valentina Villaquiran

Program Assistant, Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation
312-850-4744

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.