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

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

Mariela Medina
Grants and Contracts Manager
312-786-5371

Savannah Daniels
Grants and Contracts Manager
312-447-9086

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

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

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.