Our Board
Board of Directors
Joseph A. Antolin, JD
(Board Treasurer)
Principal
Antolin & Associates Consulting LLC
Director
Asset Funders Network
Elissa Bassler
CEO
Illinois Public Health Institute
Dan Harris
(Interim Board Chair)
Executive Director
Illinois Network of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
Darlene Hightower, JD
President & CEO
Metropolitan Planning Council
Gennifer Jeffries
Market Development Advisor
Bold Goal Community Relations North Central Region
Humana
Stephen Konya
Senior Innovation Strategist
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
US Department of Health and Human Services
O. Victoria Lakes-Battle
Executive Director
Chicago Region, IFF
Leslie L. McKnight, PhD
Peoria City/County Health Department
Patricia Merryweather
Executive Director
Project Patient Care
Leticia Reyes-Nash, MBA
(Interim Vice Chair)
Principal Health Management Associates
Will Snyder
CEO
Metopio
Staff
Meet our Team
Janece Gough, MPH
Senior Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5351
Samantha Lasky
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-850-4744
Kiearra Jones
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-319-8577
Rachel Thomas
Program Manager, Alliance for Health Eequity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-724-7962
Mediha Sayeeduddin
Program Associate, Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5357
Rashidat Balogun
Program Manager, Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-858-6874
Adrian Blasi
Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development
773-694-2743
Samantha Young
Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-673-8446
Janna Simon, MPH
Director, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5365
Kathryn Bernstein, MPH, RDN, LDN
Senior Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5372
Mariela Medina
Program Assistant, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5371
Waldo Mikels-Carrasco
Director, Center for Health Information Sharing & Innovation
773-270-8564
Celestine Emberton
Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8529
Ellen Clewett
Program Assistant, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
610-945-6750
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
Information Systems & Office Operations Manager
312-598-3293
Deitric Johnson
Controller
312-786-5352
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.