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
(Board Vice Chair)
Executive Director
Illinois Network of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
Darlene Hightower, JD
President & CEO
Metropolitan Planning Council
Gennifer Jeffries
(Board Secretary)
Market Development Advisor
Bold Goal Community Relations North Central Region
Humana
Leticia Reyes-Nash, MBA
(Board Chair)
Principal Health Management Associates
Leslie L. McKnight, PhD
Peoria City/County Health Department
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
O. Victoria Lakes-Battle
Executive Director
Chicago Region, IFF
Will Snyder
CEO
Metopio
Staff
Meet our Team
Mariela Medina
Grants and Contracts Manager
312-786-5371
Janece Gough, MPH
Senior Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5351
Rachel Thomas
Program Manager, Alliance for Health Eequity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-724-7962
Samantha Lasky
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-850-4744
Kiearra Jones
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-319-8577
Adrian Blasi
Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development
773-694-2743
Mediha Sayeeduddin
Program Associate, Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5357
Samantha Young
Program Associate, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-673-8446
SweetP Bailey
Senior Communications Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
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
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
Norma Narsa
Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
312-736-9845
Celestine Emberton
Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8529
Ellen Clewett
Program Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
610-945-6750
Catherine Gillis
Program Research and Content Manager, Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation
312-850-4744
Sheila Rurangirwa
Program Assistant, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
224-310-2205
Precious McNeil
Program Assistant, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
224-309-9950
Kaara Kallen
Content Producer, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8528
Andras Ferencz
Senior Communications Manager, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-270-2986
Christina Gray
Information Systems & Office Operations Manager
312-598-3293
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.