Our Board
Board of Directors
Joseph A. Antolin, J.D.
(Board Treasurer)
Principal, Antolin & Associates Consulting LLC
Director, Asset Funders Network
Elissa Bassler
CEO
Illinois Public Health Institute
Donna L. Gerber
(Board Chair)
President
M2BG Consulting
Dan Harris
(Board Vice Chair)
Executive Director
Illinois Network of Child Care Resources and Referral Agencies
Gennifer Jeffries
Market Development Advisor, Bold Goal Community Relations North Central Region
Humana
Patricia Merryweather
Executive Director
Project Patient Care
O. Victoria Lakes-Battle
Executive Director Chicago Region, IFF
Will Snyder
CEO, Metopio
Leslie L. McKnight
PhD
Peoria City/County Health Department
Leticia Reyes-Nash
MBA, Principal
Health Management Associates
Staff
Meet our Team
Kathryn Bernstein, MPH, RDN, LDN
Program Manager, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5372
Nikki Carter
Program Manager - Opioid Initiativies, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-673-8424
Miriam Castro, MPA
Senior Program Manager, Center for Health Information Sharing and Innovation
773-694-2743
Solomon Collins
Communications Associate
312-993- 5981
Sydney Edmond, MHA
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-858-6874
Misti Faust
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
312-850-4744
Passang Gonrong, MPH
Program Associate, Center for Policy and Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5371
Christina Gray
Information Systems & Office Operations Manager
312-598-3293
Samantha Lasky
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-850-4744
Esther Babawande
Communications & Special Projects Associate
312-786-5352
Lucy Peterson
Program Manager - Alliance for Health Equity, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-319-8577
Janna Simon, MPH
Director, Center for Policy & Partnership Initiatives
312-786-5365
Rebekah Williams, MPH
Program Manager, Center for Community Capacity Development
312-724-7962
Alberto Yahuaca
Staff Accountant
312-598-3430
Mediha Sayeeduddin
Program Associate, Alliance for Health Equity,
Center for Community Capacity Development
312-786-5357
Waldo Mikels-Carrasco
Director, Center for Health Information Sharing & Innovation
773-270-8564
Celestine Emberton
Program Associate, Center for Health
Information Sharing and Innovation
773-570-8529
Positions
Careers @ IPHI
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