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Allison Bryant, MD, MPH

Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Senior Medical Director for Health Equity at MGB

Amie Shei, PhD

President & CEO of The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts

Angelina Ramirez

Chief Executive Officer, Stavros Center For Independent Living

Assaad Sayah, MD, FACEP

President and CEO of Cambridge Health Alliance

Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH

Commissioner of Public Health and Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission

Carlos F. Cappas, PsyD, MBA

Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Lynn Community Health Center

Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD

Executive Director and Senior VP, Institute for Health Equity Research

Chris Reddick, PhD

Vice President and Head of U.S. Health Equity at Takeda

Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH

Chief Clinical Access and Equity Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Claire Cooper

VP of Business Development, The Partnership, Inc.

Claire-Cecile Pierre, MD

VP of Community Health Programs, Mass General Brigham

Craig Andrade, RN, MPH, DrPH

Associate Dean of Practice and Director of the Activist Lab at Boston University School of Public Health

Damian Archer, MD

Chief Executive Officer, Outer Cape Health Services; Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs, Tufts University School of Medicine

David R. Williams, PhD, MA, MPH, MDiv

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Deborah Enos, MS

Professional Advisor and Board Member/Senior Executive

Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Eduardo da Silva Haddad, MD

President of Medical Staff and Chief of Medical Affairs, Lawrence General Hospital

Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH

Chief Community Health & Health Equity Officer at Mass General Brigham Executive Director at Kraft Center for Community Health at MGH Conrad Taff Professor at Harvard Medical School

Filaine Deronnette

Vice President-at-Large, 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East and EVP, Massachusetts AFL-CIO

Frank Robinson, PhD

Vice President of Public Health and Community Relations at Baystate Health

Frederica Williams, FCIS (UK), MBA

President & CEO, Whittier Street Health Center

Gary Chu, OD, MPH, FAAO

Vice President, Professional Affairs at New England College of Optometry; AAPI Commission

Greg Wilmot, MBA

President and CEO at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

Guale Valdez, MBA

President and CEO, Mattapan Community Health Center

Guy Fish, MD

CEO and President at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

Helen Caulton-Harris, MEd, MA, CAGS

Springfield HHS Commissioner

Izzy Lopes, MSW, MPH

VP of Health Equity, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

Joan Y. Reede, MD, MPH, MS, MBA

President at Biomedical Science Careers Program Professor of Medicine, Dean of Diversity & Community Partnership, Director of Minority Faculty Development Program, and Director of Commonwealth Fund Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School

Jose de la Rosa, MS

Co-Founder/CEO at Guardian Healthcare

Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH

President, The Commonwealth Fund

Juan Fernando Lopera

Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health

Kedar Mate, MD

President and CEO at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Kenn Turner

President and CEO at the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Kevin Churchwell, MD

President and CEO at Boston Children's Hospital

Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD

Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Lauren Powell, MPA, PhD

President and CEO of The Equitist

Lee Pelton, PhD

President and CEO of The Boston Foundation

Lissette Blondet, EdM

Director, Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers

Louis Brady, MBA

CEO, Family Health Center of Worcester

Lumas Joseph Helaire, MS, PhD

Assistant Dean for Population Health Management and Health Equity Education at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Magnolia Contreras, MSW, MBA

Vice President, Community Health at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Makeeba McCreary, EdD

President at the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund

Mala Rafik, JD

Partner at Rosenfeld & Rafik, P.C.

Manny Lopes, MBA

Executive VP of Public Markets and Government Relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, PhD

Chancellor at UMass Boston

Marty Martinez

CEO, Reach Out and Read

Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH

Director of the François Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University

Matilde “Mattie” Castiel, MD

Commissioner for Health and Human Services, City of Worcester

Michael Curry, Esq.

President & CEO at Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Michelle A. Williams, SM, ScD

Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Monica Bharel, MD, MPH

Senior Public Health Advisor

Monica Vohra, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, DotHouse Health Center

Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA

President & CEO, CareQuest Institute for Oral Health

Nancy E. Norman, MD, MPH

Medical Director of Integration for the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership

Nate Horwitz-Willis, DrPH, MPH, MPA

Executive Director of the Advocacy Fund and Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Neel Shah, MD, MPP

CMO, Maven Clinic

Oz Mondejar

Senior Business Executive

Pablo Hernandez, MD, MHCM, FAAFP

CMO, Edward M. Kennedy Health Community Health Center

Paul Watanabe, PhD

Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies, UMass Boston

Paulo Pinto, MPA

Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers

Renée Landers, AB, JD

Professor of Law, Suffolk University

Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA

President at Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Executive Vice President at Mass General Brigham

Ronald E. Coursey II

Executive Vice President, eMed

Rosa Colon-Kolacko, PhD, MBA, CDM, SHRM-SCP

President and Founder, Global Learning & Diversity Partners

Sandhya Rao, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Sandra Cotterell, RN

CEO at Codman Square Health Center

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health

Shana Sullivan, MS

Strategic Planning & Performance Director at Unicare

Shari Nethersole, MD

Vice President of Community Health at Boston Children’s Hospital

Sheila Och, MPH, CHW

Chief Engagement and Equity Officer at Lowell Community Health Center

Stan McLaren, MBA

President at Carney Hospital

Tania M. Barber, MBA

President/CEO at Caring Health Center

Thea James, MD

Vice President of Mission & Associate Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical Center

Tuyet Tran, MSW

Executive Director, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts

Valerie Stone, MD

Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Vasundhra Sangar

VP of Government Affairs, Associated Industries of Massachusetts

The Health Equity Compact wishes to recognize founding supporters JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., and Foley Hoag LLP for their invaluable work: JSI for technical assistance and research from the very beginning of the Compact; and Foley Hoag for pro bono legal skill and expertise in developing and writing An Act to Advance Health Equity.

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