Members

Allison Bryant, MD, MPH

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

Amie Shei, PhD

President and CEO, The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts

Angelina Ramirez

CEO, Stavros Center For Independent Living

Assaad Sayah, MD, FACEP

President and CEO, Cambridge Health Alliance

Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH

Commissioner, Public Health and Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission

Carlos F. Cappas, PsyD, MBA

Chief Behavioral Health Officer, Lynn Community Health Center

Cedric Woods, PhD

Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston

Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD

Executive Director and Senior VP, Institute for Health Equity Research

Chris Reddick, PhD

Vice President of Community Health, Takeda

Christopher Lathan, MD, MS, MPH

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

Claire Cooper

VP, Member Programs & Engagement, Philanthropy Massachusetts

Craig Andrade, RN, MPH, DrPH

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

Cynthia Barginere, DNP, RN, FACHE

Senior Vice President and COO, UMass Memorial Health System; President UMass Community Entities, Inc.

Damian Archer, MD

CEO, 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, 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 Executive Officer, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Desiree Otenti, ANP, MPH, CPHQ

Vice President of Care Management, Point32Health

Dharmendu Damany, MBA

President - North Region, Quest Diagnostics

Dominique Lee, MBA, MPH

President and CEO, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

Donna Bright, PhD, MSHP

Executive Director, Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.

Ellie Zambrano, MSW, LICSW

Founder and Principal, Zambrano Health Strategies

Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH

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

Filaine Deronnette

Founder and CEO, Good Works and Executive Director, Healthcare Career Advancement Program

Frank Robinson, PhD

Principal and Senior Associate, FDR & Associates

Frederica Williams, FCIS (UK), MBA

President and CEO, Whittier Street Health Center

Gary Chu, OD, MPH, FAAO

VP of Professional Affairs, New England College of Optometry; AAPI Commission

Guale Valdez, MBA

President and CEO, Mattapan Community Health Center

Helen Caulton-Harris, MEd, MA, CAGS

Commissioner, Division of Health and Human Services, City of Springfield

Javier A. Juarez

Executive Director, The Latino Equity Fund

Jeffrey Sánchez, MPA

Principal, Sánchez Strategies, LLC; Senior Advisor, Rasky Partners

Jenny S. Chiang, MS, MD, FAAFP

Senior Vice President for Community Engagement and Market Growth, Tufts Medicine Integrated Network

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

President, Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP); Professor of Medicine, Dean for Culture and Community Engagement, Director of the Minority Faculty Development Program, and Director of the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, Harvard Medical School

Jordina Shanks

CEO, Fenway Health

Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH

President, The Commonwealth Fund

Juan Fernando Lopera

Chief Community and Health Impact Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Kedar Mate, MD

Founder and CMO, Qualified Health

Kenn Turner

Former President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Kevin Churchwell, MD

President and CEO, Boston Children's Hospital

Kirk Taylor, MD

President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Lauren Powell, MPA, PhD

President and CEO, The Equitist; Head of Health Equity and Clinical Innovation, Drug Development, Biogen

Lee Pelton, PhD

President and CEO, The Boston Foundation

Lily S. Hsu, EdD

President, Labouré College of Healthcare

Lissette Blondet, EdM

Director, Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers

Louis Brady, MBA

CEO, Family Health Center of Worcester

Lucria Ortiz, JD

President and CEO, YMCA Southcoast

Lumas Joseph Helaire, MS, PhD

Founder, Lumas Solutions, LLC

Magnolia Contreras, MSW, MBA

Vice President, Community Health at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Makeeba McCreary, EdD

President, New Commonwealth Fund

Mala Rafik, JD

Partner, Rosenfeld & Rafik, P.C.

Manny Lopes, MBA

President and CEO, Fallon Health

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, PhD

Chancellor, UMass Boston

Maria G. Celli, PsyD

CEO, Brockton Neighborhood Health Center

Mario Florez

Vice President of Community Health and Caregiver Belonging, UMass Memorial Health

Marisol García, Esq.

The Child Advocate, The Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate

Marlon Washington

Area Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Marta Corvêlo, MHA

President and CEO, Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services

Marty Martinez

President and CEO, United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH

Director, François Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

Matilde “Mattie” Castiel, MD

Former Commissioner for Health and Human Services, City of Worcester

Michael Curry, Esq.

President and CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Michelle A. Williams, SM, ScD

Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University; Joan and Julius Jacobson Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Former Dean of Faculty, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Mimi Gardner, LICSW, MPH

Vice President and Chief Equity Officer, NeighborHealth

Monica Bharel, MD, MPH

Clinical Lead Public Sector Health, Google

Monica Vohra, MD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, DotHouse Health Center

Moses S. Dixon, PhD

President and CEO, Senior Connection

Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA

CEO, AARP

Nancy E. Norman, MD, MPH

Physician Leader / Equity Champion / Changemaker

Oami Amarasingham, JD

Deputy Director, Massachusetts Public Health Alliance

Oz Mondejar

Senior Business Executive

Pablo Hernandez, MD, MHCM, FAAFP

Chief Medical Officer, 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

Rahsaan D. Hall, Esq

President and CEO, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts

Reggie Thevenot, MBA

Regional Vice President, Sodexo

Renee Crichlow, FAAFP, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Codman Square Health Center; Vice Chair of Health Equity, Boston University Department of Family Medicine

Renée Landers, AB, JD

Professor of Law, Suffolk University

Ronald E. Coursey II

Executive Vice President, eMed

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

President and Founder, Global Equity Learning

Sandhya Rao, MD

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

Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH

Dean, WashU School of Public Health

Shari Nethersole, MD

Vice President of Community Health, Boston Children’s Hospital

Sheila Och, MPH, CHW

Chief Public Policy Officer, Lowell Community Health Center

Stan McLaren, MBA

CEO, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program

Tania M. Barber, MBA

President and CEO, Caring Health Center

Tanisha Sullivan, JD

Head of External Engagement, Health Equity Strategy & MA Government Affairs, Sanofi

Thea James, MD

Vice President of Mission and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Boston Medical Center

Tuyet Tran, MSW

Executive Director, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts

Valerie Stone, MD

Cynthia and John F. Fish Endowed Chair in Medical Education, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Zandra Kelly, MD

Chief Executive Officer, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center

The Health Equity Compact wishes to recognize founding supporter Foley Hoag LLP for their invaluable work providing pro bono legal skill and expertise in developing and writing An Act to Advance Health Equity.

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