M. Natalie Achong, M.D., FACOG
Director of Health Equity
Connecticut State Medical Society

Shelley Best, D.Min.
Founding Director, President and CEO
Conference of Churches

Thomas Babor, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
Health Net, Inc. Endowed Chair in Community Medicine and Public Policy
UConn Health

Roderick Bremby, M.P.A.
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Social Services

Michelle M. Cloutier, M.D.
Professor, Pediatrics
UConn Health
Director, Connecticut Children’s Center for Community Research

Adrienne Cochrane, J.D.
President and CEO
Urban League of Greater Hartford

Marjorie Colebut-Jackson
Tribal Council Member
Mashuntucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Roberta Echelson
Manager, Grants and Proposals
UConn Foundation

Linda Estabrook, M.P.H.
Executive Director
Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective

Ann Ferris, Ph.D., R.D.
Professor, Medicine
Director, Center for Public Health and Health Policy
UConn Health

Judith Fifield, Ph.D.
Professor, Family Medicine
Executive Director, TRIPP Center
Associate Director, External Affairs
Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP)
UConn Health

Juan Figueroa, J.D.
President
Universal Health Care Foundation

Jeffrey Fisher, Ph.D.
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Director and Founder, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP)
University of Connecticut

Richard Fortinsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine
UConn Center on Aging
UConn Health

Colleen Foster-Bey, M.Ed.
Research Associate
Institute for Community Research

Jeanette Goyzueta Rhodes, M.P.H.
Research Associate
Health Disparities Institute, TRIPP Center
UConn Health

Bruce Gould, M.D.
Associate Dean, Professor, Medicine, Primary Care
Director, Area Health Education Center
UConn Health

Karen Hatcher-Sneed
President and CEO
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
President
Pequot Pharmacy Network

David Henderson, M.D.
Associate Professor, Family Medicine
UConn Health

Meshie Knight
Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President
Universal Health Care Foundation

Elizabeth Krause, M.P.H.
Senior Program Officer
Connecticut Health Foundation

Mark McKinney, D.Min., L.P.C.
Vice President
Community Health Equity and Health Policy
Director, Community Outreach and Pastoral Counseling
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Yvette Meléndez, M.B.A.
Vice President
Government and Community Alliances
Hartford Hospital

Melissa Mokel, Ph.D., A.P.R.N.-B.C.
Research Associate
TRIPP Center
UConn Health

Randall Morgan, M.D., M.B.A.
Executive Director
Cobb/National Medical Association Health Institute

Jewel Mullen, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A.
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Health

Chinekwu Obidoa, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Institute for Community Research

Jose Ortiz, M.S., M.B.A.
President and CEO
Hispanic Health Council

Cheryl Parks, Ph.D.
Professor, Social Work
Associate Dean for Research
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut

Pat Rehmer, M.S.N., A.C.H.E.
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Salome Raheim, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor, Social Work
School of Social Work
University of Connecticut

James Rawlings, M.P.H.
Chair, Connecticut State Conference of Branches Health Committee
President
Greater New Haven NAACP

Susan Reisine, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health
Associate Dean of Research
UConn School of Medicine
UConn Health

Marie M. Spivey, Ed.D., R.N., M.P.A
Vice President, Health Equity
Connecticut Hospital Association

Victor Villagra, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Founder and President of Health and Technology Vector, Inc.
Assistant Professor, Medicine
TRIPP/CICATS
UConn Health

Margaret Weeks, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Senior Scientist
Institute for Community Research
Associate Director, Community Research and Implementation Core,
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS