Staff Leadership/Management
Donna M. Bright, PhD, MSPH – Executive Director
d.bright@northeastern.edu
617-780-4115
Jessica Espiritusanto, MSW – Senior Program Manager
j.espiritusanto@northeastern.edu
857-291-8666
Karena Longo, MPP – HEART Program Manager
k.longo@northeastern.edu
857-303-9047
C. Brown, Finance & Administration Manager
Board Category/Member/Affiliation
Institutions
Jeremiah Woodberry
Assoc Bureau Director, Child, Adolescent & Family Health / Boston Public Health Commission
Carmen Sceppa
Dean, Bouve College of Health Sciences / Northeastern University
Cheryl Porter
Associate Chief Nurse Med/Surg / Boston Medical Center
Vacancy
Community Health Centers
Charles Murphy
Chief Executive Officer / Harvard St Neighborhood Health Center
Hank Layfield – Treasurer
Fiscal Planning & Analysis Manager / NeighborHealth
Jessica Isom
Attending Psychiatrist / Codman Square Health Center
Cindy Theodore
Chief of Home Health Services / Upham’s Community Care
Regina Izmaylova
Chief Financial Officer / Mattapan Community Health Center
Community Stakeholders
Catalina Yang Tan
Asst Professor & Dir of Doctoral Programs, Counseling & Psychology Graduate Program / Lesley University
Keri Griffin
Dean, Center for Research & Discovery / MA College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Linda Sprague Martinez
Professor, Department of Medicine & Director of Health Disparities Institue / UConn Health
Georgia Simpson
Public Health Analyst / US Dept of Health & Human Services, Office of the Asst Secretary for Health
Vacancy
At-Large
Benita Bamgbade
Assoc Professor, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences /NU
Lumas Helaire – Chair
Asst Dean for Population Health Management & Health Equity Education / Harvard School of Public Health
Tom Kieffer – Vice Chair
Ret, Executive Director / Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center
Jamiah Tappin – Secretary
Director, Grantmaking, Health & Equity / Health Resources in Action
Ex Officio
Donna M Bright
Executive Director / CCHERS