Knowledge for Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13Th and 14Th, 2012

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

List of Participants

Barbara Abdur-Rasheed
Community Health Innovations of RI
Providence, RI
/ Khurshid Ahmad
Asian American Council
Dayton, OH
/ Sukhjeet Ahuja
NAPHSIS
Silver Spring, MD

Felicia Alexander
Youngstown Office on Minority Health
Youngstown, OH
/ WENDY ALFSEN
CALIFORNIA WALKS
Oakland, CA
/ Glinda Allen
NH Minority Health Coalition
Manchester, NH

Chelsea Arkin
Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Baltimore, MD
/ Erin Armstrong
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
San Francisco, CA
/ Josephine Ayankoya
Black AIDS Institute
Los Angeles, CA

Ana Becerra
Just Communities
Santa Barbara, CA
/ Renetta Bell
New Hope Outpatient Substance Abuse Clinic & Wrap around Services
Baton Rogue, LA
/ Earl Benjamin
Louisiana Public Health Institute
New Orleans, LA

Kristyn Bigback
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Portland, OR
/ Delmy Bonilla
NH Minority Health Coalition
Manchester, NH
/ Wanda Borders
Sickle Cell Disease Association
Birmingnham, AL

Chantel Bottoms
Community Action Network
Austin, TX
/ Stephen Bradberry
Alliance Institute
New Orleans, LA
/ Ashika Brinkley
Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
BRISTOL, CT

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Thometta Brooks
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
/ DeLana Browning
Northern Virginia AHEC
Alexandria, VA
/ Brandie Buckless
American Indian Cancer Foundation
Minneapolis, MN

Huy Bui
STEEP
St. Paul, MN
/ Eric Busboom
Clarinova
San Diego, CA
/ Gonzalo Cadima
United Way of Broward County
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Rosa Cambridge
nat'l black nurses tampabay chapter
Tampa, FL
/ Juan Canedo
Progreso Community Center
Nashville, TN
/ Darryl Cannady
South Central Educational Development, Inc.
Bluefield, WV

Derrick Carroll
Fresh Start Family Services
North Las Vegas, NV
/ Sherea Cary
African American Health Coalition, Inc.
Houston, TX
/ CAROLYN CHADWICK
TESSIE CLEVELAND COMMUNITY SERVICES CORP
LOS ANGELES, CA

Chi-Hsin Chang
New Mexico Asian Family Center
Albuquerque, NM
/ Tongtan Chantarat
The New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
/ Rachel Chase
Suwannee River AHEC
Alachua, FL

AJ Chen
web2express.org
palo alto, CA
/ Lina Cherfas
Latino Commission on AIDS
New York, NY
/ Jacqueline Cole Miles
Rodham Institute for Health and Medical Education
Washington, DC

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Won Cook
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
San Francisco, CA
/ Shelley Cooper-Ashford
Center for MultiCultural Health
Seattle, WA
/ Anne Crowther
Children's Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Stacie Davis
Community Health Advocate
Ann Arbor, MI
/ DeLisa Dawkins
Gibbs Cancer center
Spartanburg, SC
/ Velva Dawson
Central Jersey Family Health Consortium
North Brunswick, NJ

Arlene De Silva
Asian Community Alliance
Mason, OH
/ Cynthia Dela Cruz
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
San Francisco, CA
/ Elizabeth Delaney
Johnson Center for Philanthropy
Grand Rapids, MI

Sandra Dunning
Grants & Evaluation Consulting, LLC
Afton, OK
/ Kara Eastman
Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance
Omaha, NE
/ Scott Ellis
Coalition for a Livable Future
Portland, OR

Denise Evans
Strong Beginnings
Grand Rapids, MI
/ Ken Feske
Partners For Peace
Salinas, CA
/ Claudia Flores
Latinas Contra Cancer
San Jose, CA

Wille Flowers
Park Heights Community Health Alliance
Baltimore, MD
/ Caroline Freitag
Dept of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
/ Marge Gagnon
The Rose Women's Care Service
Highland, NY

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Rajendra Ghai
SKN Foundation
Hillsborough, NJ
/ Geetha Ghai
SKN Foundation
Hillsborough, NJ
/ Amanda Gonzalez
FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities
Denver, CO

Mildred Gonzalez
Safe Space
Jamaica, NY
/ Crispin Goytia
Mami Mia, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
/ Rosemary Graves
Kansas City Quality Alliance
Kansas City, MO

Candice Green
Mississippi State Department of Health
Jackson, MS
/ Bob Griss
Institute of Social Medicine & Community Health
McLean, VA
/ Andrea Guzman
PUEBLO (People United for a Better Life in Oakland)
Oakland, CA

Semia Hackett
Delaware Transit Corporation
Wilmington, DE
/ Millie Hall
Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network, Inc
Buffalo, NY
/ Blake Harper
National Indian Health Board
Washington, DC

Kenn Harris
New Haven Healthy Start
New Haven, CT
/ Sharonlyn Harrison
Public Research and Evaluation Services, Inc.
Northville, MI
/ Carrie Hepburn
Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative
Dunedin, FL

Allen Herman
Synergy Enterprises Inc.
Silver Spring, MD
/ Michael Huff
African American Health Disparity Project
San Francisco, CA
/ Jacob Hughes
Saint Joseph County Minority Health Coalition
South Bend, IN

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Jacob Hughes
Saint Joseph County Minority Health Coalition
South Bend, IN
/ Monica Hurtado
ARCHE (Alliance for Racial and Cultural Health Equity)
Minneapolis, MN
/ Albert Iannacone
Knox County Health Department
Knoxville, TN

Elaine Ishihara
APICAT for Healthy Communities
Seattle, WA
/ Najah Ishman
Strategic Community Services, Inc.
Annapolis, MD
/ Apeksha Iyer
National REACH Coalition
Washington, DC, WA

Melvin Jackson
Strengthening The Black Family, Inc
Raleigh, NC
/ Sehu Jeppe
Black Wellness, Inc
Brooklyn, NY
/ L. Neicey Johnson
VSNS (Visions), INc.
Atlanta, GA

Marisa Jones
Institute for Public Health Innovation
Washington, DC
/ Zach Jump
American Lung Association National Headquarters
New York, NY
/ Kate Kairys
DC Action for Children
Washington, DC

Jeff Karlson
Alliance Institute
New Orleans, LA
/ Candace Kattar
Identity, Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD
/ Robin Kelley
National Minority AIDS Council
Washington, DC

Alvine Laure Kentsa Siaka
African Challenges Corporation
Apple Valley, MN
/ Constance Kizzie-Gillett
Lillie's Care Circle
Los Angeles, CA
/ Martin Krongold
Public Resources Inc./Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.
Staten Island, NY

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Derek Lane
The Cornerstone Initiative
Huntsville, AL
/ Wade Larson
South Dakota Urban Indian Health Inc.
Pierre, SD
/ Claudia Lennhoff
Champaigne County Health Care Consumers
Champaign, IL

Maria Leyva
Concilio Latino de Salud, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
/ Joyce Linnen
Medical University of South Carolina
Georgetown, SC
/ Irene Lisinski
Diversity in Action
Spring City, PA

Devon Love
Equal Start Community Coalition
Renton, WA
/ Roopa Mahadevan
Center for Health Care Strategies
Hamilton, NJ
/ Frankie Manning
Gov. Intragency on Hlth. Disparities
Bellevue, WA

Jamiese Martin
Franklin Field Franklin Hill Dor Healthy Boston
Dorchester, MA
/ Twila Martin Kekahbah
TMK Consulting
Belcourt, ND
/ Cecilia Martinez
Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy
Inver Grove Heights, MN

Richard Mathis
The Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies
Chattanooga, TN
/ Marcellus Mayaka
MKIDA
Hopkins, MN
/ Melva McGee
Meharry Medical College/HBCU Wellness Project
Nashville, TN

Sara McGregor-Okroi
Aliive-Roberts County
Sisseton, SD
/ Laura McKieran
Community Information Now
San Antonio, TX
/ Cynthia McOliver
US EPA
Washington, DC

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Fessahaye Mebrahtu
Pan-African Community Association
Milwaukee, WI
/ Cheryl Mercurio
Hunter Harbor
Lucerne Valley, CA
/ Susan Millea
Children's Optimal Health
Austin, TX

Carol Minor
American Cancer Society
Nashville, TN
/ Meenoo Mishra
ASTHO
Arlington, VA
/ La'Keidra Mitchell
Alliance Institute
New Orleans, LA

Sunshine Monastrial
ICHS
Seattle, WA
/ Thealeeta Monet
Old North State Medical Society
Raleigh, NC
/ Julie Monji
NCADD-OC Community Alliance Network
Irvine, CA

Carmen Moronez
St. Joseph Hospital
Orange, CA
/ Denise Morrow
BeeWise, LLC
Detroit, MI
/ Megan Morton
Community Food Advocates
Nashville, TN

Lawal Muideen Abiola
MGN Ltd
Baltimore, MD
/ Kalena Murphy
Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
Grand Rapids, MI
/ Brighton Ncube
Riverside - San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.
Beaumont, CA

Mary Nerney
Harlem Community & Academic Parnership
New York, NY
/ Sheila Nezhad
Rainbow Health Initiative
Minneapolis, MN
/ Alex Ngendakuriyo
Burundian Community Of Utah
West Valley City, UT

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Kim Nguyen
WithinReach
Seattle, WA
/ Karl Nichols
Saint Joseph County Minority Health Coalition
South Bend, IN
/ Chioma Nnaji
Multicultural AIDS Coalition
Boston, MA

Makeda Norris
Impetus - Let's Get Started
Minneapolis, MN
/ Aoibhinn Nyhan
George Washington University
Washington, DC
/ Ephraim Olani
SAYFSM
St. Paul, MN

Christina Olson
Office of Global Affairs HHS
Washington, DC
/ Efua Opoku
Health Leads
Baltimore, MD
/ Ruth Ovunwo
Healthcare Consortium of Illinois
Dolton, IL

Steven Owens
DHPE
Washington, DC
/ DEE OWENS
SAMHSA/CBHSQ
ROCKVILLE, MD
/ Devon Payne-Sturges
US EPA
Washington, DC

Vattana Peong
The Cambodian Family
Santa Ana, CA
/ Denise Perez
El Centro de la Raza
Seattle, WA
/ Richard Perry
Okla Health Equity Coalition
Tulsa, OK

Velisa Perry
Project Healthy Living
Detroit, MI
/ Kimberly Phillips
IOD
Durham, NH
/ Linda Plitt Donaldson
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Jeffrey Pope
MAACA, Inc./ Leon County MAPP health care disparites group
Tallahassee, FL
/ Gwendolyn Powell
Work-Able, Inc.
St. Thomas, VI
/ Othelia Pryor
Michigan Minority Health Coalition
East Lansing, MI

Lashale Pugh
Youngstown State University/YOMH
Youngstown, OH
/ April Putney
Futurewise
Seattle, WA
/ Michelle Quinteros de Czifra
Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS)
Arlington, VA

MYRON QUON
NAPAFASA
LOS ANGELES, CA
/ Blanca Ramirez-Salazar
Nebraska Department of Health & Human Serivces
Lincoln, NE
/ Athena Ramos
MOTAC
Omaha, NE

Modesta Rani
HOPE International for Community Development
San Antonio, TX
/ Nia Redmond
Project R.A.C.E.
Baltimore, MD
/ Linda Ridlehuber
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
Minneapolis, MN

Glenda Riley
Jefferson Comprehensive Care
Pine Bluff, AR
/ Caroline Rivas
Advancement Project
Los Angeles, CA
/ Samantha Rivera
Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Roy Rivera
El Centro de las Americas
Lincoln, NE
/ Shirley Roberts
Roberts Health Solutions
Dallas, TX
/ Ronniere Robinson
Div of Public Health Office of Minority Health
Dover, DC

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Melissa Robinson
Black Health Care Coalition
Kansas City, MO
/ Ramona Rubin
Youth Radio
Oakland, CA
/ Madalynn Rucker
ONTRACK Program Resources
Sacramento, CA

Kara Ryan
CommonHealth ACTION
Washington, DC
/ Faryal Said
Muslim American-Social Services Foundation
Sacramento, CA
/ Nancy Saiz
City of Madison
Madison, WI

Acacia Salatti
Health and Human Services-Center for Faith Based
Washington, DC
/ Manju Sankarappa
Ohio Asian American Health Coalition
Columbus, OH
/ Reinaldo Santiago
ASPIRA, Inc. of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

Alok Sarwal
CAHEP
Denver, CO
/ Gloria Schlorff
United Neighborhood Org.
East Chicago, IN
/ Arthur Schurr
Better Health for Busytown
Hood River, OR

Randal Serr
Utah Health Policy Project
Salt Lake City, UT
/ Linda Showers
The Rose Women's Care Service
Highland, NY
/ Navpreet Sidhu
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Seattle, WA

David Skinner
Project: R.A.C.E.
Baltimore, MD
/ Rebecca Sky
Foundation for Healthy Communities
Concord, NH
/ Alana Smith
Healthcare Consortium of Illinois
Dolton, IL

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Ernest Smith
Monument-McElderry-Fayette Revitalization Plan
Baltimore, MD
/ Christina Snow
Dare Family Services
East Hartford, CT
/ Yasin Southall
Neighborhood Housing Services, Freret Neighborhood Center
New Orleans, LA

Glenda Spears
Alliance Institute
New Orleans, LA
/ Margaret Stovall
Oregon Child Development Coalition
The Dalles, OR
/ Dorna Stover
Recovery Network of Programs
Shelton, CT

Dd Swan
Somali Culture and Development Association
Portland, ME
/ Otolose Tavake-Pasi
National Tongan American Society
Salt Lake City, UT
/ Romona Taylor Williams
Metro St. Louis Coalition for Inclusion and Equity, M-SLICE
St. Louis, MO

Kathi Thomas-Gibson
City of North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas, NV
/ Lori Thompson
Advancement Project
Los Angeles, CA
/ Becca Timmermans
School of Social Work at U of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

NaKaisha Tolbert-Banks
Mental Health America of Greater Indpls.
Indianapolis, IN
/ Veronica Udeogalanya
CUNY-Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, NY
/ Joseph Vaivao
Samoan National Nurses Association
Long Beach, CA

Dorothy Vaivao
Samoan National Nurses Association
Long Beach, CA
/ Naomi Volavola
TOFA, Inc of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
/ Thea Walker
MDM Institute for Community Research-Dallas
Cedar Hill, TX

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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Christine Wanifuchi
Asian Pacific Development Center
Aurora, CO
/ Linda Wardlaw
San Francisco Women's Cancer Network
Berkeley, CA
/ Dawnett Watson
An Ounce of Prevention
Brooklyn, NY

Clarissa Webber
Houlton Band of Maliseets/Wabanki Public Health District
Houlton, ME
/ Margaret Weber
Zero Waste Detroit
Detroit, MI
/ Arnold Wendroff
Mercury Poisoning Project
Brooklyn, NY

Dominique Williams
LISC Chicago
Chicago, IL
/ Claire Wolff
Old North St. Louis Restoration Group
St. Louis, MO
/ Asia Wood
House of Hope Medical Center
Glen Burnie, MD

Emily Woodle
City of Knoxville, Community Development Dept.
Knoxville, TN
/ Glenda Wright
NJAPSHR, Inc.
Newark, NJ
/ Mysha Wynn
Project Momentum, Inc.
Rocky Mount, NC

Lauren Young
Alaska Center for Public Policy
Anchorage, AK
/ Loretta Young
Minority Health Advocacy Group, Inc.
Charleston, WV
/ Judy Young
Vietnamese Youth Development Center
San Francisco, CA

Barbara Zappia
Greater Rochester Health Foundation
Rochester, NY
/ Anthony Zhang
Nebraska Department ofHealth & Human Services
Lincoln, NE

Knowledge For Equity Conference, Silver Spring, MD November 13th and 14th, 2012

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