STEERING COMMITTEE
The UD Partnership for Healthy Communities is guided by a Steering Committee with leadership and membership from both the community and the university. Steering Committee members provide input on overarching goals.
| Name | Organization | |
| Gwendoline B. Angalet, Ph.D. | Owner and CEO, GBA Consulting/ Community Health Advocacy Mobilization Group | gangalet@comcast.net |
| Debra Berke, Ph.D. | Wilmington University – Director, Psychology/Organizational Dynamics Programs | debra.l.berke@wilmu.edu |
| William “Bill” Chasanov | Beebe Health, Chief Health Systems Design Officer | wchasanov@beebehealthcare.org |
| Katie Coombes | ChristianaCare | katie.w.coombes@christianacare.org |
| Julissa Coriano | Executive Director, Orgullo Delaware and the Sexuality and Gender Collective of Delaware | orgullodelaware@gmail.com |
| Gina Crist, MS, CHES | Community Health Specialist, UD Cooperative Extension, Department of Behavioral Health and Nutrition | gcrist@udel.edu |
| Keda Dorisca | Haitian Coalition of Delaware | kdorisca@haitiancoalitionofdelaware.org |
| Dr. Stephen Eppes | President of the Delaware Academy of Medicine/ Delaware Public Health Association | seppes@christianacare.org |
| Elizabeth Farley-Ripple | UD Partnership for Public Education | enfr@udel.edu |
| Christina Farmer | DHSS | christina.farmer@delaware.gov |
| Stacy Ferguson | Project Manager, The Healthy Village at Saint Francis | stacy.ferguson@mercyhealth.org |
| Lauren Footman | Executive Director, End Community Violence Now | lauren@ecvndelaware.org |
| Amy Gootee-Ash | Del State Public Health Program Coordinator | aash@desu.edu |
| Carrie Hart | BayHealth, Community Relations Partnership Manager in Marketing | Carrie_hart@bayhealth.org |
| Angela Hattery | Co-Director, Center for Study & Prevention of GBV University of Delaware | hatterya@udel.edu |
| Cpl./1 Mark Malloy | Delaware State Police | mark.malloy@delaware.gov |
| Stephen Metraux | UD Biden School | metraux@udel.edu |
| Leann Moore | UD CEI | lmoore@udel.edu |
| Jennifer Nacarreli | UD Department of Women & Gender Studies | jnacc@udel.edu |
| Jen Parsons | Sussex County Health Coalition | jparsons@pmgconsulting.net |
| Karen Records | Chief of Social Determinants, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) | karen.records@delaware.gov |
| Erin Ridout, MSW, MPH | Program Manager, Christiana Care Health Equity – Women’s Health | erin.ridout@christianacare.org |
| Jody Roberts | Director, Division of Developmental Disabilities Services | jody.roberts@delaware.gov |
| Jessica Ryan, CCTP, CAADC, CMHS, LPC, LPCMH | Deputy Chief of Social Determinants, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) | jessica.ryan@delaware.gov |
| Erica Singleton, MPH, CHES | Nemours Children’s Health | erica.singleton@nemours.org |
| Karen Speakman | Neighborgood Partners ED | kspeakman@neighborgoodpartners.org |
| Bill Swiatek | Wilmington Area Planning Council | bswiatek@wilmapco.org |
| Ronaldo Tello, Ph.D. | Clinical Director, Hispanic American Association of Delaware | ronaldo@hispanicde.org |
| Michael L. Vaughan, Ph.D. | Chief Community Engagement Officer, Office of the Provost | vaughan@udel.edu |
| Christine Visher | UD Department of Sociology | visher@udel.edu |
| Dan Watson | UD Deputy AD Sports Performance & Campus Rec | dwatson@udel.edu |
UD Partnership for Health Communities
Tower at STAR, University of Delaware
100 Discovery Blvd
Newark, DE 19713
Suite 614
Email: phc-info@udel.edu