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 | |
Ankur Arya | Lyte, ED | ankur.arya@lytescholars.org |
William “Bill” Chasanov | Beebe Health, Chief Health Systems Design Officer | wchasanov@beebehealthcare.org |
Katie Coombes | Christiana Care | katie.w.coombes@christianacare.org |
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 |
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 |
Jennifer Fuqua | ED, La Esperanza | jfuqua@laesperanza.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 |
Alfonso Jones | Community Engagement Trooper, State Police | alfonson.jones@delaware.gov |
Lynn Jones | DMA, Delaware Public Health Association | lynncjones77@gmail.com |
Stephen Metraux | UD Biden School | metraux@udel.edu |
Mary Mitsdarffer | UD Biden School | MMits@udel.edu |
Leann Moore | UD CEI | lmoore@udel.edu |
Jennifer Nacarreli | UD Department of Women & Gender Studies | jnacc@udel.edu |
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 of External Relations and Strategic Partnerships Division of Developmental Disabilities Services | jody.roberts@delaware.org |
Jessica Ryann, CCTP, CAADC, CMHS, LPC, LPCMH | Deputy Chief of Social Determinants, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) | jessica.ryan@delaware.gov |
Marlene Saunders | NASW, DSU, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Alpha Alpha Mu Omega Chapter | marlenesaunders145@gmail.com |
Meisje Scales | UD Department of Sociology | mjscales@udel.edu |
Karen Speakman | Neighborgood Partners ED | kspeakman@neighborgoodpartners.org |
August Stover | Lyte | august.stover@lytescholars.org |
Bill Swiatek | Wilmington Area Planning Council | bswiatek@wilmapco.org |
Michael L. Vaughan, Ph.D. | Vice Provost for Equity, Office of the University 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 |
Megan Werner | West Side Health | Megan.Werner@Westsidehealth.org |
Megan Williams | Delaware Healthcare Association | megan@deha.org |
UD Partnership for Health Communities
Tower at STAR, University of Delaware
100 Discovery Blvd
Newark, DE 19713
Suite 614
Email: phc-info@udel.edu