Formerly known as Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force
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Board Members

Paris Thomas, MS | MCHES | PhD

Chief Executive Officer

Equal Hope

Rene Alphonse

Vice President of Sales

SAP North America One Cloud

Leslie Anderson-Rutland

Global Head of One Client Wealth Management.

BMO

David Ansell, MD | MPH

Emeritus President
Senior Vice President, Community Health Equity
Associate Provost, Clinical Affairs

Rush University Medical Center

Judith S. Deutsch

Community Philanthropist

Summer Dewdney, MD

Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical Center
Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Rush University Medical Center

Rush University Medical Center

Luisa Echevarria

Retired

Univision Communications, Inc.

Lakshmi Emory, MD | MPH

Chief Medical Officer

Aetna Better Health

Pastor Steve Epting, Sr

Pastor

Hope Community Church, Chicago

Jennifer “Jennie” Filicky Hull

(Secretary) Interim Chief Executive Officer

            Nourishing Hope

Richard A. Goldberg

Treasurer | Retired Owner

            Fastsigns – Morton Grove

Rick Jasculca, Chairman

Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications

Robin L. Jones, MD

Rush University Medical Center Department: Care Managemen

Rush University Medical Center

Eileen Knightly, MHA | BSN

Emeritus Vice-President Vice President, Patient Care Services Chief Nursing Officer

Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care Centers

Nita Karnik Lee, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology

University of Chicago

Teresita Macarol,
RT(R) (M) (QM) | CN-BI | FNCBC

Program Manager
PenRad Clinical Team Leader

Advocate Health Care System Breast Imaging

Yamile Molina, PhD

Associate Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health
‎‎Faculty Affiliate, University of Illinois Chicago Center for Research on Women and Gender
Associate Director for Community Outreach Engagement and Health Equity, University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago

Mary Richardson-Lowry, JD

(Governance Chair)

City of Chicago Corporation Counsel

Patricia Robinson, MD | President

Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine Associate Associate Director Lurie Cancer Center
Committees: Governance Committee, Equal Care Steering Committee, Treatment Advisory Boar

Northwestern Medicine

Shari E. Runner, CEO

Strategic Business, Policy and Financial Planning Professional, Cross Industry Expertise

The Humanity Institute

Equal Care

Cervical Cancer Committee

Chair

Nita Lee, MD

University of Chicago

Chair

Summer Dewdney, MD

Rush University Medical Center

Staff Lead

Sarah Lomahan, MPH

Equal Hope

Member

Lynne Clapman

Erie Family Health Center

Member

Iris Kuo

Rush University Medical Center

Member

Andrea Loberg, MD

Friend Health Center

Member

Cheska Zoleta

University of Chicago

Member

Hunter Holt, MD

University of Illinois Chicago

Member

Wilberto Nieves-Neira, MD

John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Member

Tilley Jenkins Vogel

University of Chicago

Member

Yasmin Hassan

University of Chicago

Equal Care

Breast Cancer Treatment & Mammography Quality

Chair

Patricia Robinson, MD

Northwestern Medicine

Staff Lead

Sarah Lomahan, MPH

Equal Hope

Member

Teresita Macarol
RT(R) (M) (QM) | CN-BI | FNCBC

Advocate Health System Breast Imaging

Member

Kirti Kulkarni, MD

University of Chicago

Member

Leslie Carnahan, PhD

University of Illinois Chicago

Member

Brooke Hazan

Advocate Health

Member

Eileen Knightly, MHA | BSN

OSF Little Company Of Mary

Member

Claudia Tellez , MD‎

Northwestern Medicine

Member

Lakshmi Emory, MD | MPH

Aetna Better Health

Equal Voice

Policy & Advocacy Committee

Staff Lead

Jiana Calixto

Member

Yamilé Molina, PhD

Member

Jennie Hull

Member

Tonya Roberson, PhD

Member

Renee Dickerson

Member

Halle Betts

Member

Brenda Higgins

Member

Tiffany Tu

Member

Tiffany Thompson

Member

Brittany Taylor

Associates Board

Chair

Mckenzie Simmons, MD

Staff Lead

Daniel Munoz

Member

Avianna Aguilar

Member

Nazma Ali

Member

Keila Barney-Colbert

Member

Tiffany Brown, PharmD

Member

Diana Camarillo

Member

Mariah Cherem

Member

Sara Chitlik

Member

Stephanie Clayton

Member

Sherese Dawkins

Member

Mary Dyrland

Member

Anna Forte

Member

Julius Givens

Member

Flora Ho

Member

Brad Hunter

Member

Joelle Jackson

Member

Veronica Johnson, MD

Member

Monet Jones

Member

Mariam Khawaja

Member

Reena Kijowski

Member

Clare Morgenstern

Member

Georgina Menyah

Member

Becca LaRue

Member

Cynthia Panganiban

Member

Marquita Reese

Member

Dreya Saunders

Member

Katie Solarz

Member

Sonequa Strong

Member

Tiffany Thompson

Member

Brittany Taylor

Member

Aiisya Williamson

Equal Access

Community Health Committee

Staff Lead

Jiana Calixto, MPH

Member

Dana Wint

Member

Paris Thomas

Member

Nita Lee, MD

Member

Leilani Lacson

Member

Qiana Gillespie

Member

Karen Hall

Member

Mariah Cherem

Member

Mary C. Dyrland

Member

Sara Chitlik

Member

Erika Rodriguez

Member

Gina Menyah

Member

Cynthia Panganiban

Member

Reena Kijowski

Member

Tiffany Brown, PharmD

Member

Aiisya Williamson

Member

Stephanie Clayton

Member

Joelle Jackson

Member

Kristal Aceves

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