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
(Founding Board Member)
Emeritus President
Senior Vice President, Community Health Equity
Associate Provost, Clinical Affairs
Rush University Medical Center
Summer Dewdney, MD
Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical Center
Director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center
Dana Earles, MBA
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Financial Health Network
Lakshmi Emory, MD | MPH
Regional VP of Health Services/
Chief Medical Officer
Humana, Illinois Medicaid &
FIDE-SNP
Jennifer “Jennie” Filicky Hull
(Secretary) Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Hunger
Lisa Forbes
General Counsel
Builders Vision
Nita Karnik Lee, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Associate Director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Outreach and Engagement
UChicago Medicine
Eileen Knightly, MHA, BSN
(Founding Board Member)
Vice President Patient Care Services / Chief Nursing Officer
Little Company of Mary Hospital & Health Care Centers
Teresita Macarol,
RT(R) (M) (QM) | CN-BI | FNCBC
(Founding Board Member)
Program Manager
PenRad Clinical Team Leader
Advocate Health Care System Breast Imaging
Yamile Molina, MS, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Associate Director, Community Engaged Research, Mile Square Health Center
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Research on Women and Gender
University of Illinois Chicago
Shruti Nathan, M.Arch, MBA, Certified Chief of Staff ®
Group Vice President Strategic Operations & Chief of Staff, IL Division
Advocate Health Care
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 Board
Northwestern Medicine
Abigail Silva, PhD, MPH
Associate Director,
Community Outreach and Engagement
University of Illinois Cancer Center
Giel Stein
Equity Partner – Litigation
Clark Hill PLC
Shaan K. Trotter
Health Equity Officer
Aetna Better Health of Illinois
Karriem S. Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH
President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
UI Health Mile Square Health Center