Meet The Team

Meet our diverse, highly experienced, and well-respected group of population & public health leaders (many of whom have run public health or large clinical departments).

With over 50 combined years of serving historically marginalized populations and underserved communities.

WEA – Health Equity In Action

TEAM

    • Abinash Achrekar, MD, MPH

    • Harrison Lobdell, MD, MPH, FAAEM

    • Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA

    • Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA

    • Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD

    • Maureen Lichtveld, MD

    • Benjamin Young, MD

    • George Rutherford, MD

    • Marsha Zimmerman, M.Ed.

    • Abinash Achrekar, MD, MPH

    • Marsha Zimmerman, M.Ed., Director of Strategic Initiatives

    • Amie Bond, Grant Writer

    • Will Randall, MPH, Manager of Strategic Initiatives

    • Diana Sandoval, Credentialing

    • Nancy Anwar Evans, National Director of Operations

    • Jovanka Ciares, Regional Director of Operations, Southern California

    • Shalini Shanker, Interim Operations Manager

    • Lisa Ramirez - Field Team Lead, CHW Lead, Coachella Valley

    • Jennifer Art - Deputy Field Team Lead, CHW Lead, Coachella Valley

    • Mark McGrath - Field Team Lead, CHW Lead, South LA

    • Ngo Imbu, People and Culture

    • Richard Chamberlain, Director of CHW Task Force

    • Mark McGrath, CHW Lead, Southern California

    • Daniel Young, Lead Community Health Outreach Worker, Riverside County

    • Gerson Perdomo , CHW Lead, South LA

    • Jessica Jiminez, National Director of Nursing

    • Zyra Raguro, Nurse Manager, Riverside County

    • Abi Baydoun, Senior Community Pharmacist

    • Seth Gomez, Senior Pharmacist, Street Medicine

    • Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA, Chief Medical Officer

    • Manda Robinson, Behavioral Health Street Medicine)

    • MJ Ordenana

    • Jesse Alvarez

    • Daniel Gillespie

    • Carlos Banuelos, Primary Care Street Medicine

    • Ludwing Salamanca, MD, PhD, Chief Behavioral Health Officer

    • Zyra Raguro, RN manager, Coachella Valley Street Medicine Team and RN Case Manager, Behavioral Health

    • Manda Robinson, Mental Health Provider

    • Trish Singh, Director of Behavioral Health

    • Vanessa de la Cruz, Senior Substance Use Disorder Advisor

    • Wendy Bernstein, Senior Community Psychiatrist

    • Jessie Alvarez, Psychiatric Medical Provider

    • Mark Deka, Senior Data Scientist

    • Arthi Rao, Senior Data Scientist

    • Antonella Sturniolo, Internship Coordinator

    • Laura Shepherd, Lead intern

    • Kimia Ghasemian, Co-lead intern

    • Antonella Sturniolo, Project Manager).

    • Aaron Mabry, MBA, Marketing and Communications Manager

    • Christina Madison, Senior Lecturer

    • Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA, Principal Investigator

    • David Goodman, Jr, MD, Implementation Science Lead

    • Maureen Lichtveld

    • Benjamin Young

    • Research Advisors

      • George Rutherford, Research Advisors

      • Howard Hu, Research Advisors

    • Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA, Lead

    • Jess Ghannam, Mental Health Advisor, UCSF

    • Wendy Bernstein, Lead Psychiatrist

    • Dr. Marx, Lead Physician, Democratic Republic of Congo

    • Dr. Achille, Lead Psychiatrist, Democratic Republic of Congo

    • Neema, Lead CHW, Democratic Republic of Congo