MEET OUR TEAM

Project Leaders

Sidney Hankerson
MD, MBA

Sidney Hankerson is passionate about helping you become your “best self.” He is currently Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at...

Olajide Williams
MD, MS

Dr. Olajide Williams is a tenured Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean of Community Research and Engagement at Columbia University....

Team Members

Abena Smith

Position: Community Health Worker Home Church: Not Affiliated Harlem Community Partner

Bernadine Waller
PhD, LMHC

Dr. Bernadine Waller is an award-winning National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 Research Fellow at Columbia University Irving Medical...

Catherine Squirewell
MPH

Position: Program Manager Catherine Squirewell, MPH is a Program Manager for the Icahn School of Medicine’s Institute of Health Equity...

Daisy Ellis

Position: Community Health Worker Home Church: Convent Avenue Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort #2

Deacon Veronica Marshall

Position: Clinical Research Coordinator My name is Veronica Marshall. I am detail oriented, inquisitive and I am open to feedback....

Doris Conner

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Convent Avenue Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort 3 Graduate

Edwina Osborne

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Convent Avenue Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort 4 Graduate

Glenn McMillan

Position: CHW Champion, Community Health Worker, Safety Assessor Church Home: Crenshaw Cristian Center InTOuCH Cohort Graduate

Janice David

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home:  Salem United Methodist Church

Lorraine Taylor Bogle

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Victory Seventh Day Adventist Church InTOuCH Cohort #5 Graduate

Marcia Gillespie

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Bethel Seventh Day Adventist Church Health Ministries Department Leader InTOuCH Cohort 11 Graduate

Mavis Flowers
MPH, MSc

Position: Project Manager Mavis Flowers, MPH, MSc, is a Project Manager at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and President of...

Michelle Franklin

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: New Mount Zion Baptist Church, Deacon InTOuCH Cohort 11 Graduate

Nathania Ornis
MPH

Position: Project Coordinator Nathania has a seven-year public health career promoting the health of populations impacted by chronic disease, mental...

Neal Sutton

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Greater Refuge Temple Church InTouCH Cohort Graduate, Insurance Navigator

Paula Stevenson

Position: Community Health Worker, Safety Assessor Church Home: New Mt. Zion Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort #11 Graduate

Rev. LaVonne Erskine

Position: Community Health Worker Home Church: New Jerusalem Worship Center InTOuCH Cohort 11 Graduate

Rev. Rudi Gathright

*In Memoriam* Position: Community Health Worker Home Church:  Canaan Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort #8 Graduate

Ruth Ellerbe

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: New Jerusalem Worship Center InTOuCH Cohort Graduate

Terri Parker

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: St Charles Borromeo Church InTOuCH Cohort #9 Graduate

Tony Taylor

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Convent Avenue Baptist Church InTOuCH Cohort #1 Graduate

Verdell Rhodes

*In Memoriam* Church Home: St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church InTOuCH Cohort #1 Graduate

Naomi Legros
MPH

Naomi Legros is a graduate from the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy with an MPH concentrating in...

Deacon Calvin Martin

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Convent Avenue Baptist Church, Deacon InTOuCH Cohort #1 Graduate

Phyllis Johnson

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home:  New Jerusalem Worship Center InTOuCH Cohort Graduate

Deacon Mary Redd

Position: Community Health Worker Church Home: Convent Avenue Baptist Church, Deacon InTOuCH Cohort #1 Graduate

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