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: Intervention Specialist Harlem Community Partner Abena Smith is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center Institute for...

Minister Andre Coleman

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Macedonia Baptist Church Minister Andre Coleman is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's...

Annette Barnett

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Home Church: Springfield United Methodist Church Sister Annette Barnett is a certified Community Health Worker through...

Elder Barbara Thompson

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Home Church: Presbyterian Church of St. Albans Elder Barbara Thompson is a certified Community Health Worker...

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...

Consuelo Senior
LCSW

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Christian Cultural Center Consuelo Senior is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

Daisy Ellis

Position: Community Health Worker Home Church: Convent Avenue Baptist Church Daisy Ellis is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia...

Deborah Middleton

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Home Church: Christian Cultural Center Sister Deborah Middleton is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia...

Diana Morales
MSW

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Christian Cultural Center Diana Morales is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

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

Fanta Fortune

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Bethany Baptist Church Fanta Fortune is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

Felicia Savage

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Brooklyn Tabernacle Felicia Savage is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center for...

Elder Geri Taylor-Brown

Position: Clinical Assessor Home Church: Presbyterian Church of St. Albans Elder Geri Taylor-Brown is a certified Community Health Worker through...

Glenn McMillan

Position: CHW Champion, Safety Assessor Church Home: Crenshaw Cristian Center Glenn McMillan is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia...

Janice David

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

Justin Nelson

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Home Church: Bethany Baptist Church Justin is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

Rev. LaVonne Erskine

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

Kayla Diggs

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Kayla joined the TRIUMPH Team as a FORWARD Community APEx Fellow from Columbia University's Mailman School...

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

Marie Gelin

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Mount Vernon Seventh Day Adventist Church Sister Marie Gelin is a certified Community Health Worker...

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 Paula Stevenson is a certified Community Health...

Rhonda Joseph

Position: Clinical Assessor Rhonda joined the TRIUMPH Team for her fieldwork experience from SUNY Downstate School of Public Health. She...

Rhonie Lester

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Presbyterian Church of St. Albans Rhonie Lester is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia...

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

Selena Bernard

Position: Clinical Assessor Home Church: Christian Cultural Center Selena Bernard is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

Terri Parker

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

Minister Terry Washington

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Bethany Baptist Church Minister Washington is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia University's Center...

Tony Taylor

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

Deacon Veronica Marshall

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

Verdell Rhodes

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

Walter Gist

Position: Intervention Specialist Home Church: Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church Walter Gist is a certified Community Health Worker through Columbia...

Yvonne Wedderburn-Benjamin

Position: Community Engagement Coordinator Home Church: Mount Vernon Seventh Day Adventist Church Yvonne Wedderburn-Benjamin is a certified Community Health Worker...

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