About Us

Our People

Senior Leadership

Guided by our Board of Directors (with a variety of backgrounds in medicine, business, law, insurance, etc.), Chief Executive Officer Stephanie D. Willding, MPA, and the support of the management team, CommunityHealth continues to reach new milestones.

Megan Doerr

Vice President of Strategy & Operations

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Emily Hendel

Director of Clinical Services

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Leisa Mosley

Director of Finance and Administration

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Paola Seguil, MS, RD, LDN

Director of Operations

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Laura Ciresi Starr

Director of External Affairs

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Babs Waldman, MD

Volunteer Medical Director

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Stephanie D. Willding, MPA

Chief Executive Officer

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Management Team

Daniela Acacio

Health Education and Outreach Manager

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Gloria Alvarez

Senior Manager of Clinic Operations and Lab Services

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Miriam Barger

Care Coordination Manager

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Elsa Bishop

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations

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Vickie Chester

Patient Services Manager

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Meghan Gauthier, MPH

Business Analytics Manager

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Lauren Murdock

Director of Pharmacy Operations

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Alice Woo

Funder and Donor Relations Manager

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Lis Silva

Office Manager

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Ava Zeligson

Senior Manager of Business Development

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Board of Directors

Officers

Keith Graff, President
ECG Management Consultants

Mark Schumacher, Vice President
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Rebekah Kohmescher, Treasurer
Altair Advisers LLC

Joseph M. Harrington, Secretary
The Mojo Group Ltd.

Babs Waldman, MD, Medical Director
CommunityHealth

John Koenigsknecht, Esq., Ex Officio
Crowell & Moring

Joseph J. Hennessy, MD FACP, Associate Medical Director*
Rush University Medical Center

*non-voting member

Members

Juana Ballesteros, RN MPH
American Medical Association

Larry D. Briski
West Monroe Partners

Daniel Camardo
Athersys, Inc.

Shannon Cermak
Loyola Medicine

Tina Asmuth Chatalas
CC Consulting

Cristal Gary
Meridian Health Plan of Illinois

Mary Bianchi Harrington, APN
CommunityHealth

Cheryl Lulias
Medical Home Network

Michelle Mesina, SPHR
Atlas

H. Scott Sarran, MD
MoreCare

Sally Benjamin Young
Public Affairs Executive

Associate Board

Ruchi Aggarwal
Accenture

Elise August
Feeding America

Rachelle Bennett
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Antoine Curtis
University of Chicago Medicine

Brad Hunter
KPMG

Alex Herzog, MHA
Northwestern Medicine

Maddie Issleib, Secretary
West Monroe Partners

Alejandra Iturbe
Michael Reese Health Trust

Joan Lee
Northwestern Medicine

Fariah Majid
Novo Surgical

Lela Manning, President
OneCause

Vamsi Marla
ECG Management Consultants

Riley Melton
Master of Public Policy Candidate — Harris School of Public Policy

Jocelyn Meraz
Northwestern Medicine

Meghan Phillipp
Health Care Council of Chicago

Michelle Rivas, Vice President
Horizon

Laura Robbins
Advocatia Solutions

Sam Rodeghiero
FactSet

Kelly Scherer, OD
The Chicago Lighthouse

Megan Shanahan
HIMSS

Kevin Thakkar
Americans Against Language Barriers

Anitta Thomas
Medline Industries, Inc.

Izabela Tyszka
Horizon

Lindsey Wixom
Compass Health Center

Alumni Board

William Berenson

Stanley Borg, MD

David Cousins

Fran Dean

Natalie Allman Dumstorff

Michael Dunlap, DDS

Sandra F. Durley, PharmD

Jim Durkin

Carolyn Ferry

Hon. Manuel Flores

Jill Foucre

Valery Gallagher

Melissa Ginter

Milton Goodman

Robert Jordan

Kathryn Kniola

Scott Leisher

Michael J. Main

Brad Mantell

Robert Mendonsa

Karen Nichols, DO

Joseph B. O’Malley

Cathy Peterson

David J. Rice, Esq.

Michael Roberts, Esq.

Maria Saldana, Esq.

Richard Sewell

Roberta Shapiro

Mark Shields, MD

Patrick Spain

Mary Pat Studdert

Rosa Subero, MD

Tom Suffredin

Prentiss Taylor, MD

Greg Tipsword

Judith Widen

Sarah Wilcox

Christina Winans