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 (she/her)

Vice President of Strategy & Operations

773.969.5917 • email

Emily Hendel (she/her)

Director of Clinical Services

773.969.5941 • email

Leisa Mosley

Director of Finance and Administration

773.969.5911 • email

Paola Seguil, MS, RD, LDN (she/her/ella)

Director of Operations

773.969.5955 • email

Laura Ciresi Starr (she/her)

Director of External Affairs

773.969.5918 • email

Stephanie D. Willding, MPA (she/her/ella)

Chief Executive Officer

773.969.5920 • email

Management Team

Daniela Acacio (she/her/ella)

Health Education and Outreach Manager

773.969.5919 • email

Gloria Alvarez

Senior Manager of Clinic Operations and Lab Services

773.969.5954 • email

Miriam Barger

Care Coordination Manager

773.969.5933 • email

Elsa Bishop

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations

773.969.5937 • email

Vickie Chester

Patient Access Manager

773.969.5921 • email

Meghan Gauthier, MPH (she/her)

Business Analytics Manager

773.269.6892 • email

Lauren Murdock

Director of Pharmacy Operations

773.969.5937 • email

Lis Silva

Office Manager

773.969.5930 • email

Ava Zeligson (they/them)

Senior Manager of Business Development

773.969.5923 • email

Katie O'Connor (she/her)

Volunteer Services Manager

773.969.5956 • email

Alice Woo (they/any)

Funder and Donor Relations Manager

773.969.5942 • email

Board of Directors

Officers

Keith Graff, President

Mark Schumacher, Vice President
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Rebekah Kohmescher, Treasurer
Altair Advisers LLC

Joseph M. Harrington, Secretary
The Mojo Group Ltd.

John Koenigsknecht, Esq., Ex Officio
Crowell & Moring

Mary Bianchi Harrington, APN, Interim Co-Medical Director
CommunityHealth

Joseph J. Hennessy, MD FACP, Interim Co-Medical Director*
Rush University Medical Center

*non-voting member

Members

Ben Baenen
West Monroe

Juana Ballesteros, RN MPH

Kimberly Brown
Microsoft

Holly Buckley
McGuire Woods LLP

Tina Asmuth Chatalas
CC Consulting

Chris Cleves
Quest Diagnostics

Husain Esmail
Advocate Health

Cristal Gary
Meridian Health Plan of Illinois

Matthew Klein
PwC

Michelle Mesina, SPHR
Inspira Financial

Molly Poarch
Lundbeck

H. Scott Sarran, MD
Harmonic Health; MedPAC Commissioner

Babs Waldman, MD, Medical Director
CommunityHealth

Sally Benjamin Young
Public Affairs Executive

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.

Jill Schield

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

Associate Board

Meghan Phillipp, President
Health Care Council of Chicago

Antoine Curtis, Vice President
University of Chicago Medicine

Riley Melton, Secretary
FUND Consulting

Ruchi Aggarwal
Accenture

Julie Grutzmacher
Prevent Blindness

Maddie Issleib
West Monroe Partners

Joan Lee
Northwestern Medicine

Ethan Maddy
Humana

Fariah Majid
Novo Surgical

Lela Manning
OneCause

Vamsi Marla
Chartis

Jocelyn Meraz
Northwestern Medicine

Angel Moore

Michelle Rivas Notestine
Amgen

Laura Robbins
Advocatia Solutions

Kelly Scherer, OD
The Chicago Lighthouse

Izabela Taylor
Amgen

Kevin Thakkar
Americans Against Language Barriers