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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

Megan Doerr

Vice President of Strategy & Operations

Emily Hendel

Emily Hendel

Director of Clinical Services

Leisa Mosley

Leisa Mosley

Director of Finance and Administration

Paola Seguil, MS, RD, LDN

Paola Seguil, MS, RD, LDN

Director of Operations

Laura Ciresi Starr

Laura Ciresi Starr

Director of External Affairs

Babs Waldman, MD

Babs Waldman, MD

Volunteer Medical Director

Stephanie D. Willding, MPA

Stephanie D. Willding, MPA

Chief Executive Officer

Management Team

Daniela Acacio

Daniela Acacio

Health Education and Outreach Manager

Gloria Alvarez

Gloria Alvarez

Senior Manager of Clinic Operations and Lab Services

Miriam Barger

Miriam Barger

Care Coordination Manager

Elsa Bishop

Elsa Bishop

Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations

Vickie Chester

Vickie Chester

Patient Access Manager

Meghan Gauthier, MPH

Meghan Gauthier, MPH

Business Analytics Manager

Lauren Murdock

Lauren Murdock

Director of Pharmacy Operations

Lis Silva

Lis Silva

Office Manager

Ava Zeligson

Ava Zeligson

Senior Manager of Business Development

Katie O'Connor

Katie O'Connor

Volunteer Services Manager

Alice Woo

Alice Woo

Funder and Donor Relations Manager

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

Ben Baenen
West Monroe

Juana Ballesteros, RN MPH
American Medical Association

Kimberly Brown
Microsoft

Holly Buckley
McGuire Woods LLP

Daniel Camardo
Athersys, Inc.
Tina Asmuth Chatalas
CC Consulting

Chris Cleves
Quest Diagnostics

Husain Esmail
Advocate Health

Cristal Gary
Meridian Health Plan of Illinois
Mary Bianchi Harrington, APN
CommunityHealth
Cheryl Lulias
Medical Home Network
Michelle Mesina, SPHR
Atlas

Molly Poarch
Lundbeck

H. Scott Sarran, MD
Harmonic Health; MedPAC Commissioner

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
Master of Public Policy Candidate — Harris School of Public Policy

Ruchi Aggarwal
Accenture
Elise August
Feeding America
Rachelle Bennett
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Brad Hunter
KPMG

Alex Herzog, MHA
Northwestern Medicine

Maddie Issleib
West Monroe Partners

Alejandra Iturbe
Michael Reese Health Trust
Joan Lee
Northwestern Medicine
Fariah Majid
Novo Surgical

Lela Manning
OneCause

Vamsi Marla
ECG Management Consultants

Jocelyn Meraz
Northwestern Medicine

Michelle Rivas
Horizon

Laura Robbins
Advocatia Solutions
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