Staff + Governance
Executive Team
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Informatics Officer
Margaret S. Castrovillari, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Research Officer and Director of Evidence Based Practice
Chief Clinical Officer
Warria Esmond, MD
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Research Manager
Tina Aggarwal, MS, BSN, RN
Clinical Informaticist
Alex Alstork
Application Analyst II
HIT Operations Manager
Director of Applications
Andrea Chavarria
Community Health Worker/Health Coach
Jessica T. Claudio, MBA
Assistant Director of Research
Chris Cole
Systems Analyst
Abbey Ekong, MA
Research Coordinator
HIT-PRO-T
Health Information Technology Analyst
Azalia Garcia
Community Health Worker/Health Coach
Titanila (Titi) Halajova, JD
Finance/HR Legal Clerk
Solutions Architect
HR/Business Operations Manager
Practice Transformation Coach
Ryan Jaeger
Senior SQL Data Analyst and Data Warehouse Product Manager
Arjit Jain, MSMIS
Data Analyst
Ewa Kwasnik
Facilities Assistant
Practice Transformation Coach
Jenya Lazarova
Executive Assistant
Courtney Leonard, MPH, MHA
HIT Coordinator
Application Analyst II
Lisa Masinter, MD, MPH, MS
Director of Research
Health Informatics Specialist
Senior Director of HIT Operations
Erick Michalski
Director of IT Infrastructure
Jennifer Morrison, APRN, MPH
Clinical Research Scientist
Director of Practice Transformation
Administrative Coordinator
Research Manager
Nicole Padula, MPH
Informatics Project Manager
Jeff Panzer, MD, MS
Director of Innovation
Shannon Pohl, MS, BSN, RN
Director of Informatics
Rhein Punzalan
Software Engineer
Ulises Reyes
Data Engineer
Technical Support Specialist
Maria Ruiz
Community Health Worker/Health Coach
HIT Implementation Specialist
Accounting Manager
Ragini Sarma Baxi, MHA
Director of Strategic Operations
Bridget Schafer
HIT Practice Coordinator
Eduardo “JR” Segovia
Manager, Data Warehouse Business Analyst
Jodi Simon, DrPH, MS
Research Scientist
Shelly Sital, MPH
Program Director, Testing & Surveillance
Senior Director of Information Technology
Corporate Communications & CRM Manager
Clinical Systems Analyst
Kai Tao, ND, APN, MPH
Director, Juno4Me (Founder)
Katie Thiede
Executive Director, Illinois Contraceptive Access Now
Angela Tobin
Project Manager, Practice Transformation
Angela Townsend
Youth Program Manager, Juno4Me
Carmela Tyler, MBA
Senior Accountant
Connie Tzeng
Grants Manager
Anna Liza Ulangca
Accounting Clerk
Sr. Angela Umenze, MBA
Grants Accountant
Clinical Research Manager
Katy Walsh, MA
Director of Grants Management and Development
Andrea Wilson, MS
Innovation Strategist
Ta-Yun Yang, MS
Research Data Scientist
HIT Coordinator
Jason York
Director of Service Management
Thomas Young
Application Analyst II
Linda Zayed, MPH
Community Health Worker/Health Coach
AllianceChicago Governance
AllianceChicago operates under the ownership and guidance of our four non-profit 501 (c) (3) founding members, and is governed by a Board of Managers that includes the Chief Executive Officers of each of the founding member Centers, as well as the AllianceChicago Chief Executive Officer and the Near North Health Service Corporation Director of Finance and Accounting.
AllianceChicago Board of Managers
Berneice Mills-Thomas, RN, MSM, MPH, MBA, Chair
Chief Executive Officer,
Near North Health Service Corporation
Ed Stellon, MS, MA, CADC, Vice-Chair
Vice President and Executive Director,
Heartland Alliance Health
Lee Francis, MD, MPH, Treasurer
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Erie Family Health Centers
David Munar, Secretary
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Howard Brown Health
Ex-Officio Members
Mary Kay Gilbert, MBA
Chief Growth Officer,
Heartland Alliance Health
Nicole Kazee, PhD
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development,
Erie Family Health Centers
Lauren Sullivan
Chief Information Officer,
Howard Brown Health
Fred D. Rachman, MD
Chief Executive Officer,
AllianceChicago
Stephanie Cox-Batson, MD
Chief Medical Officer,
Near North Health Service Corporation
