People

Advisory Board & Staff

Staff

Julia Wacker,
MSW, MSPH

President

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Jai Kumar,
MPH

Vice President

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Ana Alvarez

Ana Alvarez

Senior Project Manager for Implementation

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Jill Armbruster

Senior Director of Communications

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Ellen Carroll,
MSc

Director of Program Design

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LaPonda Edmondson, DrPH, MHS

Senior Director of Evaluation

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Jessica Foster,
MPH

Senior Program Manager, Design

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Dean Higgins

Executive Director of Program Development and Operations

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Tevin Jenkins, MHA

Project Manager

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Aunyika Moonan, PhD, MSPH, CPHQ

State Director, SC Implementation Team

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Emily Roland

State Director of NC Implementation Team

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Miriam Tardif-Douglin, MSPH

Senior Program Manager Research & Policy

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Shannon Twist, MPH

Implementation Research Analyst

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Madison Ward Willis, MPA

Planning Manager

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Advisory Board

David Cole, MD, FACS

President & CEO, Medical University of South Carolina

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Chakana Fowler

Vice President & Senior Relationship Manager, Bank of America

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stephen friedhoff, MD

Stephen Friedhoff, MD

Senior Vice President, Health Care Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

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Mark Holmes, PhD

Faculty, Director, University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Public Health & Sheps Center

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Donna Isgett

President & CEO, McLeod Health

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Mini Kahlon, PhD

Vice Dean for Health Ecosystem; Executive Director Factor Health, University of Texas Austin Dell Medical School

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Paul Keckley, PhD

Independent Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis, Managing Editor, The Keckley Report; Managing Partner, The Keckley Group

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Robby Kerr

Director, South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

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Kody Kinsley, MPP

Secretary of Health and Human Services, State of North Carolina

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Tom Morris, MPA

Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Jennifer Sullivan, MD, MPH

Enterprise Senior Vice President, Atrium Health Strategic Operations

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Shawn Stinson, MD, FACP

Senior Vice President, Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

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Michael Waldrum MD, MSc, MBA

Mike Waldrum, MD, MSc, MBA

CEO, ECU Health and Dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

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