Board of Directors
Patients and community help lead our organization.
Our Board
Tapestry 360 Health is governed by a Board of Directors made up of local community members and patients. As a federally qualified health center, at least 51% of Directors must be active patients.
- Chair, Kristen Plocinik
- Vice-Chair, Coletta Sargant
- Secretary, Pemba Bayo
- Treasurer, Diane MacDonald – Finance Committee Chair
- David Ireland
- Matthew Katzfey
- Jerome Lucas
- Olusegun Ogunleye
- Nicholas Peneff
- Tasneem Qureshi
- Barbara Wahler
- Lester McCarroll, III
- Denzel Olagbegi
- Dean Thompson
- Susana Salgago
Advisory Boards
We also have a number of advisory boards that help us carry out our work.
The Development Board is dedicated to fundraising and building community support for our mission.
- Matt Katzfey, Chair
- Jake Anderson
- Tracy Callaway
- Benjamin Dahlstrom
- Doug King
- Henry Lotsof
- Natasza Naczas
- Olusegun Ogunleye
- Darlene Pereda, Gala Co-Chair
- Luigi Randazzo
- Michael Rangel, Gala Co-Chair
- Emily Ellsworth
- Christy Savellano
- Nick Stading
- Janet Syverson
- Nicole Willis, Chief Executive Officer
- Amanda Solon, Senior Director of Development
- Nicole Gotthelf, Director of Grants & Individual Giving
- Yasmeen Muhammad, Communications & Fundraising Coordinator
- Gordon Mayer, Communications Consultant
Five Community Advisory Boards for specific health centers advise and partner with us on how to best meet the needs of our patients and the community.
- Iliana Alban, Albany Park Community Council — Parent, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator
- Thomas Applegate, North River Commission — Executive Director
- Dalia Aragon, North River Commission — Economic Development and Housing Organizer
- Jenise Celestin, Swedish Hospital — Director, Community Relations
- Victor Dufour, Albany Park Community Center — Associate Director of Community Partnerships
- Alex Early, Friendship Center Chicago — Executive Director
- Rebecca Larsen, World Relief — Intensive Case Manager Refugee Resettlement
- Renee Lehocky, Lawrence Hall — Director of Strategic Initiatives
- Kanella Maniatis, Action for Children — Program Manager
- Felicia McBride, Action for Children — Project Development Manager
- Jamie Rotter, Trilogy — Occupational Therapist
- Dära Salk, 47th Ward Alderman Matt Martin’s office — Constituent Services Liaison
- Sangeeta Solshe, Carole Robertson Center — Sr. Health Manager
- Rie Uchiyama, CEDA WIC — Field Coordinator
- Kaoru Watanabe, Cambodian Association of Illinois — Associate Director
- Aisha Achesah, AdvocateAurora Health — Regional Coordinator, Community Health
- Sandra Arellano, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Manager Senior Market Development
- Sara Barrera, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Coordinator, Healthy Families Program
- Sarah Butterfield, District Office of State Representative Ann Williams — Director of Outreach and Engagement
- Michael P. Conlon, Merlo Branch | Chicago Public Library — Branch Manager
- Robert Flinn, District Office of State Senator Sara Feigenholtz
- Nyya Flores, Divvy for everyone /LYFT — Community Strategist and Organizer
- Jennie Hull, Nourishing Hope — Chief Program Officer
- Chris Jessup, 44th Alderman Tunney’s Office — Director, Public Safety & Business Affairs
- Elizabeth Rutha, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Director of Training
- Maggie West, Harold Washington College — Community Relations Strategist
- Oscar Zambrano, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center — Director of Physician Services
- Emily A Anderson, Northwestern University/Center for Community Health — Research Project Manager
- Maya Atassi, Syrian Community Network — Program & Development Coordinator
- Fahmida Begum, Indo-American Center — Public Health Coordinator
- Rachel Bowen, Rogers Park Business Alliance — Membership & Business Services Coordinator
- Gwen Clancy, Trilogy, Inc — Program Manager
- Barbara Dever, Chicago Park District
- Monica Dillon, Loyola Community Nursing Centers — Project Director, RN
- Peggy Forbes, Madonna Mission — Executive Director
- Jim Ginderske, Neighbors for a Healthy Rogers Park / Move To Better Healthcare — President
- Samera Hadi, Girl Forward — Education Program Manager
- Ekram Hanna, Middle Eastren Immigrants and Refugee Alliance — Community Engagement Manager
- Maria Kamenaki, Howard Area Community Center — Director, Health and Human Services
- Rebecca Larsen, World Relief — Intensive Case Manager Refugee
- Ashley Marine, Girl Forward — Executive Director
- Myriam Perez, A Just Harvest — Energy Outreach Coordinator and Organizer
- Leslie Perkins, 49th Ward Office — Chief of Staff
- Kate Polgar, Care for Real — Director of Community Engagement & Office Administration
- Sandi Price, Rogers Park Business Alliance — Managing Director
- Sima Quarishi, Muslim Women Resources Center — Executive Director
- Vaniya Rajabi, Middle Eastern Immigrants and refugee Alliance — Case worker
- Isabel Reyes, Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago — Associate Director of Admission
- Jamie Rotter, Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare
- Susana Salgado, Centro Romero — Director, Youth Program
- Almaz Seyoume, Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago — Refugee Resettlement Program Manager
- Emily A. Anderson, Northwestern University Center for Community Health — Research Project Manager
- Maribel (May) Alimboyoguen, Oakton Community College — Assistant Dean for Health Careers
- Katrina Belogorsky, Skokie Public Library — Community Engagement Liberian
- David Clough, Skokie Health Department — Public Health Analyst
- Mark Collins, Niles Township /food pantry — Trustee
- Noy Frial-Lopez, Turning Point — Chief Clinical Officer
- Ala Jawad, Ahlul Bait Center — Board Member
- Michelle Jordan, Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin — General Counsel/District Director
- Diana Juarez, Skokie School District 68 — Coordinator of Family Services and Engagement
- Allison Kiboi, Skokie School District 69 — Community Schools Manager
- Rency Kunnummel Roy, Northwestern University/Center for Community Health
- Sara Manewith, Jewish Child & Family Services — Director
- Sabiha Patel, Skokie School District 68 — Director of ELL Parent Center
- Sarah Rankin, School District 69 — Community Schools Resource Coordinator
- Atour Sargon, Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin — Deputy District Director
- Mark Schroeder, NorthShore Evanston & Skokie Hospitals — Manager, Community Relations
- April Stallworth, Niles Township High Schools District 219 — Director of Community Relations and Strategic Partnerships
- Sarah Steinbach, APNA Ghar — Counselor/Medical Advocate
- Mohamed Syed, MCC Mosque
- Shelley Wax, Skokie Health Department — Public Health Nurse
- Irum Zunera Hameeduddin, Northwestern University/Center for Community Health
Adejumoke Akinbusuyi, Christopher House — Site Director
John Blick, Uptown Chamber of Commerce — Director of Business Services
Tamarra Brown, Uptown Voice
Leslie Combs, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s office — District Director
Christopher Ervin, Heartland Alliance Health — Manager, Health Center
Verron Fisher, Columbia College Chicago — Title IX Investigator and Deputy Coordinator
Cassandra Fricke, Voice of the People — Senior Support Coach
Erin Hantke, Heartland Health Outreach — Associate Director, Refugee Health Programs
Greg Harris, Illinois State Representative, 13th District
Colleen Heitlage, Voice of the People — Resident Services
Samina Kausar, Apna Ghar — Counselor and Suburban Services Coordinator
Kanella Maniatis, Action for Children — Program Manager
Felicia McBride, Action for Children — Project Development Manager
Dennis Mondero, Chinese Mutual Aid Association — Executive Director
Tam Nguyen, Chinese Mutual Aid Association — Employment Counselor
San O, MSW, South-East Asia Center — Executive Director
Mary Rodriguez, Mercy Housing — Resident Services Manager
Adriana Scurto, Heartland Alliance Housing — Manager of Resident & Community Programs
Radhika Sharma-Gordon, Apna Ghar — Manager, Outreach and Education
Miranda Shumate, Northside Housing
Rosie Tingpalpong, Vietnamese Association of Illinois — Director of Programs
Nathaniel Ward, City Colleges of Chicago — Community Affairs Liaison
Kaoru Watanabe, Cambodian Association of Illinois/ — Associate Director
Lindsey Weston, Dina & Eli Field EZRA Multi-Service Center — Health and Pantry Coordinator
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