Meet The Team

Meet our diverse, highly experienced, and well-respected group of population & public health leaders (many of whom have run public health or large clinical departments).

With over 50 combined years of serving historically marginalized populations and underserved communities.

WEA – Health Equity In Action

 

Executive Leadership

 

Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA

CEO & Co-Founder

 

Gaurav Mishra, MD, MBA, FAPA

National Director of Behavioral Health

 
 
 
 
 

Board of Directors

 

Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH, AAHIVS, DTM&H, FIDSA

Chairman

 

Jeremey Veatch, MD, PhD, FIDSA

Board Member

 

Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD

Board Member

 

Maureen Lichtveld, MD

Board Member

Benjamin Young

Board Member

George Rutherford, MD

Board Member

 
 
 

Senior Advisors

 

Vanessa de la Cruz, MD

Senior Behavioral Health Advisor

 

Richard Aaron Chamberlain, DrPH, MPH, CPHA, CPM, CHW, RS

Senior Advisor on Border Health CHW
Task Force Lead

 

Aundrea McCall, MPH

National Clinical Educator

National Directors

 

Nancy Anwar Evans

National Director of Operations

Nav Hyare, RN, PHN

National Director of Public Health Nursing

Christina Madison, PharmD

Chief Pharmacist & Public Information Officer

 
 

Alayna Effron, Ed.D., M.S., B.S., C.H.E.S.

Director of Development

 

Development Team

 

Abi Baydoun, MPH

Senior RFP/Grant Researcher

 

Mark McGrath, MPH

National Public Health Innovation Lead

 

Marsha Zimmerman, M.Ed.

Lead Proposal Specialist

 
 

Will Randall, MPH

National Operations Manager

 

Antonella Sturniolo, MPH

Project Manager

 

Operations

 

Nancy Anwar Evans

National Director of Operations

 

James Colton

National Operations Coordinator

 

Will Randall, MPH

National Operations Manager

 
 

Antonella Sturniolo, MPH

Project Manager

 

Jovanka Ciares

Project Manager

 
 

Clinical Support Team

 

Gerrod Murai

National Public Health Lab Advisor

 

Abi Baydoun, MPH

Community Pharmacist

 

Mark McGrath, MPH

Communicable Disease Controller

 

Behavioral Health Team

 

Vanessa de la Cruz, MD

Senior Behavioral Health Advisor

 

Gaurav Mishra, MD, MBA, FAPA

National Director of Behavioral Health

 

Wendy Bernstein, M.D., C.M.

Senior Community Psychiatrist

 

EMS Team

 
 

Kevin Blythe, MD

State Medical Coordinator, Texas

 
 
 
 

Community Health Worker (CHW) Task Force

 

Richard Aaron Chamberlain, DrPH, MPH, CPHA, CPM, CHW, RS

CHW Task Force Lead

 

Jamie Santana, CCHW

Senior CHW Advisor, Pennsylvania

 

Queen Victoria Ortega

National CHW Advisor on Transgender

Health, California

 
 

Anel Torres, CHW

Senior CHW Advisor