Region III: Regional Health Equity Council Members
| Name | Title | Organization | State | Phone/Email |
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| Deidra M. Lemons Co-Chair |
Senior Advisor, Operations, Strategy and Analytics | AARP State and National Group | DC | 202-434-3484 dlemons@aarp.org |
| Ikenna Okezie Co-Chair |
Division Vice President | DaVita Inc. | VA | 804-272-0525 ikenna.okezie@davita.com |
| Kimberly Acquaviva | Associate Professor; Director of Faculty Affairs | George Washington University School of Nursing | DC | 202-994-7735 acqua@gwu.edu |
| Lynette Allston | Chief | Nottoway Indian Tribe | VA | 434-658-4454 allstonfam@aol.com |
| Laura Anderko | Associate Professor Scanlon Endowed Chair of Values Based Health Care | Georgetown University | DC | 202-687-3317 la266@georgetown.edu |
| Sharon E. Barrett | Founder and Principal | SEB and Associates | MD | 240-381-0682 semily1@gmail.com |
| Nancye M. Bazzle | Deputy Commissioner | West Virginia Bureau for Public Health | WV | 304-558-2971 Nancye.M.Bazzle@wv.gov |
| Keith Colston | Administrator | Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs | MD | 410-767-7631 kcolston@goci.state.md.us |
| Yanira Cruz | President and CEO | National Hispanic Council on Aging | DC | 202-347-9733 ycruz@nhcoa.org |
| Allen Herman | Independent Consultant | MD | 240-274-8094 allenherman@earthlink.net |
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| Jocelyn Hines | Regional Medical Director | Peoples Community Health Center | MD | 410-908-0478 jhines001@live.com |
| Debony R. Hughes | Program Chief | Prince George's County Health Department, Dental Health Program | MD | 202-494-1331 301-583-5900 drhughes@co.pg.md.us |
| Carlessia B. Hussein | Director | Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene | MD | 410-767-0094 husseinc@dhmh.state.md.us |
| Rhonda Johnson | Medical Director | Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield | PA | 412-544-1027 rhonda.moore.johnson@highmark.com |
| Dexter Korto | dkorto@cityyear.org | |||
| Mathew McCollough | Executive Director | DC Developmental Disabilities Council | DC | 202-727-6744 Mathew.McCollough@dc.gov |
| Brenda K. Mitchell | President and CEO | Technology Opportunities in Communities of Promise, Inc. | PA | 215-863-5909 bkmiitch@aol.com |
| Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | Delegate | Maryland General Assembly; Chair, Minority Health and Health Disparities | MD | 410-947-7050 410-841-3355 Shirley.nathan.pulliam@house.state.md.us |
| Allan Noonan | MD | 410-785-1919 noonan.allan@gmail.com |
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| Hector Ortiz | Director | Office of Health Equity, Pennsylvania Department of Health | PA | 717-547-3315 hectoortiz@pa.gov |
| Sandra Pope | Director | West Virginia Area Health Education Centers | WV | 304-347-1216 spope@hsc.wvu.edu |
| Paul Silverman | Associate Deputy Director | Health Information & Science Delaware Division of Public Health | DE | paul.silverman@state.de.us |
| Eleanor Thornton | President and CEO | Visionary Consulting Partners, LLC | VA | 703-249-9295 ethornton@vcp-llc.com |
| Nicolette Warren | Director of Health Equity | Society for Public Health Education | DC | 202-408-9804 nwarren@sophe.org |
| Fredette West | Chair of the Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition | Director of the African American Health Alliance | MD | 301-576-0845 fdwest@comcast.net |
| Edith White | President and CEO | Urban League of Hampton Roads | VA | 757-627-0864 ewhite@ulhr.org |