Staff

Phone: 212-437-3917Email: lcohen@pcdc.org Louise Cohen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), a not-for-profit community development financial institution dedicated to expanding and strengthening the primary care safety net in the United States. PCDC provides capital and technical assistance to a wide variety of primary care providers, and advocates for improved and increased primary care access, capacity, quality, reimbursement, and capital resources in order to improve health outcomes, create healthier communities, increase health equity, and reduce overall health care system costs. Prior to assuming leadership of PCDC, she was Vice President for Public Health Programs at Public Health Solutions in New York City (2011-2015), where she oversaw a variety of programs to improve community health through food access and nutrition, women’s reproductive health, tobacco control, and child development. Ms. Cohen held successive leadership positions at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from 1998-2011, including as Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Access and Improvement. Among her accomplishments at DOHMH, Ms. Cohen led the development and execution of Take Care New York, New York City’s first comprehensive health policy agenda. She also oversaw the Primary Care Information Project, which brought a public health and prevention-oriented ambulatory care electronic health record system to more than 2,500 primary care providers. Before her tenure at DOHMH, Ms. Cohen was Director of the Park Slope Family Health Center (now part of the NYU Lutheran Family Health Centers network). She served on PCDC’s Board of Directors from 2011 until she became CEO.

Phone: 212-437-3946Email: mrosen@pcdc.org Michael is responsible for PCDC’s financial and administrative operations, including investments, compliance, and risk management, as well as developing and implementing strategic directions with the CEO, Board of Directors, and the leadership team. Michael joined PCDC in 2006, bringing 20 years of experience in nonprofit finance, operations, management information systems and administration. Prior to his role at PCDC, Michael served as Chief Financial Officer to Louise Wise Services, the Fund for the City of New York, and the Citizen's Committee for New York City. In addition, he has served as an advisor to nonprofits on various operational and financial issues and been a volunteer at several nonprofit organizations. Michael has a BA in Liberal Arts from the New School for Social Research and is a Board member of Spence-Chapin Services to Families.

Phone: 212-437-3916Email: ldafonte@pcdc.org Lauren da Fonte serves as Special Assistant to the CEO, where she provides project management, programmatic, and administrative support on a variety of projects undertaken by the Executive Office. She joins PCDC after 2 years at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene where she was assigned to the Bureau of Tuberculosis (TB) Control as a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Associate. In this role, Lauren developed and revised health policy, provided project management and coordination on priority Bureau initiatives, and created presentations intended for local, national, and international audiences on TB prevention and care best practices. She received her BS in public health from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Phone: 212-437-4922Email: ikastenbaum@pcdc.org Isaac Kastenbaum is the Managing Director of PCDC’s Performance Improvement team. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic direction, growth, and strengthening of the organization’s capacity building and training efforts. Isaac was previously NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Director of Population Health and Network Development and oversaw the Hospital’s DSRIP Performing Provider System, relationships with post-acute care providers, Medicaid Health Home, and other efforts to embed community providers to meet patients’ psychosocial and behavioral health needs. While at NYP, he also worked on clinical transformation and Medicare bundling initiatives, supported the expansion of the NYP health care system, and launched a PCORI-funded initiative to amalgamate seven health systems’ EHR data to support outcomes research.

Prior to NYP, Isaac worked at a Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Partners In Health collaboration to improve the care for vulnerable patients in the US. While there, he worked with health center staff to integrate community health workers (CHWs), supported multiple cost/quality evaluations, implemented smartphone care coordination tools, and helped build a training practice to bring CHWs to new provider settings.

Isaac received his BA in Economics from Boston University and MPA in Health Policy from NYU's Wagner School of Public Service.

Phone: 212-437-3955Email: acarson@pcdc.org Adam Carson is the Deputy Managing Director of PCDC’s Performance Improvement team. Adam brings to the organization a broad range of experience in health care and community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Before joining PCDC, Adam was Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Lake County Health Department in greater Chicago where he led the development of strategic planning, organizational development, marketing, grants, policy, and business development. Prior to that Adam worked in management consulting for two Chicago-based firms: Kaufman Hall and Associates and Huron Consulting Group. Both firms focused on helping hospitals across the country address the barriers to reaching their strategic and operational goals, specifically as related to labor and workforce. Adam also worked at Hope Enterprise Corporation, a CDFI in Jackson, Mississippi, managing several projects for the executive team. While at the University of Mississippi Medical Center he managed multi-million dollar cost savings initiatives, led the market analysis of expansion of services in the primary and secondary markets, and launched an effort to introduce lean principles across the organization.

Phone: 212-437-3935Email: djingram@pcdc.org Deborah joined PCDC in 2010 and brings a strong background in quality improvement to PCDC's Performance Improvement team. As Senior Director, Deborah leads our team of Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) facilitators. Her team has led more than 200 practices to achieve NCQA PCMH recognition. Deborah also provides consulting on PCMH sustainability planning and implementation, ambulatory care practice operations, and efficiency improvements for primary care practices, FQHCs, and hospital systems. Deborah provides training on Meaningful Use and Physician Quality Reporting System attestation in addition to coding for PCMH quality. Prior to joining PCDC, Deborah worked for IPRO, the New York State Quality Improvement Organization, as a Senior Clinical Practice Advisor. Deborah is a certified as NCQA PCMH Content Expert and has more than six years of experience in facilitating electronic health records implementation. Deborah received a BA in sociology from New York University, her Advanced Certificate in Public Health at SUNY Downstate, and her MPH in epidemiology.

Phone: 212-437-3956Email: aphilip@pcdc.org Andrew C. Philip, PhD is a clinical health psychologist and Senior Director of Clinical & Population Health at the Primary Care Development Corporation. At PCDC, Dr. Philip leads a robust team of subject matter experts and implementation specialists in the fields of clinical and population-based prevention and treatment. The Population Health team works with state and local health authorities, Federally Qualified Health Centers, HIV and AIDS service organizations, community clinics, and integrated hospital systems to improve capacity and service delivery. Dr. Philip is the immediate past Deputy Director of the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions at the National Council for Behavioral Health. He has a clinical background as a psychologist in primary care and has assisted with large-scale training and integration efforts in the largest health care systems in the country. His experience includes integrating behavioral change principles within numerous medical settings and emphasizing improved care for diverse groups, such as LGBTQ and veteran populations. Dr. Philip assists in driving initiatives aimed at improving patient care and promoting health innovation, as well as speaking nationally and conducting integrated care research.

Phone: 212-437-3926Email: danel@pcdc.org Dane joined PCDC in April 2003 and oversees the complete portfolio of operational, financial, and administrative activities for the Performance Improvement Practice. He oversees the operations and administration of all projects within the Performance Improvement Department, including scope negotiations, staffing allocations, project management, invoicing, reporting, and communications. Additionally, Dane is an active participant in strategic planning activities, including financial planning, marketing strategy, product and service development, and business operations growth and development. Prior to joining PCDC, Dane was Program Manager for the CUNY Aviation Institute where he played an integral role in developing the first Aviation studies program at the University. Dane received his MBA from Baruch College, CUNY and his MA in organizational communication and development from Ball State University.

Phone: 202-788-2526Email: kpotterbusch@pcdc.org Kristin Potterbusch serves as Program Director for the HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS National TA & Training Program (RWHAP) on Sustainable Strategies and as Senior Program Manager of Clinical & Population Health. Within these roles she oversees RWHAP, functions as a content expert, and guides innovations to improve health outcomes through integrating siloed paradigms of care.

Formerly, Kristin served as Director of HIV and Behavioral Health Integration for the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions at National Council for Behavioral Health. During her tenure she oversaw SAMHSA's National Minority AIDS Continuum of Care while advancing integration via technical assistance consultation to providers nationally.

An advocate for health equity, Kristin is committed to addressing systemic barriers within public health and improving care for diverse groups. Her expertise includes operationalizing integration frameworks, designing impactful and accountable evidence-based initiatives, and executing implementation of national programing. She presents nationally and remains involved with policy efforts, organizational stewardship, and front-line health disparity research.

Phone: 212-437-3938Email: hcroswell@pcdc.org Henrietta joined PCDC in August 2012 and brings more than 15 years of management experience in the areas of project management, health care operations, training and behavioral health management. As a Senior Program Manager, Henrietta provides overall management and support around the CDC-funded High Impact Prevention (HIP) in Health Care program which also includes direct HIV prevention training and technical assistance to health care organizations across the country. Along with the Program Director, Henrietta provides direct oversight and support to the day to day management of HIP in Health Care team members and partners who works directly with our program. In addition, Henrietta works on and leads projects on the Patient-Centered Model Home and Care Management teams. Her enthusiastic and efficient work style is a testament to her long-standing commitment to community and public health. Henrietta has a bachelor’s of arts in psychology and a master's of public health in community health education from Hunter College in New York City. Henrietta is also certified as NCQA PCMH Content Expert Facilitator and is an active member in local community and serves as a volunteer American Sign Language Interpreter.

Phone: 212-437-3913Email: mmorse@pcdc.org Maia is an expert coach and facilitator for practices aiming to achieve Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) transformation and access improvement. Maia leads PCDC’s school-based health center program including transformation and recognition support for centers seeking School-Based Medical Home (SMBH) recognition. During her years at PCDC, Maia has led numerous medium- and large-scale performance improvement projects with individual practice groups and multiple Performing Provider Systems in New York State. Prior to joining PCDC, Maia worked as the Site Manager at Norwalk Community Health Center, where she managed daily operations and provided departmental oversight throughout the Center. Maia is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC) and NCQA PCMH Certified Content Expert (CEC). Maia received her bachelor’s degree from University of Richmond, and her master's degree from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Phone: 212-437-3964Email: agoodman@pcdc.org Amy Goodman, LCSW, Senior Project Manager has been with the Performance Improvement Practice at PCDC since 2015. Amy is a National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) certified content expert who develops PCMH training tools for PCDC staff, clients, and medical residency programs, and supports practices to facilitate progress toward defined goals and timelines. She analyzes current practice workflows, policies, and data to advise practices on opportunities for improvement. Additionally, Amy leads the client behavioral health integration efforts by assessing access and capacity and identifying areas for improved collaboration. For over 20 years, she has worked in non-profit health care settings serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, having most recently served as a practice manager at YAI Premier HealthCare in Manhattan. YAI Premier HealthCare provides multi-specialty medical, dental, mental health, and rehabilitative services. Amy has also been successful with the development and implementation of the NextGen EHR training curriculum across the five YAI Premier HealthCare centers. As coordinator of rehabilitative services at AHRC, Amy led a team of physical, occupational, and speech therapists who provided care within seven outpatient clinical and day program settings. Other areas of expertise include developing coping strategies and peer support for children and adults, providing individual psychotherapy, group therapy, psychosocial evaluations, and care management. Amy received her bachelor’s degree in Child Development from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan and her master’s degree in Social Work from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Phone: 212-437-3954Email: bharrison@pcdc.org Brandon is a Project Manager and Trainer on the High Impact Prevention (HIP) in Health Care team at PCDC. As Project Manager, Brandon is is responsible for providing training and technical assistance to health care organizations across the country. He has served in leadership positions implementing HIV prevention, and sexual health programs across the country, in communities most impacted by health disparities. Brandon recently implemented and supervised one of the nation’s largest PrEP Programs based in New York City. Throughout Brandon’s career, he has been diligent in raising awareness to issues such as stigma, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ issues, violence, sex work and other issues affecting vulnerable communities. Brandon remains a leader, supporter, and role model inspiring others to continue their resilience.

Phone: 212-437-3912Email: jlipshutz@pcdc.org Judy Lipshutz joined the PCDC team in 2017 as a Senior Project Manager with the High Impact Prevention (HIP) in Health Care team. She is responsible for providing training and technical assistance to health care organizations across the country. For more than 20 years, Ms. Lipshutz was instrumental in developing and implementing innovative reproductive health programs at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University. She was integrally involved in program development, health care provider training for multi-disciplinary professionals, and curriculum development. She is dedicated to the promotion of reproductive rights, HIV treatment and prevention services, contraceptive choice, and school and community-based health services. Ms. Lipshutz has also worked as a consultant to many reproductive health care organizations throughout New York City.

Phone: 212-437-3921Email: omarquez@pcdc.org Oscar Marquez joined the CDC-funded HIV prevention capacity-building assistance program (CBA) at PCDC in 2017, providing training and technical assistance to support the delivery of HIV prevention services within primary care. Mr. Marquez leads the development of various capacity building resources such as training curricula, webinars, and other tools. Mr. Marquez has worked in the HIV prevention field since 2002. Before joining PCDC, he worked for over four years at a Los Angeles-based health care organization, implementing direct client prevention services such as Prevention Case Management (CRCS), HIV testing and counseling, Group Level Interventions, Individual Level Interventions, and Recruitment. Prior to that, Mr. Marquez worked at Shared Action at APLA Health, a nationally recognized CBA program, where he oversaw the development, implementation, and quality assurance of distance-learning technologies (e.g., website and online trainings).

Phone: 212-437-3931Email: kmirabella@pcdc.org Kimberly joined PCDC in 2006, providing support to the Performance Improvement team. She has played a key role on many projects in the areas of marketing and customer service, increasing revenue, patient-centered medical home, emergency preparedness and health information technology. Most recently, Kimberly has joined the HIP in Health Care team, focusing her efforts in the areas of HIV testing and prevention. She especially enjoys working on the development of Learning Communities, bringing health center staff together to work on common goals in improving their HIV services.

Phone: 212-437-3930Email: nandrews@pcdc.org Nicki joined PCDC in 2017 and provides PCMH consulting services. She has more than six years' experience working in health care, most recently in care coordination. Before joining PCDC, Nicki worked for Mount Sinai Hospital as a Director of Wellness for their Viva program and as a consultant for the Department of Health where she developed behavioral health and quality improvement trainings. Nicki has also worked in mental health, HIV prevention, and as a diabetes educator. She holds a Master’s of Public Health from Downstate Medical Center in New York City.

Phone: 212-437-3960Email: cshmulewitz@pcdc.org Chaim joined PCDC in 2015 as a Project Coordinator on the Performance Improvement team, bringing over four years of nonprofit experience. Chaim's work concentrates on marketing, patient-centered medical home, emergency preparedness, care coordination, HIV prevention, and providing general administrative support. Prior to joining PCDC, Chaim was the Assistant to the Executive Director of the Association of American Law Schools, with administrative duties and responsibility for research, analysis, and data projects. He holds a BA in government from IDC Herzilya and an MA in global security studies from Johns Hopkins University.

Phone: 212-437-3965Email: asolanki@pcdc.org Anuja joined PCDC in 2017 as part of the Performance Improvement team, bringing with her over six years in quality incentive knowledge. Anuja is currently responsible for helping practices across the tristate area in meeting patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and sustaining their recognition. She has a proven track record in making submissions audit-proof, by using customized templates and consistency in training. In addition to PCMH, she also works on New York State’s Advanced Primary Care (APC) model, Healthfirst Access Improvement project, and the One City Health Practice Transformation project. Before joining PCDC, Anuja was a Project Manager for one of New Jersey’s largest healthcare companies, responsible for Meaningful Use/MACRA, PQRS, and PCMH. Anuja holds a Bachelors in Biology from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Phone: 212-437-3949Email: ylipton@pcdc.org Yael is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist who works part-time as a Lead trainer and Curriculum Development Specialist at PCDC. Yael is a part of the Care Coordination team where she leads the creation of the Care Coordination training curriculum. She also is a lead trainer and travels all over the United States facilitating training for Care Coordination programs and staff. Yael conceptualizes and creates these trainings, using adult learning principles, and interactive methods. Yael has been creating, directing, and evaluating health education programming for over 15 years and has worked and consulted for a variety of public health organization. She holds a master’s degree in public health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta and a bachelors of arts in history from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis.

Phone: 212-437-3972Email: srath@pcdc.org Sarahjane works as a Curriculum Development and Training Specialist at PCDC, both on the Care and Coordination team and on the HIP in Health Care team. For Care and Coordination, Sarahjane develops curriculum to address specific needs for the care and coordination serving community. She trains medical residents and all health care workers in state of the science curriculum. On the HIP in Health Care team, she provides trainings in the CDC's effective behavioral interventions and works with health care organizations to maximize their potential in HIV testing, prevention with HIV positive persons, and prevention in high-risk behavioral HIV negative persons. She has worked in the field of HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health for over 18 years. She holds a master’s degree in public health from Rutgers University, Newark, and a bachelor's in Community Health Education.

Phone: 212-437-3948Email: mbell@pcdc.org Michael, who provides overall support to the Performance Improvement team, has an extensive background in customer service and inventory control. He brings vast knowledge of the energy industry, having served as an Inventory Analyst at Star Gas for four years before joining PCDC in 2017.

Phone: 212-437-3961Email: aellis@pcdc.org Andrew Ellis provides administrative and operational support to the Performance Improvement team, bringing over thirteen years' experience in for-profit and non-profit industries, focused on optimizing operations. Andrew graduated from The University of Technology in Kingston Jamaica with a Bachelor's of Business Administration with a focus in operations and production management.

Phone: 212-437-3920Email: adyjak@pcdc.org Anne Dyjak serves as PCDC’s Managing Director, responsible for leading the Capital Investment group. Anne is responsible for the establishment and implementation of PCDC’s strategy for increasing the access to capital in communities to achieve health equity. She oversees all facets of PCDC’s national lending practice, including program development, capitalization, business development, credit, and risk management. Anne joined PCDC in 2014 following a 30-year career in financial services, most recently with Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), where she was Chief Investment Officer, Chief Credit Officer, and Vice President. Prior to joining NFF, she was the Northeast region Chief Operations Officer for the Special Asset division at Wachovia Bank, where she was responsible for the oversight of a $600 million portfolio of commercial business and commercial real estate loans. She has extensive experience in community development, consumer and commercial credit, financial analysis, management, strategic planning, risk management, and organizational development. She received her BS in economics from Rutgers University, and is active in community service, serving as Chair of the Lenders Coalition for Community Health Centers, on the BlueHub Loan Fund Community Advisory Board, and as a board member for the CDFI Coalition.

Phone: 212-437-3950Email: wobrien@pcdc.org In 2011, Bill O’Brien joined PCDC as the Chief Lending Officer, responsible for managing the Capital Investment team’s efforts to help providers expand and transform their practices through traditional and structured financing. As CLO, Bill continues a 25-year career of developing financial solutions that help clients reach their goals. Prior to joining PCDC in 2011, Bill was Senior Vice President at IKB Capital Corporation, where he held several roles including SVP and Chief Credit Officer. There he managed nearly $2.0 billion of loans, including $200 million of health care investments. Prior to this he was Vice President at Fortis Bank where he managed the firm’s Structured Finance activities and developed new products, including helping to develop the first national health care receivable securitization program in the Netherlands. Bill received a BA in Philosophy from Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, an MA in Philosophy from New York University, and an MBA in Finance from Manhattan College. Bill is a member of the New Markets Advisory Board for the Low Income Investment Fund and the Investment Committee for Inclusiv.

Phone: 212-437-3959Email: grao@pcdc.org Since joining PCDC in 2015, Gita Rao has served as Chief Credit Officer, primarily responsible for working with her colleagues to originate debt and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) investments in community health care providers and performing outreach and ongoing relationship management with health care providers through the term of the investment. Gita’s primary focus is to ensure careful and informed investment underwriting, monitoring, administration, and reporting, all in support of expanding quality primary care in underserved communities. Gita has more than 15 years of experience in community development finance, impact investing, and social entrepreneurship. She has worked with community development finance institutions, impact investing intermediaries, and foundations to underwrite and monitor loans, Program Related Investments, and New Market Tax Credit investments, as well as perform research and analysis on the community development and impact investing marketplace. Gita holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College.

Phone: 212-437-3922Email: nlager@pcdc.org Since joining PCDC in 1999, Nancy has advised health centers nationwide on project development and financing, underwriting loans to promote all stages of facility development. Over the past two years, she has helped finance site acquisition and construction financing for health center projects in NY, PA, WI, CA, and KY. Nancy also administers PCDC’s contract with the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, managing HRSA’s Loan Guarantee Portfolio and underwriting new Health Center Loan Guarantees. While at PCDC, Nancy has also assisted in the development and management of capital grant programs for organizations in California and Washington, D.C. and for the New York State Department of Health, including overseeing grantee-selection and reporting and award disbursement. She has been a member of the Center for Health Design’s Promising Practices Advisory Committee, supporting the development of evidence-based health center design practices and resources. She has presented at a number of conferences on health center development and funding. Nancy Lager has more than 25 years of experience in expanding low income communities’ access to health care. Early in her career, she was an administrator at three New York City hospitals, where her day-to-day focus was on service/facility expansion and strategic planning. Nancy holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Public Health and a Masters of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

Phone: 212-437-3932Email: jsampson@pcdc.org Johvanna Sampson joined PCDC in October 2016 as a Senior Loan Officer, underwriting loans, New Markets Tax Credit, and Bond transactions, and developing relationships with community health centers nationally. Prior to joining PCDC, Johvanna spent 15 years in banking, with experience in retail, commercial lending, financial analysis, and most recently as a Community Reinvestment Act Mortgage Loan Officer in New York City. Johvanna is passionate about community development and has partnered with housing agencies and nonprofit organizations in Louisiana and New York City to provide financial literacy and first-time home buyer education, and secure down payment assistance through state and federal grant programs. Prior experience includes serving as the AVP of Mortgage Lending and Community Outreach at Red River Bank in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. While serving as a commercial loan underwriter at Regions Bank, Johvanna managed a portfolio of more than $250 million in loans related to the oil and gas, transportation, and medical industries. Johvanna received her B.S. in finance from Louisiana State University and her MBA from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Phone: 213-262-3512Email: mevans@pcdc.org Joining PCDC in 2014, Michaele Evans serves as a Loan Officer on the Capital Investment team, where she underwrites loans and NMTC transactions. Michaele works closely with health centers to analyze their operational and financial performance, thereby ensuring a sustainable investment and building a long-standing relationship with the client. Michaele comes to PCDC most immediately from Deutsche Bank, where she helped originate and execute equity and debt transactions for the bank’s healthcare investment banking group. Prior to DB, she worked with a number of non-profit organizations in NYC and Atlanta, including the East River Development Alliance and United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. Michaele received her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with a minor in Management and Organization from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA.

Phone: 212-437-3934Email: rmcdermott@pcdc.org Robert McDermott joined PCDC in 2017 and serves as the Portfolio Administrator on the Capital Investment team. Robert is responsible for the day-to-day management of PCDC’s loan portfolio. In this role he assists the Loan Officers and other staff with PCDC’s new loan servicing software and loan compliance relationship management. He also works closely with the Finance team to service our ever-growing loan portfolio while ensuring the accuracy of our loan portfolio’s data. Robert received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Marist College and has over 20 years of experience in banking.

Phone: 212-437-3966Email: tnamcharoen@pcdc.org Thearada (Teddy) Namcharoen serves as an Analyst for the Capital Investment team, where she is responsible for leading analytics for financial statements and portfolio management. Additionally, she provides support to the team in other areas of health care investments. Prior to joining PCDC, Thearada was a Credit Account Officer at Bangkok Bank, New York Branch. She was an experienced commercial real estate underwriter for high net worth clients and a loan portfolio specialist. Thearada managed a portfolio of more than $350 million in loans related to real estate, automotive, chemical, and commodities products. Thearada is passionate about the real estate industry and was a former NYS Licensed Real Estate Sales agent where she observed health care facilities around New York City. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Baruch College, City University of New York.

Phone: 212-437-3958Email: msteinman@pcdc.org Meredith Steinman provides overall project management and administrative support to the Capital Investments team. She brings extensive experience in health care, having worked at Montefiore Medical Center first as a Research Coordinator in Orthopedics, and then as a Care Coordinator for a Department of Health-supported program to help Hepatitis C patients access treatment and comprehensive, quality health care. Working closely with a primary care physician, she helped enroll and successfully treat hundreds of Hepatitis C-positive patients through the program, and assisted them in accessing a variety of supportive services. She has a particular interest in the psychosocial determinants of health, in addition to expanding access to primary care in underserved communities. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Wesleyan University.

Phone: 212-437-3927Email: pkwan@pcdc.org Patrick Kwan is Senior Director of Advocacy and Communications for the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), a national nonprofit organization and a U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution dedicated to building and strengthening the nation’s primary care infrastructure. At PCDC, he combines his passion for advocacy with his background in public health and community development to help build healthier, more equitable communities. Patrick leads PCDC’s policy and communications team to advocate for expanding and increasing primary care access and investments to build health equity, improve health outcomes, and lower health care costs. Prior to joining PCDC, he expanded smoke-free housing and other model tobacco control policies as Director of NYC Smoke-Free at Public Health Solutions. A Chinatown NYC native, Patrick led award-winning media campaigns for the historic neighborhood on behalf of The September 11th Fund, NYC & Company, and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation as well as served as Communications & Development Director for the Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation. He also worked in animal protection as the national Director of Grassroots Organizing and New York State Director for The Humane Society of the United States and in human rights and corporate accountability as a Field Organizer for Amnesty International USA. He currently serves on the New York State Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Advisory Board, Stonewall Community Foundation Quarter Share Leadership Council, and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Sterling Fellows Network.

Phone: 202-788-2525Email: salbohm@pcdc.org A specialist in federal health policy, Sasha Albohm serves as Director of Federal Affairs at PCDC, working with the CEO on strategic initiatives and project management, as well as directing all organizational policy and advocacy efforts. Sasha joined PCDC after seven years in Washington DC, most recently serving as a Legislative Assistant for Senators Bill Nelson and Senator John F. Kerry. Throughout her time in the Senate, she worked on legislation impacting Medicaid and Medicare, including the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and on Senator Kerry’s team for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Super Committee). Prior, Sasha represented domestic and global health clients at the Glover Park Group, including advocating for affordability and access provisions ultimately included in the health reform law. A native of Brooklyn, Sasha has a B.A. in Political Science and Art History from Williams College.

Phone: 212-437-3928Email: eriley@pcdc.org Eric is responsible for providing leadership and strategic direction to PCDC in all areas of communication, from message development to content creation. He brings nearly 20 years of expertise in writing/editing (news, features, op-eds, ad copy, etc.), editorial planning, crisis communications, media relations, digital/social strategy, and executive counsel. Prior to joining PCDC in 2017, Eric worked for more than a decade in higher education, where he oversaw internal/external communications at New York University, Brooklyn Law School, and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. As the chief speechwriter for three university presidents, he composed remarks for major events featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and UN Secretary-General candidates, among others. Earlier he wrote for various outreach campaigns (HIV awareness, homeless health, anti-smoking) at the New York City Department of Health. Eric also led national marketing campaigns at WGBH Boston, writing for “NOVA,” “This Old House,” “The Victory Garden,” and other flagship PBS series. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Boston University and his master’s degree in higher education administration from New York University.

Phone: 212-437-3929Email: acafarchio@pcdc.org Allegra is responsible for supporting and growing PCDC’s communications outreach, social media strategy, and organizational branding. Before joining the PCDC team in 2017, she spent her career in nonprofit communications. She previously overhauled and created a new social media strategy at Idealist, led branding and marketing outreach efforts at Workforce Opportunity Services, and blogged on behalf of charity: water. Allegra graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in Communications and a minor in Italian. After college she spent a year and a half teaching English in South Korea where she learned to read and write Korean.

Phone: 212-437-3907Email: mharris@pcdc.org Maura Harris serves as PCDC’s Policy and Advocacy Manager, working closely with senior members of the Advocacy and Communications team to manage and expand PCDC’s local, state, and federal policy efforts. Maura joins PCDC after nearly five years in primary care practice and delivery. Most recently she served as Health Advocacy Lead at Galileo, a primary care provider group working under value-based contracts. There she worked to develop and facilitate Galileo’s community advisory board while directly managing the care of medically and socially complex patients in both Medicaid and Medicare populations. She previously held administrative, operations, and clinical roles at One Medical, interacting with both commercial and Medicare populations. Prior to moving to New York, Maura worked at the Koegel Autism Center in Santa Barbara, California, conducting research on the Pivotal Response Treatment technique. Maura holds a BA in sociology and a BFA in dance from the University of California, Santa Barbara and will be completing her MPH in health policy from New York University in May 2020.

Phone: 212-437-3942Email: mford@pcdc.org Mary joined PCDC in 2017 as the Director of Evaluation and Analytics, leading projects that evaluate the impact of PCDC’s work, examine access measures around primary care, and further research on primary care and population health outcomes. Mary has previously worked in both public and private health care research, geo-spatial analysis, and program evaluation. She holds a Master of Science degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Texas Health Science Center and a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University in Houston.

Phone: 212-437-3952Email: kweisbeck@pcdc.org Kirsten joined PCDC’s Evaluation and Analytics team in 2017, supporting projects to evaluate PCDC’s national impact, and to research access to primary care and related health outcomes. Complementing her work to improve community health and equity in access to care, Kirsten’s interests include applied data science, geospatial analysis, and psychosocial and behavioral epidemiologic methods. Kirsten earned her master’s degree in public health epidemiology at SUNY Downstate School of Public Health in Brooklyn, NY and a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

Phone: 212-437-3936Email: aallard@pcdc.org Angela joined PCDC’s Evaluation and Analytics team to support the design of program evaluation and data management resources across PCDC’s units, make PCDC’s data understandable and actionable, and perform analyses on primary care across the U.S. She joins PCDC after two years at Urban Health Plan where she worked on quality improvement projects, data analysis, program development and evaluation, and provided grant management for organizational and community initiatives. Angela is interested in using computer programming and data analytics to improve health outcomes and achieve health equity. She received her BA in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College, an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University, and a certificate in the social determinants of health.

Phone: 212-437-3914Email: abarnett@pcdc.org Amy is responsible for ensuring that PCDC is operating efficiently and effectively; setting strategic human resource and administrative direction; and supporting and sustaining a progressive, dynamic, collaborative, and team-spirited organizational culture. She joined PCDC in 2017 after more than 25 years of strategically building and growing organizational infrastructure capacity in a wide range of New York City and Rockland County, New York nonprofit organizations, both as a staff leader and consultant. Most recently she served as the Managing Director of Human Resources and Staff Development with the Women’s Prison Association; previously she provided legal and management consulting for more than a dozen years in employment/human resources, corporate governance, government regulation compliance, risk management and fiscal sponsorship. She has served as the executive director of a family support center in Rockland County, as the Assistant Director of Administrative Services/Director of Incubator Program with the Fund for the City of New York, and as the Associate Director of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York. Amy has a BA in women studies from San Francisco State University and a JD from New York University School of Law.
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Phone: 212-437-3940Email: jleung@pcdc.org Jae joined PCDC in 2006, and has extensive nonprofit accounting and financial management experience. As Director of Finance, Jae oversees PCDC’s finance department including implementation of policies, procedures, and controls; preparation of budgets, financial statements, and operating reports; and managing government contracts and grants. Most recently, Jae was the Director of Finance for Citizens Committee for New York City. Jae received her BA in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Baruch College, City University of New York.

Phone: 212-437-3957Email: svasquezlopez@pcdc.org Susana joined PCDC in August 2018 and works as the Office Manager. She is responsible for providing IT support, general administrative matters, and facilities management. Prior to joining PCDC, she served as the Operations Manager at DP Charter High School located in Harlem. Susana graduated from St. John’s University with a B.A. in Italian Language and Literature and a minor in Communications.

Phone: 212-437-3953Email: nmitchell@pcdc.org Natalie joined PCDC in May 2014, and brings with her more than 13 years of nonprofit and corporate accounting experience. She provides loan servicing and audit preparation for PCDC’s New Market Tax Credit program and loan portfolio. Previously, Natalie worked as Accountant at the NY Hall of Science and Project Accountant on several European Union Funded Projects in the Caribbean. Natalie received her bachelor of accounting from Oxford Brookes University; she is also a Chartered Certified Accountant and holds a masters in project management from the University of International Corporation.

Phone: 212-437-3924Email: lrichards@pcdc.org Lemuel joined PCDC's finance team in February 2015 and brings eight years of nonprofit accounting experience. He is responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general accounting support. Prior to PCDC, he worked as a budget analyst at New York Hall of Science and an expenditure accountant at Amnesty International USA. Lemuel has a bachelor’s of science in accounting and economics from City University of New York Queens College.

Phone: 212-437-3975Email: gestevez@pcdc.org Gabriel manages the day-to-day accounting work for PCDC including accounts payable, expense reports, AMEX reconciliations, credit cards processing, accounts receivable, and other accounting assignments. Before coming to PCDC, he worked most recently as an accountant at NonProfit Fiscal Management, a consulting firm that provides financial and business advisory services to nonprofit organizations. While in that role, Gabriel worked closely with seven clients supporting their accounting functions, grant managements, and audit preparations.