2023 Speakers — HAVI Conference

Plenary Speakers

Governor JB Pritzker

Governor of Illinois
Fatimah Loren Dreier

Executive Director of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention, Executive Director of the Kaiser Center for Gun Violence Research and Education, and Vice President of Health Resources in Action (HRiA).
Bechara Choucair, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., and Hospitals.
Rochelle Dicker, MD

Professor in Residence of Surgery and Anesthesia at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Board Chair at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD., FACS

Chair, Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons. Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery
Selwyn Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS

Professor and Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Executive Vice President of Community Health Engagement at the University of Chicago Medicine. Board member at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Adrian Sanchez (MC)

Director, Peer Learning at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Chico Tillmon

Executive Director, Heartland Alliance, READI Chicago

Plenary Panelists

Carnell Cooper, MD

Chief Medical Officer of Northeast Methodist Hospital. Board member at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Tim Daly (Moderator)

Director, Gun Violence Prevention and Justice Reform Program, The Joyce Foundation
Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH

Director, Policy & Advocacy at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Sharron Fletcher

Deputy Director, Discretionary Division in the Office for Victims of Crime at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
Masika Gadson

Community Engagement Outreach Manager, Boston Public Schools/ Boston Trauma Response. Board member at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Esmeralda B Huerta

Violence Intervention Specialist, UC Davis Medical Center Wraparound Violence Intervention Program
Greg Jackson

Executive Director, Community Justice Action Fund
DeAngelo Mack

Senior Advisor, Frontline Support and CVI Integration, The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Ernestina Perez

Director, UHI Evaluation and Data Analytics at UChicago Medicine, Urban Health Initiative
Toni Rivera (Moderator)

Managing Director, Communities of Practice at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Kyndra Simmons, PhD (Moderator)

Director, Frontline Support and CVI Integration at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
James "JT" Timpson

Managing Director, Community Violence Initiatives, Roca Impact Institute
David Wiley

Hospital Outreach Coordinator, Boston Medical Center VIAP

HAVI Awards Presenters

Jacquel Clemons

Director, The IVYY Project at Grady
Guthrie Conyngham

Operations Director, Temple University Center for Urban Bioethics
Paris Davis

Intervention Director, Youth ALIVE!
Masika Gadson

Community Engagement Outreach Manager, Boston Public Schools/ Boston Trauma Response. Board member at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Melissa Mee

Violence Prevention Coordinator, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Alex Navarro

Statewide City Gun Violence Prevention Lead-California, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

Workshop & Research Abstract Speakers

Muhammad Abdul-Ahad

Executive Director, T.O.U.C.H Outreach
Eric Adams

Lead Violence Interrupter, Youth ALIVE!
Lisa Allee, MSW, LICSW

Director, Boston Medical Center's Community Violence Response Team
Juard Barnes

Senior Advisor, Communities of Practice at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Jermaine Belcher

Senior Coordinator, Policy & Advocacy at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Amber Brandolino, MS

Program Evaluation Manager, Medical College of Wisconsin, Comprehensive Injury Center
Janene R. Brown, PhD MPH

Senior Coordinator, Research and Evaluation at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Shani Buggs, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, UCDavis Health
Ariadna Capasso, PhD

Director, Research and Evaluation, Health Resources in Action
Kathryn Kelly Carroll, LCSW

Associate Director of Behavioral Health and Wellness, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Nicole Cerra, MA, MPH

Senior Research Project Manager, OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Ben Cooper, MPH

Manager, Public Health Data & Training Center, Washington University in St. Louis
Chelsie Coren

Research Project Manager, Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS)
Franklin N. Cosey-Gay, PhD, MPH

Director, University of Chicago Medicine Violence Recovery Program
Alexa Courtepatte, MPH

Research Assistant, Boston Medical Center
Francisco DePina

Core Influencer Director, Uncornered
Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, MPH

Associate Director and Co-Founder, RYSE Center
Kavita Marie Dsouza

Sr Programs Manager, Apna Ghar
Jennifer Duran, LCSW

Interim Clinical Director, Healing Hurt People - Chicago
Kyle Fischer, MD, MPH

Director, Policy & Advocacy at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Sandra Galicia

Inpatient Trauma Intervention Specialist, Healing Hurt People-Chicago
Gabriel Garcia

Policy & Advocacy Director, Youth ALIVE!
Stephanie Garcia, MPH

Research Associate, Center for Violence Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Donnell Gardner

Outreach Supervisor, Chicago CRED
Megan Rene Georges, MS

Data and Research Coordinator, Violence Intervention Advocacy Program (VIAP) at Boston Medical Center (BMC)
Angelina M. Gutierrez, APCC

Bilingual Mental Health Counselor, Youth ALIVE!
Carol Henton

Resource Coordinator, Project Hood
Diana Hernandez

Community Based Trauma Intervention Specialist, Healing Hurt People-Chicago
Marcie Hill

Operations Manager, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago
Ashley B. Hink, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical Director of Turning the Tide Violence Intervention Program
Bridget Horan, MEd, MSW, LSW

Violence Prevention Specialist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Violence Intervention Program
Abigail Hurst, MSW

Director of Trauma-Informed Programs, Everytown for Gun Safety
Kenya Jackson

Research Manager, The Interrupting Violence in Youth and Young Adults (IVYY) Project
Carlos Jackson

Lead Pathways Intervention Specialist, Youth ALIVE!
Jonathan Jay, DrPH

Assistant Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health
Chevist Johnson

Violence Prevention Professional , UC Davis Health Wraparound
Taylor Kaser

Statistical Data Analyst, Life Outside of Violence; Washington University in St. Louis
Joe Kim

Associate Director, Training & Technical Assistance at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Matthew Kutcher, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery / Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
David Leopold

Chief Evaluation & Learning Officer, Uncornered
Lorenzo M Lewis

Program Manager, CHRIS180 / Cure Violence
Zijing 'Jing' Liu, MS

Data Analyst, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Center for Violence Prevention (CVP)
Sherah Liverpool

Associate Director, Training & Technical Assistance at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI).
Nicky MacCallum

Healing Director, Youth ALIVE!
Virginia McCarthy, MPH

Doctoral Candidate, Colorado School of Public Health
Lisa McDermott, LCSW, LCADC

Clinical Operations Manager, Project HEAL, Hackensack Meridian Health
Zoe Maya Miller

Program Manager for Planning and Evaluation, Boston Public Health Commission
Talia Morikawa MPH, DPT

Clinical Data Management Specialist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Center for Violence Prevention (CVP)
Kristen Mueller, MD

Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Quintin W.O. Myers, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus, At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring Program (AIM)
Rachel Myers, PhD, MS

Assistant Professor & Co-Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Violence Intervention Program
Carol Olson

Assistant Director - Gender & IPV Violence Initiatives, VCU Health
Damaris Ortiz, MD

Trauma Surgeon and Researcher, Indiana University/Eskenazi Health Hospital
Megan J. O'Toole

Research Deputy Director, Everytown for Gun Safety
Natalie Penhale Johnson

Senior Project Manager, Health Resources in Action
Steven Perkins

Director of Field Instruction, Metropolitan Family Services
Elizabeth Pino, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine
Cassandra Ramdath, PhD

Director of Research and Evaluation, Georgetown Law Center for Innovations in Community Safety (CICS)
Victoria A Ramirez-Morales

Program Manager for CAYI, ROCA Inc
Sheetal Ranjan, PhD

Professor of Justice Studies & Sociology, Montclair State University
Raquel Richardson

Violence Prevention Specialist, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Julia Schleimer, MPH

PhD Candidate, University of Washington, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
Johanna Schubert

Director, CT HVIP Collaborative, Hartford Communities that Care
Guadalupe Serrano-Lopez

Lead Intervention Specialist, Youth ALIVE!
Tekesia Shields

Program Manager Zone 3, Cure Violence Atlanta
Kyndra Simmons, PhD

Director, Frontline Support and CVI Integration at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
James A Sims

Program Manager, Claretian Associates
MJ Smith

Violence Intervention Legal Navigator, Medstar Washington Hospital Center Community Violence Intervention Program
Randi N. Smith, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery; Medical Director of IVYY
Lamont Taylor

Outreach worker, Institute for nonviolent Chicago
Molly Taylor

Community Violence Prevention & Intervention Analyst, Oregon Health Authority
Jody Thigpen, LCSW

Violence Prevention Supervisor, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Violence Intervention Program
Michael Thomas

Program Manager, UCAN
Anna Thordarson

Administrative Coordinator, Health Resources in Action
Adzi Vokhiwa

Federal Affairs Director, Giffords
Heather Warnken, J.D.

Executive Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the University of Baltimore School of Law
Rediet Wegayehu

Associate Director, Evaluation and Learning, Everytown for Gun Safety
Rebecca Weiland, MPH

Assistant Director, The Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research & Science (CORNERS)
Johnnie Williams

Executive Director of Denver Youth Programs, GRASP
Monique Williams, PhD

Executive Director/Researcher, Cure Violence Global/University of Louisville
Heather Wong, MHS, BSN, RN, TCRN

Trauma Program Director, OHSU Trauma Center
Andrew Woods, MSW, VPP

Senior Advisor, Training & Technical Assistance at the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (The HAVI)
Robert Wright

Clinical Supervisor, Grady Memorial Hospital

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