CareQuest Institute Team
Analytics and Data Insights
Hannah W. Cardosi
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Hannah Cheung, MPH, MS, RDH
Health Sciences Specialist
Shweta Ghimire, MS, DVM
Research Analyst
Lisa J. Heaton, PhD
Science Writer
Paige Martin, BA
Science Writer
John O’Malley, MHI
Biostatistician
Rebecca Preston, MPH, CHES
Project Manager
Morgan Santoro, MPH
Research Analyst
Kelly Schroeder, RDH, MS
Health Sciences Specialist
Adrianna Sonnek, MPH
Data Engineer
Eric P. Tranby, PhD
Director, Analytics and Data Insights
Madison Vinson, MSHI
Health Informatics Developer
Finance
Aja Blanding, MBA
Staff Accountant, Accounts Payable and Payroll
Brittany Druen, MBA, CPA
Accounting Manager
Edward Gray
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Laura Griffin
Executive Assistant
Denise W. Marks, MBA, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Quan Perry, CPA
Senior Accountant
Michael Petrellese, MBA, MS
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Gregory P. Winn, MBA
Vice President, Treasury
Paul Wynne, MBA
Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis
Grantmaking
John Gabelus
Grants and Programs Associate
Melodie Griffin, MHA
Grants and Programs Manager
Courtney Leeper-Coles
Grants and Programs Coordinator
Kimberly Octavius-Delus
Senior Administrative Assistant
Kaz Rafia, DDS, MBA, MPH
Chief Health Equity Officer, Executive Vice President
Bianca Rogers, MBA
Project Manager
Trenae Simpson, MBA
Director, Grants and Programs
Government and External Relations
Roberta Hontzeas
Director, Internal Communications
Kristin LaRoche
Vice President, Public Affairs
Kimberly Octavius-Delus
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Ami Sanchez
Legislative and Policy Analyst
Sara Ward
Public Relations Manager
Health Transformation
Danielle Apostolon
Program Manager, Value Based Care
Hannah W. Cardosi
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Renee Clark
Care Coordinator & Interoperability Manager
Chelsea Chokas, MSM
Program Specialist
Andrea Clark, MS
Director, Health Care Economics
Stephanie Clester, RDH, MS
Clinical Content and Support Specialist
Christine Kanan
Senior Manager, Implementation
Wai-Sum Leung RDH, MS
Project Coordinator
Rebekah Mathews, MPA
Vice President, Health Transformation
Caroline McLeod, RDH, MS
Value-Based Care Solutions Manager
Kaz Rafia, DDS, MBA, MPH
Chief Health Equity Officer, Executive Vice President
Matthew Vermillion, MBA
Senior Manager, Health Improvement
Human Resources
Malcolm Carter
Director, Organizational Learning and Inclusion
Glenn Corliss
Manager, Talent Acquisition
Orletta Cross
Director, Human Resources – DDMA
Fane Efthalitsidis
Senior Recruiter
Emmanuel Encarnación, aPHR
Human Resources Specialist
Steven Lee
Director, Total Rewards
Meredith Moore
Director, Human Resources
Brenna Smith-Mickunas
Human Resources Specialist
Olesya Wegner, BA
Benefits Specialist
Marketing and Education
Michael Briddon, MA
Director, Education and Content
Darren Edwards
Digital Marketing Lead
Jasmin Fernandes
Administrative Assistant, Senior
Francesca Gattuso, MA
Content Specialist
Chernise Harris
Marketing Manager
Lisa R. Sall, MPP
Marketing Manager
Caitlin Sinett
Multimedia Specialist
Carly Strang, MBA
Director, Corporate Marketing
Josefine Wolfe, PhD, MSPH, RDH
Education Specialist
Legal
Marlene Inoa
Paralegal
Alisa Lewis, CHC, CRISC
Director, Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Patricia Ma, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President
Mary Ellen Martin, Esq
Assistant General Counsel
Nupa Patel, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Sandra Tran
Executive Assistant
Operations
Ward Carapetyan
Vice President, Information Technology
Leslie Carver, MHA
Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Brenda E. Cocuzzo
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Grandy Cody, MBA
Vice President, Chief of Staff
Soyria Giraud
Project Coordinator
Erin Maloney
Manager, Operations
Theresa Perez
Strategic Collaboration Project Manager
Ashley Pugliares
Executive Assistant
Rizwan Qureshi
IT End User Experience Manager