Executive Committee

The role of the Executive Committee of the CUNY Institute for Health Equity is to ensure that the Institute's mission is accomplished and its goals and agenda are achieved.  More specifically, the committee plays a role in the policy development that guides the growth of the Institute. They help make possible collaboration with other sectors and ensure the Institute is abreast of policy issues and related factors to keep the work relevant and responsive.


Executive Committee Members:


Andrea Boyar
Chair for Health Sciences
Lehman College

Denise Davis
Program Office, Health Care Group
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Angela Diaz
Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Community Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

William Ebenstein
University Dean for Health and Human Services, CUNY
Executive Director, JFK, Jr. Institute

 
Keville Frederickson
Professor & Director, Research and Scholarship
Doctor of Nursing Science Program
Department of Nursing, Lehman College

Edgar Figueroa
Medical Director, Student Health Service
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Assistant Attending Physician
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell

Andrew Goodman
Deputy Commissioner
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Diane Lacey
Vice Chair, HHC Board of Directors
Reverend, Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church


Rick Martínez
Medical Director of Corporate Donations and Community Relations
for Latin America
Johnson & Johnson

William A. Tramontano, Provost
Brooklyn College

Wilma Waithe
Director, Office of Minority Health
New York State Department of Health