Meet The Team
The Heartbeat of the Foundation
HGF
At the Intersection of Healthcare, Economics, and Social Interaction.
At HGF, we work daily to align and pull together resources and a culture of care that fosters better health outcomes in our communities.
Board of Directors
DÉSIRÉE ALLEN
Vice-President and Director
Assistant Vice President
Regional and Community Outreach Dept.
(Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)
PAPI SORA
Treasurer and Director
Senior Customer Success Manager
(Athena Health)
MALIKA FAIR, MD, MPH
Director
Senior Director, Health Equity Partnerships & Programs (Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC)
Lawrence Vinson III
Founder/CEO, The The CLVT (The Collective)
Previously, Vice President, Health Strategies, AHA
MODOU NDOYE FALL
Director
Chief Executive Officer (Haskè Consulting)
BOUBA DIEMÉ
Founder & President
Senior Manager, Community and Customer Mgt, Corporate Affairs (National Grid)
Board of Advisors
JOE AMADI-ECHENDU, PROFESSOR
Engineering and Technology Management,
Graduate School of Technology Management (University of Pretoria)
NEAL LAKDAWALA, MD, MBA
Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist
(Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
Instructor in Medicine (Harvard Medical School)
NICOLE SINGH, MD
Primary Care Doctor (Sislen & Associates, Washington, DC)
LAUREN EBERLY, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
(Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn)
OUSMANE DIEYE, MD
Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist
(Cabinet de Cardiologie SAKINA, Dakar, Senegal)
OLIVIA WEINSTEIN, MS, RD, LDN
Culinary Nutrition Director, Teaching Kitchen (Boston Medical Center)
MYRTISE MAURICE,MSW, MPH, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker & Founder (Perspectives Health Services)
Public Health Consultant & Co-Founder (Haitian Mental Health Network)
Shabatun (Saba) Islam, MD
Medicine, Cardiology
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant/VAD Fellow
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
Executive & Senior Staff
Bouba Diemé
Founder, Chief Encouragement Officer (CEO)
Genia Philip
Operations Director
Arpoo Eisendrath
Accounting and Finance Director
Sarah Falcone, RN
Program Health Manager
Dr. Ebele Mogo
Senior Program Research Manager
Elle Williams
Communications and Marketing Manager
Stacey Brown
People Operations Manager
Lewis Howe
Community Partnership Coordinator
Idongesit Obeya
Program Health Advisor
Staff/Contractors
Andrelle Cadet-Piard, MA
Community Health Coach
Bethia Jean-Marie
Admin/Executive Assistant
David "Dave" Olanrewaju
A/V Designer - Consultant
Dayshel Reid
Program Assistant
Gloria Anderson Armstrong, RN
Community Health Coach
Isabella Kallassy
Program Manager, Communications
Melanie Sturrup
Community Health Coach
Natalee DaCosta
Community Health Coach
Olarinde Williams
Grants Coordinator
Patricia Nunn, RN
Senior Health Coach
Sebra Barcuis, RN
Senior Health Coach
Shirline Luxcin Jean
Community Health Coach - Consultant
Thuy Truong Do, RN
Senior Health Coach
Velma Glover, RN
Senior Health Coach
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The Heart of a Giant Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 84-2900386. Donations are tax-deductible.
