Meet The Team
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
Steering Our Future with Vision and Leadership
DÉSIRÉE ALLEN
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
Vice-President and 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 and Director
Senior Manager, Community and Customer Mgt, Corporate Affairs (National Grid)
Board of Advisors
Guidance from Industry Experts and Innovators
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 Schoo
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
Steering Our Future with Vision and Leadership
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
Empowering Innovation Through Our Skilled Team
Andrelle Cadet-Piard, MA
Community Health Coach
Bethia Jean-Marie
Admin/Executive Assistant
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
Shirline Luxcin Jean
Community Health Coach – Consultant
Thuy Truong Do, RN
Senior Health Coach
Velma Glover, RN
Senior Health Coach