The Community Advisory Board (CAB) meets weekly with NYC Test & Treat and NYC DOHMH leadership to understand the key barriers and concerns facing New Yorkers in the pandemic. The CAB is an open forum to exchange information and feedback to build trust and support the goals of the program.
Adrienne Abbate
Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness
Executive Director
Afi Akakpo
African Services Committee
Aja Harris
Pride Center of Staten Island, Inc
Andrea Mata
NYCHA
Director of Health Initiatives
Ann Marie Vazquez
Boriken Neighborhood Health Center
Anthony Felicano
Commission on the Public’s Health System
Director
Ariel Savransky
UJA-Federation of New York
Ariella Feldman
The Hebrew Educational Society Of Brooklyn
Antoine B. Craigwell
DBGM
Founder, President, and CEO
Ayo Harrington
LES Ready!
Coordinator
Bora Lee
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc
BJ Sung
Pinnacle Social Impact
Brittany Smith
The Fortune Society, Inc.
Carmina Bernardo
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
Senior Director, Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Chanel Haliburton
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York
Senior Director of Community Engagement
Charles King
Housing Works
Executive Director
Charmaine Ruddock
Bronx Health REACH Coalition
Director
Chris Norwood
Health People
Director
Denise West
Brooklyn Perinatal Network
Deputy Executive Director
Denean Ferguson
Arverne Church of God
Dori Zofan
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
Emira Habiby Browne
Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans, Inc. (CIANA)
Elisabeth Kostin
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island
Fadia Mohama
Samuel Field YM&YWHA dba Commonpoint Queens (SFY)
Faven Araya
Arthur Ashe Institute
Community Engagement and Research Manager
Mr. Five Mualimm-ak
Incarcerated Nation Network INC
Guedy Arniella
Institute for Family Health
Director, Community Health & Outreach
Hayley Gorenberg
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
Legal Director
Herman Schaeffer
NYCEM
Assistant Commissioner
Ira Tannenbaum
Emergency Management
Assistant Commissioner
Jairo Guzman
Mexican Coalition
President
Jason Wu
Human Services Council
Director of Operations
Jerry Chan
Advisor to the Board
Chinese American Family Alliance for Mental Health
Jolanta Kruszelnicka
Brooklyn College
Keosha Bond
New York Medical College
Assistant Professor, Health Behavior and Community Health
Laura McKenna
Southern Brooklyn COAD
Coordinator
Laurie Merlis
The Child Center of NY, Incr
Linh An
Hunter College AANAPISI Project
Multilingual Learner Specialist
Lisa David
Public Health Solutions
President
Lisa Goan
CAMBA
Program manger
Lisa Matthews
National Black Leadership Commission on Health, Inc.
Becca Telzak
Make the Road NY
Maria Passadino
Catholic Charities
Director of Field Operations
Mark Harrington
Treatment Action Group / COVID-19 Task Force
Executive Director
Maurice Reid
One Brooklyn Health System
Member
Seongeun Chun
New York Immigration Coalition
Executive Director
Michele Elliott
The Door
Assistant Medical Director
Mon Yuck Yu
Academy of Medical and Public Health Services
Executive Vice President/Chief of Staff
Eleni Vasilakos
Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI)
Diana Perez
Mixteca Organization
Peter Gudaitis
New York Disaster Interfaith Services
Executive Director
Robert Smith
Physician, Brooklyn, NY
Ryan Castalia
Sure We Can, Inc
Sandra Francios Ultimo
Services for the Underserved
Sarah Montrichard-Ramón Cabrera, MPH, MCHES
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)
Shanna Castillo
NYCHA-REES
Director of REES
Sharmila Rao Thakkar
Staten Island COAD/LTRO
Lead
Sharon McLennon Wier
Center for Independence of the Disabled (CIDNY)
Executive Director
Timothy Ruffin
Harlem Community Justice Center
Virginia Shubert
Public Health Solutions/ COVID-19 Task Force
Consultant
Waafa El-Sadr
Columbia University
Professor, Chair of Global Health
Yolanda Winn
Urban Health Plan
Zachariah Hennessey
Public Health Solutions