HealthSTAT’s day-to-day operations are lead by the Board of Directors (BOD) and staff.  The student leaders are also guided by the Board of Advisors (BOA) and Programmatic Advisory Committee (PAC), which are comprised of professors, professionals, and community partners.

Board of Directors

The purpose of the Board of Directors is to ensure the fulfillment of HealthSTAT’s mission and to oversee the operations of HealthSTAT.  We have quarterly meetings, including one annual board retreat each spring.  Day-to-day concerns are addressed weekly by our Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Board Chair, Treasurer, Advocacy Chair, Executive Director).

The BOD is responsible to the organization in the following ways:

• Adherence to HealthSTAT’s vision
• Development of diverse funding streams
• Ensuring the financial health of the organization
• Cultivation of relationships with students, schools, and community partners
• Promotion of HealthSTAT’s public image
• Remaining informed and engaged in local edcuational and political discourses
• Prioritizing HealthSTAT's agenda to address up-to-date issues of education, service, and policy in Georgia

In addition to attendance at quarterly meetings, each board member is responsible for overseeing different program areas - education, service, and advocacy - and organizational components, including development, evaluation, and day-to-day operations.

If you are interested in learning more about the Board of Directors or would like to contact any one of us directly, please send an email to info@healthstatgeorgia.org.  

Current Board of Directors

Cristin Almeter
MPH Student, Rollins School of Public Health

Jen Burkholder, RN
MPH/Nurse Leadership Student, Rollins School of Public Health and Nell Hodgson School of Nursing

Sarah Candler, President
MD/MPH Student, Emory University School of Medicine and Rollins School of Public Health
Interests: Healthcare management and the use of interdisciplinary communication to improve delivery, efficiency, and quality of healthcare; Internal Medicine

Philip Criscione, Treasurer
MBA Student, Emory University Goizueta School of Business
Interests: Indigent Care

Nicole Dubriel, BSN, RN, MPH Evaluations Chair
FNP Student, Emory University Nell Hodgson School of Nursing
Interests: Health literacy and education, community health and safety-net systems; Mental Health

Britnay Ferguson, Membership/Marketing
PA Student, Emory University
Interests: Mental health, cultural competence, health literacy, and the medically underserved

Monee Geary
PharmD Student, Mercer University

Rebecca Gunter
MD Student, Emory University School of Medicine

Clint Kalan, Advocacy Chair
Physician Assitant (PA) Student, Emory University School of Medicine
Interests: Rural healthcare access, migrant health, improving health systems, and health policy

Rachel Mather, BOA Liaison
MD Student, Morehouse School of Medicine
Interests: Health disparities, access to care, health policy; Emergency Medicine

Ben Nanes, Chairman of the Board
MD/PhD Student, Emory University School of Medicine
Interests: Access to care, safety-net hospitals, health policy

Rebecca Philipsborn, MPA
MD Student, Emory University School of Medicine
Interests:  Environmental health and infectious diseases, maternal and child health, access to care

Josh Reynolds
MD Student, Morehouse School of Medicine

Kevin Sullivan
MD Student, Emory University School of Medicine
Interests:  HIV/AIDS; palliative care; access to care; and the interplay of addiction, unstable housing, and medical needs.

Rekha Thammana, Service Chair
MD/MPH Student, Emory University School of Medicine / Rollins School of Public Health
Interests: Women's health, health disparities, safety-net hospitals

Dena Vander Tuig, Vice President
MD/MPH Student, Emory University School of Medicine / Rollins School of Public Health
Interests: Women's health / Obstetrics and Gynecology

Karen Wilson, Education Chair
Physical Therapy (DPT) / MPH student, Emory University / Rollins School of Public Health
Interests: Chronic disease and disability, geriatric and medically underserved populations, health disparities, cultural competency, exercise as medicine

Karlyn Wilson, Development Chair
MPH Student, Rollins School of Public Health
Interests: Health policy, food policy, environmental policy, access to healthy foods, healthy community design

Board of Advisors

Our Board of Advisors is made up of a variety of health professionals and community leaders representing a diverse range of businesses, nonprofits, and institutions across Georgia.

Board of Advisors

Stacey Abrams, JD
House Minority Leader, Georgia General Assembly
State Representative, 84th House District

Anjli Aurora Hinman, CNM, FNP
Leading Co-Founder, The Atlanta Birth Center
Provider, Intown Midwifery
Past President, HealthSTAT

Daniel Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Associate Dean, Community Health
Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine

Carlos del Rio, MD
Hubert Professor and Chair, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health

Jeff Graham, MFA
Executive Director, Georgia Equality

Carmen Mohan, MD
Instructor of General Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Co-Founder, HealthSTAT

Grady Strom, PhD
Vice Chair and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Professional Advisory Committee

HealthSTAT is supported by a Professional Advisory Council, which is composed of individuals who provide guidance for HealthSTAT's programmatic areas.

David Adelman, JD, MPP
State Senator, 42nd District

Ayanna Buckner, MD, MPH
Community Health and Preventive Medicine, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine

Henry Kahn, MD
Professor Emeritus Emory University in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Chair of the Physicians for a National Health Program Chapter in Georgia

Linda Smith Lowe, MS
Public Policy Advocate

Lisa Lundquist, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Saundra Turner, EdD
Chair of the Medical College of Georgia Department of Biobehavioral Nursing

Rita Valenti, RN
Project South, Grady Health Systems

Staff

D. Morgan Washington, MPA, Executive Director

Morgan’s background is in nonprofit management and higher education administration.  She has served as a Director for the American Heart Association, the second-largest nonprofit health organization in the United States.  Within the nonprofit arena, she has managed fundraising campaigns, secured major donations and corporate sponsorships, managed events, authored grants, and provided staff leadership to volunteer boards.

Morgan has earned a Master of Public Administration degree in management and a Bachelor of Arts in public relations and business administration.