WHO WE ARE
Steering Committee
Steering Committee Co-Chair - Karyn Clark, Worcester Division of Public Health
Steering Committee Co-Chair - Ronald B. Waddell Jr., Executive Director of Legendary Legacies
Linda Cavaioli - YWCA Central MA – Executive Director
Kimberly Reckert - UMass Memorial Medical Center - Community Health Manager
Kelsey Hopkins - Worcester Division of Public Health – Academic Health Collaborative Coordinator
Shelly Yarnie - MA Department of Public Health - Director of Local Public Health Initiatives
Judi Kirk - YouthConnect - Director of Assessment
Mónica Escobar Lowell - UMass Memorial Health Care- Vice President, Community Benefits
Suzanne Cashman - UMass Medical School – Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health and Director of Community Health
Jose Ramirez - Edward M. Kennedy Health Center – Vice-President Worcester Operations
Imrana Soofi - Muslim Community Link – Executive Director
Liz Myska - Attorney
Sheriff Lew Evangelidis (or appointee) - Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
Julie Orozco - Community Health Link, Emergency Services Program Director
Yvette Dyson - Worcester Common Ground, Executive Director
Ken Bates - Open Sky Community Services, President and CEO
Zach Dyer - UMMS, PhD/MD candidate.
Jermoh Kamara - Director of Wellness and Health Equity, YWCA - Professor of Public Health, WPI
Dr. Greg Waldorf - Associate Dean for Clinical Programs, MCPHS School Optometry
Sha-Asia Medina - Executive Director, OurStory Edutainment - Black Families Together
Jorge "Junito" Ramos - Outreach Director, Legendary Legacies
Augustine Mensah - RN, Fairlawn Rehab Hosptial
Walter Jovel - Assistant Director, H.O.PE. Coalition - WCOC Worcester Youth Leadership Institute
Coalition Staff
Coalition Director - Casey Burns casey@healthygreaterworcester.org
CHIP Evaluation and Writing Coordinator - Tempe Staples
CHIP Community Engagement Coordinator - Chantel
Participating Organizations (in the 2018 CHIP planning and/or implementation process)
Indicates the organizations who have CHIP ed In as of 12/1/19. Our apologies for any accidental errors or omissions. If you are not on this list, please complete a CHIP In Form for Organizations.
2Gether We Eat
A Caring Touch Nursing and Home Care
AARP
AARP Volunteer
Abby's House
ABS Behavioral Health Services LLC
Academic Health Collaborative of Worcester
Access to Recovery
African Community Education
AHEC
AIDS Project Worcester
Alcoholics Anonymous - Worcester Area Intergroup
Alternatives and The Bridge Of Central MA
Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Angels Net Foundation
Anna Maria College
Ascentria Care Alliance
Athena HealthCare
Barre Family Health
Beacon ABA Services
Becker College
Belmont AME Zion Church
Bethany Christian Services
Big Brother Big Sister
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest
Black Families Together
Board of Health
Boston University School of Social Work
Bottom Line
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
Boys and Girls Club/Youth Connect
Center for Global Leadership
Center for Health Impact
Center for Living and Working CLW
Central Community Health Partnership
Central MA Council on Aging
Central MA Regional Public Health Alliance/Worcester Division of Public Health
Central MA Tobacco Free Community Partnership
Central Mass Grown
Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging
Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance
Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission
Central West Justice Center
Centro Inc.
Century Homecare, LLC
Charles Hope Company
Charter
Children’s Friend Inc.
City Manager’s Advisory Council on the Status of Women
City Manager’s Coalition Against Bias and Hate
City of Worcester
City of Worcester (CoW)
City Of Worcester EOED
City of Worcester Housing Discrimination & Disabiliy
City of Worcester, Executive Office of Economic Development Neighborhood Development Division.
Clark University
Clemente Course
CMHA
CMRLC / Transit
CMRPC
CMWIB
Coalition for a Healthy Grafton
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
Coes Zone
Coes Zone Taskforce
College of the Holy Cross
Commission on Disability
Commissioner of Worcester Health & Human Services
Community Harvest Project
Community Health Link
Community Legal Aid
Community Skate Shop
CommunityHELP
DA EARLY
DCF
Department of Nursing
Department of State Treasurer - MA Office of Economic Development
DHS/WSU
Dispora Nurses Health Initiative (DNHI)
Division of Youth Opportunities
DMH
DYO/COW
Easter Seals Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
Edward Street Child Services
Elder Services Nutrition Program
Elder Services of Worcester
EMHCHC
EPOCA
Executive Office of Economic Development
Facilities Department
Facilities, WPS
Fallon Health
Family Continuity
Family Health Center of Worcester
Family Resource Center
Farm to Health Center
FHCW
Fidelity Bank
Fresh Start Wellness center
Fuller Foundation
Gavin Foundation
Genesis Club
Girl Scouts of Central MA
Girls Inc. of Worcester
Grafton Job Corps
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Guild of St. Agnes
GWCF
Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester
Hanover Insurance
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Health and Human Services
Health and Physical Education Department
Health Central Advisors
Health Centric Advisors
Health Foundation of Central MA
Health Recovery
HHS, City of Worcester
Highland Grace House
Holden Department of Recreation
Holy Cross
HOPE Coalition
Hope for Worcester
Housing Development and Healthy Homes Program
Housing Forum
Human Resources
Human Rights Commission
Improbable Players
Indigenous People’s Network/Affiliated Tribes of
Individual/Attorney
Institute for Health and Recovery
Island Counseling Center
Ivy Child International
J Fish fitness
Jeremiah’s Inn
Kennedy CHC
Kiva Center
Latin American Health Alliance
Legendary Legacies
LGBTQ Asylum Task Force
Living in Freedom Together, Inc.
Luk Inc.
MA Dept. of Children & Family
MA Mail
Main South CDC
Martinez Consulting
Mass Audubon
Mass Audubon at Broad Meadow Brook
Mass Hire Central
Mass Hire Worcester Career Center
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA)
MassHire Central Career Center
MCPHS School of Optometry
MCPHS University
MDPH
Men of Color Think Tank
Millbury High School
Millbury Opioid Taskforce
MIND Program at UMass Medical School
Ministerios La Trinidad
Mission E4
Mosaic
Mount Wachusett Community College
Multicultural Wellness Center
Muslim Community Link
My Choice Programs, Inc.
National Alliance on Mental health
National Network of Library Medicine - New England Region
Neighbor to Neighbor
New Beginnings Wellness Center
New England Qin-Qio
New Life Worship Center
Next Step Grief Group
Norrback Avenue School PTO
Northeast Organic Farmers Association
Northwest Indians
Oak Hill CDC
Office of Congressional McGovern
Office of District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.
Office of Human Rights & Disabilities
Open Sky Community Services
OurStory Edutainment
Overlook Hospice
Parent Professional Advocacy League
Parents Union of Massachusetts
Pathways for Change
Pernet Family Health Service
Pharmaceutical Oncology Specialist
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Playgroubd Consultant
Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center - Executive Director
Quinsigamond Community College
Rainbow Child Development Center
Real You Revolutions
REC
Recovery Centers of America
Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center
Regional Environmental Council
Regional Environmental Council - Director of Programs
Regional Public Health Alliance
Regional Response to Addiction Partnership
Reliant Foundation
Reliant Medical Group
Rider Advisory Committee
Safe & Successful Youth Initiative
SEAC
Senior Center
Seven hills
Seven Hills Foundation
Seven Hills, You Inc.
Shades Worcester
Shine Initiative
Shrewsbury Public Schools
Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services
South Bay Community Services
South Bay Mental Health
South East Asian Coalition
South Worcester Neighborhood Center
Southeast Asian Coalition
Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts - Director of Projects
Spectrum
Spectrum Health
Spectrum Health Systems, Inc.
St.Vincent Hospital
Storms Associates
Straight Ahead Ministries
Tasks for Transit
Telehealth and Assisted Living Center
Telehealth Assisted Living Center
Tenet Health
The Bridge Of Central MA
The Fieldstone School
The Kiva Center
The Revive Effect
The SHINE Initiative
Together for Kids Coalition
Town of Millbury
Transportation Advocacy Coalition
Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine
U Mass Med
U Mass Med School/AHCW
U Mass PDRP
UMass Extension
UMass Extension Nutrition Ed Program
UMass Extension: The Language Bank
UMass Med
Umass Medical School
Umass Medical School - PBM/CCTS
Umass Medical School - PBM/CCTS - Research Program Director
UMass Medical School (UMMS)
UMass Memorial
UMass Memorial Community Healthlink - Chief Operating Officer
UMass Memorial Health Care - Community Relations Department
UMASS Memorial Healthcare
UMass Memorial Medical Center
UMass Memorial Office of Clinical Integration
UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center
UMMHC
UMMS
UMMS - Center for Clinical and Translational Science
UMMS - Center for Mindfulness
UMMS - Family Medicine and Community Health
UMMS - Graduate School of Nursing
UMMS - Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
UMMS, PhD/MD candidate
Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester
United Way
United Way of Central Massachusetts
Uniterian Universalists
UNITEY
Unity Radio
Visions Consulting L3c
Visitation House, Inc.
Walk Bike Worcester
WCAC
WCACA (Carribean Carnival Association)
WCCC
WDPH
WDPH - Academic Heath Collaborative
WDPH - Chief of Community Health
WDPH / CMRPHA
WDPH intern summer 2020
WDPH/Academic Health Collaborative
WDPH/CMRPAA
WIC
Women In Action Inc.
Worc. Area Mission Serv.
Worc. District Med. Society
Worcester ACTS (Addresses Childhood Trauma)
Worcester Area Mission Society
Worcester Chamber of Commerce
Worcester Common Ground, Executive Director
Worcester Community Action Council
Worcester Community Connections Coalition
Worcester County Commission on Status of Women
Worcester County Food Bank
Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office
Worcester District Medical Society
Worcester Division of Public Health
Worcester Division of Public Health/Central Mass
Worcester Education Collaborative
Worcester Food Policy Council (Facilitator)
Worcester Food Policy Council, Manager
Worcester Free Clinic Coalition
Worcester Free Clinic Coalition - Umass Med
Worcester Head Start
Worcester Healthy Baby Collaborative
Worcester Housing Authority
Worcester Impact on Sexual Health
Worcester Interfaith
Worcester Interfaith - Director
Worcester Jobs Fund
Worcester Labor Coalition
Worcester Mutual Aid
Worcester Partnership for Racial and Ethnic Health Equity
Worcester Police Cit/WPAR
Worcester Police Department
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Public Library
Worcester Public Schools (WPS)
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Worcester Regional Transit Authority
Worcester Roots
Worcester Schools
Worcester Senior Center
Worcester State University
Worcester Youth Center
Work ACTS
Work Force Center
Working for Worcester
WPI
WPS
WRTA
WRTA Rider Advisory Committee
YMCA
YWCA of Central MA
You Inc
Youth Council Worcester
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester supports the city of Worcester and contiguous towns of Paxton, West Boylston, Boylston, Shrewsbury, Leicester, Millbury, Auburn, Grafton, and Holden.