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Our Volunteer Board and Other Team Members

Jessica Backman-Levy

Jessica Backman-Levy

Co-founder and Board Member

Jessica is an Associate Professor of Practice at Washington University in St. Louis and a Senior Associate at Iris Group.

Brian Burke

Brian Burke

Board Treasurer

Brian is an applied cultural anthropologist who studies how communities mobilize to address environmental and economic issues.

Piku Patnaik

Piku Patnaik

Board Member

Piku has worked as an infectious disease epidemiologist on global health research and programs across 14 countries.

John Ben Soileau

John Ben Soileau

Carrezedo Coordinator

John Ben is a program officer at the National Academies of Sciences' Board on Environmental Change and Society.

Karin Friederic

Karin Friederic

Co-founder and Board Member

Karin is an Associate Professor of Cultural and Applied Anthropology at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Megan Snair

Megan Snair

Board Secretary

Megan is a public health consultant and writer for SGNL Solutions, working on global health security, emergency preparedness, and health policy.

Ryan Shields

Ryan Shields

Board Member

Ryan has his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins and practices as a generalist OB/GYN in Honolulu and Waimea, Hawai'i.

Margaux Sanchez

Margaux Sanchez

Development Director

Margaux is a multimedia communications professional focused on activism and social change.

Rhianon Liu

Rhianon Liu

Board President

Rhianon is a palliative care physician working in Portland, Maine with medical training from Johns Hopkins, Sutter Santa Rosa, and Scripps/UCSD.

Erin Lund

Erin Lund

Board Member

Erin joined the core faculty at Santa Rosa Community Health's Vista Campus in 2013 as the Maternity Care Director.

Brennan Keiser

Brennan Keiser

Board Member

Brennan is a Research Coordinator at the University of Washington conducting practice-based research in primary care.

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