Community Health Advisory Board

MWPH Community Advisory Board (CHAB)
Understanding that socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and the physical environment negatively impact the quality of life of residents in the areas within the vicinity of MWPH, the MWPH Community Health Advisory Board (CHAB) was established. This body includes representation from MWPH (executive leadership, medical, and other vital staff), local government, public schools, Head Start programs, and community engagement groups, who work collaboratively to ensure that initiatives that are implemented effectively address true drivers of health in order to improve health outcomes. Implemented programs reflect the priorities of the City of Baltimore’s Community Health Needs Assessment, which helps to inform MWPH’s Implementation Strategy Plan. CHAB meets quarterly throughout the calendar year with the express purpose of determining how best to utilize collective resources to alleviate the barriers and address the disparities facing residents in the MWPH service area.

CHAB Objectives:

· Advise Community Benefit Program on strategies to achieve community health improvement goals

· Support MWPH’s engagement in public health advocacy

· Assist MWPH in the allocation of resources in support of community needs

Current Members

Member Name	Organization
Tiffany R. Adams	Assistant Principal, Pimlico Elementary/ Middle School
Rev. Angela Burden	New Metropolitan Church, B’More for Healthy Babies
Samuel Burris*	Director, External Affairs, UMMS
Stacy Brown	The Family Tree
Rev. Brent Brown*	Pastor, Greater Harvest Baptist Church/VP Ministers Conference of Baltimore & Vicinity
Andrea Brown-Gee*	Chair, MWP Foundation Board/ED Black Mental Health Alliance
Jaqueline Caldwell*	The William S. Baer School Partnership Board
Regina Clay	Manager, External Affairs, Care First
Rev. Darryl Gould	Pastor, Gillis Memorial Church
Carla Jackson	Grand Family Apartments
Dr. Cathy Hardwick*	Associate Professor, College of Health Professions, Coppin State University
Valarie Matthews	Executive Director, Catherine’s Family and Youth Services
James Mitchell*	School Coordinator, Arlington Elementary School
Ruth Ann Norton	President & CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Dr. Edward Perl*	Chair, CHAB, and Member MWP Foundation Board
Dr. Maxine Reed Vance	Deputy Director, Baltimore Healthy Start
Zulema Sockwell-Moore*	Principal, The William S. Baer School
Tysheka Smith	Program Manager, The Y of Central Maryland
Dr. Joan Tilghman*	Interim Dean, College of Health Professions Coppin State University
Terah Turrentine*	Senior Coordinator, St. Vincent De Paul Head Start
Shelly B. Zimmerman	Office of 5th District Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer

* Strategic Team

MWPH Staff Members

Dr. Scott Klein	President & CEO
Jill Feinberg	Vice President, Development & External Affairs
Rev. Tamara England Wilson	Director, Community Benefit
John Benton-Denny	Community Benefit Coordinator
Marneli Laguardia	Financial/Decision Support Analyst