CEARCH Management Council Directory
Local community members and University of Minnesota faculty on the CEARCH Management Council work together to guide our community-engaged research efforts. They co-develop research opportunities, build and strengthen partnerships rooted in mutual benefit, and assess how these efforts influence knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
CEARCH Management Council
Fayise Abrahim Ecclesiaste
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Awo Ahmed
Community Engagement Coordinator
Metropolitan State University, Institute for Community Engagement and Scholarship
Keith Allen
Director of Community Health Programs
M Health Fairview
Sayali Amarapurkar, PhD
Community Engagement and Research Director
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Antonia Apolinário-Wilcoxon, EdD
President
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Paulette Baukol
Lead Project Manager
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration
Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Sara Bolnick, MPH
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Lynne Borden, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Engagement
University of Minnesota Extension
Chief of Staff
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Multi-PI, Deputy Director
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Yasamin Graff, MPH
Community Engagement Specialist
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Amna Hussein, MBS
Community Outreach and Engagement Manager, Masonic Cancer Center
Zachary Hylton
Interim Integrated Health and Justice Administrator, Ramsey County
Consultant
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Angela Lewis-Dmello, MSW, LICSW
President/CEO
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking and Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroups
Associate Professor
UMN School of Dentistry
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Assistant Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Affiliate Assistant Professor, UMN School of Nursing
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW
Research Facilitator
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Lab Coordinator
Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Mitchell Rosenbloom
Senior Community Health Worker
Hennepin County
Chaz Sandifer
Founder and Owner
theNEWmpls
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Audrey Seligman, MPH
Advisory Board Coordinator
Youth and AIDS Project, UMN Medical School
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Susan Severson
Vice President of Business Solutions and Innovation
Stratis Health
Cherylee Sherry, MPH, MCHES
Population Health Systems Manager
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Tamara Stark
Senior Director of Housing and Youth Development
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Antony Stately, PhD
CEO
Native American Community Clinic
Kate Diaz Vickery, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, UMN Medical School
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Consultant
Board Member, Stevens Square Foundation and Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Senior Director for Community Partnership
University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Sayali Amarapurkar, PhD
Community Engagement and Research Director
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Sara Bolnick, MPH
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Brenna Lanoue, MA
Engaged Grants Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Angela Lewis-Dmello, MSW, LICSW
President/CEO
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking and Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroups
Membership Committee Chair
Minnesota Cancer Alliance
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Audrey Seligman, MPH
Advisory Board Coordinator
Youth and AIDS Project, UMN Medical School
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Cherylee Sherry, MPH, MCHES
Population Health Systems Manager
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Tamara Stark
Senior Director of Housing and Youth Development
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Antonia Apolinário-Wilcoxon, EdD
President
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Paulette Baukol
Lead Project Manager
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Yasamin Graff, MPH
Community Engagement Specialist
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Susan Gust
Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Sydney Lemire, MA
Executive Assistant (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Member, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Angela Lewis-Dmello, MSW, LICSW
President/CEO
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking and Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroups
Associate Professor
UMN School of Dentistry
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Assistant Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Affiliate Assistant Professor, UMN School of Nursing
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Consultant
Board Member, Stevens Square Foundation and Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration
Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Angelica Koch, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW
Research Facilitator
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Lab Coordinator
Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Kate Diaz Vickery, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, UMN Medical School
Co-Director and Principal Investigator, Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community & Collaboration
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Paulette Baukol
Lead Project Manager
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Zachary Hylton
Interim Integrated Health and Justice Administrator, Ramsey County
Consultant
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Angelica Koch, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Chaz Sandifer
Founder and Owner
theNEWmpls
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Staff
Susan Gust
Senior Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Angelica Koch, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaborations Workgroup and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Brenna Lanoue, MA
Engaged Grants Program Manager, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Sydney Lemire, MA
Executive Assistant (CEARCH)
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Member, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup