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
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
Susannah Bartlow, PhD
Community Outreach and Engagement Manager
Minnesota Cancer Clinical Trials Network, Masonic Cancer Center
Paulette Baukol
Lead Project Manager
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Role:
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration
Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Sara Bolnick, MPH
Director of Communications and Partnerships
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Chief of Staff
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Multi-PI, Deputy Director
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Sayeeda Farhana, MSPH
Community Engagement Specialist
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Marleny Garber, MPH
Program Manager
Stratis Health
Yasamin Graff, MPH
Community Engagement Specialist
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Zachary Hylton
Interim Integrated Health and Justice Administrator, Ramsey County
Consultant
Role:
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Rhonda Jones-Webb, PhD
Professor
UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Chelsey Kirkland, PhD, MPH, CHW
Researcher
Center for Public Health Systems, School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Angela Lewis-Dmello, MSW, LICSW
President/CEO
Role:
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Emily Matson, MPH, MPS, MCHES, CSE
Education and Training Manager
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Associate Professor
UMN School of Dentistry
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Assistant Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Affiliate Assistant Professor, UMN School of Nursing
Tolulope Ola, PhD, MPH
Founder/Executive Director
Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW
Research Facilitator
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Gay Lynn Richards
Membership Committee Chair
Minnesota Cancer Alliance
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Kayla Richards, MSW
Research Manager
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Mitchell Rosenbloom
Senior Community Health Worker
Hennepin County
Chaz Sandifer
Founder and Owner
theNEWmpls
Role:
Strategy and Operations 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
Consultant
Board Member, Stevens Square Foundation and Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Engaged Grantmaking Workgroup
Fayise Abrahim Ecclesiaste
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Role:
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 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
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
Associate Professor
UMN School of Dentistry
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Kayla Richards, MSW
Research Manager
Role:
Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Consultant
Board Member, Stevens Square Foundation and Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies
Role:
Co-Lead, Engagement Training and Capacity Building Workgroup
Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Senior Advisor, Community & Collaboration
Professor, UMN School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Sayeeda Farhana, MSPH
Community Engagement Specialist
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Chelsey Kirkland, PhD, MPH, CHW
Researcher
Center for Public Health Systems, School of Public Health
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives 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 Collaboration Initiatives and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Emily Matson, MPH, MPS, MCHES, CSE
Education and Training Manager
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Shannon Pergament, MPH, MSW
Research Facilitator
Role:
Co-Lead, Networks and Collaboration Initiatives Workgroup
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Research
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Paulette Baukol
Lead Project Manager
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Role:
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Zachary Hylton
Interim Integrated Health and Justice Administrator, Ramsey County
Consultant
Role:
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 Collaboration Initiatives and Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Gay Lynn Richards
Membership Committee Chair
Minnesota Cancer Alliance
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Chaz Sandifer
Founder and Owner
theNEWmpls
Role:
Strategy and Operations Workgroup
Staff
Director, Community Engagement to Advance Research and Community Health (CEARCH) and Lead, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Research
Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Role:
Co-Lead, Strategy and Operations 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
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 Collaboration Initiatives 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