Staff Directory

Executive Leadership

Stephen Lawler

President and CEO

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LaPonda Edmondson, DrPH, MHS

Interim President, Foundation; Senior Director, Evaluation, CaroNova

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Jody Fleming

President, NCHA Strategic Partners; Senior Vice President, NCHA

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Jessica Lewis

General Counsel

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Doug Heron

Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

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Tatyana Kelly

Senior Vice President, Planning, Strategy & Member Services

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Anthony Okunak

Vice President, Finance/Financial Policy

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Nicholle Karim, MSW

Vice President, Policy Development

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Jai Kumar

Vice President, Innovation; Interim President, CaroNova

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Debra Carter

Senior Executive Assistant, Executive Secretary, NCHA Board

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Our Staff

Stephen Lawler

President and CEO

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LaPonda Edmondson, DrPH, MHS

Interim President, Foundation; Senior Director, Evaluation, CaroNova

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Jody Fleming

President, NCHA Strategic Partners; Senior Vice President, NCHA

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Jessica Lewis

General Counsel

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Doug Heron

Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

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Tatyana Kelly

Senior Vice President, Planning, Strategy & Member Services

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Anthony Okunak

Vice President, Finance/Financial Policy

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Nicholle Karim, MSW

Vice President, Policy Development

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Jai Kumar

Vice President, Innovation; Interim President, CaroNova

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Debra Carter

Senior Executive Assistant, Executive Secretary, NCHA Board

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Kelsey Adams

Account Manager, Eastern NC

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Ana Alvarez

Senior Project Manager, Implementation

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Jill Armbruster

Senior Director, Communications, Foundation and CaroNova

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Breyah Atkinson

Project Manager, Population Health

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Alicia Barfield

Director, Policy Development

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Chelsea Bednarz

Program Manager, Population Health

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Jordan Britton

Account Manager, Western NC

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Blair Burr

Director of State Government Relations

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Ellen F. Carroll

Director, Program Design, CaroNova

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Randi Carlsen

Financial Policy Project Manager

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Sarah Cavaiani

Program Manager, Grants and Programs

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Ronnie Cook

Finance & Managed Care Consultant

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Zach Faigen

Data Programs Project Manager

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Jessica Foster

Senior Program Manager, Design

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Marissa Franks

Program Manager, Social Impact

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Esther Govada

Data Analyst

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Makeda Harris

Regulatory Affairs Manager

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James Hayes

Education Services Project Manager

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Marjah Haygood

Accounting Manager

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Dean Higgins

Executive Director of Program Development and Operations

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Ernie Izummuo

Senior Program Manager, Clinical Implementation

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Rifat Jahan

Data Analyst

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Tevin Jenkins

Project Manager, CaroNova

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Christie Johnston

Executive Assistant, Financial & Member Services

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Jonathan Kea

Executive Director, Data and Information Systems

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Alex Key

Project Manager, Client Services and Business Growth

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Shelby Lassiter

Director, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

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Lizette Leon

Executive Assistant, Foundation

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Kristi Manning

Project Coordinator

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Shakeerah McCoy

Director of Rural Health Innovation

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Christina Mitchell

Business Administration Project Manager

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Elizabeth Mizelle

Senior Director, Measurement

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Yvonne Mosley

Program Manager, Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

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Emma Paris, MSW, MPH, PMP

Manager, Policy Development

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Samantha Quinlan

Executive Assistant, Strategic Partners

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Hannah Rodgers

Manager, Communications

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Pamala Rogers

Corporate Relations Program Manager

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Emily Roland

Senior Director, Program Implementation, NC State Team Lead, CaroNova

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John S. Rowe

Senior Systems Analyst

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Amy Smith

Senior Director of Administration & Human Resources

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Jaclyn Snow

Associate Program Manager, Financial Services

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Stephanie Strickland

Senior Director, Communications

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Miriam Tardif-Douglin

Senior Program Manager, Research and Policy, CaroNova

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Shannon Twist

Implementation Research Analyst

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Trish Vandersea

Director of Performance Improvement and Population Health

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Courtney Wallen

Associate Manager, Communications

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Madison Ward Willis

Manager, Planning, CaroNova

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Irene Watts

Executive Director of Sales and Marketing

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