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Alexis Desrosiers joins HealthierHere from the Policy and Research Department of the King County Housing Authority. Alexis has nearly 10 years of experience managing data-focused initiatives with nonprofit and public organizations in a variety of sectors, including housing, community-based counseling and advocacy, public health, and emergency and supportive shelter programs. Alexis’ area of focus is building systems and capacities that enable organizations to effectively utilize and leverage data as a tool, including the development and implementation of analytic strategies, performance measurement and management systems, and cross-sector data partnerships. After living and working in New England for more than a decade, Alexis returned home to Seattle in 2016, where she now lives with her wife and two dogs.

Tavish Donahue, MPH, MA has close to a decade of experience managing projects and improving processes for healthcare and non-profit organizations. Tavish came to HealthierHere after working in Long-term care and community health, ultimately coming to HealthierHere’s attention while working with Seattle-based affordable and public housing organizations to build a model of embedding Community Health Workers in low-income housing communities with residents from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Early on in her career Tavish was a music writer for an alternative weekly paper in her hometown of Charleston, SC and then spent the early 2000s working in the media/communications world of New York City. She loves the PNW lifestyle and outside of work she can be found frequenting local dog parks, seeing live music, and hiking in the mountains.

Myani Guetta-Gilbert joins Healthier Here with years of experience advocating for social justice and racial equity. She has worked on community driven policy advocacy through coalition and community organizing as well as leadership and capacity development. In her earlier years, she worked with children and families as well as communities struggling with behavioral health conditions and substance use disorder. Her passion for authentic and equitable community engagement is driven by her commitment to an intersectional and equity focused approach to fighting for healthy communities. Myani received her Master of Social Work degree with a focus on community development from the University of Washington.

Thuy Hua-Ly’s expertise includes extensive state government financial background on Medicaid financing mechanisms, rate setting for Medicaid providers, and working with the state legislature. Her prior position as the Chief Financial Officer for the Washington State Health Care Authority prepared her for the unique financing structure of the Medicaid Transformation Project. Thuy’s focus is to provide excellent financial support, processes and strategies to ultimately support and make a difference in the lives of the clients we serve.

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Jaspreet Malhotra (she/her) has years of experience supporting large networks of community partners and ensuring that community partner voice is included in the development of technologies and strategies to provide client-centered services. Before joining HealthierHere, Jaspreet worked with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. There she facilitated partnerships with community organizations across the state, provided the community partner perspective, and applied innovative strategies to strengthen service coordination. She also has experience with the outreach and enrollment program for Michigan health centers. By utilizing change management, process improvements, systems building and community linkages, she helped pioneer the expansion of outreach and enrollment to enabling services for Michigan health centers. Jaspreet is dedicated to improving health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health and working across sectors.

Michael McKee has more than 25 years’ experience practicing community and public health education, administration and research in nonprofit, academic and government agencies, serving many diverse communities. Before joining HealthierHere, he was Director of Health Services and Community Partnerships at International Community Health Services. He is passionate about serving those who are often marginalized without a voice at the table and enjoys starting new programs. Areas of interest and experience include: health equity and health disparities for refugee and immigrant populations; community health workers; outreach and enrollment – including health system navigation; culturally and linguistically tailored health education; enabling services; population health and chronic disease self-management.

Susan McLaughlin, PhD, became HealthierHere’s very first staff member when she accepted the role of Executive Director in 2017. Prior to leading the HealthierHere team, she served as the Health and Human Services Administrator for the King County Department of Community and Human Services. She has been a pioneer in advocating for family and youth involvement, including authoring a family inclusion model to ensure family and youth voice in systems and program development. Learn more about Susan from the Public Health Insider blog.

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Lisa Watanabe (she/her) joined the team from PATH, a global health non-profit, where she managed strategic planning and organizational change across public health and product development programs. Prior to PATH, she worked as a technology product manager of electronic health records systems, software as a service and mobile applications. As a northwest native, she looks forward to strengthening system-wide coordination and collaboration to address some of the troubling challenges in our region. Outside of work, she enjoys music, art, lectures, reading, and the mountains.