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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.

Bethlehem completed her Bachelor’s degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health at the UW. She has worked in community health helping community members enroll in Medicaid and Qualified Health Plans and navigate healthcare access while at HealthPoint through the AmeriCorps program. She has also served as a mental health case manager at DESC. Most recently, she comes to HealthierHere following the completion of an MPA in Health Policy and Management at NYU, as well experience in working in healthcare operations at the Weill Cornell Medicine at New York Presbyterian where she applied her education, project management skills, and interests in continuous improvement. She brings a wealth of lived experience and expertise to HealthierHere and is committed to equity, social justice, and addressing health disparities.

Heeju joins HealthierHere with skills in data analysis and process redesign to make internal business processes easier while lifting health and equity in local communities. Her career experience includes data analysis of Medicaid claims and eligibility and SQL programming at DESC, and finance, supply chain and security ERP technology consulting with PwC. She studied Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (“MMSS”) at Northwestern University and enjoys learning human and programming languages. She resides in South Seattle where she stewards an epic garden and the happiest chickens on Earth.

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.

Madelyn, BSN, RN, brings a background in clinical and public health nursing to her position at Healthier Here. She has previously worked as a Population Health Nurse providing team-based care to people living with diabetes, experiencing firsthand the importance of preventative healthcare and community-based care coordination. Most recently, she worked as a Public Health Nurse in Snohomish County focusing on reducing health disparities in the maternal child health population. She is passionate about cross-sector collaboration and health systems transformation that emphasizes the social, environmental, and political factors that impact health and wellbeing. Outside of the virtual office, you can find Madelyn cozied up with a good book, baking, knitting, or enjoying a walk outdoors.

Marya Gingrey is a committed Civil Rights and Social Justice Practitioner offering 25 years of successful social justice, equity and human rights experience. She previously served as the Executive Director for the Regional Equity Network. As a transformational leader skilled in vision sharing, consensus building, relational networking and authentic community engagement, Marya has assisted a variety of organizations in their efforts to become more equitable, diverse and inclusive in their programs and service delivery. She has worked to advance Social Justice, Equity and Civil Rights in health, education, housing, employment, transportation and the criminal justice systems. Firmly rooted in the Puget Sound Region, Marya believes in the collective power of community, organizations and institutions working together to create communities where all people can thrive.

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.

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.

Creating change for social good through innovation has been a unifying theme of Gena Morgan’s (she/her) career. For over a decade, she worked to develop programs and partnerships through cross-sector collaboration at PATH and Microsoft. Her work at HealthierHere is an exciting new challenge to leverage cross-sector collaboration and the Medicaid Transformation Project to transform the healthcare delivery system and improve the lives of King County residents. She is excited to join HealthierHere after helping develop and launch the King County Accountable Community of Health as an employee of Seattle-King County Public Health. A Seattle native, Gena has deep roots in the Pacific Northwest and enjoys working cross-culturally, having traveled in 5 continents for both business and pleasure.

Graeme (he/him) brings a passion for harnessing storytelling as a tool for social justice, equity, and holistic community wellbeing to the HealthierHere team. He has spearheaded social impact communications strategy and multimedia campaigns for organizations and documentaries around the world. A working documentary filmmaker and photographer, his projects examine issues of health, social movements, education, and justice and have shown at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Afropunk Festival Johannesburg, New York African Film Festival, Durango Independent Film Festival, and more. A born and raised Seattleite, Graeme loves exploring the cultural and natural wonders of the PNW.

Sara Standish (she/her) serves as the Associate Director of the Connect2 Community Network.  In this role, she works closely with members of the HealthierHere team and clinical and community partners to build a regional community information exchange.  Prior to HealthierHere, Sara led strategy, learning and data teams at Health Leads, a national non-profit focused on health equity.  Her experience includes partnership development, quality improvement, strategy consulting, venture capital and supporting start-ups.  Sara is passionate about community-led approaches to improving health and well-being, developing learning teams, democratizing data and creating collective mental health solutions.  She lives with her partner, two kids and a cat in East King County.

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.

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.