At HOLI, we believe that it takes a community to make a difference. This is why we have developed intentional partnerships to help us in crafting transformative learning opportunities for our CUNY students.
We are thankful to our Fellows, Advisory Council Members, Strategic Partners, and supporters who are passionate about empowering health leaders and contribute to the ongoing success of our HOLI students.
Director, Health and Opportunity Leadership Institute (HOLI)
Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership
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MANAGING DIRECTOR, HEALTH AND OPPORTUNITY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (HOLI)
Administrative Specialist
| HOLI Senior Scholar and Founding Leadership Member
Dr. Beckman is a physician whose work spans safety-net clinical care, government leadership, and health innovation. A founding leadership member of HOLI, he serves as Senior Scholar and practices primary care at Brookside Community Health Center within Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He previously served as Special Advisor to the 21st U.S. Surgeon General and worked with primary care practices at Aledade to expand physician-led accountable care organizations. At HOLI, he supports student mentorship, develops partnerships, and builds initiatives at the intersection of artificial intelligence, public health, and health equity.
| HOLI Senior Advisor and Founding Leadership Member
Ms. Bhandarkar brings nearly 20 years of experience in health care and civic engagement, with a focus on improving access to quality care in communities with limited resources. She has held leadership positions at NYC Health + Hospitals, Maimonides Medical Center, and Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, and has worked in health care consulting with safety-net hospitals. As Principal of Spring Bhee Advisory, she provides advisory and consulting services to health care and nonprofit organizations. She is a founding leadership member of HOLI and serves as Senior Advisor.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Arteaga-Landaverde serves as New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, overseeing thirteen agencies and offices spanning health, social services, children’s services, and related areas. Appointed by Mayor Mamdani in January 2026, she previously served as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, becoming the first woman and first Latina to lead the hospital. During her five-year tenure, Elmhurst earned recognition from U.S. News & World Report for regional excellence and high performance, and from City & State NY as a top workplace. She also secured substantial public investment in hospital improvements, including $27.5 million from New York State for a new Women’s Pavilion and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, alongside other funding totaling nearly $140 million for major improvement initiatives.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Davis serves as Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals, where she leads Population Health and Research Administration. Her portfolio includes innovative care models, population health analytics, chronic disease prevention and management, and social medicine. She also co-chairs the system’s Equity & Access Council and is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Previously, she served as Director of Ambulatory Medicine at NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx. She is board-certified in internal medicine and obesity medicine.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Easterling is a physician and public health leader whose work focuses on advancing health equity and addressing racial inequities in health care. As First Deputy Commissioner and the inaugural Chief Equity Officer at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, he aligned internal and external equity initiatives and led the city’s equity response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts to ensure equitable vaccine distribution. He subsequently served as Senior Vice President for Population and Community Health and Chief Strategic and Innovation Officer at One Brooklyn Health, helping establish its Office of Community Health and Health Equity. As Director of Young Doctors Project-NY, he supports the development of the next generation of health care leaders.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Fisher is a board-certified emergency medicine physician at the University of Chicago whose work spans government, industry, and academia. He is the author of The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER, selected as one of TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2022. As a White House Fellow in the Obama administration, he helped deliver the 2011 HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. He also helped build a Medicaid managed care plan serving 70,000 members in Cook County and developed health care companies at Redesign Health. A 2026 candidate for Illinois’s 7th Congressional District, he continues to provide care in the South Side community where he grew up. His honors include selection as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, a Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 honoree, and an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Forman is a professor of diagnostic radiology, public health, economics, and management at Yale, with faculty leadership responsibilities in finance and health policy. He directs the Health Care Management program at the Yale School of Public Health and teaches health care economics in Yale College’s Economics Department. He is the founding faculty director of Yale’s MD/MBA program and faculty director of the health care focus area in the School of Management’s MBA for Executives program. A practicing emergency and trauma radiologist, he combines patient care with work in financial administration, health care compliance, and contracting. His research focuses on improving the delivery of imaging services through better access to information.
| Senior HOLI Fellow
Dr. Pierre serves as Chief Growth Officer of Healthfirst, the largest nonprofit health plan in New York State. He oversees growth, financial performance, community engagement, sales, and retention across its Medicaid, Medicare, and long-term care portfolios. Previously, he spent more than 12 years at Empire BlueCross BlueShield, New York State’s largest for-profit health plan. He also teaches health care and business courses as an adjunct professor at New York University, Columbia University, and Baruch College, and volunteers with nonprofit organizations. He is the author of The Way Up: Climbing the Corporate Mountain as a Professional of Color.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Adams serves as Medical Director of Integrated Clinical Services at Accompany Health, where she develops and expands transitions-of-care services and 24/7 virtual urgent care programs for patients enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid, as well as Medicare Advantage members, in urban and rural communities. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Her work focuses on designing and evaluating health system structures, programs, and policies that advance equitable care and outcomes. She previously held clinical and administrative roles at NYC Health + Hospitals and Galileo Medical and completed her internal medicine and primary care residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was named an Aspen Ideas Health Fellow in 2023 and a National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 40 Leader in Health in 2022.
| HOLI Fellow
Ms. Cipriano serves as Executive Director of the Common Health Coalition, where she strengthens partnerships between health care and public health organizations to improve how the health system serves communities. Previously, she served as Executive Director of Government Affairs and Deputy Public Information Officer for the COVID-19 and mpox responses at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She also held roles in the NYC Mayor’s Office as a Health Policy Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff for the Office of Management and Budget. Her experience spans policy, emergency response, and partnerships at multiple levels of government, including roles with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Eisenstein is a primary care physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, where he also supports health equity initiatives. His work includes expanding primary care for people with a history of incarceration, improving access to kidney transplantation, and enhancing services for patients with sickle cell disease. He served on the advisory council for the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed his internal medicine residency at NYU and Bellevue Hospitals, where he served as a union delegate for the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR-SEIU). Raised on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, he now lives in Brooklyn.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Hayden is an assistant professor of medicine and a primary care physician. Alongside HOLI Fellows Micah Johnson and Sanjay Kishore, she co-founded EqualCure, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating hepatitis C. She earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2019, where she studied stigma in the care of patients with addiction, and completed her internal medicine residency in the primary care track at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She subsequently practiced at Upham’s Corner Health Center in Boston. Before joining UVA, she worked at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, helping establish a clinic that provides primary care and hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment for people leaving jails and prisons. She also served as an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Johnson is a physician and health policy expert whose work focuses on improving the U.S. health care system. He co-founded EqualCure, a nonprofit that uses technological innovation to help eliminate hepatitis C, and practices as an internal medicine hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. From 2023 to 2025, he served as a Health Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, co-leading the development of Medicare legislative proposals for the President’s Budget and supporting prescription drug and Medicare reforms at the CMS Innovation Center. His experience also includes work in Congress, state Medicaid programs, the White House, and presidential campaigns. He has published in JAMA and Health Affairs and co-authored Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Kishore is a physician and co-founder of EqualCure, where he develops technology-enabled models that expand access to curative hepatitis C treatment. He directs UVA’s Health and Advocacy Leadership (HEAL) residency track and leads efforts to improve hepatitis C screening and treatment for hospitalized patients. Previously, he founded a clinic with the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama, providing accessible hepatitis C treatment and primary care for people leaving prison. He completed his internal medicine and primary care residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and graduated from Duke University.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Menghrajani serves as the inaugural Medical Director for AI at Doximity, the nation’s largest professional network for physicians, while continuing to practice oncology at Harvard/Mass General Brigham in Boston. Her work focuses on the development, evaluation, and responsible use of artificial intelligence in clinical medicine. In 2023, she joined the White House as the oncologist for the Cancer Moonshot and physician for the Health Outcomes team. As a White House Fellow and subsequently an Assistant Director in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, she developed and implemented initiatives spanning cell and gene therapy, global health, clinical trials, rare diseases, and declining life expectancy. She concluded her White House service in January 2025.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Okolo serves as Director of Service for the NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Home Based Primary Care Program, overseeing teams that provide in-home care to medically complex patients across Brooklyn. As Medical Director of the NYC Health + Hospitals Accountable Care Organization, he also leads clinical strategy and initiatives focused on value-based care, care transitions, and outcomes for high-risk populations. His work addresses the needs of frail older adults, patients who frequently use health services, and people living with chronic illnesses through clinical innovation, care coordination, and the integration of social determinants of health into health system operations. An attending physician in Kings County’s Ambulatory Care Department, he provides primary care, hospitalist, and geriatric services. He also helped launch Montefiore’s first Health Equity Rounds and contributed to initiatives addressing equity, medical education, ageism, and racism.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Patel is an associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics and a faculty member at Georgetown University School of Medicine’s Thrive Center for Children, Families, and Communities. A child, adolescent, and perinatal psychiatrist, he practices at a federally qualified health clinic in Washington, D.C., providing behavioral health care to pregnant people and children. He most recently served as Senior Advisor for Children, Youth, and Families—and briefly as Acting Chief of Staff—at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Previously, he served as a White House Fellow at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, working at the intersection of immigration and public health.
| HOLI Fellow
Dr. Roy is a family physician and sociologist whose work advances health equity through research, education, and partnerships with communities. He is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania and directs the Health and Political Economy Project at the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy. His research examines how economic systems shape health, with a focus on access to medicines and the growing influence of finance in health care. His book, Capitalizing a Cure: How Finance Controls the Price and Value of Medicines, explores drug pricing and access through the case of curative hepatitis C treatments. His clinical interests include perinatal health, addiction medicine, and co-occurring chronic conditions. Previously, he co-founded and served as Executive Director of GlobeMed, a network connecting university students with communities worldwide to address poverty and health.
| HOLI Fellow
Ms. Yao is a Senior Advisor and health coverage policy expert at the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design, where she advances population health through human-centered policy and programs. Previously, she served as a Senior Advisor in the Biden-Harris administration within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Administrator, guiding agency strategy on nursing home reform, health information technology, and other cross-program priorities. She has also held policy roles with the U.S. Senate, the City of Chicago, and the State of Illinois, where she helped develop major reforms to nursing facility Medicaid payment rates. She began her career as a Certified Nursing Assistant and is a Rhodes Scholar and Truman Scholar.
I Chairperson of the Board of the Firm at Manatt
Mr. Bernstein serves as Chairperson of the Board of the Firm at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP and leads Manatt Health, a national legal and consulting practice that supports health care stakeholders through expertise in law, public policy, strategic planning, and analytics. He chairs the boards of the Center for Democracy and Technology and Human Rights in China and serves on the boards of trustees of the Citizens Budget Commission of New York and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is also a member of the Health Policy and Management Executive Council at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an adjunct professor of health law and regulation at NYU School of Law. In 2021, Public Health Solutions named him a Champion of Public Health for leading the NYC COVID-19 Rapid Response Coalition, and City & State included him in its Health Power 100 list. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brown University and his law degree from NYU, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and an Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow.
I Vice Dean for Finance and Administration and Executive Director for Public Partnerships at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health
Dr. Jarrah serves as Vice Dean for Finance and Administration and Executive Director for Public Partnerships at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, overseeing compliance, facilities, finance, information technology, and human resources. He previously served as Deputy Health Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and as Deputy Health Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. In Philadelphia, he helped expand the department’s budget to support initiatives addressing asthma inequities, injury and violence prevention, racial and ethnic health disparities, and access to care. Earlier, he served as Deputy Director for Integrated Clinical Services at Oregon’s Multnomah County Health Department, advancing Medicaid reform, school-based health services, and behavioral health care for incarcerated adults and detained youth. His policy work spans preemption, gun violence prevention, public health workforce development, and funding for local public health. He earned his doctorate in public health from Johns Hopkins University, his master’s in public health from the University of Washington, and his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College.
I Senior Advisor on Community Engagement at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Mr. Johnson serves as Senior Advisor on Community Engagement at Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, supporting its mission to improve the health and well-being of underserved communities across New York State. A longtime advocate for children’s health, he previously spent 27 years as Executive Vice President for Government Affairs at Children’s Health Fund, a nonprofit that supports innovative pediatric programs and policies addressing the complex health care needs of medically underserved and economically disadvantaged children. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his master’s degree in political management from the Graduate School of Political Management at Baruch College.
I Operations & Management – Bloomberg Philanthropies
Ms. Goldmacher oversees operations for the environment program at Bloomberg Philanthropies, bringing experience in public service across government, higher education, nonprofits, and philanthropy. She previously served as Chief People Officer at the national ACLU, helped launch Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, and served as Deputy Director of the White House Fellows program during the Obama administration. She serves on the board of Women of Georgetown and as co-president of her class board at Wellesley College. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Wellesley and her master’s in public policy from Georgetown, serving as the student commencement speaker at both institutions. A California native, she began her career working in both houses of the state legislature.
I Leader in Residence, Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
Mr. LaMarche is a Leader in Residence at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at The City College of New York, where he teaches and co-chairs Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, which he co-founded in 2021. He also serves as Senior Adviser at Raben, Board Chair of The New Press, and Vice-Chair of The Fund for Global Human Rights and Freedom Reads. His nearly five-decade career spans human rights, social justice, and philanthropy, including service as President of the Democracy Alliance and The Atlantic Philanthropies. He was the founding director of U.S. Programs at the Open Society Foundations, serving for 11 years beginning in 1996, and previously held senior positions at the American Civil Liberties Union, PEN America, and Human Rights Watch.
I Executive Director of the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
Ms. Pierre-Louis serves as Executive Director of the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, leading scholars, clinicians, and policy experts in addressing the root causes of poverty and translating research into evidence-based interventions. She previously served as the institute’s Chief Operating Officer and hosted its podcast, Black Boys and Men: Changing the Narrative. Her public service includes roles as Senior Adviser to the NYC Commission on Gender Equity, Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence, and Manhattan Deputy Borough President, where she led initiatives in transportation, sustainability, and criminal justice reform from 2006 to 2013. She has also held leadership positions at Sanctuary for Families and Harlem Legal Services and taught at Fordham University School of Law. She co-founded and chairs the Haitian Roundtable, serves on the executive board of the Committee for Ranked Choice Voting NYC, and was appointed co-chair of the MTA’s “Fareness” panel in 2022. Her honors include Common Cause New York’s Democracy Defender Award and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association’s Public Servant of the Year award. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Tufts University and her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
I Executive vice president of the institute for community health and wellness
As executive vice president of the institute for community health and wellness, Dr. Salas-Lopez oversees Northwell Health’s community and population health strategy, including community relations, social responsibility, and needs assessments. Her leadership was critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, where she partnered with community leaders to identify their most pressing needs. This became the catalyst for the creation of Northwell’s Health Equity Taskforce, composed of community, faith and tribal nation leaders who work on equity and social issues that impact health. Dr. Salas-Lopez previously served as the chief transformation officer at Lehigh Valley Health Network, where she led population health initiatives, telehealth, strategic partnerships, and redesigning of the clinical delivery system. Academically, she was a professor of medicine at the University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine and the College of Public Health. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Salas-Lopez is a nationally recognized speaker and educator on women leaders; health care disparities and equity in care; cultural awareness and language-appropriate services; and the impact of social and economic factors on health. In 2021, she was honored by the Healthcare Association of New York State with a Community Health Improvement Award. She also earned a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Leadership Award, the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless Key of Excellence Award, the Empire Whole Health Heroes Award and the Tribute to Excellence in Health Care Award from the United Hospital Fund. In 2024, she was named by Becker’s Healthcare as a top Hispanic health care executive in the country and Crain’s as a New York Notable Healthcare Leader.
I President and CEO of the New York Health Foundation
David Sandman is the President and CEO of the New York Health Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to improving the health of New Yorkers, especially people of color and others who have been historically marginalized. Previously, Dr. Sandman was appointed by the Governor of New York as Executive Director of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, also known as the “Berger Commission.”, which was charged to evaluate and reform the State’s health care delivery and financing systems. After serving as Executive Director of the Berger Commission, Dr. Sandman became a Managing Director of Manatt Health Solutions, where he advised health care providers, foundations, payers, associations, government, and companies regarding development of new health care programs, services, and restructuring plans. Earlier, he was a Vice President at Harris Interactive, a global research and consulting firm. Dr. Sandman previously served as Assistant Vice President at the Commonwealth Fund, where he was responsible for projects related to health care coverage and access, health care in NYC, Medicare, and quality of care issues. He also served as a policy analyst with the City of New York Department of Health; at a number of community-based HIV/AIDS organizations; and as a researcher at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sandman received his Bachelor of Arts degree, Phi Beta Kappa, from Haverford College, and his Master of Public Administration degree and Ph.D. from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and a former board member of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and Philanthropy New York.
I Senior Advisor for programs at the Commonwealth Fund
Anthony Shih is senior advisor for programs at the Commonwealth Fund. He is a physician executive who has held senior positions at many of the leading health policy nonprofit organizations in New York City. Shih has served as president and CEO of United Hospital Fund, executive vice president at the New York Academy of Medicine, and executive vice president for programs at the Commonwealth Fund. He was also chief strategic initiatives officer at Community Healthcare Network. He is a board member of the Milbank Memorial Fund and an adjunct clinical professor at the NYU School of Global Public Health. Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, Shih earned a B.A. in economics from Amherst College; an M.D. from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine; and an M.P.H. from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
During her three decades of leadership and management experience Anne Williams-Isom has served as Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services where she ensured that the City’s healthcare and social services systems were run compassionately, equitably and effectively for all New Yorkers. She has served as an educator at Fordham Graduate School of Social Service (GSS), the Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), in various leadership roles at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, and as a practicing attorney. She currently serves as the Senior James Dumpson Fellow at GSS. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a law degree, and a doctorate in ministry.
