Spring Quarterly Meeting Announced! - June 10th, 2024

We are excited to announce that the Portland Health Equity Alignment's Spring Quarterly Meeting will be held on Monday, June 10th from 10:00am to 12:30pm at Merrill Auditorium Rehearsal Hall (20 Myrtle Street) in Portland.

Each committee will meet 2-3 times between our winter meeting on February 7th & June 10th, so members should be on the lookout for communication from their committee chair(s).

We are always looking to recruit new members to the Alignment, so if you or someone you know is interested in joining us, please fill out our interest form and encourage others to do the same! We are especially seeking Community Health Workers (CHWs) who work in Greater Portland to join our recently established CHW Committee.

As a reminder, below are the contacts for each of the Alignment committees:

AGING:

• Chair: Kathy Vezina - kvezina@mainecouncilonaging.org
• Chair: Megan Walton - mwalton@smaaa.org
• PPH Staff Liaison: Alfredo Vergara - avergara@portlandmaine.gov

CHW:

• Chair: Axels Samuntu - asamuntu@mcd.org
• PPH Staff Liaison: Nélida Berke - nrb@portlandmaine.gov

CLINICAL:

• Chair: Ann Tucker - atucker@greaterportlandhealth.org
• Chair: Jeff Aalberg - jeffreya@day-one.org
• PPH Staff Liaison: Jiffy Kelley-Young - jkyoung@portlandmaine.gov

COMMUNITY & FAITH-BASED:

• Chair: Maureen Clancy - mclancy@portlandschools.org
• Chair: Mardochee Mbongi - mardochee.mbongi@cocomaine.org
• PPH Staff Liaison: Skylar Bergeron - sbergeron@portlandmaine.gov

MONITORING, EVALUATION, & GRANTS (MEG):

• Chair: Rachel Gallo - rachel.gallo@maine.edu
• Chair: Andy Gerstenberger - andrea.gerstenberger@mainehealth.org
• Chair: Hayley Prevatt - hprevatt@portlandmaine.gov
• PPH Staff Liaison: Kirsten Goodrich - kfaucher@portlandmaine.gov

SDOH:

• Chair: Barbara Ginley - barbara.ginley@mainehealth.org
• PPH Staff Liaison: Amanda Hutchins - ahutchins@portlandmaine.gov

STUDENT & ACADEMIC:

• Chair: Marie Sheffield - bridge2belong@gmail.com
• Chair: Annah Houanche - anounou005@gmail.com
• PPH Staff Liaison: Val Johnstone - vjohnstone@portlandmaine.gov

Thank you, as always, for your ongoing commitment to serving our communities! We look forward to seeing you in Portland soon!