Advisory Council Members

Champions
The Honorable Dr. Hanifa Shabazz 
President, Wilmington City Council

The Honorable John Carney
Governor, State of Delaware

The Honorable Michael Purzycki
Mayor, City of Wilmington

The Honorable Matthew Meyer
County Executive, New Castle County

Chair
Dr. Henry Smith III



Staff Support
Dr. Gwen Angalet
Council Coordinator 

Members
​Raye Jones Avery
CEO, Christina Cultural Arts Center

Ashley Biden
Executive Director, Delaware Center for Justice
Theodore Boyer
Director, School and Student Services, Red Clay Consolidated School District

Darryl Chambers
Community Leader & Research Assistant, UD Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies

Dr. David Chen
Physician, Christiana Care Health System (CCHS)

Earl Cooper
Community Referral Specialist, City of Wilmington 

Dorrell Green
Director of Improvement and Innovation Education, Dept. of Education (DOE)

Coley Harris
Community Leader

Gabriela Kejner
Chief of Staff, Dept. of Health and Social Services (DHSS)

Kevin Kelley
Director, Parks & Recreation, City of Wilmington

Stacey Laing
Director, Employment and Training, Dept. of Labor

Rita Landgraf
Director, Healthy Communities Partnerships, Professor of Practice, UD 

Teri B. Lawler, MA
School Psychologist, Stanton Middle School Red Clay Consolidated School District  

Rochelle Lazorchak
Director, Office of Prevention, Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health (DPBH)

Molly Magarik
Deputy Secretary,  DHSS

Dr. Sandra Medinilla
Trauma Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, CCHS

Gregory Morris
Special Assistant to the Mayor, City of Wilmington

Vanessa Phillips
Chief Administrative Officer, New Castle County

Dr. Karyl Rattay
Director, Division of Public Health (DPH)

Wes Southall
Chief Administrator, DSS

John Stevenson
Director, Youth Rehabilitative Services (YRS)

Matt Swanson
Executive Chairman, Innovative Schools Chairman, Healthy Neighborhoods Committee

Robert Tracy
Police Chief, City of Wilmington, Police Department (WPD)

The Honorable Kara Odom Walker, MD
Cabinet Secretary, DHSS 

Meghan Wallace
Special Advisor, Governor's Family Services Cabinet Council

Daphne Warner
Deputy Director, DPBH, Dept. of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families

Dr. Krishna White
Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Nemours

Emmanuel Oppong-Adjei
Trainer/Educator III, DPH

Corry Wright
Community Leader

Advisors
Ron Berry
Director of Projects, Social Contract

Jerrica Boyer
YRS

Ariael Brooks Porter
Teacher, Kuumba Academy

The Honorable Susan Bunting
Delaware Secretary of Education

Wanda Burgos-Rincon
Youth Development Director, Latin American Community Center (LACC)

Dr. Debra Burke
Director of Psychology Programs, DPBH

Katherine Cannatelli
Manager, Community Health and Preventative Medicine, CCHS

Patricia Chapman
Community Coordinator, DPBH

The Honorable Nnamdi Chukwuocha
State Representative, District 1

Cassandra Codes-Johnson
Associate Deputy Director, DPH

Tamera Fair
​Executive Director, Wilmington Hope Commission

Stephanie Hamilton
Director, Youth Response Team, WPD

Dwayne Hardwick
Community Partner Support Unit, DSS

Frank Hawkins
Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, AIDS Delaware

Lisa Henry
Director, Community Services, DPH
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Logan Herring
CEO, REACH Riverside

Carrie Hyla
YRS

Dr. Raheemah Jabber-Bey
Community Advocate

Marianne Kenville-Moore
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Lynne Kielhorn
Community Advocate

Catherine Lindroth
Co-founder, Social Contract

Maria Matos
CEO, LACC

Anna McDermott
Strategic Initiatives Manager, Food Bank of Delaware

Dubard McGriff
Community Organizer, ACLU

Trish Minogue
Program Coordinator, WPD

Mary Moor
Young Child Wellness Expert, Project Launch, DPBH

Alta Porterfield
Community Resources Administrator, State Division of Libraries

William Potter
Executive Director, Delaware Workforce Development Board

Jill Rogers
Executive Director, Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth

Dr. Yasser Payne
Associate Professor, UD

John Rago
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Communications, City of Wilmington

Dr. Marlene Saunders
Community Leader

Michelle Taylor
President & CEO, United Way

Orrin White
Director of Community Impact, United Way

Na-Tasha Williams
Population Health Specialist III, Health and Prevention Services, Nemours

Laura Wisniewski
Director, Community and Special Projects, Office of the Lt. Governor

Last updated February 2019