RHODE iSLAND public health association
2020 RIPHA Board of directors
President
Chris Gadbois, DNP, RN-BC, PHNA-BC
Chief Executive Director
CareLink Collaborative
CGadbois@carelinkcollaborative.org
Advocacy Chair
Patricia Markham Risica (Patti) DrPH
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Social Sciences and Epidemiology
Brown Center for Health Equity Research
Brown School of Public Health
pmrisica@gmail.com
President-Elect
To be Determined
Membership Chair
To be Determined
Fox (Terrie) Wetle, MS, PhD
Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Brown School of Public Health
Terrie_Wetle@brown.edu
Communications Chair
Sidra Scharff, MPH, Implementation Specialist
The Office of Family Visiting,
RI Department of Health
Division of Community Health and Equity
sidra.scharff@gmail.com
Academic Advisory Board Chairs
Kerri S. Warren, PhD
Professor of Biology & Public Health
Roger Williams Public Health Program
Kwarren@rwu.edu
Magali Angeloni, DrPH, MBA
MPH Director
New England Institute of Technology
Member at Large
Lynn P. Blanchette, PhD, RN
Associate Dean, Assistant Professor, Nursing
Rhode Island College School of Nursing
LBlanchett@ric.edu
Member at Large
Willie Borkai, MPH
Program Coordinator
Lifespan Workforce Development
Willie.Borkai@lifespan.org.
Member at LargeSheila Jacobs, MED, CHES
Health Promotion Manager
Lifespan
sjacobs@lifespan.org
Member at Large
Bess Marcus, PhD
Dean
Brown School of Public Health
Bess_marcus@brown.edu
Jonathan Noel, PhD. MPH
Assistant Professor
Johnson & Wales College of Health & Wellness
jnoel@jwu.edu