2025-2028 LHIP Workgroup Members

2025-2028 Workgroups

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Institutional and Systemic Racism

Affordable Healthy Food

Inadequate Affordable Housing Supply

Mental Health


Institutional and Systemic Racism Workgroup Members

Amy Weinberg
Hope Connections for Cancer Support

Jaredy Vijil
The Arc of Frederick County

Tiara Lester
Frederick County Government Division of Energy & Environment

Zoe Razunguzwa

Bithssie Etienne
Hood College

Melissa Sines

Albertine Nana
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Brooke DeSantis
Love for Lochlin Foundation Inc

Kirsten Wheeler
Family Connects Frederick County

Marie Lee

Nina Rollins
Asbury United Methodist Church

Rachel Netski
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Kimether Redmon
City of Frederick Community Health Center

Pilar Olivo
Adepta LLC

Affordable Healthy Food Workgroup Members

Mary Jean Synder
Frederick County Developmental Center

Alysia Feuer
Farm to School Frederick

Jacqueline Pieterse

Jamie Wright
Family Connects Frederick County

Chris Krogh
Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL)

Nora Will

Jimmie Powell
Department of Defense / Liberty University

Brandon Geppert
Kinexion Health Project Inc

Christopher Kimberly
Friends Meeting School

Sarah Bush
CareFirst Community Health Plan Maryland

Kitty Devilbiss
Frederick County Division of Aging and Independence

Amanda Zimmerman
Stella’s Girls

Elena Della Mea

Nina Carr

Elizabeth Hill
Frederick County Department of Social Services (FCDSS)

Nermeen “Nina” Asham
Unraveling Obesity Inc

Laura DeFeo
Frederick Health / DeFeo Family Farm

Jenifer Zimmer
Helping Hands and Caring Hearts

Colleen Swank
Frederick County Health Department Community Health Services Cancer & Chronic Disease Prevention

Gianina Porter

Mindi Valuckas

Sharon Edelstein

Jillian Appel
University of Maryland Extension / SNAP-Ed

Kathy Allen
Frederick County Public Schools Early Childhood

Jordan Long
Heartly House

Michele DiPalo-Williams
Frederick County Food Council

Marlene Orantes
Horowitz Center for Health Literacy School of Public Health at University of Maryland

Sarah Pryor
Spectrum Support

Dionna Ali

Prakhya Chikkem

Izabelle Neitz
Hood College

Angela Blair
Frederick County Health Department

Alyssa Seibert
Farm to School Frederick

Elizabeth Hatt

Zohreh Rezazadeh
UNESCO Body & Mind Wellness

Shuchi Sharma
Frederick Memorial Hospital

Thea Connor
Family Connects Frederick County

Greer Garcia

Tamiko Brownfield

Danica Warden
Each 1 Teach 1 Inc

Deb Bisenieks
Seton Center

Samantha Capacillo

Amanda Harkless

Affordable Housing Workgroup Members

Jessica Lertora
Frederick County Safe Babies / Zero to Three

Kristen Lamont

Melanie Cox
Advocates for the Aging of Frederick County

Tamara Warfield
Frederick Health Hospital

Thea Ruff

Mina Soleimani

Sandra Wastler

Annette Breiling
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce

Teresa Young

Pamela Blake

Charlotte Willis

Nancy Noriega
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Abe Olsson
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Susan Holt
SHIFTurn Collective

Sharon Stromberg
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce

Bruce Zavos
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce

Tamiko Brownfield

Nancy Wilson
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce / On Our Own / Bridges Out of Poverty / CASA of Frederick County

Gary Bennett
Affordable Housing Council / Advocates for Homeless Families

Joey Hoffman
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce

Susan Sugrue

A. Hazel Turner
Frederick Health Hospital

Carol Dodds
Frederick Housing Solutions Taskforce

Mental Health Workgroup Members

Eric Sullivan
Uneo Health

Hanna Murchake
Anchor Counseling Centers

Lydia Heimlich
Anchor Counseling Centers

Emily Bours
The Division of Emergency Management of Frederick County

Katherine Robinett
Heartly House

Jan Froehlich

Sharon MacDougall

Amanda Vu
Horowitz Center for Health Literacy

Rena Larkin
Frederick County Workforce Services

Rebecca Gibson
Frederick Health Hospital

Sara Chaves
Heartly House

Patti Buckmaster
Frederick Health Hospital

Paul McGinley
National Alliance on Mental Illness Frederick County

Kathleen Siedor
Amplified Change

Frank Sainfort
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Latisha Carr
Mental Health Association of Frederick County

Rae Gallagher
Girls on the Run of Mid & Western Maryland

Karen Duffy
Maryland Coalition of Families

Caitlin Williams
Catholic Charities / Villa Maria Behavioral Health of Frederick County

Elizabeth Beck

Chris Ceary
Frederick Community College

Ruth Daurisca
Asian American Center of Frederick

Janet Harding
Frederick Health Hospital

Anne Maria Ruinge

Catherine DiGennaro

Teri Heger
Frederick Health Hospital

Carla Papaioannou
Frederick Health Comprehensive Care Center

Karen Yoho
Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS)

Forrest Popkin

Samantha Reed
Charlie Health

Carly Schepacarter
Frederick County Health Department

Kirsten Wheeler
Medpsych Health Services

Meagan Herman
Sheppard Pratt

Jeanine Aubertin

Antoinette Vasseur
ClearView Communities

Wendy Bowers

Sami Leonardo

Djoko Asset
Asian American Center of Frederick (AACF)

Theresa Hiegel-Sherman
Maryland Judiciary

Rachel Hansberger
Transformed by Grace LLC

Tammy O'Connor
Artspiration Frederick

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