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Most recently, she served as Project Director with the CDC Foundation in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where she led equity-centered implementation efforts related to health equity data standards, data modernization, training, technical assistance, governance, and cross-agency coordination. She is the Founder and Chief Visionary Architect of Brilliant Ideas House and brings expertise in project management, stakeholder facilitation, evaluation-informed strategy, technical assistance, and implementation infrastructure. Airregina holds a Master of Public Administration and Leadership from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from DePaul University. She has been admitted to Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Technology, People, and Policy program, beginning September 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/664e704b-71a2-4218-bbe2-eefb5bacc213/IMG_9549.jpg Team Theresa Alphonse, MPH is a Haitian American public health practitioner who has dedicated almost a decade to promoting health equity and racial justice. With a degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Miami, Theresa has worked with health centers, hospitals, government entities, and non-profit organizations to implement equity initiatives with a focus on racial justice. Her expertise and perspectives have been sought by various media outlets including The Boston Globe, BET, and NBC 10 Boston. Theresa is the current Director of Health Equity at Steward Healthcare Network. Theresa founded Driving Equity Consulting in 2021 to address the growing need for education and dialogue around racial injustice. Her passion for equity is also reflected in her non-profit, What's on Your Mind?, which aims to normalize conversations around mental health in communities of color. Theresa sees equity as a fundamental element of all her work, and her goal is to act as a change agent to provide equal opportunities for all individuals, regardless of their background. Her Haitian heritage and lived experience as a Black woman motivate her to use her privilege to create spaces for marginalized communities. Aside from her work, Theresa enjoys exploring new countries, writing poetry, spending time outdoors, organizing events, watching reality dating shows, and spending time with her dog, friends, and family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/775de3c7-8008-4330-8e5c-52e9bcd57c45/brianna-boggs-headshot-2018.jpg Team Brianna Boggs is a leadership coach and consultant focused on supporting executives and boards of directors through leadership challenges. She focuses on racial equity, including issues like dismantling white supremacy culture, helping white leaders persist through the discomfort that can come with authentic racial equity work, aligning organizational values with actions, and preparing organizations for leadership transition. As co-founder and co-facilitator of the Racial Equity Leaders Learning Circle, Brianna developed the curriculum and facilitated a 10-month cohort for nonprofit senior leaders seeking to dig deeply into the personal side of leadership on racial equity and implement new practices to improve their organizations. Through TSNE she also co-leads the Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Program for Consultants. Prior to her coaching and consulting work, Brianna’s career focused on fundraising and communications in social justice organizations including GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders) where she was Director of Development at the impact litigation organization. As Director of Development and Communications at Trinity Boston Connects, she led public-facing strategies for the organization’s work to unlock opportunity for youth of color in Boston. As Development Manager for StreetSafe Boston at The Boston Foundation, Brianna led fundraising for a gang violence intervention strategy aimed at reducing homicide amongst the most active gangs in the city and, through counseling and job training, providing young people a way up and a way out. Brianna has served as a volunteer or board member for organizations including the Boston Women’s Fund, BAMS Fest, One Love Foundation, GLAD, the Ms. Foundation, the Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund, Coro Allegro and InnerCity Weightlifting. She holds a BA in Women’s Studies from the Ohio State University. She is a proud midwesterner who descends from a country music singer/songwriter and an opera conductor. She lives in Dorchester, MA with her husband Sean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/d511df8f-91cb-4902-95c0-f641f270aa6a/IMG_70952-e1590173793552-1.png Team Sharon (she/her) is an organizational development consultant with more than 30 years of experience and the founder of Bueno Consulting. She has worked in every major industry in both the public and private sectors. She is a certified executive coach and a trained mediator with extensive group and process facilitation experience. In pursuit of creating healthy, high-functioning organizations and communities, Sharon offers consulting services in the areas of leadership development, diversity, equity and inclusion, organizational change, team dynamics, cultural competence, and cross-cultural dynamics. Sharon’s practice is global. She has consulted to a wide array of clients, in more than 35 countries. In 2022, Sharon was appointed the Director of the Massachusetts Institute for Community Health Leaders (MICHL), a 10-month leadership development program sponsored by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MA Foundation.. Sharon speaks Spanish conversationally, grew up in New York City, and now lives in Boston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/89ac4697-4b04-45fc-b513-599e07994154/RUMBIDZAI-CHISENGA-1+%281%29.jpeg Team Rumbidzai Chisenga is a coach and consultant. She was the founding Director of Programs at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) from 2019 - 2023. In this role, she instituted and led the Amujae Initiative, the EJS Center’s flagship program, which prepares women to unapologetically take up roles in the highest echelons of public leadership. Rumbidzai is one of 12 globally identified civic innovators who were part of the inaugural class of the Obama Foundation Scholars Program (2018 -2019), through which she completed a leadership development residency at Columbia University in New York City. Prior to this, she was a Program Manager at the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), a pan-African think tank that advocates for the adoption of Afrocentric approaches in addressing the continent’s socio economic development challenges. Rumbidzai was instrumental in setting up the MINDS Scholarship Program for Leadership Development, developing the program’s operational processes at inception. She was also in charge of the MINDS Youth Program on Elections and Governance, a civic education initiative that equips African youth for meaningful participation in governance. Under this program, Rumbidzai coordinated an alumni network spread across 53 African countries. Rumbidzai has extensive experience working in the private sector as a cross-sectoral management consultant and has previously founded a social enterprise. She holds a master’s in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and bachelor’s degree in commerce (Economics and Accounting) from Rhodes University in South Africa and a master’s degree in management (Entrepreneurship) from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Rumbidzai is a member of the Global Advisory Boards of WomenLift Health, #ShePersisted and Mountaintop. She is an alumna of the Emerging African Leaders Programme (hosted by the University of Cape Town, South Africa) and the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program (hosted by the Policy Center for the New South, Morocco). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/aa36f647-928c-4676-b653-fd3be810c5c6/rumbi-1.png Team Rumbidzai Chisenga is a coach and consultant. She was the founding Director of Programs at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) from 2019 - 2023. In this role, she instituted and led the Amujae Initiative, the EJS Center’s flagship program, which prepares women to unapologetically take up roles in the highest echelons of public leadership. Rumbidzai is one of 12 globally identified civic innovators who were part of the inaugural class of the Obama Foundation Scholars Program (2018 -2019), through which she completed a leadership development residency at Columbia University in New York City. Prior to this, she was a Program Manager at the Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS), a pan-African think tank that advocates for the adoption of Afrocentric approaches in addressing the continent’s socio economic development challenges. Rumbidzai was instrumental in setting up the MINDS Scholarship Program for Leadership Development, developing the program’s operational processes at inception. She was also in charge of the MINDS Youth Program on Elections and Governance, a civic education initiative that equips African youth for meaningful participation in governance. Under this program, Rumbidzai coordinated an alumni network spread across 53 African countries. Rumbidzai has extensive experience working in the private sector as a cross-sectoral management consultant and has previously founded a social enterprise. She holds a master’s in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and bachelor’s degree in commerce (Economics and Accounting) from Rhodes University in South Africa and a master’s degree in management (Entrepreneurship) from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Rumbidzai is a member of the Global Advisory Boards of WomenLift Health, #ShePersisted and Mountaintop. She is an alumna of the Emerging African Leaders Programme (hosted by the University of Cape Town, South Africa) and the Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program (hosted by the Policy Center for the New South, Morocco). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/8895f9b2-8aaf-4bcc-8e20-6ac253f28952/Screenshot-2024-12-27-at-3.43.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Team Betsy Day is an accomplished executive coach and professional development partner. Betsy’s commitment to lead with effectiveness, development, and inclusion for the last 30 years has built her a solid reputation as a resource and thought partner to help leaders (new and experienced who are transitioning into a new role or taking on bigger responsibility. As a member of the Institute of Coaching (Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital), Betsy continuously learns about ways to help leaders make positive changes for themselves and organizations. She has been an authorized partner for Everything DiSC®, a Wiley brand, for 20 years. Betsy enters each engagement with an open-hearted presence, open-minded, and a generous listener. She helps leaders and professionals look at something familiar differently, hence increasing self-awareness and awareness of others. Betsy has been providing executive coaching for leaders, managers, and groups from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities in MA state government, healthcare, biotechnology, corporate, and non-profit organizations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/cbd51f6f-e381-4184-82e7-bbab527a371e/perry+option+1.jpg Team Perry Dougherty (she/her) is the founder of Rootwise Leadership where she serves as the lead coach, consultant, facilitator, and trainer. In addition to her role at Rootwise Leadership, Perry is an Instructor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, co-founder of The Collective Leadership Certificate Program, a mindfulness meditation teacher, a spiritual director, and an ordained interspiritual minister. Perry brings 20 years of experience working with global executive teams in the entrepreneurial, public, and social sectors to advance equity, justice, and social change through organizational development and capacity building efforts. Her prior experience includes executive leadership roles at Still Harbor and fundraising and communications roles at Partners In Health. Perry has undergraduate degrees in both Social Thought & Analysis and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis. She completed interfaith seminary at One Spirit Learning Alliance in New York City, was trained as a spiritual director by Still Harbor, and received her Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification from the Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2019, Perry edited and released her first book, The Anatomy of Silence (Red Press). Perry is a white cis woman and trauma survivor living in recovery. She is a homebody at heart, loving time with her family and her role as mother to three, ages 9, 17, and 22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/ca381126-0a4a-40ca-aa02-96d72cbed9a9/unnamed.jpeg Team Janis Gonsales (she/her) is responsible for the overall administrative support at Rootwise Leadership. She is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil and has received her BA in marketing from Mackenzie University in Brazil and holds an MBA from Florida International University. She has over 12 years of eclectic work experience with Marketing for International Business and International Exchange and Travel Programs. She also works as Translator and Interpreter for Public Schools, facilitating the communication within the Brazilian community. Janis lives in the Boston area and enjoys spending quality time with her husband, her two kids, and her dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/52c1de89-bc15-4936-895b-26b9d4e5c014/J.KennedyHeadshot.jpeg Team Jacqueline Kennedy (she/her) is a consultant on the Rootwise Leadership team. As a public service professional with over a decade of experience in the field of community engagement, she brings expertise as a project manager, content area expert, and strategist. Jacqueline’s interest in community development began in her own neighborhood in Southeast San Diego, CA, where she interned for a non-profit serving her community. In 2009, Jacqueline relocated to NYC for graduate school and served at a Brownsville Brooklyn based non-profit coordinating community outreach strategies. Earning a trusted place in the Brownsville community, Jacqueline stepped into the role of Interim Director of the Brownsville Partnership initiative in 2015. In 2016, she joined the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene as the Director of Community Partnerships within the newly formed Center for Health Equity. After 5 years in that role, Jacqueline joined the NYC Racial Justice Commission as the Public Engagement Director. Jacqueline is committed to equity for communities of color, advancing racial equity globally, Black liberation, Black women’s health and joy. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and an MPA in Nonprofit Management and Policy from NYU Wagner School of Public Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/673428d2-294e-43d0-8411-f6b5b6621ec0/image001.jpg Team Daniel (he • him) Michaud Weinstock is the founder of dmw360 consulting. He is an organizational development consultant, coach, and facilitator, focused on leadership and transformation. He has over 30 years of experience partnering with community members, staff, managers, boards, funders, and other social sector constituents to enhance leadership and advance individual and collective clarity, alignment, and impact. Daniel takes a strengths-based approach to each partnership, rooted in values, and oriented toward surfacing and navigating the path between aspirations and current realities. Our work together starts with a clear definition of purpose, articulating desired outcomes to fulfill that purpose, and co-creating an energizing and fulfilling process to realize the desired outcomes. Daniel started his professional career in youth development and education, has developed and managed programs, initiatives, and networks, and actively served in board leadership positions with various nonprofit organizations. He received his MBA from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. He identifies as a white cisgender man, a proud and deeply committed spouse and father of two teenagers, and can often be found on adventures with their dog and in the kitchen cooking with and for family and community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/8d010f0e-3cce-4f7e-afd4-40011299fbd5/DSC_0061-1.png Team Kruger is a leadership development coach and facilitator. He is currently a PhD researcher working with the Stockholm Resilience Center with a focus on building green-blue water resilience for sustainable development in Africa. He has worked as a Policy Analyst with United Nations in Bonn, Germany; Innovations Program specialist with One Acre Fund Malawi; and leadership coach at World Peace Revolution in Thailand. He is also a co-founder of two organizations: Global Hope Mobilization and Information Knowledge Labs (i-klabs). Kruger was a 2014-2015 GHC fellow at Dignitas International in Malawi, and during his fellowship year, he organized multiple leadership development bootcamps for aspiring global health leaders. He holds a Masters Degree from Uppsala University in Sweden. Kruger is from Malawi and currently living in Sweden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/c0935501-cd4d-4937-aadc-ea263fc7a9c4/Caroline-Numuhire.jpg Team Caroline Numuhire is a writer, facilitator, and leadership coach from Rwanda. She holds a Master of Science in global health delivery from the University of Global Health Equity. She has worked in the international development sector for 10 years, where in several roles, supporting programs. She has served as a Program Officer at the Segal Family Foundation (SFF), co-managing its francophone Africa portfolio. Prior joining SFF, she has worked for Gardens for Health International and Global Health Corps (GHC). She was a 2014-2015 GHC fellow placed in Rwanda. She is the co-founder of Women ConneXion, a platform the champion women's authentic wellbeing. She currently lives between Rwanda and New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/374b7dfd-d0cc-4a07-8749-f3cc1b0c1c7d/Screenshot-2024-12-27-at-3.49.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Team Fawn Phelps is the Director of Leadership Development and an Instructor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is an award-winning instructor with over 13 years of experience teaching within Harvard Chan’s DrPH and Public Health Leadership Lab Programs. She has over 7 years of experience as a certified executive coach working with mid-career professionals and c-suite leaders. Prior to joining Harvard Chan, Ms. Phelps had a 15-year legislative and regulatory advocacy career where she led systems-level change campaigns to improve the well-being of low-income and underrepresented populations. At Health Care For All, she served as Policy Director, Interim-Executive Director, and manager of the coalition backing Massachusetts’ 2006 health reform. She also served as the Director of Public Affairs at Easter Seals MA, a lobbyist for the Human Rights Campaign, and an aide to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. She has a BA with Honors from Wesleyan University and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School with a concentration in leadership and adult development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/c1d7ec96-98f0-4c94-9ef0-809cd1d62f1e/20210720-RootwiseLeadership007-scaled.jpg Team Eliza is a leadership and organizational development coach and consultant. Eliza is the Founder and CEO of Circles International (CI). Eliza launched CI in 2017 to begin building a movement for emotional health and wellbeing amongst leaders and organizations working toward peace and social justice. During a previous career as a social worker and global health practitioner, Eliza witnessed a high rate of fatigue and burnout. Eliza realized a direct link between the wellbeing of leaders and organizations and the impact they were either able or not able to make in their communities. Eliza holds an M.P.H. from Harvard University, an M.S.W. from Columbia University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California. Eliza is a certified Professional Coach by the International Coach Federation and holds additional certifications in mediation and conflict resolution, wilderness emergency medicine, and Reiki. Eliza resides in Oakland, California, and enjoys being part of the Bay Area’s arts, healing, and activism communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a6a1854a394370db52897b8/8b34f423-f7e2-4a58-8fe1-14eeb8a48acf/D-Roach-Head-Shot-1-2020.jpeg Team Doris Ferrer Roach, J.D., P.C.C., (she/her) is an executive coach and consultant with a dynamic background working as an attorney and higher education instructor with 21 years of experience serving both the nonprofit and public sectors. Bringing an expertise in board and leadership development, team building and strategic planning, Doris is adept at creating results-oriented processes to support effective leadership and sustainable change. She ensures her client is the star of the story. Doris’ strong ability to facilitate the discovery of strengths and opportunities for growth take people where they want to go. 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