We are pleased to officially welcome are BACH’s newest Steering Committee members. These eight accomplished and passionate health advocates add a broad and deep range of experiences and perspectives to the racially and ethnically diverse BACH leadership. They have already become important contributors to BACH’s work of improving community health and achieving health equity. They are:
Arnesse Brown
Arnesse Brown, of the South End Healthy Boston Coalition, is a native South Ender who has experienced the many changes in the neighborhood over the past decades. She works as the Corporate and Community Relations Manager at Tenants Development Corporation whose mission is to preserve and maintain safe and affordable housing for low and moderate income people of diverse backgrounds in the South End and Lower Roxbury.
Sara Coughlin
Director of the Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition, a community-based coalition of residents, businesses, organizations, professionals, and advocates who work together to reduce substance abuse in Charlestown.
Denise De La Nueces
Denise De La Nueces, M.D. is Director of the Barbara McInnis House of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Project, which provides 102 beds for 24 hour, cost-effective medical and recuperative services for patients with complex conditions like cancer, heart disease, pneumonia and high risk pregnancy.
Valerie Frias
Val Frias is on the Steering Committee of the Allston Brighton Health Collaborative which works to improve access to healthy foods, health care and prevention programs; youth opportunities; and access to open space; workforce training/jobs. Val is also the Associate Director of the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation.
Chien-Chi Huang
Chien-Chi Huang is the founder of the newly-formed Healthy Chinatown Alliance. Chien-Chi is also the founder and Executive Director of the Asian Women for Health, the one and only peer-led, community-based network in New England.
Cynthia Lewis
Lead Organizer at Mattapan United, a multi-year community engagement initiative for residents and allies pulling together to improve quality of life, unity, and community pride in Mattapan.
Lilly Marcelin
Founder and Executive Director of The Resilient Sisterhood Project, whose mission is to support and advocate for women of African descent who have a high rate of diseases of the reproductive system such as: uterine fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome as well as breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancers and to educate the health care system about these issues.
Ryan Ribero
Director of Innovation and Community Health at Harbor Health Services, a community health agency committed to providing access to quality, comprehensive health care by reducing financial barriers and designing services and programs to strengthen the communities they serve. In Boston they operate a range of services in Mattapan and Dorchester.