Our Team

Health Care Without Harm uses a unique structure of collaboration to affect our change sector wide. Our team includes employees of Health Care Without Harm, environmental and health organizations, institutions and independent consultants.

The HCWH U.S. headquarters are located at:
12355 Sunrise Valley Dr., Suite 680
Reston, VA 20191 USA
p: 703-860-9790
f: 703-860-9795
info@hcwh.org

Our Teams

Executive Team

Gary Cohen
President and Founder
Read Gary's bio

Paul Bogart
Executive Director

Operations

Jolie Patterson Rosst
Chief Operating Officer

Lyncoln Dujon
Controller

Dereje GebreMichael
Staff Accountant

Kristen Jacobson
Administrative Coordinator

Veronique Nagle
Human Resources Director

Sanjeev Kale
Information Technology Director

Brian Youngblood
Information Technology Manager

Communications

Benn Grover
Director

Kevin Conway
Communications Manager, Digital and Brand

Lindsey Corey
Program and Membership Communications Manager

April Galarza
Communications Coordinator, Healthy Food in Health Care

Nick Knock
Communications Coordinator

Michelle Gottlieb
Independent Consultant

 Development

Nikki Verhoff
Director

Peter Diamond
Development and Events Manager

Climate and Health Program

Jessica Wolff
Director

Sarah Spengeman
Associate Director

Lauren Koch
Project Manager

Energy and Built Environment Program

Robin Guenther
Sustainable Healthcare Design Leader
Perkins + Will

Paul Lipke
President
Room to Maneuver

Bill Ravanesi
Boston Regional Director
Senior Director of Health Care Green Building and Energy Program

Healthy Food in Health Care Program

Stacia Clinton
National Program Director

Emma Sirois
National Associate Program Director

Hillary Greenwood
National Procurement Director

Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick
Senior Researcher

Melanie Giangreco
National Program Assistant

Thresa Pattee
Practice Greenhealth Food Program Coordinator

Jessica O'Toole
Project Assistant, Community Benefits Project

Lucia Sayre
Western Region Director

Courtney Crenshaw
California Regional Coordinator

Lauren Poor
California Community Food Systems Coordinator

Jenna Newbrey
Northwest Regional Coordinator

Yesenia Gallardo
Northwest Community Food Systems Coordinator

Amber Hansen 
Southwest Program Coordinator

Nicki Milgrom
Michigan Program Coordinator
Ecology Center

Lindsay Scalera
Michigan Program Coordinator
Ecology Center

Jennifer Obadia
Eastern Region Director

Lauren Kaskey
New England Regional Coordinator

Betsy Skoda
New England Community Food Systems Coordinator

John Stoddard
New England Regional Coordinator

Kristen Markley
Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator

 

International Coordination

Josh Karliner
International Director of Program and Strategy

Mariano De Donatis
International Managing Director

Complete list of Global Projects team

Research Collaborative

Susan Kaplan       
Project Coordinator
UIC School of Public Health

Peter Orris
Professor and Director
Occupational Health Service Institute   
UIC School of Public Health

Safer Chemicals Program

Tracey Easthope   
Environmental Health Director   
Ecology Center

Rachel Gibson
Director of Safer Chemicals Program

Mark Rossi
Co-Director, BizNGO & Management
Clean Production Action

Ted Schettler
Science Director       
Science & Environmental Health Network