Department of Public Health staff directory

See a list of administrative personnel and senior leadership within our department.

Commissioner’s Office Structure

The Commissioner’s Office includes offices that coordinate cross-cutting data, policy, and programmatic issues, providing support throughout the bureaus. These offices include:

  • Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management
  • Office of Local and Regional Health
  • Office of Population Health
  • Office of Health Equity

Finance includes Budget, Accounting, Purchase of Services, Facilities, and Internal Controls.

General Counsel’s Office includes Privacy and Data Compliance Office and Public Records.

Additionally, the following core support functions are also part of the Commissioner’s Office structure: Communications, Legislative Affairs, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, and Employee Support and Engagement. The Problem Gambling Services Program and Vaccine Equity Initiative also reports to the Commissioner’s Office.

Table of Contents

Commissioner's Office

Commissioner
Department of Public Health

Jennifer Barrelle

Deputy Commissioner
Department of Public Health

Ted Constan

Deputy Commissioner for Public Health Hospital System
Department of Public Health

Eileen M. Sullivan

Chief Operating Officer
Department of Public Health

Emily Dally

Chief of Staff
Department of Public Health

H. Dawn Fukuda

Assistant Commissioner of DPH, Director of Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Department of Public Health

Sai Cherala, MD

Assistant Commissioner, Director of Office of Population Health
Department of Public Health

Hafsatou “Fifi” Diop, MD

Assistant Commissioner, Health Equity
Department of Public Health

Stephanie Kang

Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Health Equity
Department of Public Health

Karen Cosmas

Senior Director of Strategy
Department of Public Health

Torey McNamara

Senior Advisor for Policy
Department of Public Health

Rebecca White

Deputy Chief of Staff
Department of Public Health

Amy Kaplan

Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Department of Public Health

Jennifer Robertson

Director of Strategic Initiatives
Department of Public Health

Vacant -

Policy Projects Manager
Department of Public Health

Rachel Hunt

Policy Projects Manager
Department of Public Health

Valerie Toureau-Jean Louis

Vaccine Equity Initiative Senior Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Asia Brice

Vaccine Equity Initiative Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Heather Benabbou

Vaccine Equity Initiative Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Denise Osei-Mensah

Policy Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Luciana Hayner

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
Department of Public Health

Sandra Semedo

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Vacant -

ADA Coordinator
Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Legislative Affairs

Ryan McGeown-Conron

Acting Director of Legislative Affairs
Department of Public Health

Hannah Dudley-Youngs

Legislative Projects Manager
Department of Public Health

Communications Office

Peggy Slasman

Senior Advisor for Communications, Public Affairs, Media Relations and Strategy
Department of Public Health

Ann Scales

Director of Media Relations
Department of Public Health

Suzanne Crowther

Director of Health Marketing
Department of Public Health

Katheleen Conti

Assistant Director of Media Relations
Department of Public Health

Omar Cabrera

Manager of Ethnic Media and Community Outreach
Department of Public Health

Michelle Leonard

Health Marketing Manager
Department of Public Health

John Jacob

Director of Editorial Services and Digital Media
Department of Public Health

Jessica Atkinson

Special Projects Manager
Department of Public Health

Manwai Leung

Web & Digital Media Support Specialist
Department of Public Health

Carlos Troche

Graphic Designer
Department of Public Health

Office Support and Scheduling

Brittany Gorman

Executive Assistant to the Commissioner/Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Christina McSheffery

Executive Assistant to the COO/HR Project Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Michelle Petrigno

Constituent Services Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Randy Dumas

Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Melonie Turner

Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Brenda-Liz Velez

Executive Assistant/Program Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Betty Pinto

Administrative Assistant
Department of Public Health

Office of Problem Gambling Services

Victor Ortiz

Director
Office of Problem Gambling Services

State Office of Pharmacy Services

Don Rogers

Chief of Pharmacy Services at the State Office of Pharmacy Services
Department of Public Health

Operations

Antonia Blinn

Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Department of Public Health

Vacant -

Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement
Department of Public Health

Tim Wang

HR Liaison
Department of Public Health

Xinyu Mac

Assistant HR Liaison
Department of Public Health

Patricia Plante

Assistant HR Liaison
Department of Public Health

Arnaldo Machado

Director of Workforce Development
Department of Public Health

Tfawa Haynes

Assistant Director of Workforce Development and Resilience
Department of Public Health

Brett Turner

Public Health Workforce Evaluation Manager
Department of Public Health

Elena Nuciforo

Director of Training and Staff Development
Department of Public Health

Vienna Rothberg

Manager of Onboarding and Professional Development
Department of Public Health

Brian Daly

Learning Systems Manager
Department of Public Health

Mirahnda Lombardo

Training Technician
Department of Public Health

Andrew Mullen

Training Technician
Department of Public Health

Chrissy Belek

Academic Health Department Manager
Department of Public Health

Carolyn Delossantos

Operations Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Kris Cyr

Director of Data Modernization Initiatives Strategy
Department of Public Health

Carla Villacorta

DMI Manager of Transformation and Partnerships
Department of Public Health

Rebecca H. White

DMI Senior Project Manager
Department of Public Health

Tam Truong

Management Analyst
Department of Public Health

Rashmi Makhe

Management Analyst
Department of Public Health

Angela Wise

Technology Operations Manager
Department of Public Health

Nicole Kitos

REDCap Coordinator
Department of Public Health

Yosaris Rodriguez

Shared Services Analyst
Department of Public Health

Paul Oppedisano

Accreditation and Quality Improvement Specialist
Department of Public Health

Bureaus - senior leadership

H. Dawn Fukuda

Assistant Commissioner of DPH, Director of Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Department of Public Health

Nicolas Epie

Director of State Public Health Laboratory
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences

Dr. Larry Madoff

Medical Director, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences
Department of Public Health

Dr. Catherine Brown

State Epidemiologist
Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences

Ruth Blodgett

Director
Bureau of Community Health and Prevention

Nalina Narain

Director
Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health

Elaine Fitzgerald Lewis

Director
Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition

Elizabeth D. Kelley

Director
Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality

James G. Lavery

Director
Bureau of Health Professions Licensure

Deirdre Calvert

Director
Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

Public Health Hospitals System

Valenda Liptak

Bureau Director, Public Health Hospitals System
Department of Public Health

Fatima Watt

CEO of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children
Department of Public Health

Justin Douglas

CEO of Shattuck Hospital
Department of Public Health

Amy Dumont

CEO of Tewksbury Hospital
Department of Public Health

Anthony DiStefano

CEO of Western MA Hospital
Department of Public Health

Office of Local and Regional Health

Sam Wong

Director
Office of Local and Regional Health

Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management

Kerin Milesky

Director
Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management

Office of Health Equity

Sujata Ghosh

Director, Office of Health Equity
Office of Health Equity

Office of Population Health

Sai Cherala, MD

Assistant Commissioner, Director of Office of Population Health
Department of Public Health

Karin Barrett

Registrar
Registry of Vital Records and Statistics

Dana Bernson

Director of Data Science, Research and Epidemiology
Office of Population Health

General Counsel Office

Beth McLaughlin

General Counsel
Department of Public Health

Elizabeth Scurria Morgan

First Deputy General Counsel/Advisor to Commissioner on COVID-19
Department of Public Health

Jaclyn Gagne

Chief Deputy General Counsel Healthcare Licensure
Department of Public Health

Finance Office

Matt Courchene

Chief Financial Officer
Department of Public Health

Judy Maisch

Budget Director
Department of Public Health

Sharon Dyer

Director
Purchase of Service Office

Phone

Lourdes Ordinola

Director of Accounting
Department of Public Health

Catrice Bradford

Director of Facilities and Support Services
Department of Public Health

Behailu Zewdie

Internal Compliance Officer
Department of Public Health

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