Our Team
Our work is driven by a vibrant community of healthcare professionals, organizers, clinical students, and technologists who share a powerful vision: healthy communities powered by inclusive democracy.
Advisor Circle
The Provider Circle includes health professionals and public health leaders who advise and help champion the work of Vot-ER.
Aakash Shah, MD
Founder
Healing the Vote
John Christoforo, MBA, FACHE
Former President
Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare
Eleanor Zambrano
Executive Director
Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health
Lauriane Hanson
Director of Health Equity and Community Partnerships
Equality Health
Hussain Lalani, MD, MPH, MSc
Physician
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Curry-Winchell
Founder
Beyond Clinical Walls
Trey Boyd, DMSc, PA-C
Associate Director of Clinical Education
Gardner-Webb University
Adrianna McIntyre
Jonisha Brown, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Assistant Professor and Hospitalist
Atrium Health
Gina Lau
Olaoluwa Fayanju
Chief Medical Officer
RubiconMD
Manisha Sharma, MD FAAFP
Co-Founder
Centivox & Civic Health Alliance
Stella Safo, MD MPH
Founder
Just Equity For Health
Ali Khan, MD, MPP
Chief Medical Officer
Oak Street Health
Jon Kusner, MD
Former Co-Chair
Med Out The Vote
Dave Chokshi, MD
43rd Commissioner
NYC Department of Health
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD
President
American Medical Women’s Association
Betty Ruth, LCSW
Professor Emerita
BU School of Social Work
Dr. Elizabeth Cohn, RN, PhD, FAAN
Rudin Professor of Nursing
Hunter College
Dr. Nate Jones, MD
Attending Physician
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP
Founder/CEO
Michigan State Pediatric Public Health Initiative
Maya Alper
Senior Associate
ideas42
Cindy Samuelson
Vice President of Member and Public Relations
Kansas Hospital Association
Amber McReynolds
Election administration and policy expert, former elections official
Daniel E. Dawes, JD
Executive Director
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Ben Ruxin
Civic Health Month co-founder
Julie Salisbury
Founder and CEO
The Bee Colony
Parissa Ballard, PhD
Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Eric Scherzer
Former Executive Director
Committee of Interns and Residents
Naomi Fener NP, MPH
Nurse Practitioner
Massachusetts General Hospital
Miles Rapoport (D-CT)
Former Secretary of State; Senior Fellow
Connecticut; Ash Center at Harvard Kennedy School
Kathryn Peters
Cofounder
Democracy Works and Turbovote
Dawn Hunter, JD
Southeast Region Director
Network for Public Health Law
Dr. Judy Salerno, MD MS
President
New York Academy of Medicine
Dr. Shweta Satish Namjoshi, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Stanford Medicine
Dr. Ilan Shapiro, MD MBA FAAP FACHE
Officer of Medical Affairs
AltaMed
Dr. Margaret Stager, MD.
Adolescent Medical Physician
Sheri Johnson
Director
UW Population Health Institute
Trey Grayson (R-KY)
Former Secretary of State, Kentucky; Former Director
State of Kentucky; Harvard Institute of Politics
Dr. Madeline Grade
Emergency Medicine Resident & Dir. of Research
UC San Francisco & Vot-ER
Sally Okun, RN, MMHS
Executive Director
Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative
Ali Raja, MD
Exec. Vice Chair of Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Elizabeth Datner, MD
Chair of Emergency Medicine
Einstein Medical Center
Christina C. Morone, PA-C
Co-Founder & ER PA
One Nation Every Vote & Mass General Hospital
Donald Berwick, MD MPP
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Leigh Hardy, LICSW
Founder
Circle It
Zonía Moore
Captain of winning 2020 Healthy Democracy Campaign team
Lillian Shirley, RN MPH MPP
Former Public Health Director
State of Oregon
Maria Santos, MD
Former Policy Chair
Latino Medical Student Association
Halea Meese, MD
Former Co-Chair
Med Out The Vote
Deborah Turner, MD JD
President
League of Women Voters
Kristina M. Whiton-O’Brien, MSW, LICSW
Director of Partnerships