Board Members

E. Harry Walker, MD

Executive Director, MetroHealth Primary Care

Alsan Bellard, Jr., MD

Pediatrician, Children's National Medical Center

Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH

Kellner Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin

Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH is a Kellner Professor in Pediatrics and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children (CAUC) at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  She has almost three decades of experience in addressing health disparities by the development of successful community initiatives to include research, education and services in underserved communities.

Jeffrey Martin, MD

Associate Director, Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program

Dr. Jeffrey Martin is an Associate Director of the Lancaster (PA) General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, joining the faculty of the Residency Program in December 1999.  He is also clinical assistant professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Marsha Griffin, MD

Pediatrician, Brownsville Community Health Center

Marsha Griffin, MD, is co-founder of Community for Children along with Dr. Minnette Son, and pediatric clinical faculty member for the UTHSCSA Regional Academic Health Center. She is currently in general practice at the Brownsville Community Health Center.

Dr. Griffin received her medical degree from the UTHSCSA in 2003 and completed her residency in general pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in June 2006.

Clare Wohlgemuth, MS, RN, GCNS

Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine

Clare Wohlgemuth, MS, RN,GCNS is a Clinical Instructor, Boston University School of Medicine.  She is a certified clinical specialist in gerontological nursing and the Nursing Director for the Boston University Geriatric Service at Boston Medical Center.  She has extensive experience in geriatric nursing, home care, functional assessment interdisciplinary team care and case management.  She has developed the collaborative practice model of care for the Boston University Geriatric Services at Boston Medical Center.  She also has extensive experience teaching and

Chad Priest, RN, MSN, JD

Chief Executive Officer, Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare, Inc.

Chad Priest is the CEO of Managed Emergency Surge for Healthcare (MESH), a coalition of businesses and healthcare providers working to expand the medical surge capacity of healthcare entities in Central Indiana.

Greg Nelsen, MSSW

Clinical Social Worker, Pediatrics, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital

Greg Nelsen has 28 years of experience working as a social worker.  He received his BSW from Kansas University and his MSSW from the University of Texas at Arlington.  His professional work experience includes developmental disabilities, grief and bereavement and medical social work.

Brooke Nelson, LCSW

General Service Team Social Work Coordinator, Children's Mercy Hospital

Eric Hardt, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Dr. Eric Hardt is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine.  He is the Medical Director of the Home Care Program of the Geriatrics Section at Boston Medical Center.  He obtained his B.A. from Yale University in 1970 and M.D. from Tufts Medical School (Boston, MA) in 1974.  Prior to coming to Boston in 1984, Dr.