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Meet Our Training Team

Meet The Team

Jessica Bauer Walker, B.A., CHW

Dayatra Hassan, M.S., CHW

Renee Cadzow, Ph.D., CHW

    Khadijah Hussein, CHW

        Grace Tate, CHW

        Michael Chase, B.S., CHW

        Sherman D. Webb-Middlebrooks, B.A., CHW

        Board of Directors

        Renee Cadzow, PhD: Board Co-Chair

        D'Youville College

        Michael Chase, B.S., CHW

        Erie County Department of Health

        Roberto O. Diaz Del Carpio, MD, MPH

        Department of Medicine, University Buffalo

        Mark King

        AXA Advisors

        Assunta Ventresca, RN, CHW

        Buffalo Public Schools Health Related Services (retired)

        Sherman D. Webb-Middlebrooks, BA, CHW

        WIN Initiative

        Maribel Irizarry, CHW

        Buffalo Urban League

        Breonna Norward, BA, CHW

        Say Yes Buffalo

        William O'Connell, JD

        U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

        Taryn Spencer, MD

        Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo

         

        Ex-officio/Executive Director- Jessica Bauer Walker, BA, CHW

         

        Ex-officio/Legal Counsel- Diane Tiveron, JD, HoganWillig Attorneys at Law

        The following individuals no longer serve as active trainers for our team, but we acknowledge their contributions to the development of our curriculum and training approach:

         

        Rahwa Ghirmatizion, CHW

        Kathleen Grimm, MD, FAAP, FACP, MHSC

        Samuel Radford III, B.A., CHW

        Deborah Puntenney, PhD

        Denise Walden, CHW
         

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