Manhattan Staten Island

       Area Health Education Center


Connecting students to careers, 
        professionals to communities, 
               and communities to better health.

MSI AHEC Board of Directors


Ann-Gel Palermo, MPH, Chairperson

Associate Director of Operations Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Henryne Tobias, Treasurer

Project Director, ExploreHealthCareers.org

Elliott Dawes

Director, CUNY Black Male Initiative The City College of The City University of New York

Mekbib Gameda

Director, Office of Diversity Affairs New York University School of Medicine 

Maxine Golub

Senior Vice President, Institute for Urban Family Health

Richelle Jordan-Davis, Ed.M.

Director, Office of Diversity and Minority Affairs Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Elisha M. Medina

Fellowship and Faculty Development Coordinator, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute Mount Sinai School of Medicine


MSI AHEC Staff Members


Executive Director:                               Mary Mitchell, MPA

Program Director:                                 Francisco Lucio,JD

Program Manager:                                Samantha Bernardine, MS

Office Manager:                                      Evelyn Adams

Americorp Member/

Program Coordinator:                         Sarah Kwan, MS