A project of Food is Medicine Massachusetts 

Synergy Initiative Leadership

  • Advisory Council Members
    • Adam Shyevitch, Chief Program Officer; About Fresh
    • Allyson Perron, Vice President, Field Advocacy, Eastern Region; American Heart Association
    • Jean Terranova, Senior Director of Policy and Research; Community Servings
    • Liz Hatzenbuehler, Food & Health Policy Program Manager; Community Servings
    • Shannon Fain, Food & Health Policy Coordinator; Community Servings
    • Betsy Skoda, Regional Program Manager; Health Care Without Harm
    • Kristina Pechulis, Executive Director; Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    • Erin McAleer, President & CEO; Project Bread
    • Steve Fischer, Executive Director; Regional Environmental Council
    • Hannah Kane, MA State Representative for the 11th Worcester District; Massachusetts State Representative
    • Amie Shei, President & CEO; The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
    • Jennie Blake, Vice President for Programs; The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
    • Kristin McCarthy, Nutrition Director; Tri-Valley, inc.
    • Lorraine Cordeiro, Professor of Nutrition & Director, Center for Research on Families; UMass Amherst School of Public Health & Health Sciences
    • Kurt Hager, Instructor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; UMass Chan Medical School
    • Elena Byhoff, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; UMass Chan Medical School
    • Seth Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Medicine; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • Steering Committee Members
    • Carla Norris, Director of Client Services; AIDS Project Worcester
    • Katie Garfield, Director of Whole Person Care and Clinical Instructor; Center for Health Law and Policy Clinic, Harvard Law School
    • Casey Burns, Executive Director; Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
    • Kim Prendergast, Vice President, Policy; Community Care Cooperative
    • Tori Buerschaper, Executive Director; Community Harvest Project
    • Jean Terranova, Senior Director of Policy and Research; Community Servings
    • Liz Hatzenbuehler, Food & Health Policy Program Manager; Community Servings
    • Shannon Fain, Food & Health Policy Coordinator; Community Servings
    • Ashley Gibbons, Director of Business Development and Quality Improvement; Elder Services of Worcester
    • Alex Welch, Nutrition Services Director; Making Opportunity Count
    • Rebecca Miller, Policy Director; Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    • Grace Sliwoski, Director of Programs; Regional Environmental Council
    • Liz Miller, Senior Community Relations Manager; Spoonfuls
    • Amie Shei, President & CEO; The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
    • Jennie Blake, Vice President for Programs; The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts
    • Nisha Humayan, Project Coordinator for Community Health; Town of Ware & Healthy Quaboag Initiative
    • Kurt Hager, Instructor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; UMass Chan Medical School
    • Matthew Alcusky, Associate Professor, Division of Epidmiology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences; UMass Chan Medical School
    • Mario Florez, Senior Director, Community Benefits; UMass Memorial
    • Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dean, School of Public Health and Health Sciences & Professor Departemtns of Nutrition and Biostatistics & Epidemiology; University of Massachusetts Amherst
    • Shon Rainford