About the Board

The Wilmington Health Planning Council shall be persons from the city council health committee, the city council marketing health task force, the city's physician advisory council, healthcare providers, neighborhood health organizations and community organizations.

City Code: Sec. 2-150.5. - Health planning council of the city.

Members

Chair: Nora Katurakes, MSN, RN, OCN
ChristianaCare

Co-Chair: Shawn R. Baker
City of Wilmington Department of Parks and Recreation

Secretary: Audrey Boyer
Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church

Treasurer: La Vaida Owens-White, MSN, RN
Delaware Region Health Ministries Network

AIDS Delaware
Frank Hawkins

American Lung Association in Delaware
Torrin Davis, MPH

Beautiful Gate Outreach Center, Inc.
Suzanne Tait

Black Nurses Association of Northern Delaware, Inc.
Tracy Harpe, BSN, RN

City of Wilmington Department of Human Resources
Dany Bourjolly Smith, Employee Benefits Manager

City of Wilmington Department of Parks and Recreation
Kevin F. Kelley, Sr., Director

City of Wilmington Medical Dispensary
Nellie J. Moore, BSN, RN

Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
Laura Hernandez

Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
WHPC representative to be determined

Delaware Division of Public Health, Bureau of Population Health
Laura Saperstein

Delaware Division of Public Health, Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
Alyson Lang

Delaware HIV Consortium
Suzan Abdallah

Each One Teach One of Delaware
Alyson Lang

Food Bank of Delaware
Alisha Beckford, MS, BS

Henrietta Johnson Medical Center
Ella Edwards

Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware
Caren Turner

Latin American Community Center
Laura Adarve

Mental Health Association in Delaware
Jennifer Seo

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Delaware
Dr. Joshua Thomas

Saint Francis Healthcare
Lisa Schieffert

University of Delaware Partnership for Healthy Communities
Noël Sincere Duckworth

Westside Family Healthcare
Maggie Norris-Bent, MPA

William “Hicks” Anderson Community Center
WHPC representative to be determined

Wilmington Area Planning Council (WILMAPCO)
Randi Novakoff

YMCA of Delaware, Central Branch
Megin Hewes