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Allyson Shifley

Allyson Shifley is a Director of Capacity Building Assistance at HRiA. She previously held positions with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Lahey Clinic, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and Lewisham Refugee Network in Lewisham,…

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Abby Atkins

Abby Atkins is Managing Director, Community Health Assessment at HRiA. She has over 25 years of experience in planning and conducting community-based research and evaluation projects.  Abby works with a wide range of public and…

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Heather Nelson

Heather Nelson, PhD, MPH is Managing Director, Research & Evaluation at HRiA. Dr. Nelson has 20 years of experience developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating public health and health care programs for nonprofit and for-profit organizations…

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Tamaki West

Tamaki West is Managing Director, Capacity Building Assistance at HRiA. Since joining HRiA in 1999, Tamaki has worked on creative development, online marketing, digital and social media strategy development and implementation, and graphic design for…

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Lina Jew

Lina Jew is a Senior Program Associate, Policy & Practice at HRiA. She previously worked at the Brookline Department of Public Health, where she supported a number of community health initiatives ranging from domestic violence…

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Donna Burke

Donna Burke is a Director in the Strategic Planning & Organizational Effectiveness team at HRiA. Donna has extensive experience in strategic planning, training, and organizational development. At HRiA, she has facilitated processes in 10 states…

Valerie Polletta

Valerie Polletta is a Managing Director of Community & Culture Transformation at HRiA. She has over 15 years of experience working in public health. She was previously a Director of Research & Evaluation, where she…

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Daisy P. Ortega

Daisy Ortega is Managing Director, Capacity Building Assistance at HRiA. In this role, she works tirelessly to deliver cutting-edge capacity building programs focused on youth development, program improvement and planning, and community building and mobilization….

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Lisa Aslan

Lisa Aslan is a Senior Director of Capacity Building Assistance at HRiA. She brings over a decade of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating community-based programs for adolescents. After completing an MPH at the Johns Hopkins…

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Rose Purrelli Swensen

Rose Swensen is a Senior Director of Strategic Planning & Organizational Effectiveness at HRiA. For over 20 years, Rose has helped a broad range of organizations, including educational institutions, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and public…