CHAT for Change Speakers

Sosamma Ashley, DNP APRN FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Refugee Health Screening Program
Harris County Public Health

Mehrin Awan
Community Health Worker,
CHAT

Maria Borjas
The University of Texas Health Science Center

David S. Buck, MD, MPH
Associate Dean for Community Health,
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine,
University of Houston

Jennifer Can
ESL Instructional Specialist,
Houston ISD

Michelle Durham, MD, MPH, DFAPA
Chief Behavioral Health Officer,
Ibn Sina Foundation

Katie Floyd Wang
Board Member,
CHAT

Karla Fredricks, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Director, Program for Immigrant and Refugee Child Health (PIRCH),
Section of Global and Immigrant Health,
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital  

Sarah K Howell, LCSW-S
Social Work Supervisor, Las Americas Newcomer School,
Houston ISD

Amy Malkan
Artist – Author – Public Speaker
CEO, The Malkan Group

Priscilla Mendez, PsyD
Senior Clinical Implementation Specialist,
The Trauma and Grief Center at The Hackett Center for Mental Health,
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Orlando Milton, Jr. MSW, EdD
Visiting Instructor, Department of Social Work
Texas Southern University

Paige Padgett Wermuth, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor Research,
UT Health Houston, School of Public Health,
Management, Policy, and Community Health

Council Member Edward Pollard
District J, City of Houston

Francisco Rodriguez
Health Promotion Manager, BakerRipley

Paul Rowan, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor,
The University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health,
Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health

Angel Quesada
Texas Artist

Fatima Sadat
CHAT

Troy Scheid
Director,
Brave Little Company

Vanessa Schick, PhD
Associate Professor,
UT Health Houston, School of Public Health,
Management, Policy, and Community Health

Anne Whitlock
Founding Executive Director,
My Connect Community