Data Workgroup Members

Chair

William Freeman
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 427-1320
Email: William.Freeman@AHRQ.hhs.gov

Co-chair

Minh Wendt
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 240 453-6160
Email: minh.wendt@hhs.gov

Members

Irma Arispe
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Email: iaa9@cdc.gov

Victoria Aysola
Office of the Secretary (OS)
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 969-3847
Email: Victoria.Aysola@hhs.gov

Edward Berchick
Health and Disability Statistics Branch
Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Department of Commerce
Phone: 301 763-6351
Email: edward.berchick@census.gov

Karen Chaves
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 427-1717
Email: Karen.Chaves@ahrq.hhs.gov

James Deaton
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
Phone: 201 245-7140
Email: James.Deaton@ed.gov

Deborah Duran
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 402-1366
Email: deborah.duran@nih.gov

Darci L. Graves
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 410 786-4007
Email: darci.graves@cms.hhs.gov

Melissa Green-Parker
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 496-1051
Email: Melissa.Greenparker@nih.gov

Veronica Helms
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Phone: 202 402-4194
Email: Veronica.E.Helms@hud.gov

Kevin Heslin
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Email: nla4@cdc.gov

Kristen Hudgins
Office of Performance and Evaluation
Center for Policy and Evaluation
Administration for Community Living
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 795-7732
Email: Kristen.Hudgins@ACL.HHS.Gov

Mildred Hunter
Regional Minority Health Consultant - Region V
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 312 353-1386
Email: Mildred.Hunter@hhs.gov

Kenneth T. Jones
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Email: Kenneth.Jones8@va.gov

Christine Lee
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 240 402-4228
Email: ChristineS.Lee@fda.hhs.gov

Christine Merenda
Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 796-8453
Email: christine.merenda@fda.hhs.gov

Kamila Mistry
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 427-1012
Email: kamila.mistry@ahrq.hhs.gov

Ernest M. Moy
Office of Health Equity
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Phone: 202 461-5203
Email: ernest.moy@va.gov

Onyemaechi Nweke
Environmental Protection Agency
Phone: 202 566-2314
Email: Onyemaechi.Nweke@epa.gov

Chinonye Onwunli
Office of the National Coordinator
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 969-3605
Email: Chinonye.Onwunli@hhs.gov

Anika Patterson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Email: Anika.Patterson@ascr.usda.gov

Sherilyn Pruitt
Office of the National Coordinator
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 774-2316
Email: Sherilyn.Pruitt@hhs.gov

Christine T. Ramey
Heath Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 443-3238
Email: cramey@hrsa.gov

Jill Janocha Redmond
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
Phone: 202 691-6217
Email: Janocha.Jill@bls.gov

Alana Rhone
Agricultural Economist
Economic Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Phone: 202 694-5622
Email: Alana.Y.Rhone@ers.usda.gov

Mary Roary
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 301 443-5706
Email: mary.roary@nih.gov

Diane Rucinski
Office of Minority Health
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 240 453-6177
Email: Dianne.Rucinski@hhs.gov

Lok Wong Samson
Office of the Secretary Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 690-8450
Email: Lokwong.Samson@hhs.gov

Wafa Tarazi
Office of the Secretary
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 260-1809
Email: wafa.tarazi@hhs.gov

Craig Wilkins
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 770 488-2469
Email: ckw4@cdc.gov

Bonita Williams
U.S Department of Agriculture
Email: bwilliams@nifa.usda.gov

Rachel Zuckerman
Office of the Secretary
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Phone: 202 969-3817
Email: Rachael.Zuckerman@hhs.gov


Last Edited: 03/05/2021