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NYS Health Equity Council Members

All members are confirmed by the Senate and appointed by the Governor.

Helen Arteaga Landaverde, MPH, Presiding Chair
CEO, NYC Health and Hospitals – Elmhurst, NY
Queens County
LaRay Brown, Council Member
New York County
Daniel Carrión, PhD, MPH , Council Member
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Director of Education for the Yale Center on Climate Change and Health Yale School of Public Health
New York County
Guillermo Chacón, Council Member
President The Latino Commission on AIDS
New York County
Mill Etienne, MD, MPH, Council Member
Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Associate Dean for Student Affairs Associate Professor of Neurology and Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion New York Medical College
Westchester County
Rev. Diann Holt, Council Member
Executive Director Durham's Maternal Stress-Free Zone DH Inc.
Erie County
Tandra LaGrone, Council Member
CEO In Our Own Voices, Inc.
Albany County
Luis Freddy Molano, MD, Council Member
Vice President of Infectious Disease LGBTQ Programs & Services Community Healthcare Network
New York County
Ngozi Moses, MSc, Council Member
Executive Director, Brooklyn Perinatal Network
Kings County
Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA, Council Member
Senior Director Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships and Community Connectedness Coordinated Care services, Inc.
Monroe County
Raul Vazquez, MD, Council Member
President and Founder Urban Family Practice, PC
Erie County
Vacancy A (Soto, Nilda*Chair)
Vacancy B (Carla Boutin-Foster, MD)
Vacancy C (Pagan, Antonio)

Process for Filling Vacancies

Candidates interested in the vacancy process can reach out to OMHHDP@health.ny.gov

Health Equity Council members are provided with

The State of New York Office of the State Comptroller Travel Manual Prepared by Division of Contracts and Expenditures Bureau of State Expenditures.

They are asked to complete and submit