Funder
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Focus Group Facilitators
Marques Beene, MSW | Principal, Creative Academic Networks
Martha Gonzalez-Cortes, MA | CEO,
Gonzalez-Cortes and Associates, LLC
Index Assistance
Hae Won Choi | Interned with GRAAHI
Teniola Okun | Interned with GRAAHI
Kelsey Peterson, MPH | Interned with GRAAHI
Brenton Spiker | Interned with GRAAHI
GRAAHI’s staff
Index Lead and Developer
Andrae Ivy, MPH
GRAAHI’s Director of Research
Avatar Voices
Aaron Estrada | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker
Tony Jolliffi | GRAAHI’s Fatherhood Coordinator
Claudia Leiras, PhD, MS | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University
Kyle Lim | Project Coordinator for the Grand Rapids Urban League
Brandan McBride | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker
Kelsey Peterson, MPH | Interned with GRAAHI
Tiffany Pierce | GRAAHI’s Community Health Worker
Shannon Wilson, MPH | GRAAHI’s former Executive Director
Index Consultants
Stephen Borders, PhD | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University
Michelle Gourdine, MD | CEO of Michelle Gourdine and Associates, LLC
Claudia Leiras, PhD, MS | Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University
Quentin Moore, MPH | Director, Population Health and Disparities Prevention at Trinity Health
Khan Nedd, MD | Physician/Medical Director/Infusion Associates
Kaee Ross, MPH/MSW | Public Health Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services