The Office for Diversity and Inclusion and Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs consists of a diverse team of faculty and staff members with formal training and experiences in a range of areas including medicine, public health, business education and strategic planning, community health advocacy and organizing, and youth education. Together, we support workforce diversity and develop social justice-minded physicians and scientists.
ODI Executive Leadership
Gary Butts, MD, Executive Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, MSHS and Dean, Diversity Programs, Policy and Community Affairs, ISMMS
Pamela Abner, MPA, CPXP, Vice President & Chief Diversity Operations Officer- Mount Sinai Hospital Groups
Ann-Gel Palermo, MPH, DrPH, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer in Education and Research
Corporate Health System Affairs (CHSA)
Samuel Rosado, Executive Assistant and Project Coordinator
Barbara Warren, PsyD, CPXP, Senior Director, LGBT Programs and Policies and Assistant Professor, Medical Education, ISMMS
Lyndia Hayden, PMP, CSM, Director, Disparities and Data Analytics
Shana Dacon-Pereira, MPH, MBA, Senior Director, Administration
Mary Koshy, MPA, Director
Edgar Vargas, MPH, LMSW, Assistant Director, LGBTQ Programs and Policies
Janice Yoon, Senior Program Manager
Elizabeth Diaz, MPA, Senior Project Coordinator
Jefri Mesa, Management Analyst, Disparities and Data Analytics
Patricia S. Levinson Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs (CMCA)
Edward Poliandro, PhD, Senior Advisor and Trainer for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Assistant Clinical Professor in Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Ashley Michelle Fowler, MEd, Administrative Program Manager
Sherria McDowell, MPH, Director of Special Programs
Fariha Ahsan, MPH, MSc, Director, Diversity Innovation Hub Program
Yessica Manzo Haggerty, MBS Program Coordinator
Carmen Duran-Santos, Executive Assistant
Jay Johnson, CHES Education Program Manager, Institute for Equity and Justice in Health Sciences Education
Center for Excellence in Youth Education (CEYE)
Kenya Townsend, Program Director
Alexander Joseph, MA, Program Manager
Hossein Aleyasin, MD, PhD, Researcher and Adjunct Professor, ISMMS
Tristan Franz, MA, Program Coordinator
Eli Pinker, Teaching Assistant