Fellows Page

The UHI gratefully acknowledges the ongoing contributions of its Fellows to improving the health and safety of kids.  The purpose of the UHI Fellows Program was to expand the involvement and support of a broad group of leaders in the work of the UHI.  This was accomplished through the awarding of unpaid Fellowships to outstanding individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to serving UHI cities.  UHI Fellows have assisted the local campaigns in a wide variety of ways, from helping campaigns establish working relationships with key policymakers, to helping implement reforms of large systems that serve children and families, to advising on specific campaign tactics such as communications. 

UHI Fellows represent a talented and diverse cross-section of leaders.  They have the desire, knowledge and vision to help effect strategic and innovative changes in the systems that serve and protect children.

UHI Fellows:

Baltimore (Baltimore's Safe and Sound Campaign)

  • Penny Borenstein, MD, Health Officer, Howard County Health
  • Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
  • Colene Y. Daniel, President & CEO, Maryland General Hospital
  • Sheila Dixon, President, Baltimore City Council
  • Bailey Fine, District Director, Congressman Benjamin Cardin
  • Andrew D. Freeman, Partner, Brown, Goldstein and Levy, and Board President of the Family League of Baltimore City
  • Rev. Johnny N. Golden, Sr., Pastor, New Unity Baptist Church
  • Kimberly B. Morton, Deputy State’s Attorney
  • Samuel Stringfield, Distinguished University Scholar, University of Louisville, Kentucky
  • Patricia L. Welch, PhD, Dean of the School of Education and Urban Studies, Morgan State University

Detroit (Mayor’s Time)

  • Elizabeth A. Barton, Associate Director, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University
  • Walter L. Burt, Program Manager, District Alliance Program, Stupski Foundation
  • Judy A. Hartsfield, Probate Judge, Family Division, Wayne County Circuit Court
  • Jeriel Heard, Consultant
  • Jack Kresnak, journalist, Detroit Free Press
  • William D. Marsh, Past-President, Children's Center, and President, Renaissance Investment Co., Inc.
  • Sonia Parks, MD, Associate Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Roger Short, Budget Director, City of Detroit
  • Michael F. Tenbusch, University Preparatory High School
  • Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, City Council Member
  • T. C. Wallace, Superintendent of Schools, Mount Clemens, MI
  • Pam Wong

Oakland (Safe Passages)

  • Diane Bellas, Alameda County Public Defender
  • Lisa Benton, MD, California State Public Health Medical Officer
  • Desley A. Brooks, Esq., Councilperson, City of Oakland
  • Joseph F. Brooks, Vice President for Civic Engagement, PolicyLink
  • Mary Dean, Senior Vice President for External Relations, Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland
  • Kathleen J. Dowling, Consultant
  • James H. Hill, President, Hill and Co. Communications, Inc.
  • Krishen A. Laetsch, Senior Field Representative for Assemblywoman Wilma Chan
  • Mary M. Marx, former Executive Director, The Museum of Children’s Art
  • Marye Thomas, Director, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services
  • Mildred Thompson, Associate Director, PolicyLink
  • Timothy S. Yeh, MD, Director, Pediatric Critical Care, Children's Hospital of New Jersey (previously Director of Critical Care, Children's Hospital Oakland)
  • Andrea L. Youngdahl, Director, City of Oakland Department of Human Services

Philadelphia (Philadelphia Safe and Sound)

  • Janice D. Davis, Finance Director, City of Philadelphia
  • John P. Delaney, Jr., Deputy District Attorney
  • Paul DiLorenzo, Consultant
  • Sandra Dungee McArthur, Commissioner, School Reform Commission
  • Lillian Harris Ransom, Judge, Court of Common Pleas
  • Ernest E. Jones, President/CEO, Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation
  • Alba E. Martinez, Commissioner, Department of Human Services
  • Marcia Martinez-Helfman, Senior Vice President, Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation
  • Naomi Post, Consultant
  • Blondell Reynolds Brown, Councilmember, City Council of Philadelphia
  • Anne L. Shenberger, Southeast Region Director, Office of Children Youth and Families, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

Richmond (Youth Matters)

  • William C. Bosher, Jr., Executive Director, Commonwealth Educational Policy Institute
  • Sherri Brach, President, United Way Services
  • Mark Christie, Commissioner, Virginia Corporation Commission
  • Mark E. Emblidge, Executive Director, Virginia Literacy Foundation, and Member, Virginia Board of Education
  • Jeffrey M. Gallagher, Vice President and General Counsel, Lyotropic Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Greta J. Harris, Senior Program Director, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • David M. Hicks, Commonwealth's Attorney
  • Audrey Jordan, Senior Research Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation
  • Jon C. King, President and CEO, Exclusive Staffing Companies
  • John (Jack) L. McHale III, Principal, McHale & Associates
  • Darcy S. Oman, President, The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia

 

UHI Fellows in Action

All UHI Fellows contribute to the important work of the initiative in many ways. Below is a list of articles on this website that feature some of the Fellows:

Reform efforts need “possibility thinkers”, Philadelphia Councilwoman tells group at Harvard

UHI Fellow Rev. Johnny Golden: Rekindling hope and wonder in Baltimore, February 2003

Pontiac and Mt. Clemens, MI, achieve big expansion of after-school programming with the help of The Youth Connection, July 2002

Making every candidate a right candidate: The Detroit mayoral race, May 2002

Witness protection: Help for kids exposed to domestic violence, Fall 2001

 

 

 

 



 


 

 


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