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The MOMENTUM Leadership

Governing Advisory Council

Marisa Parrella
Ex Oficio

Founder & Executive Director, The MOMENTUM Residency

Kesha Evans
Chair

Executive Vice-President, General Counsel RVO Health, LLC

Noel Bravo
Treasurer

Director of Project Development: Early Childhood Innovation Network

Wendy Goldberg
Secretary

Community Member

Program Advisory Council

Sandra Kalu, Ph.D

Howard University School of Social Work Assistant Professor

Stephanie Mintz, LICSW

Student Services Director, Briya Public Charter School

Denisha Carter, PsyD

Georgetown WISE clinician and Director of Training

Senovia Hurtado

Itinerant Bilingual Counselor, DCPS Language Access Division

Shamara Howze, MSW, RPT

CEO Howze your Health

Lovannia Dofat-Avent, LICSW

Senior Director Behavioral Health Services, Catholic Charities

Maura Englender

Chief Talent Officer, DC Prep

Raquel Ortiz
Director of the Welcome Center, DCPS for English Language Learners
Caitlin Campbell-Hahn

Senior Manager, Schools & Talent | Education Forward DC

Founding Advisory Council

Olga Acosta Price, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health Director, Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) at Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University

Colin Stewart, MD

Training Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
MS3 Psychiatry Clerkship Director
Georgetown University Medical Center/MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Matthew Biel, M.D., M.Sc.

Marriott Chair of Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health

Karimah Ware Edwards, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist
Executive Director
MedStar Georgetown Center for Wellbeing in School Environments (WISE Center)

Kerry Savage

Director of Policy and Advocacy at PAVE – Parents Amplifying Voices in Education

Mark LeVota

Executive Director
District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association

Amber Rieke

Project Lead, Policy
Children’s Law Center

Shamara Howze, LPC, LCPC, RPT

Owner
Howze Your Health LLC

Vanessa Leon, LICSW, LCSW-C

Dos Olas Therapy PLLC
Owner and Mental Health Therapist

Nancy Lever

Co-Director of the National Center for School Mental Health

Daniela Anello

Head of School
DC Bilingual Public Charter School

Caitlin Campbell-Hahn

Senior Manager
Education Forward DC

The MOMENTUM Residency is fiscally sponsored by Bellwether Education Partners, Inc