Our Staff

APHSA is highly motivated by the desired future state of the human services sector. Our team is solution-oriented, agile, and focused on meeting member expectations and delivering high-quality, relevant products and services.

Leadership Team

Tracy Wareing Evans

Tracy Wareing Evans

President and CEO

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Ray Davidson

Ray Davidson

Chief Operating Officer

[email protected]
(202) 866-0572

Sheila J. Poole

Sheila J. Poole

Vice President, External Relations

[email protected]
(518) 281-9415

Matt Lyons

Senior Director, Policy and Practice

[email protected]
(240) 888-6637

Natalie Williams

Natalie Williams

Chief Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Officer

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Marci McCoy-Roth

Chief Impact Officer

[email protected]
(202) 866-0547, ext. 256

Antonette Russell

Antonette Russell, MBA, MPA, SHRM-SCP

Chief Human Resource Officer

[email protected]
(202) 866-0534

Executive Coordination Team

Sherray G. Whatley

Sherray Gibson

Executive Coordinator

[email protected]
(202) 980-7016

Sherray G. Whatley

Lennel Flack

Executive Coordinator

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OPERATIONS TEAM

Ray Davidson

Ray Davidson

Chief Operating Officer

[email protected]
(202) 866-0572

Guy DeSilva

Director, Engagement Operations and Marketing

[email protected]
(202) 866-0557

Alvin Brown

Senior Accounting Manager

[email protected]
(202) 866-0539

Jordan Ahmad

Membership Engagement Operations and Marketing Manager

[email protected]
(703) 314-3822


Erica Mitchell

Budget Analyst

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Erika Stevens

Grants and Contracts Manager

[email protected]

Human Resources Team

Antonette Russell

Antonette Russell, MBA, MPA, SHRM-SCP

Chief Human Resource Officer

[email protected]
(202) 866-0534

Nina Darby

Nina Darby, MS

Human Resources Manager

[email protected]
(202) 866-0548

Carmelle Coby

Carmelle Coby

People Engagement Associate

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COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

Sheila J. Poole

Sheila J. Poole

Vice President, External Relations

[email protected]
(518) 281-9415

Jessica Garon

Jessica Garon

Director, Communications

[email protected]
(202) 866-0535

Alex Clermont

Senior Content Writer

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Jessica Garon

Jenny Duggan

Marketing and Communications Specialist

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Conferences & Events Team

Sheila J. Poole

Sheila J. Poole

Vice President, External Relations

[email protected]
(518) 281-9415

Donna Jarvis Miller

Donna Jarvis-Miller, CMP, CEM

Director, Membership and Events

[email protected]
(202) 866-0569

Maurine Jones

Senior Meetings Manager

[email protected]
(202) 866-0536

Marie Comito

Meeting Planner

[email protected]
(202) 866-0571

Delina Henok

Conference and Events Coordinator

[email protected]

Dominic Hollis

Registration Specialist

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Influence Team (Policy, Practice, and Process Innovation)

Matt Lyons

Senior Director, Policy and Practice

[email protected]
(240) 888-6637

Christine Johnson

Assistant Director, Policy

[email protected]
(802) 922-8623

Mary Nelson

Assistant Director, Practice

[email protected]
(202) 866-0676

Jess Maneely

Assistant Director, Process Innovation

[email protected]
(571)447-3511

Mary Goble

Senior Policy Associate

[email protected]
(202) 539-2458



Policy



Christine Johnson

Assistant Director, Policy

[email protected]
(802) 922-8623

Chloe Green

Senior Policy Associate, Food and Nutrition Services

[email protected]
(202) 866-0612

Meg Dygert

Senior Policy Associate, Child and Family Well-Being

[email protected]
(202) 866-0573

Rebekah Sides

Policy Associate

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Emily Adams

Policy Associate, Child Care and Early Childhood Programs

[email protected]



Practice



Mary Nelson

Assistant Director, Practice

[email protected]
(202) 866-0676

Khristian Monterroso

Project Associate, Economic Mobility and Well-Being

[email protected]

Kapria Lee

Project Associate, Child and Family Well-Being

[email protected]

Alexandra Ramos

Project Associate, Culturally Responsive Services

[email protected]
(202) 277-3120

Romuald Lenou Tassigne

Research Associate

[email protected]
(202) 866-0556

Andrew Schramm

Senior Project Associate, Employment & Economic Well-Being



Process Innovation



Jess Maneely

Assistant Director, Process Innovation

[email protected]
(571)447-3511

Nana Sasu

Senior Project Associate, Process Innovation

[email protected]

Morgan McKinney

Project Associate, Process Innovation

[email protected]

Shug Pierce

Project Associate, Process Innovation

[email protected]

ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS TEAM

Sheila J. Poole

Sheila J. Poole

Vice President, External Relations

[email protected]
(518) 281-9415

Jennifer Kerr

Director, Organizational Effectiveness (OE)

[email protected]
(717) 609-3675

Kimberly James

Assistant Director, Technical Assistance

[email protected]
(202) 866-0677

Alexander Figueroa

Assistant Director, Learning and Development

[email protected]
(202) 590-8015

Tina Wright-Ervin

Senior OE Consultant

[email protected]
(703) 328-4526

Dr. Trinka Landry-Bourne, DPA

OE Consultant, Leadership Development

[email protected]
(703) 304-6852

Adrian Saldana

OE Consultant

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Allegra Henry

OE Consultant

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Brandy Whisman

OE Consultant

[email protected]
(423) 366-2301

Francesca Robinson

Instructional Designer

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Lofaine Bradford

Learning Coordinator

[email protected]
(202) 866-0003

Julia Mueller

Community Engagement Specialist

[email protected]

Interstate Affairs Team

Marci McCoy-Roth

Chief Impact Officer & Director, National Electronic
Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE)

[email protected]
(202) 866-0547, ext. 256

Carla Fults, JD, MSW

Director, Interstate Affairs and Compact Operations

[email protected]
(202) 866-0543

Lynnea Kaufman, LBSW

Associate Director, NEICE

[email protected]
(703) 965-7373

Marcus Robinson

Senior Program Associate, NEICE

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Anastasia Gentilcore

Senior Data Analyst