Meet the people who
make it happen

All the initiatives at QARI are powered by a group of brilliant, dedicated individuals making up the QARI team

Leadership

Philip Chong
President & CEO
Emily Canner
Chief Operating Officer
Dottie Murphy
Chief People Officer
Letty Liu
Managing Director
Sarabjit Kaur
Controller
Rasika Kale
Operations & Development Manager
Rachel Lee, MPH, RD, LDN, IBCLC
Project Manager - Diabetes & Health Equity
Hang Ngo, Psy.D.
Clinical Director
Michael Alpert, M.D.
Medical Director
Kris Clasby, LICSW
Clinical Supervisor, QARI

Our Team

Mariam Fatima
Program Coordinator
Ashley Adrien
Community Ambassador - MA
Julie Zhu
Community Ambassador - MA
Clara Cepeda
Community Ambassador - NY
Yulan Li
Community Ambassador - NY
Karen Lewis DeMetrick
Adult Education Lead
Samantha Musumeci
ESOL Instructor
Paul Gagnon
ESOL Instructor
Lewis Fisherman
ESOL Instructor
Stacey Alberga
ESOL & Citizenship Instructor
Maryam Medrano
ESOL Instructor
Aurela Zena
ESOL & Citizenship Instructor
Jin Lou
Social Media Coordinator
Fareeda Nabi
Community Ambassador - NY
David Zou
Event Planner
Miguel De Jesus
Junior Accountant/Grant Coordinator
Smile Zhu
Community Ambassador - MA
Kris (Szuting) Liu
Mental Health Clinician & Community Liaison
Shawn Luo
Mental Health Clinician & Community Liaison
Carolina Sareyed-Dim
Behavioral Health Navigator

Board of Directors

Lily Hsu, Ed.D.
Board Chair; President, Laboure College of Healthcare
Wan Wu, Ph.D.
Board Vice Chair; General Manager, Kam Man Food
Michael E. Mullin, CFA
Board Treasurer; Chief Market Officer, Claro Advisors, LLC
Maria Fruci
Board Secretary; Vice President, Public Affairs Market Manager, Citizens
Trevor Williams
President, South Shore YMCA
Lily Chu
Co-Founder, C&C Printing
David Chew
Founder, Quincy Dairy Queen
Prof. Atif Adam
Research Faculty, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
Alison Marshall
Family Nurse Practitioner, South Boston Community Health Center
Gary Chu
Vice President, Professional Affairs, New England College of Optometry
Betty Cheng
COO, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center

Advisory Committee

Sarah Wu, MSW
Former COO, BlackRock Global Corporate Communications
Dr. Deeb N. Salem, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
Former Co-Interim President and CEO, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Steven J. Thompson
Former CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Michael Mullaney
Former QARI’s Youth Representative

Honorary Committee

Mayor Thomas P. Koch
City of Quincy, Massachusetts
State Representative Tackey Chan
Massachusetts House of Representatives