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 (Simi) Kaur
Controller
Rasika Kale
Operations & Development Manager
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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
Ashley Adrien
Outreach Coordinator - MA
Selina Gao
Outreach Coordinator - MA
Julie Zhu
Outreach Coordinator - MA
Lian Xue
Outreach Coordinator - MA
Clara Cepeda
Food Program Coordinator - NY
Yulan Li
Outreach Coordinator - 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
Outreach Coordinator - NY
David Zou
Event Planner
Miguel De Jesus
Junior Accountant/Grant Coordinator
Smile Zhu
Outreach Coordinator - 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
Luke M. O'Connell, M.D.
Board Secretary; Chief Clinical Officer, South Shore Health
Paul Gorman
President & CEO, South Shore YMCA
Lily Chu
Co-Founder, C&C Printing
David Chew
Founder, Quincy Diary Queen
Prof. Atif Adam
Research Faculty, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
Alison Marshall
Family Nurse Practitioner, South Boston Community Health Center
Maria Fruci
Vice President, Public Affairs Market Manager, Citizens
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