Board of Directors - SIPCW

Board of Directors

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Arlette Cepeda
Board Chair
Deputy Director
La Colmena

Kathleen Kennedy
Vice Chair
NYC DOHMH (retired)

Carol Pisapia
Board Treasurer
Administrative Director, Ambulatory Services
Northwell Health

Sara Gardner
Board Secretary
Executive Director
Fund for Public Health in New York

Benito Lindo
Chief Financial Officer
Community Health Center of Richmond

Christine Roos
Manager, Operations, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Staten Island University Hospital

Marquitta Speller, EdD
Chief Academic Officer
Excellence Charter Schools

Fern A. Zagor
Principal
Zagor Consulting, LLC.

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Mission & Vision

SIPCW seeks to create a healthier Staten Island by bringing together partner organizations and community members to address pressing wellness needs and give all Staten Islanders a chance to live their best lives. The focus of our efforts is in communities and populations with the greatest health inequities such as BIPOC and LGBTQ+ identifying.

Our vision is that our entire community has a shared understanding of the systemic conditions such as racism, classism, and heterosexism, contributing to wellness and the resources to ensure that all individuals and families have the knowledge and access to what they need to live their healthiest lives.

Recognizing the Indigenous History of SI

The Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness is located on Munsee Lenape land. Native communities called present-day Staten Island Aquehonga Manacknong. The Lenape sold the land we now call Staten Island to European colonizers under duress in 1670. To learn more about this transaction, see Andrew Lipman’s article, “A Hard Bargain.” Today, roughly 300 Ramapough Lunaape tribal members live on Staten Island.

To learn more about land acknowledgement and the Indigenous lands where you reside, view this map of Native lands or text your zip code to 1-855-917-5263