Meet Our Leaders
Lillian Rivera, RN, MSN, PhD
Administrator
Rene Ynestroza, MBA, MSMIS
Senior Public Health Services Manager
Thomas Burns, MPH
Program Manager, STD
Olga Connor, BA
Director, Office of Communications & Legislative Affairs
Samir Elmir, PhD, PE
Division Director, Environmental Health and Engineering
Onelia Fajardo, MPH, DR, BA
Director, Refugee Health Assessment Program
Reynald Jean, MD, MPH
Director, TB Program
Morton Laitner, Esq.
Chief Legal Counsel
Fermin Leguen, MD, MPH
Medical Executive Director
Alicia Reyes-Perez, RN, BSN
Director, Public Health Preparedness
Paula Schimpf, MSN, ARNP
Director, Office of Organizational Development
Pamela Toomer, R.N., B.S.N., M.P.H., N.C.S.N.
Director, School Health Program
Evelyn Ullah, BSN, MSW
Director, HIV/AIDS
Yesenia D. Villalta, MSN, ARNP
Director, Women’s Health & Preventive Services
Karen Weller, RN, BSN, ICCE
Director, Office of Community Health and Planning
Denise West, RD, LD/N, MPH
Director, WIC & Nutrition
Maribel Zayas, BPA, JD
Financial Administrator
