Meet Our Staff

Our staff have a diverse set of expertise and are available to assist with a wide range of support needs! You can learn more about our staff teams’ areas of focus, peruse our organizational chart, or find a staff member on this webpage to contact about a specific question or topic.

Team Focus Areas

Click on an area of focus linked below to jump to the applicable MPCA staff team on this webpage.

  • Executive Team
  • Clinical Services and Quality
  • Grants, Programs and Strategic Efforts
  • Health Center Operations and Workforce
  • Health Center Finance
  • Policy and Government Affairs
  • Health Information Technology and Data Services
  • Michigan Community Health Network (MCHN)
  • MPCA Finance and Organizational Services

Executive Team

Phillip Bergquist, Chief Executive Officer

Phillip Bergquist
Chief Executive Officer
517.827.0470

Faiyaz Syed, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer

Faiyaz Syed, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer
517.827.0887

Amber Desgranges, MPH, CED Chief Program Officer

Amber Desgranges, MPH, CED
Chief Program Officer
517.827.0462

Anne Scott, Health Center Operations Officer

Anne Scott
Health Center Operations Officer
517.827.0485

Russ Kolski, MCHN Executive Director & MPCA Chief Innovation Officer

Russ Kolski
MCHN Executive Director & MPCA Chief Innovation Officer
616.460.5210

Rob Pazdan, Chief Information Officer

Rob Pazdan, MBA
Chief Information Officer
517.827.0481

Matt Herwaldt, Chief Financial Officer

Matt Herwaldt, CMA
Chief Financial Officer
517.381.8003

Nancy Sting, Chief Administrative Officer

Nancy Sting, MSA, SHRM-CP
Chief Administrative Officer
517.381.8004

Clinical Services & Quality

Candy Vertalka, Director of Value Transformation

Candy Vertalka
Director of Value Transformation
517.827.0877

Amy Alward, Director of Population Health

Amy Alward, RN, BSN
Director, Population Health
517.827.0463

Amy Zarr, Associate Director of Population Health

Amy Zarr-McDonagh
Associate Director, Population Health
517.827.0875

Debra Kristy, Health Information Technology Manager

Debra Kristy
Health Information Technology Manager
517.827.0476

Marji Nichols, Immunization Program Manage

Marji Nichols, BSN,RN
Immunization Program Manager
517.827.0468

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Alexis Martin
Digital Health Manager

Laurie Dahl, Clinical Program Coordinator

Laurie Thompson
Clinical Program Coordinator
517.827.0883

Grants, Programs & Strategic Efforts

Debbie Edokpolo, Director of Health Equity and Social Justice

Debbie Edokpolo
Director of Health Equity and Social Justice
517.827.0473

Janelle Murray, MPH Associate, Director of Integrated Health

Janelle Murray, MPH
Associate Director of Integrated Health
517.827.0874

Misty Davis, Oral Health Program Manager

Misty Davis, RDH, BS
Oral Health Program Manager
517.827.0879

Jackie Chandler, Integrated Health Program Manager

Jackie Chandler, MS
Integrated Health Program Manager
517.827.0888

Lindsay Sailor, Integrated Health Program Manager

Lindsay Sailor
Integrated Health Program Manager
517.827.0889

Health Center Operations & Workforce

Jeff Jones, Emergency Preparedness and Operations Specialist

Jeff Jones
Emergency Preparedness and Operations Specialist
517.381.8002

Lindsey Schnell, Enabling Services and Operations Specialist

Lindsey Schnell
Enabling Services and Operations Specialist
517.827.0466

Karen Goucher, AmeriCorps Program Administrative Specialist

Karen Goucher
AmeriCorps Program Manager
517.827.0878

Kelly Feenstra, Integrated Health Program Specialist

Kelly Wendling
Health Center Career Training Program Specialist
517.827.0467

Rachel Ruddock, Workforce and Health Professions Training Manager

Rachel Ruddock
Workforce and Health Professions Training Manager
517.827.0880

Erin Rogers, Health Professions Training Coordinator

Erin Rogers
Health Professions Training Coordinator
517.827.0469

Ashleigh Kolski, Community Health Worker

Ashleigh Kolski
Community Health Worker
517.827.0474

Kathryn McMurphy, Community Health Worker

Kathryn McMurphy
Community Health Worker
517.827.0475

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Davina Williams
Community Health Worker
517.381.8000

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Sam Fisher
Patient Engagement Operations Director
517.381.8000

Health Center Finance

Honor Childress, Senior Director of Health Center Finance

Honor Childress
Senior Director of Payer and Financial Strategy
517.816.3870

Kelsea Frazier, Finance and Revenue Cycle Specialist

Kelsea Frazier
Finance and Revenue Cycle Specialist
517.827.0465

Lynn Kiter, Health Center Finance Consultant

Lynn Kiter, BBA, CPC, CH-CBS
Health Center Finance Consultant
517.706.6466

Policy and Government Affairs

Frank Waters
Director of Policy and Government Affairs
517.827.0477

Health Information Technology and Data Services 

Dave Hickman, Information Technology Manager

Dave Hickman
Information Technology Manager
517.827.0486

Cheryl Gildner, Clinical Data Manager

Cheryl Gildner
Clinical Data Manager
517.827.0870

Ashley Wozniak, Clinical Data Specialist

Ashley Wozniak, BSN, RN-BC
Clinical Data Specialist
517.827.0480

Dustin Barber, System Administrator II

Dustin Barber
System Administrator II
517.827.0483

Daniel Dawkins, System Administrator II

Daniel Dawkins
System Administrator II
517.827.0488

Shaun DeKarske, System Administrator II

Shaun DeKarske
System Administrator II
517.827.0482

Chance Sharp, System Administrator I

Chance Sharp
System Administrator I
(517) 827-0471, x471

Halli Rennaker
Clinical Data Specialist
517.827.0885

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Mike Gleason
System Administrator III
517.827.0482

Michigan Community Health Network (MCHN)

Sarah Gonzales, Care Coordinator

Sarah Gonzales, RN
Network Clinical Performance Manager
517.657.4914

Julie Helinski, Quality Director

Julie Helinski, MSA, OTR
Quality Director
517.827.0479

Chris Hicks

Chris Hicks
Network Analytics Director
517.381.8006

Trisha Grady

Trisha Grady
Network Data and Analytics Manager
517.816.3866

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Dwana King
Network Healthcare Navigator
517.827.0873 (x906)

Faith Redwine, Care Coordinator

Faith Redwine
Care Coordinator
517.220.0249

Finance & Organizational Services 

Barb Lincoln, Training and Education Manager

Barb Lincoln
Training and Education Manager
517.853.1062

Derek Commey

Derek Commey
Training and Education Manager
517.827.0871

Janette Guile, Accounting Manager

Janette Guile
Accounting Manager
517.827.0472

Kelli Rockwell, Accounting and Contract Specialist

Kelli Rockwell
Accounting and Contract Specialist
517.827.0881

Katie Nearpass, Accounting Assistant

Katie Nearpass
Accounting Assistant
517.827.0478

Kristin Seyfert, Administrative Assistant

Kristin Seyfert
Administrative Assistant
517.381.8000

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Crystal Scott
Human Resources Specialist
517.827.0876

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Amy Reyes
Administrative Assistant
517.381.8007