Meet the team

The heartbeat of the foundation

At the Intersection of Healthcare, Economics, and Social Interaction.

At HGF, we work daily to align and pull together resources and a culture of care that fosters better health outcomes in our community and beyond.

Leadership

Bouba Diemé

Founder (Boston, MA)

Engineer, Serial Entrepreneur,
Health Ambassador, Author
(Heart of a Giant)

Désirée Allen

Vice-President and Director (Boston, MA)

Assistant Vice President
Regional and Community Outreach Department (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston)

Modou Ndoye Fall

Director (Dakar, Senegal)

Associate Partner
(Dalberg Strategic Advisors)

Malika Fair, MD, MPH

Director (Detroit, MI)

Senior Director, Health Equity Partnerships & Programs (Association of American Medical Colleges, AAMC)

Papi Sora

Treasurer and Director (Milford, NH) 

Senior Customer Success Manager
(Athena Health)

Lawrence Vinson

Director (Boston, MA)

VP of Health Strategies, Greater-Boston
(American Heart Association)

Advisors

Joe Amadi-Echendu, Professor

Engineering and Technology Management,
Graduate School of Technology Management
(The University of Pretoria)

– Pretoria, South Africa

 

Neal Lakdawala, MD

Boston, MA

Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist
(Brigham and Women’s Hospital, BWH)
Instructor in Medicine
(Harvard Medical School)

– Boston, MA

 

Nicole Singh, MD

Internist (George Washington University Hospital)
Primary Care Doctor (Sislen & Associates)

Washington, DC

Lauren Eberly, MD, MPH

 Clinical Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
(Perelman School of Medicine, UPenn)

– Philadelphia, PA

Theresa Stone, MD

Internal Medicine
(MedStar Institute for Innovation)
Co-founder and Director
(Fresh & Savory Culinary
and Lifestyle Medicine Teaching Kitchen)

– Washington, DC

Myrtise Maurice,MSW, MPH, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker,
and Public Health Consultant
Founder (Perspectives Health Services)
Co-Founder (Haitian Mental Health Network)

– Boston, MA

 

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OUSMANE DIEYE, MD

 Cardiovascular Medicine Specialist
(Cabinet de Cardiologie SAKINA)

– Dakar, Senegal

 

OLIVIA WEINSTEIN, MS, RD, LDN

Culinary Nutrition Director, Teaching Kitchen
(Boston Medical Center)

– Boston, MA

 

Staff

Bouba Diemé

Founder

 

– Boston, MA

 

Idongesit Obeya, RN, BSN, MSNProgram Nurse

Ocean Guid. Vice

– Cranford, NJ

 

 

 

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