NYMAC Leadership Team
NYMAC was led by genetics providers from the NYS Department of Health, John Hopkins University, the University of Pittsburgh, the Ferre Institute and evaluators from RTI International. Our region includes the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia. NYMAC was one of seven Regional Genetics Networks across the country funded by a federal (HRSA) grant.
Luba Djurdjinovic, MS
Project Administrator/Director Genetic Counseling Program, Ferre Genetics
Alissa Bovee Terry, ScM, CGC
Project Manager and Telegenetics Navigator
Patricia Bish, BS
Director of Communications & IT/Project Manager, Ferre Genetics
Radhika Sawh, MS, CGC
Continental States Team Lead
Andrea Durst, MS, DrPH, LCGC
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh/Advisory Committee Chair, NYMAC
Melissa Raspa, PhD, RTI International
Evaluation Consultant
NYMAC Consultants
Cheyla Clark MPH, MS, CGC
Genetic Counselor
María Isabel Frangenberg, BA, LEND
Community Engagement Liaison
Enrique G. Lopez MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor
NYMAC Advisory Committee
Andrea Durst, MS, DrPH, LCGC
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh/Chair, NYMAC Advisory Committee
Barbara Harrison, MS, CGC
Certified Genetic Counselor
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics
Howard University College of Medicine
Danielle Louder
Director – Northeast Telehealth Resource Center, Co-Director MCD Public Health
Elisa Muñiz, MD, MS, FAAP
Program Director, Fellowship Program in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center
Division of Developmental Medicine
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
TaraChandra Narumanchi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Chief, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, WVU School of Medicine
Bruce L. Orr
Ability Advocates
Lin Perry, MPA
Family Advocate
Roseani Sánchez, M.Ed
Project Director, Family Voices National
Jerry Vockley, MD, PhD
University of Pittsburgh Cleveland Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research Professor of Human Genetics UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Chief of Medical Genetics Director of the Center for Rare Disease Therapy
Kathy H. Wibberly, PhD
Director, Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, University of Virginia Center for Telehealth
Dana Yarbrough
Assistant Director, Partnership for People with Disabilities, Director, Center for Family Involvement, Strategic Directions Manager, Va-LEND, Virginia Commonwealth University