IMPACTIVO - Key Persons


Adelaida "Alfi" Sánchez

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Alfi Sánchez is a Business, Commercial and Contract Lawyer with over 15 years of experience working at the legal department of private companies and as an independent legal advisor…

Amilcar Colon-Pascual

Job Titles:
  • Social Planning & Design Consultant
Amilcar Colon Pascual is a Licensed Professional Planner with a Master's Degree in Social Planning and Policies (MP) and a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico…

Dharma Cortés

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Consultant
For more than twenty years Dr. Cortés has been conducting community-based research with Latinos in the U.S., focusing on acculturation, health, mental health, and access to healthcare…

Dr. Rosario González

Job Titles:
  • Health Care Consultant

Gianni Algarin-Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
Gianni Algarin-Rivera is a research and project development enthusiast that enjoys providing analytical ideas. His passion thrives in exploring new skills, topics and perspectives of life…

Ivette Fuentes-Ortíz

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager
Ivette holds a Master in Human Resources and Labor Relations and a bachelor's degree in Office Management Systems from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico…

Josette Pagan-Lluch

Job Titles:
  • GSD Senior Associate
  • Visionary Leader
Josette is a conscious visionary leader proven as a strategic and results driven consultant with over 30 years of domestic and international experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors…

Karen Neoh

Job Titles:
  • Policy Consultant
Karen's professional career spans more than 18 years working with healthcare professionals in Asia and the US. From being a former economic policy analyst in a think tank,…

María Fernanda Levis-Peralta - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
to health systems, quality, policy and financing. Her former experience includes the pioneer ACO Atrius Health, where she was responsible to document their practice transformation process, designing the clinical, financial and operational quality, and performance improvement data systems for Blue Cross Blue Shield; while working with multiple health centers to improve their quality, compliance and net income. She has been instrumental in the attainment of millions in federal grants and has an expertise designing and implementing the health needs assessment and strategic planning methodologies required to integrate quality and payment compliance. Mrs. Levis holds a Master in Public Administration and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University, is a NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home Certified Content Expert and a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow.

María J. Rodríguez Torrado

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
María José as an ImpACTivista develops and facilitates presentations for Impactivo in collaboration with the Public Health Training Center of Region 2. She also coordinates everything related to social media…

Michelle Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Project Director

Raisa Lisette Ugarte-Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Communications and Project Coordinator
She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations and Advertising from the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus and a Master's Degree in Direction of Public Relations and Communication Agencies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. . Her passion is investigating social media tendencies. Raisa has been a guest speaker at the National Communication Congress to discuss the development of influencers in Puerto Rico. As an ex-member of the Honor Program of the University of Puerto Rico, she collaborates with other ex-alumni performing community work and stays in touch with the college community. She is the former Social Media Manager of the Asociación de Publicistas y Relacionistas Universitarios (APRU) where she collaborated with board members to reestablish the association in the School of Communications.

Sofia A. Ortiz-Beyley

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
Sofía is a talented Research Assistant at IMPACTIVO who collaborates in grant-funded projects, research projects and the Region 2 Public Health Training Center. She is an optimistic, empathic, friendly, responsible…

Teresa Longobardi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor for the Department of Finance
  • Senior Research Consultant
Teresa Longobardi is an Associate Professor for the Department of Finance and Graduate School of Business of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus and Adjunct Faculty of the Master of… Business Program of the Université d'Etat d'Haïti. Dr. Longobardi has been recognized as an Outstanding Professor/Researcher, with outstanding achievements in Health Economics and Health Services Research. Dr. Longobardi has specialized skills due to her interdisciplinary perspective and experience in various international academic institutions including the University of Manitoba, Institute of Health Economics, University of Winnipeg and the Université d'Etat d'Haïti.

Wanda Ali

Job Titles:
  • Founder and CEO of WAM 's Healthcare
Wanda Ali is the Founder and CEO of WAM's Healthcare Consultants. She has a Master in Business Management from Myers University. Ms. Ali has worked for over 10 years with Health care centers…