Local Health Equity Action Teams
COPE aims to advance health equity by mobilizing partners and collaborators across Kansas. Our Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEATs) are made up of members who represent and serve the Kansans being prioritized and community health workers and other members of public health organizations engaging in health equity work.
LHEAT Leadership
Project Director
Christina Pacheco, JD, MPH
LHEAT Advisor
Vicki Collie-Akers, Ph.D., MPH, associate professor in the Department of Population Health
LHEAT Advisor
Mary Ricketts
Regional Community Lead: Central
Nadine Long
Regional Community Lead: West
Clarissa Martinez
Regional Community Lead: Northeast
Tatiana Darby
Regional Community Lead: Southeast
Jody Hoener
Local Health Equity Action Teams (LHEAT) by region
Region | County | LHEAT Lead | Regional Community Lead |
---|---|---|---|
West |
Finney | Birgit Lemke |
Clarissa Martinez |
Ford | Phil Handsaker | ||
Grant | Timothy Bertrand | ||
Seward | Sarah Foreman | ||
Sherman | Donna Swager | ||
Thomas | Donna Swager |
Region | County | LHEAT Lead | Regional Community Lead |
---|---|---|---|
Central |
Barton | Callie Miller |
Nadine Long |
Cowley | Kim Mercer | ||
Harvey | Rebecca Barrett-Fox | ||
Mitchell | Stephanie Simmons | ||
Sedgwick | Kameelah Alexander |
Region | County | LHEAT Lead | Regional Community Lead |
---|---|---|---|
Northeast |
Brown | McKayla Cluck |
Tatiana Darby |
Geary | Felicia Green and Courtney Angelou | ||
Jackson | McKayla Cluck | ||
Johnson | Jocelyn Hernandez | ||
Shawnee | Nikki Ramirez-Jennings | ||
Wyandotte | Kimberly Weaver |
Region | County | LHEAT Lead | Regional Community Lead |
---|---|---|---|
Southeast |
Bourbon | Rachel Carpenter |
Jody Hoener |
Cherokee | Jake Letner | ||
Crawford | Brad Stroud | ||
Labette | Lauren Coover | ||
Montgomery | Linda Follett |
Connect with Our Community Partners
We have listed the Facebook pages/groups for our partners across Kansas. This list will be updated as more organizations create social media spaces.
Communities Organizing to Promote Equity COPE Communities Organizing to Promote Equity COPE - Sedgwick County
Barton County LHEAT - COPE Barton County LHEAT - COPE
Brown/Jackson Community Health Workers and Local Health Equity Action Team Brown/Jackson Community Health Workers and Local Health Equity Action Team
Parsons Kansas Community Garden Parsons Kansas Community Garden