Meet The Team
meet the team
Staff Members
Lisa Perry, MBA, MPP
NYSBHF Manager
Ms. Perry is a consultant with extensive executive experience in health care performance improvement. Her work focuses on data-driven innovation in patient services and operations. As
Principal of Morningside Health Strategies, recent engagements include fund development and project management for multiple programs of the New York School-Based Health Foundation; FQHC operational assessment; team-based care optimization; software evaluation &; data strategy design.
Prior to this, Ms. Perry served at the Community Health Care Association of NY State (CHCANYS) from 2008 -2019. As Sr. Vice President of Quality & Technology Initiatives she raised funds to triple the staff providing technical assistance and training to New York State’s 70+ Federally Qualified Health Centers. Key accomplishments while at CHCANYS included implementation of the Center for Primary Care Informatics, a statewide population health management system, and the founding of a HRSA-funded Health Center Controlled Network.
Sarah Goldberg, MPH
Associate Director
Sarah C. Goldberg’s 15+ years of public health experience has focused on building collaboration opportunities and bringing like-minded people and projects together. She is passionate about clear, thoughtful, equity-focused communications, data-driven outreach projects, and finding ways to increase efficiencies. Most recently, she directed a housing support program via NYC Health + Hospitals and served as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Commissioner in the NYC Health Department’s Environmental Disease and Injury Prevention Program where she oversaw data and reporting as well as both internal and external communications. She previously worked for the DOHMH’s Office of School Health School-based Health Center Reproductive Health Project and at a Bronx public school, running and supporting health education and community programming.
She is excited to now support school-based health centers across the state. She lives in the Bronx with her husband and daughter.
Megan Spinella
Media & Engagement Manager
Megan is a graduate of Georgetown University with a BA in Global Health and Justice and a minor in Disability Studies. She is currently in the process of acquiring her Master of Public Health degree at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Megan's main research and professional interests lie at the intersection of health and inequality. Prior to joining the Foundation, Megan worked at Cancer Study Group, a cancer navigation start-up partnering directly with employers and labor unions to help their patients receive better quality care. Megan began as an associate and worked up to the position of manager, managing all external affairs in the pursuit of serving more patients. She previously worked for RCM of Washington, a DC disability services provider. There she ran the organization's social media, assisted with curriculum development and the creation of policy briefs, and worked directly supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities.
