Our Team

The NC InCK team includes experts from our partner organizations, Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill and the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Our team works together with our Partnership, Family, and Youth Councils to determine the best way to serve children in our five counties.

Executive Team

Dr. Carolyn Avery Population Health Co-Director

Dr. Rushina Cholera
Executive Director
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Kristen Dubay
NC Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Kori Flower
Population Health Co-Director
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Judy Lawrence
NC Department of Health and Human Services
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Chelsea Swanson Managing Director She/Her/Hers

Eleanor Wertman
Care Integration Director

Program Leadership

Josie Hatley
Associate Director of Strategy and Operations
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Jillian Hurst
Duke Peds Liaison

Nancy Madenyika
Lead Integration Consultant
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Sophie Ravanbakht
Research and Quality Improvement Director 
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Integration Consultants

Kirsten Alfaro Integration Consultant, Head Start and Early Head Start, Families & Communities Rising She/Her/Ella

Tara Bartasavich Integration Consultant, WellCare of NC

Jacinta Mclawhorn
Integration Consultant, Carolina Complete Health

Tyzie Morning, MPH
Integration Consultant, Granville-Vance Public Health
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Ashley Woolard
Integration Consultant, AmeriHealth Caritas
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Data and Policy Team

Latika Apte Data and Policy Team, NC Medicaid

Srilakshmi Kandukuri
Data and Policy Team, NC Medicaid
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Kala Rachamalla
Data and Policy Team, NC Medicaid

Chavanne Lamb  Special Projects Evaluator, NC Medicaid 

Communications Team

Manda Hufstedler
Communications Specialist
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Lindsay KentonCommunications Specialist She/Her/Hers
Lindsay Kenton
Communications Specialist
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Sonya Sutton
Communications Lead
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