Who We Are
Meet the team of dedicated and deeply experienced staff, executives and advisors who organize our operations and shepherd our grant programs.
Meet the team of dedicated and deeply experienced staff, executives and advisors who organize our operations and shepherd our grant programs.
President
Lynda Rossi serves as the president of the Foundation's board of directors. She is the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Executive Vice President of Strategy, Innovation & Public Affairs and helps shape the overall strategy and direction of the organization.
Executive Director and CEO
Audrey Harvey joined Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as a tax manager and served in many roles before becoming the Foundation's executive director and CEO. Harvey holds a juris doctor and a master's degree in taxation from Wayne State University. She has a master's degree in public health with a concentration in public health practice from the University of South Florida. Harvey is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, licensed to practice in Illinois. She is a certified public accountant and certified in public health.
Senior Program Officer
Melissa Boguslawski joined the Foundation team in 2024 and is responsible for the Foundation’s philanthropic and grantmaking activities in Southeast and Mid-Michigan along with the Foundation’s Investigator Initiated and Physician Investigator grants. She has over 12 years of public health work and research experience and holds a PhD in Health Behavior from Indiana University and an MPH degree with a concentration in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Senior Analyst
Elba Huerta is responsible for the Foundation’s process improvement and accounts payable administration. She leads the monthly financial and accounting reporting. Huerta holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering with a specialty in software development from the Instituto Technological of Durango. She also holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in business administration from Walsh College.
Program Officer
Audrey Rogal joined the Foundation team in 2024 and is responsible for the Foundation’s philanthropic and grantmaking activities in the Thumb, Western, Northern, and Upper Peninsula regions of Michigan, along with the Foundation’s Student Award Program and Proposal Development grants. She has more than 14 years of non-profit administration, grant development, and project management experience and holds a Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis on social policy and evaluation from the University of Michigan.
Corporate Secretary
Susan Shelton is the executive assistant to the Foundation's executive director and CEO and serves as the corporate board secretary. Shelton joined the Foundation team in 2014. She also is the point person for planning, implementing and managing board activities.
Board-Certified Dermatologist, President and Founder, CosmedicDerm
Associate Dean, Macomb University Center, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Executive Vice President, Strategy, Innovation and Public Affairs Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Community Council
Retired Director of Michigan Department of Community Health
Retired CEO, Michigan Health Endowment Fund
Grant Advisory Panel members are essential to ensuring that BCBSM Foundation support is directed toward research of the highest quality, thus improving health care access, value and cost, in our quest to improve the health of Michiganders.
Faris K. Ahmad, MD, MBA, FACOG
Senior Medical Director and Associate CMO
Physician Success and Network Optimization
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Clifford L. Broman, PhD
Professor
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
David Julius Brown, MD
Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion, Associate Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology, University of Michigan Medicine
Jade Burns, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Bhavin Dalal, MD
Associate Professor, Vice Chief, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Associate Program Director, Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship, Corewell Health, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Jessica D. Faul, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Co-Director, Institute for Social Research Biospecimen Lab, University of Michigan
Gary L. Freed, MD, MPH
Percy and Mary Murphy Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Michigan
Megan C. Frost, PhD
Professor and Department Chair, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology, Michigan Technological University
Charles Given, PhD
Professor Emeritus, College of Nursing, Michigan State University
John Goddeeris, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University
Allen Goodman, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Wayne State University
Robert Goodman, DO, MHSA, FACEP, FACOEP
Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Gerod S. Hall, PhD, MPH
Senior Statistician, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Androni Henry, MD, MMM, FAAEM, FACEP
Senior Medical Director and Associate Chief Medical Officer Care Delivery Experience and Health Equity, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Denise Soltow Hershey, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FAANP
Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Michigan State University
Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD, FASH
Professor, Internal Medicine, Frederick G.L. Huetwell Collegiate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medicine
Jersey Liang, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Management & Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
Rob Lyerla, PhD, MGIS
Professor, Western Michigan University
Nora Maloy, DrPH, MHSA
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Department of Global Reach, University of Michigan Medical School
Milisa Manojlovich, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor, School of Nursing, University of Michigan
Laurence McMahon, MD, MPH
Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Sharon Milberger, ScD
Director, Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute, Wayne State University
Jae A. Puckett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University
Neli Ragina, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor, Director, Students and Residents Clinical Research, College of Medicine, Central Michigan University
Phillip Rodgers, MD
Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, George Dock Professor, University of Michigan
Michael Simon, MD, MPH
Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University
Herbert Smitherman, Jr., MD
Vice Dean of Diversity and Community Affairs, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, President and CEO, Health Centers Detroit Foundation
Miron Stano, PhD
Professor Emeritus, School of Business Administration, Oakland University
Carmen Stokes, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, CNE
Nurse Navigator, SM Gavini Center for Cancer Prevention, Ascension Health
Ira Strumwasser, PhD
Executive Director & CEO (Retired), BCBSM Foundation
Marianne Udow-Phillips, MHSA
Principal, MuConsulting, Instructor, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Ksenia I. Ustinova, PhD
Professor, School of Rehabilitation and Medical Sciences, Central Michigan University
Gina Lynem-Walker, MD
Associate Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Lori J. Warner, Ph.D., LP, BCBA-D Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Lori J. Warner Ph.D., PLLC
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