OHIO FEDERATION FOR HEALTH EQUITY & SOCIAL JUSTICE

our team

Ronald R. Browder

President, CEO & Co-Founder

Ronald R. Browder, Co-Founder, serves as an executive consultant for the Ohio Federation for Health Equity and Social Justice, the Dba name of the Health Disparities Collaborative of Ohio Inc, a 501c (3) statewide nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Ohio and is principally made up of agencies, organizations and individuals concerned about minority and multicultural health, health equity, social justice and the elimination of health disparities for racial/ethnic populations.

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Susan C. Ignelzi, Ph.D.

Senior Policy Fellow Consultant
A seasoned public and private-sector administrator qualified by years of organization building achievements both here and abroad focusing on mental health, health, education and social services: Dr. Ignelzi offers a tradition of performance excellence in Program Planning and Administration, Policy Development & Legislative Affairs, Grant Management & Grant Writing, Budget Administration, and Curriculum Development, Training & Technical Assistance.
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Katie Browder-Person

Katie Browder-Person is an accomplished professional with more than 15 years of experience in communications, design, and marketing. As the founder and operator of KatBro LTD, she champions brand development, marketing strategy generation, and the construction of marketing systems.
Her expertise encompasses strategic planning, storytelling, public relations, and visual branding and design, empowering her to serve as a comprehensive resource for enterprises undergoing brand reengineering.
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Lisa B. Stafford

President, CEO of How About That & Co-Founder

Ms. Stafford currently serves as the Federation’s Operations Manager. In this role, she provides administrative and financial support to assist the President in daily operations.
Ms. Stafford retired from the State of Ohio with 33 years’ experience in January 2020. She began her public employment as a High School Intern in 1984 with the Ohio Department of Development. Upon graduation, she enlisted and spent 7 years in the Ohio Army National Guard as a Personnel Records Specialist.
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DeLon Stradford

Graphic/Web Designer
Digital Hard Copy, LLC
Maple Heights, Ohio

Mr. Stradford is the owner and founder of Digital Hard Copy, LLC, a graphic and web design company established in 2010. A graduate of the Cleveland School Of The Arts, DeLon majored in photography and visual arts, mastering various concepts such as abstract art, photography techniques, color theory, values, layout design, and symmetry.
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Mango Consulting

Founded in 2020, Mango Consulting’s mission is to unearth hidden potential by growing perspectives, nourishing leadership, and sowing skills to cultivate lasting, positive change for our clients and the communities they serve. Through carefully crafted approaches and sensitivity to each individual and organization’s unique challenges, we work with our clients to help them create meaningful and engaging solutions.

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Olivia Neff, Ph.D

Policy Fellow

Olivia Neff is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Purdue University whose research explores how workplace policies influence access to health and may help mitigate inequality. She is particularly interested in which workplace policies facilitate access to preventative care for those who need it most, with attention to disparities across race, gender, and income. Her dissertation examines variation in paid sick leave policy design and implementation across states and how these differences shape awareness and use of leave for health-related needs. Olivia’s broader work includes a variety of projects on family leave and sick leave, childhood adversity, diabetes, mental and physical health, and food insecurity. She has experience with survey design, in-depth interviews, grant writing, and data analysis. She also has professional experience at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and currently serves as a research assistant at the Methodology Center at Purdue, where she helps coordinate NIH-funded training initiatives and interdisciplinary methods programming.

Adbeel Sutton

Policy Fellow

Adbeel Sutton (“AJ”) is a resident of Wisconsin, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Marquette University in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Master of Public Health degree through George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. Upon completion of his MPH program, he intends to enroll in a Physician Assistant program with the hope integrating allopatric clinical care with the more holistic public health interventions & strategies. His areas of interest include maternal & and child health, environmental health, food security, harm reduction, and dental hygiene. He has previously interned/shadowed with Compassionate Doctors Health Clinic (Milwaukee) and Chicago Insight Hospital and Medical Center (Formerly Mercy Hospital). He is also a proud member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

Jessica Knapick

Policy Fellow

Jessica is the Graduate Intern working with Dr. Mendoza on a Kinship study. She is currently studying at George Washington University in their Master’s in Public Health Program. She received her undergraduate education at Loyola Marymount University where she also served as a Team Lead and School Liaison for their COVID-19 contact tracing program partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Currently she is working as a Patient Care Coordinator in Urologic Oncology where she works on getting everything set up for any surgery patient’s. In her free time she loves to read and try out new restaurants with her friends.