Aaron Cook, National Field Organizer- Aaron is trained in public health, and has worked as a community organizer. Much of this work has been in the LGBT community and with youth and adolescents. He hopes to begin medical school in Fall 2012. At Primary Care Progress, Aaron combines his knowledge of health and medicine with his skills as an organizer to help local primary care leaders engage their communities. 

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Uyen Doan, Senior National Field Organizer- Uyen has devoted much of her life to organizing her communities to fight for social justice. She continues to lead trainings that teach the basic practices of organizing. She has a background in public policy and global health, and she is also a doula in training, coaching women through the birthing process. At Primary Care Progress, Uyen coordinates overall field efforts, develops and disseminates strategic organizing trainings, and works closely with local teams of primary care advocates to help them create and actualize mini-campaigns to accelerate improvement in the primary care workforce pipeline.

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Melissa Gillooly, Executive Director - Melissa has over eleven years of experience working and managing large teams in nonprofit healthcare. She received her MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2011, but previously spent eight years working with the organization Partners In Health (PIH). During her time with PIH she served in a number of programmatic roles and led the organization in starting its first project in Africa.  In Rwanda, Melissa worked with the Ministry of Health to build health facilities and establish comprehensive health services in two rural districts. At Primary Care Progress, Melissa is responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s strategic priorities and overseeing its day-to-day operations.

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Susan Putnins, National Community Manager - Susan is a community advocate, peer educator, and former researcher for mental health issues. At Primary Care Progress she develops and administers programming and coordinates chapter and national activities.

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Jenette Restivo, Director of Media and Communications- Jenette has been making media for broadcast and online for the past 12 years. She’s a writer, producer and editor who has created hard news stories, feature pieces and documentaries for nonprofits, government agencies, websites and networks including, ABC, CBS, PBS, History Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic. She has an MA in Science and Environmental Journalism from NYU.  Jenette oversees all media and communications efforts at PCP.

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Brian Schon, Director of Policy and Strategy- Brian Schon received his MPP and his MBA from the Heller School at Brandeis University where his research focused on the American primary care shortage. He has worked on health policy in the private, non-profit, and government sectors at both the state and federal levels. At Primary Care Progress, Brian works on a multitude of issues ranging from legislative affairs to organizational development. He works very closely with the President, Executive Director, and National Advisory Board to direct PCP's stance on policy issues and implement strategic initiatives. 

Brian Blank, Communications Consultant- Brian is a former cable news reporter and producer who decided mid-career to pursue medicine. He is currently in medical school at the University of North Carolina. At Primary Care Progress, Brian handles media inquires and outreach initiatives, edits website content and messaging, and manages social media.

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Sonya Collins, Progress Notes, Editor for Clinicians, Educators and Advocates - Sonya Collins is a journalist with a specialty in health and medicine. Her work has appeared in publications including WebMD.com, Scientific American, and Yale Medicine. At Primary Care Progress, she is the Progress Notes editor for clinicians, educators and advocates. She edits Progress Notes posts, recruits new writers and works with social media.

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Alex Folkl, Progress Notes, Editor for Students and Residents - Alex is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont and is planning to go into family medicine. He has been involved in a number of community-outreach projects in Vermont, and intends to make medical journalism and primary care mentoring focuses of his career. He is the student and resident editor of Progress Notes, the Primary Care Progress blog.

Jay Bhatt, Ambassador Team Advisor - Jay is a former organizer and health care policy consultant. He has completed an internal medicine residency training at the Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School. He is a former National President of the American Medical Student Association and
also currently a MPA student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He was a Zuckerman Fellow and a Commonwealth Minority Health Policy Fellow. 

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David Gellis, Trainee Advisor - David is in his second year of residency in the Harvard Vanguard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital primary care residency, planning to pursue a career in primary care practice and system redesign. As a fifth year medical student, David co-led the petition campaign that catalyzed the collaborative effort between the primary care community and medical school leadership to transform primary care training at Harvard. David co-founded Primary Care Progress and speaks regularly about the importance of trainee engagement in primary care clinical innovation. 

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David Margolius, Innovation Collaboratives Team Advisor - David is a resident at UCSF and is pursuing a career in internal medicine primary care. Between his third and fourth years of med school, David spent a year working with community health center staff and physicians in San Francisco to improve their delivery of primary care. David has appeared in numerous panels and conferences as an expert in the area of primary care clinical innovation and team-based care.