Meet our Team
The Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement has an active core faculty that is highly engaged in the strategic planning and activities of the Center.
Executive Director
Richard Ricciardi, Ph.D., CRNP, FAANP, FAAN is the Associate Dean for Clinical Practice & Community Engagement at the GW School of Nursing.
Research Program Manager
Haley Stepp, MPH is the Research Program Associate at the GW School of Nursing.
School of Nursing Mentored Pilot grantee: 2025-2026
Betsy Choma, DNP, MSN, BSN, is an Assistant Professor at the GW School of Nursing.
School of Nursing Mentored Pilot grantee: 2025-2026
Billy Mullins, D.N.P., RN, NE-BC, is an Assistant Professor at the GW School of Nursing.
School of Nursing Center Pilot grantee: 2024-2025
Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Ph.D., APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP is an Associate Professor at the GW School of Nursing.
School of Nursing Center Pilot grantee: 2023-2024
Hee Jun Kim, Ph.D., RN is an Associate Professor at the GW School of Nursing
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Barbara Glickstein, RN, MPH, MS. FAAN is the Principal of Barbara Glickstein Strategies.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Joyce Pulcini, Ph.D., RN, FNP-C, FAAN is a Professor (Emerita) at the School of Nursing.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Suzan Ulrich, Dr. P.H., M.S.N., M.N., CNM, FACNM is Director of Midwifery Education at the GW School of Nursing.
Senior Policy Service Professor
Hildegart Gonzalez, Ph.D., is a Senior Policy Service Professor with the GW School of Nursing and mentor in the Fellowship in Health Policy and Media.
Senior Policy Service Professor
Diana Mason, Ph.D., RN, FAAN is a Senior Policy Service Professor with the GW School of Nursing's Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement and mentor in the Fellowship in Health Policy and Media.
Endowed Professor in Health Policy
Y. Tony Yang, Sc.D., LL.M., M.P.H. is the Associate Dean for Health Policy and Population Science at the GW School of Nursing.
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Haley Stepp, MPH, Senior Communications Associate