Board of Directors

Dr. Saddawi-Konefka is a practicing critical care physician and anesthesiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the Program Director of the Anesthesiology Residency at MGH and oversees 100+ resident physicians. He is devoted to the wellbeing and mental health of his trainees and healthcare workers across the country. He is the proud father of four awesome kids and enjoys woodworking.

Arif Noorbaksh is a psychiatrist based in Texas.  Dr. Noorbaksh approaches treating psychiatric disorders holistically utilizing a variety of conventional and interventional approaches. He has interests in healthcare policy, economics of healthcare delivery, organizational strategy and growth, and mental health education.  During his career, he both witnessed and experienced first-hand the barriers to accessing mental health care for providers, and he is a passionate advocate for reducing barriers and improving access to mental health care for healthcare workers of all types.

Ms. Kenny is an entrepreneur in the field of healthcare services and a masters level gerontologist. She currently resides in the NY Metropolitan area. She began her career in San Francisco as a program manager for tech startups in San Francisco. She is the mother of 3 wonderful, creative children, has volunteered in hospice and has a pretty decent vegetable garden.

Keri has dedicated her career to chipping away at obstacles to wellbeing. Her work in healthcare began in 2002 as the NAMI-NYC Metro communications and policy lead.  Since then, she has helped build bridges between dozens of biopharmaceutical companies and hundreds of patient and healthcare professional nonprofits. Keri is a caregiver for her long-term partner who lives with several psychiatric and neurological conditions. She’s also helped herself and many friends navigate the mental health system and has served on the boards of NAMI NYC-Metro and the Baltic Street Mental Health Foundation.

Jina is a practicing pediatric anesthesiologist at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the inaugural Associate Chair of Well-Being for the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF and serves as Vice Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being. In her free time, she loves hiking and stand-up paddleboarding with her husband and two huskies.

DeOnna is an occupational therapist who has been devoted to mental health and clinician wellbeing through her clinical practice, educational pursuits, and community advocacy efforts. She currently serves in a program management role for an employee health and wellness program, and is pursuing her Doctorate in Public health to further champion clinician mental health. DeOnna is passionate about family, travel, and exploring the great outdoors in her spare time.

Lucy is an attending anesthesiologist in Pediatric Anesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was chief resident. She has a passion for medical education with a particular focus on physician mental health and wellness and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. She loves to travel, try new restaurants and cocktail bars, hike, and critique TV shows.

Jack is an administrator in nonprofit health care, and is focused on improving health outcomes and equity in our communities.  Jackspent years in public service at the county, town and municipal levels of government, focused on making government more responsive and accountable to the people it serves.  In recent years, he has loved sharing that expertise as an adjunct professor at Hofstra University. Jack is the proud dad of two super-hero loving kids and husband to the world’s best wife.