Meet the Team

Public Health AmeriCorps Members - FY24 - Coming Soon

Staff

Christopher Hartsfield

Programs Director

Bio

Christopher Hartsfield became CS' Programs Director in January 2020, overseeing daily direct service for nearly 400 children and youth as well as single-day programming for thousands of children and community members. From 2015 - 2018, Christopher led CS' Outdoor Play programming for 7-24-year-olds, including teaching after school children and youth interns how to co-lead cycling adventures, fitness circuits and testing, JungleGym (CS' obstacle race and active-living fair), and over 35 single-day play events per year. In 2019, Christopher transitioned to Programs Manager, leading program service delivery for CS’ Outdoor Leadership Academy - Summer Youth Employment Program and expanded its OLA-Kids programming from after school to summer camp. Christopher earned a B.S in Health & Physical Education from Elizabeth City State University, and has a Wilderness First Aid Certification from SOLO, a Middle Manager Certificate from the American Camp Association, and Outdoor Leadership Training from the Appalachian Mountain Club's Youth Opportunities Program. In 2019, Christopher completed the Developing Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals at Columbia Business School and the Family Development Credential for Leaders with the NYC Department of Youth. Prior to joining CS, Christopher was a fitness coach and floor trainer at the YMCA Armory in Park Slope instructing 4-18-year-olds in various sports classes and the youth basketball league. He is a licensed security and fire brigade officer, and demonstrates a serious commitment to safety.

Mac Levine, MPH

Founding Executive Director

Bio

Executive Director Mac Levine, MPH, founded CS in 2008 with 16 East Harlem children, and has since grown the organization to serve over 19,000 children, youth, and families. She earned a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in the Built Environment Track, where she won the John and Kathleen Gorman Public Health Humanitarian Award. Mac also graduated cum laude from Northeastern University with a bachelor's degree in music industry and a minor in sociology. Mac is a Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional and a graduate of the National Outdoor Leadership School. She holds a Camp Director Certificate of Added Qualification from the American Camp Association and Wilderness First Aid. She was recognized in CUNY's 2017 Class of 40 Under 40: The Rising Stars in New York City Food Policy. She has guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The New School, and Northeastern University, and presented at the Just Food, American Community Gardening Association, and Hindsight Conferences. She is a co-author of "Closing Health Disparities Through A Multi-Level Approach," published in the International Journal of Child and Human Development as well as in the book Environmental Health Disparities: Costs & Benefits of Breaking the Cycle in 2016. She has been honored by the 25th Precinct with a Women of Excellence Award. Mac was the first solo female to stand-up paddle (SUP) the Hudson River Water Trail without assistance from Albany to Manhattan in June 2014, and the first person to SUP all five boroughs on the NYC Water Trail in 2015. She has completed the NYC Skate Marathon twice.

Luz Thomas

PlacemakingCorps Coordinator

Bio

Luz Thomas became the Public Health AmeriCorps Coordinator in 2024, where she supports the Public Health AmeriCorps Members through their service term. Luz earned her B.A. in Sociology along with Education & Social Transformation from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She has presented at the international Critical Media Literacy Conference of the Americas, offering a workshop that engaged participants in creating their own visual representations of environmental justice. Luz has served
two AmeriCorps terms with City Year, a national educational nonprofit organization, at both the Los Angeles and New York sites. In New York, she led a team of AmeriCorps members through their year of service. Luz has since shared about her experience serving at events such as The Nantucket Project, representing the graduating City Year New York AmeriCorps Class of 2023, and on CBS news. She is committed to fostering environmental exploration and engagement for folx of all ages. In her free time, Luz enjoys distance roller skating, capturing film photos to share with loved ones, and exploring the outdoors.

Nafis Khan

Bio

Nafis Khan became the PlacemakingCorps Coordinator in 2024, leading recruitment, supervision, and organization of PlacemakingCorps members. He first joined the Concrete Safaris team as a Health Promotion Intern in 2022 through OLA-CUNY after his sophomore year of college in 2022. In November of 2022, Nafis transitioned to becoming the Health Promotion Lead. Nafis earned his B.S in Health Psychology from CUNY Hunter College in 2023 and will begin graduate school to earn his Doctorate of Physical Therapy next year. Outside of work, he enjoys playing sports outdoors and coaching youth AAU basketball.

Directors & Officers

Co-Chair David H. Kaufman, Partner, Morrison Foerster

Co-Chair Lorenz Schmid, CISA, Director, Cyber, Risk & Regulatory, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Treasurer Jerren Holder, CFO, Corporate Client Banking Industries, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Secretary Christopher T. Consalvo, Director of Government Affairs, CenterLight Healthcare

Fund Development Committee Lead Michael Woolley, Retired Attorney

Evaluation Task Force Lead Daniela Morales, Analyst, John Snow, Inc., and Outdoor Leadership Academy Alumna, Concrete Safaris

Mandy DeRoche, Deputy Managing Attorney, Coal Program, Earthjustice

Mac Levine, MPH, Executive Director

Nicole Nelson, Managing Director - Compliance Officer, Mizuho Financial Group

Junior Board

Julian Schwab, Vice President, Ares Management

Samantha Margolis, Consultant, Deloitte Consulting

Nick Iserloth, Associate, OceanSound Partners

Advisory

Leslie Boden, MSUP, Community Health Planning Consultant

Lauren Harness, Architect, MASS Design Group

Gloria Lau, Senior Landscape Architect, Stantec

Malisa Mccreedy, Built Environment Program Manager, Blue Zones

Michelle Ramos-Lopez, MPH, Program Manager, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Preventative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai