Iman Shervington
Director of Media & Communications
Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies
III. Iman Shervington is a filmmaker and communications specialist in the public health field, Iman has had an intersectional career with a through line of promoting optimal health for all. She is the Director of Media & Communications at the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (IWES) and holds a BA from the University of Southern California and an MFA from Columbia University. As a writer, director, and editor, she has created over 50 short films, PSAs and web series, and three feature films (both narrative and documentary), which have been featured in multiple festivals both nationally and internationally. She has also implemented multiple health prevention programs (reproductive health, HIV prevention, positive youth development, etc.) and presented at over 15 conferences on her work. In 2016 Iman was selected as a participant in Spitfire's Executive Training Program and in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s first Culture of Health Leaders cohort, of which she is now an alumnus and member of the Health Leadership Legacy Project board. She also received the New Orleans-based Millennial Award in the Changemaker category that year. In 2019 she joined the innovative Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s (iTP3) Design Cadre and received training in Human Centered Design, to complement her background in social marketing. She has applied that training in the design of strategies and interventions to optimize youth health. Outside of film and communications, Iman has extensive experience in graphic design, focus group facilitation, photography, positive youth development, and participatory action research. She is also a professional dancer with an avid passion for movement and fitness.
Director of Media & Communications
Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies
III. Iman Shervington is a filmmaker and communications specialist in the public health field, Iman has had an intersectional career with a through line of promoting optimal health for all. She is the Director of Media & Communications at the Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies (IWES) and holds a BA from the University of Southern California and an MFA from Columbia University. As a writer, director, and editor, she has created over 50 short films, PSAs and web series, and three feature films (both narrative and documentary), which have been featured in multiple festivals both nationally and internationally. She has also implemented multiple health prevention programs (reproductive health, HIV prevention, positive youth development, etc.) and presented at over 15 conferences on her work. In 2016 Iman was selected as a participant in Spitfire's Executive Training Program and in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s first Culture of Health Leaders cohort, of which she is now an alumnus and member of the Health Leadership Legacy Project board. She also received the New Orleans-based Millennial Award in the Changemaker category that year. In 2019 she joined the innovative Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s (iTP3) Design Cadre and received training in Human Centered Design, to complement her background in social marketing. She has applied that training in the design of strategies and interventions to optimize youth health. Outside of film and communications, Iman has extensive experience in graphic design, focus group facilitation, photography, positive youth development, and participatory action research. She is also a professional dancer with an avid passion for movement and fitness.
Kelly Stevens
Interim Progam Director
AIDS United
V. Kelly Stevens (she/her) brings over 15 years of experience in the public health and criminal justice sectors supporting human-centered problem solving, innovative visioning, and strategic planning initiatives. A seasoned organizational development strategist, she has a demonstrated history of providing personalized, capacity strengthening services to community-facing organizations across the country in the areas of: strategic planning, racial, gender and social justice, creative problem solving, implicit bias, conflict mediation and leadership development. Kelly is a certified trainer/facilitator and holds a Master’s of Science degree in organizational development with a concentration in organizational psychology.
Interim Progam Director
AIDS United
V. Kelly Stevens (she/her) brings over 15 years of experience in the public health and criminal justice sectors supporting human-centered problem solving, innovative visioning, and strategic planning initiatives. A seasoned organizational development strategist, she has a demonstrated history of providing personalized, capacity strengthening services to community-facing organizations across the country in the areas of: strategic planning, racial, gender and social justice, creative problem solving, implicit bias, conflict mediation and leadership development. Kelly is a certified trainer/facilitator and holds a Master’s of Science degree in organizational development with a concentration in organizational psychology.
Rochelle Turner
Program Manger
Prism Health North Texas
Rochelle Turner, LMSW, LCDC-I, is currently the Program Manager for Project STEP and integrated behavioral health services with Prism Health North Texas. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker and holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in social work. She has twenty+ years of social work experience which include practice settings in criminal justice, mental health, and substance use disorders, HIV/STI prevention, and treatment. She has also practiced in social work service in a hospital setting as well as domestic violence and sexual assault crisis intervention. In years prior, she maintained a volunteer position with YWCA St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center, in St. Louis, MO with the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
Program Manger
Prism Health North Texas
Rochelle Turner, LMSW, LCDC-I, is currently the Program Manager for Project STEP and integrated behavioral health services with Prism Health North Texas. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker and holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in social work. She has twenty+ years of social work experience which include practice settings in criminal justice, mental health, and substance use disorders, HIV/STI prevention, and treatment. She has also practiced in social work service in a hospital setting as well as domestic violence and sexual assault crisis intervention. In years prior, she maintained a volunteer position with YWCA St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center, in St. Louis, MO with the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART).
Angela Walter
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Angela Wangari Walter is a health services researcher and an implementation scientist whose work focuses on: 1) the prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use disorders and co-occurring diagnoses; and 2) addressing racial and ethnic inequities in the access to and quality of health care. She has conducted federally (NIH, SAMHSA, HRSA, AHRQ), state and foundation funded research using qualitative and quantitative methods. Dr. Walter’s research on alcohol and other drug use disorders (AUDs) has examined the association between alcohol use and HIV transmission among women;
and the effects of culturally relevant and integrated care for adults with co-occurring AUDs and mental illness. Dr. Walter has also conducted research on access to and quality of care for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and other socially/economically disadvantaged populations. Her research has contributed to knowledge about the utilization of mental health services among children and barriers faced by parents/caregivers in accessing care for children. Other research has examined disparities in access to care and health services utilization patterns among children with medical complexity.
Dr. Walter has research and practice experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating systems of care for diverse populations. She is currently conducting AHRQ and HRSA funded research to improve health outcomes for Black and African American women receiving care in community-based settings. Dr. Walter is actively engaged in community efforts addressing racial and social injustices serving as an advocate, educator, volunteer, board and advisory member.
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Dr. Angela Wangari Walter is a health services researcher and an implementation scientist whose work focuses on: 1) the prevention and treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use disorders and co-occurring diagnoses; and 2) addressing racial and ethnic inequities in the access to and quality of health care. She has conducted federally (NIH, SAMHSA, HRSA, AHRQ), state and foundation funded research using qualitative and quantitative methods. Dr. Walter’s research on alcohol and other drug use disorders (AUDs) has examined the association between alcohol use and HIV transmission among women;
and the effects of culturally relevant and integrated care for adults with co-occurring AUDs and mental illness. Dr. Walter has also conducted research on access to and quality of care for underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and other socially/economically disadvantaged populations. Her research has contributed to knowledge about the utilization of mental health services among children and barriers faced by parents/caregivers in accessing care for children. Other research has examined disparities in access to care and health services utilization patterns among children with medical complexity.
Dr. Walter has research and practice experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating systems of care for diverse populations. She is currently conducting AHRQ and HRSA funded research to improve health outcomes for Black and African American women receiving care in community-based settings. Dr. Walter is actively engaged in community efforts addressing racial and social injustices serving as an advocate, educator, volunteer, board and advisory member.