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
Senior Policy Service Professor
Hildegart Gonzalez, Ph.D., is a Senior Policy Service Professor with the GW School of Nursing's Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Melissa Batchelor, Ph.D., RN-BC, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN is a Professor at the School of Nursing and the Director of the Center for Aging, Health and Humanities.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Y. Tony Yang, Sc.D., LL.M., M.P.H. is the Associate Dean for Health Policy and Population Science and an Endowed Professor in Health Policy at the GW School of Nursing.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, FAAN is the Chief Nursing Advisor to the AARP Public Policy Institute.
Mentor: Fellowship in Health Policy and Media
Barbara Glickstein, RN, MPH, MS. FAAN is the Principal of Barbara Glickstein Strategies
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.
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Haley Stepp, MPH, Senior Communications Associate