Meet the Mentors
The application period is now closed.
Mentoring is an important part of what makes our fellowship successful. Meet the highly skilled professionals who served as CDC E-learning Institute Fellowship mentors in 2023.

Doris Harris, MSc
ELI Fellowship Lead
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Workforce Development

Michelle Houston, MSc, M.Ed
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Laboratory Systems

Blaine P. Connor, PhD, MA
Chenega Enterprise Systems and Solutions, LLC (contractor)
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Workforce Development

Cherokee Nation Operational Solutions (contractor)
CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine

Alyssa Azhari, PhD
Chenega Professional and Technical Services (contractor)
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Workforce Development

Adam Judge
Tanaq Support Services (contractor)
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce

Anna Curtis, MS
U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Transit Administration

Cynthia Jenkins, MBA-PA, MIS
Po’okela Solutions, LLC (contractor)
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Workforce Development

Elizabeth McLaren
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Office of Health Informatics
Division of Public Health

Phyllis Stoll, MPH, MCHES
CDC Center for Preparedness and Response
Division of Emergency Operations

Cynthia Kennedy, MET
CDC National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial
Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce
Division of Workforce Development