Jen Aquilante
Food Policy Coordinator
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Jen Aquilante is the Food Policy Coordinator for CDIP. She oversees food policy and nutrition initiatives with City departments, hospitals, restaurants and other food system partners. Jennifer graduated from the University of Delaware in 2000 with a BS in Dietetics and has been a Registered Dietitian since 2001. Jennifer obtained her Master in Public Health degree from Drexel University in 2009 and has been working for the Philadelphia Department of Public Health since 2010.
Kinnari Chandriani
division director
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Kinnari Chandriani is the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Division Director. In this role, she works with partners across the city to address the social determinants of health. When Kinnari started with CDIP, she worked with City agencies to implement Comprehensive Food Standards into their food service and contracts. Prior to joining CDIP, she received her medical degree at Case Western Reserve University and completed her pediatric internship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Erica Danhoui
Health Partnerships Manager
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Erica Danhoui is the Health Partnerships Program Manager for CDIP. She leads PDPH’s health partnerships program, which is focused on promoting transformational change in health care settings, communities, workplaces, schools, the media, and policy environments. Erica joined the Department of Public Health in 2018, previously working on data and evaluation projects across CDIP. Prior to working with the City, Erica has worked in a variety of health care and patient care settings and received her MPH with a concentration in Epidemiology from Temple University in 2019.
Ousmane Diarra
Produce Truck Coordinator
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Ousmane Diarra is the Produce Truck Coordinator for the Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention. He is interested in making healthy eating the default choice in underserved populations. Ousmane Joined CDIP in the spring of 2023 and directly collaborated with Parks and Recreation’s Farm Philly project on projects related to urban agriculture and farmers’ markets. In his current role, Ousmane is focused on providing technical assistance and increasing awareness and access to produce trucks that provide fruits and vegetables to high need areas. Ousmane received his MPH in the concentration of epidemiology and biostatistics at Drexel University in 2022. in Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University.
Thierry Fortune
Community Engagement & Media Specialist
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Thierry Fortune is the Community Engagement & Media Specialist for CDIP. He has spent much of his career overseeing the development and production process for “by-and-for” campaigns that produce authentic media and word-of-mouth messaging with public health clients, government agencies, consumer products and entertainment companies in the private sector. At CDIP, Thierry manages the development, implementation and evaluation of paid-media campaigns with partners, including funders, contractors, media buyers and research facilitators. He also provides technical assistance on communications and marketing initiatives across division program areas including social media, materials development, web development, marketing planning, community engagement and market research and evaluation with both internal and external groups. Thierry Fortune received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Management from Brown University.
Spencer Harbo
Built Environment Coordinator
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Spencer Harbo is the Built Environment Coordinator at CDIP. He leads and supports initiatives focused on improving the public realm, supporting active transportation, and activating and promoting public spaces with physical activity and social connection. Spencer joined the Department of Public Health in 2026, previously working on public space enhancement and community greening projects with the environmental nonprofit GrowNYC in New York. He received an MS / MSW with concentrations in environmental psychology and community organization from the University of Michigan and an MUP in urban design from the City University of New York.
Mary Pham
Community Health Infrastructure Coordinator
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Mary Pham is the Community Health Infrastructure Coordinator at CDIP, where she supports housing stability and water access initiatives in partnership with community leaders and city departments. She is passionate about promoting health equity through policies and programs that ensure all Philadelphians have a safe and healthy place to call home. Her past experience includes planning and evaluating housing and food security initiatives at CHOP’s Center for Health Equity, managing higher ed programs at UPenn, and food policy and health justice positions at the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and The Union of Concerned Scientists. Mary earned her MPH degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2026.
Mica Root
nutrition & physical activity Program Manager
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Mica Root is the Nutrition & Physical Activity Program Manager. She came to City government as a Parks & Recreation lifeguard in 2013 and joined CDIP the following year. Her work has included developing the Healthy Schools component of the Mayor’s Community Schools Initiative; leading early community-engagement efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic; and initiating collaborations to expand drinking water access, appeal and security in schools, rec centers and residences. Mica received an MPH from Johns Hopkins, where she was a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow. She previously spent over a decade in economic and social justice organizing, including as co-founder and executive director of Media Mobilizing Project.
Pramiti Singh
UX/UI Web Design Specialist
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Pramiti Singh is the UX/UI Web Design Specialist for CDIP. Since joining CDIP in 2016, Pramiti’s work has evolved into design support and user experience prioritization. After graduating from Villanova University in 2011, she earned a MPH from Temple University. Most recently, she has completed certificates in Web Design from University of the Arts as well as User Experience from General Assembly. Pramiti is passionate about sharing essential information about the division’s work with the public in visually appealing and helpful ways. She does this through optimizing web and graphic designs for Philadelphians as well as developing communication materials to share with partners and government officials.
Abigail Sobotka/Briner
Community Health Planner
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Abigail Sobotka/Briner is the Community Health Planner for the City of Philadelphia. They work to bridge planning and public health as part of the NPA team at CDIP and the policy and analysis team in the Division of Planning and Development. Prior to joining the city in 2023, Abigail leveraged the power of inclusive engagement to create inspiring environments for all people in various roles including DEI data analyst, non-profit construction crew leader, and community organizer. She graduated from the University of California with a Master of Urban Planning in 2021.
Matthew Williams
Nutrition & Food Servicer Coordinator
