Jim Mutton currently serves as the Associate Executive Director of NYC Operations at Concern Housing, a leader in the development and operation of supportive housing on Long Island and in NYC for the past 49 years. Concern and its programs have been accredited by CARF, honored with National Awards for Housing Excellence, a Benefactor’ Award from the American Institute of Architects on Long Island, the Smart Growth Award from Vision Long Island and the first Visionary Award from NAMI-NYS. Concern is known throughout New York State for its high quality housing and services. Jim is the former Regional Co-Director for the Association for Community Living (ACL) a statewide trade association for supportive housing providers and served on the Board of Director’s at Care for the Homeless, a state-of-the-art homeless healthcare organization in New York City. Holding a Master’s degree in Social Work from Hunter College, Jim is originally from Northampton, England.

Megan Fogarty, LMSW, is Assistant Vice President of Scatter-Site Housing at The Bridge. A mission driven leader and strategist, she has expertise in working with vulnerable populations in the social service and health care systems. Prior to The Bridge, she established and led the Department of Patient Experience at BronxCare Health System. There she also served as Director of the Bronx Health Home, where she was responsible for the oversight of a network of 25 Care Management Agencies providing health home care management services to over 7,000 Medicaid recipients with chronic illness. For over 15 years, Megan managed multiple homeless services and supportive housing programs at BronxWorks, a Bronx-based settlement house and multi-service agency, last serving as Department Director of Supportive Housing and Health Policy. She assisted with the formation of The Health & Housing Consortium Inc. and formerly served as the President of the Board of Directors.

Amy Freeman, PhD, MPH is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU School of Medicine. She directs the Brooklyn Health & Housing Consortium, an effort supported by NYU Langone’s Community Service Plan and developed in partnership with the Bronx Health & Housing Consortium. She has been a member of the Health & Housing Consortium Board since 2020. At NYU, she has coordinated or assisted with a number of Community Service Plan projects, including the Health + Housing Pilot Project, a Community Health Worker (CHW) intervention in subsidized housing on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. She also co-leads the Community Health Worker Research & Resource Center which provides support and professional development for CHWs and other frontline staff through an active CHW-led Learning Community. Her work focuses on social determinants of health in low-resource and immigrant communities with a particular interest in community-based participatory research.

Helen Hernandez has spent over 30 years in health care in service to our underserved populations. Her personal experience of coming to the United States from Peru following a devastating earthquake began her journey into the social work realm of social determinants and healthcare. She knew then that she wanted a career in healthcare to serve the underserved communities she was part of. She understands that healthcare and the social determinants of health, such as language barriers, income, and education levels, affect a person’s health and care.

Helen started her career with North Richmond Community HealthCare in Staten Island as a Senior Residence Counselor for persons with persistent Mental Illness in 1991. She worked in psychiatry for over 15 years and then transferred to Medical Social Work at St. Vincent’s Hospital in NYC in 2007. She transferred to NYU Langone Hospital first as Assistant Director/ Discharge Planning Specialist and then was promoted to the Director of the Social Work department. Helen aims to teach others and share her experiences, lessons, and education. This is how she gives back to the underserved communities where she grew up.