About Us -  Meet Our Team

Executive Director

Kimberly McElroy Jones, PhD, is Executive Director of MICI-AHEC. Kimberly has strong credentials, strong relationships in central Indiana and a deep personal and professional understanding of the AHEC mission. 

Kimberly earned her bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University in 2001 and a master’s degree in Adult Education from Indiana University-Indianapolis in 2004. She is currently in the dissertation phase of her Doctoral Degree in Organization and Management through Capella University. Prior to joining the MICI-AHEC, she was employed by Clarian Health as a clinical education specialist for the Pharmacy Technician Program.

Project Coordinator

Shauna Roberts is Metropolitan Indianapolis - Central Indiana Area Health Education Center's project coordinator. She is charged with enhancing the quality of access to health care and addressing the health workforce needs of the medically underserved. A native Hoosier, Roberts was the outreach coordinator of Networks Financial Institute where she coordinated and managed NFI’s infrastructure and processes in support of a broad financial services outreach agenda. Roberts began her career in the not-for-profit industry for a PBS Affiliate, KERA Unlimited located in Dallas, Texas. As fundraising research coordinator, she provided foundation and government fundraising research that resulted in $600,000 in gifts. Roberts received a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Southern Methodist University in 1999.  Spring of 2001, she was awarded a fellowship from CUNY, Baruch College in partnership with the National Urban Fellows in New York City with curriculum focusing on the social and economic problems of urban environments.

Personal Mission Statement

Roberts has a personal and professional commitment to the arts, education, and social/economic development - tools she believes are vital to inspiring youth and building stronger communities.

Sr. Administrative Assistant

Tricia Brown is MICI-AHEC's Sr. Administrative Assistant. A graduate of Indiana University's School of Education, with her Bachelor's of Science in Secondary Education, she started her career in the not-for-profit industry. As program specialist for the Girl Scouts of Tulip Trace, she enhanced the Girl Scout program throughout the council's 12 county service area.  Brown is charged to work collaboratively with schools and organizations in the MICI-AHEC region to improve health for underserved and underrepresented populations.

Clinical Placement Coordinator

Cyndi Cook, RN, BSN  is the Clinical Placement Coordinator for MICI-AHEC. In this role she is responsible for the clinical placement and support of health professionals in all clinical rotations, scheduling shadowing experiences, and preparing high school and college students for the clinical environment, as well as, working with the Crispus Attucks Medical Magnet Students enrolled in the Cohort Healthcare Professional Program where she will be arranging clinical internships. A strong focus of this position will be finding students clinical experiences in Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA).  She is also responsible for the recruitment and development of educational partnerships to create and provide clinical programs for students. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, she is a graduate of the University of Saint Francis, Bachelors of Nursing Program.  Through her years diverse of nursing experiences, a constant “thread” has been community education in diverse healthcare settings.

Advisory Board Members

Sherry Makely	Clarian Health Partners	Manager, Educational  Services
Erin Brothers	Hancock Regional Hospital	Recruiter
Dr. Jon Rahman	St. Vincent Health	Chief Medical Officer, MICI-   AHEC Project Principal  Investigator
Jackie King	University of Indianapolis	Assistant Professor, Off-  Campus Programs
Marty Weyand	Indianapolis Public Schools	Magnet Coordinator
Dr. Larry Lynn	Butler University	Assistant Professor of Health  Sciences/Clinical Coordinator
Jenny Staley	Indiana Department of   Education	Indiana State HOSA Advisor
Calvin Roberson	Indiana Minority Health   Coalition	Vice President, Research &  Training
Yvette Spicer	Ivy Tech Community College	Director, Health-Related  Initiatives
Luster Fowler	Ivy Tech Community College	Chair - School of Health Sciences
Morella Dominguez	Indiana Minority Health  Coalition	Statewide Coordinator
Robin Nelson, MSN/ED	Morgan County Memorial  Hospital	Director of Education
Dr. Robert Lubitz	St. Vincent Health	Vice President, Academic  Affairs & Research
Katie Humphreys	St. Vincent Health	Senior Vice President,   Government Relations
Martha Levey	ASPIN, Inc.	Business Development   Coordinator
Marty Rugh	St. Vincent Health	Director, Community   Development
Mike Brooks	Indiana Health Industry Forum	President, CEO
Sue Pruce	Riverview Hospital	Clinical Quality Coordinator
Traci Adams-Wilson	Indiana University School  of Dentistry	Coordinator of Diversity  Support Services
Sharon Barr	Witham Hospital	Exec Dir, Bus. Dev. & Dir,  Phys Specialty Ctr
Louise Neufelder	Johnson Memorial Hospital	VP, Pt Care Services & Chief  Nursing Officer
Barbara Mitchell	Nursing 2000	Executive Director, Nursing  2000
Robin Ledyard, MD	Community Health   Network	Physician Advisor for Case  Management at CHE