Ms. Bennet has dedicated her career to organizations with a focus on social and economic justice. For the past three years she has served as the Executive Director of The Family Van at Harvard Medical School. The Van has been a pioneer in the growing trend in public health practice. Mobile health vans like The Family Van successfully reach populations that typically do not or cannot access primary healthcare. When the Family Van was launched, on Martin Luther King Day in 1992, the core focus was to address health disparities in Boston neighborhoods. During the past sixteen years the Van has had over 85,000 visits by those seeking health screening, education and testing for a wide array of health issues such as stroke, hypertension, obesity, diabetes and HIV/AIDS. An estimated 25% of those seen have been referred into health and social services for follow-up care. Ms. Bennet works with a talented team of healthcare professionals to improve the health of our communities by encouraging people to take steps to prevent chronic disease and maintain good health.

 

Prior to joining The Family Van, Ms. Bennet served as Chief Development Officer at the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE), an economic development organization dedicated to empowering women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship. She was at CWE for six years and initially founded the Community Entrepreneurs Program. This program has successfully trained hundreds of low-income women in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in basic business, economic literacy, and life management skills they need to launch their own micro-enterprise.

 

Ms Bennet has dedicated her time to a variety of non-profit organization in a board and advisory capacity including Beyond the 11th, Mobile Health Clinics Network (MHCN), The Hawthorne Youth and Community Center, The Economic Justice Project, and Giving New England.

 

Ms Bennet’s diverse background also includes positions in operations, community relations, business development, management, and crisis intervention at both for-profit and non-profit organizations. She holds a certification in mediation from UMass Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Williams-Smith College.

 

 

Mr. Comeaux holds a graduate degree in Social Work from Tulane University and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor with extensive experience as a clinician, program manager and facilities director for a variety of behavioral health and healthcare organizations. His 18 years of experience has provided him with knowledge of program and systems development and implementation. As part of the Administrative Team of St. Charles Community Health Center, he has helped grow the health center to one of the largest in Louisiana. The Center is considered a model example of the “patient centered medical home” including its mobile health outreach program. Mr. Comeaux is currently the Chief Operating Officer and supervises all clinical areas.

 

Mr. Comeaux is the President of the St. Charles Parish Children and Youth Planning Board, past chairman of the St. Charles Parish Mental Health Taskforce and is a member of the College of Healthcare Executives. He also is on the faculty of the Texas Association of Community Health Center’s Optimizing Comprehensive Clinical Care Collaborative. Mr. Comeaux is a founding member of Mobile Health Clinics Network and currently serves on the MHCN Advisory Board.