Welcome New Board Members

Join us in welcoming the newly elected members of the OPHA Board of Directors and new Special Interest Section leadership! 

Ma’Adjoa Manu, MPH - Director at Large

Adjoa (Ma’Adjoa) Manu, MPH, has interest in examining policies and systems that promote individual and community well-being. Her passion led to a career transition from accounting to public health. Over the past decade, Ma’Adjoa has partnered with communities and universities in Ghana and the US, as well as international organizations such as the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, and USAID, for projects that include contraceptive use, adolescent sexual health, healthcare access and utilization, key populations size estimation in Ghana; the treatment of pregnant women during birth in healthcare facilities in Ghana, Guinea, Myanmar, and Nigeria, building sustainable communities in Tokyo, and promoting education and family planning as climate solutions.

Ma’Adjoa is an instructor and pursuing a PhD in Community Health at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. She additionally volunteers with organizations to provide resilience training for youth with trauma and those in foster care. She holds a master’s degree in public health and a Bachelor of Science in Administration (Accounting) from Ghana. Ma’Adjoa values community, compassion, and wholeheartedness. In her free time, she enjoys (or is tempted to believe she enjoys) cooking, armchair traveling, exploring pre-colonial ‘Afrika,’ and visiting new places.

Win Mar Lar Kyin, MPH, MBA - Director at Large

Win Mar Lar Kyin, MPH, MBA, is a medical graduate from Myanmar with over 15 years of experience as a primary care physician and public health professional. Forced to flee her home country in 2021 due to the military dictatorship, she unexpectedly became a refugee and resettled in the United States. Facing numerous challenges, Win persevered to rebuild her personal and professional life, aiming to return to her healthcare career.

In the US, Win served as a Health Services Manager at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), where she led a diverse team to implement successful community health programs for refugee and immigrant communities. Eager to deepen her understanding of the US healthcare system and enhance her leadership skills, Win completed the Healthcare MBA program at OHSU.

Win is dedicated to providing medical care and health education to reduce health disparities in her new community. She is one of the founders of Colorful Myanmar, a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Myanmar community, a minority group in Portland, in meeting their health-related social needs. She continues her commitment by serving underserved populations in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on promoting health equity. She is fluent in Burmese and English.

Megan Cahn, PhD, MPH – Director at Large

Megan Cahn, PhD, MPH, is Associate Scientist, Population Health and Internal Medicine Residency Faculty at Legacy Health in Portland, Oregon. She has a broad background in health services research and policy and extensive training and experience in equitable research and community engagement practices. In her role at Legacy, she works collaboratively with clinical and community partners to design and implement research and programs to improve health. Much of her work is focused on the impact of the Social Determinants of Health, particularly systemic racism, on patient care and health outcomes. Dr. Cahn also leads Legacy Health’s food security programming. Prior to working at Legacy Health, Megan taught courses in the public health undergraduate program at Oregon State University.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Megan moved to Portland to attend Lewis and Clark College and has called the Pacific Northwest home for more than 20 years. Dr. Cahn holds an MPH in International Health and a PhD in Health Policy from Oregon State University. She is the mother of two young children, who along with her husband Tom, five chickens, and a puppy, live in the Lents neighborhood in Portland, Oregon.

Araceli Trejo-Rosas, MPH, RN - Region 3 Representative

Araceli Trejo-Rosas, MPH, RN, has an unwavering commitment to social and environmental justice, respect for nature, and to her vocational calling as a nurse and public health professional to protect human health. Her vision for public health is rooted in her passion for cultivating trustworthy systems of care, education, and dismantling institutional racism.

Araceli has the desire to collaborate and engage in creative resource sharing with communities throughout Oregon to introduce actionable steps that proactively dismantles structures that promote inequitable access to healthcare and creates new ones that are representative of all.

As a Region 3 Representative, she looks forward to centering Oregon’s farmworkers and other frontline food industry workers while helping them and the general public access nutritious, climate-friendly foods. Additionally, she would like to invite folks to reflect on new actions of healing our systems and healing ourselves by honoring and connecting with Indigenous values. Araceli holds a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. 

Dustin Daniel – Food and Nutrition Section Representative

Dustin Daniel is a Community Health Specialist for PeaceHealth Columbia Network. His role involves building and maintaining a network of public and private community partnerships with organizations to collaboratively address social determinants of health. Dustin collaborates with colleagues and community partners to develop programs that address substance use disorder, food insecurity, and houselessness across communities in southwest Washington.

Before this role, Dustin served as an External Diversity Equity and Inclusion Specialist for PeaceHealth’s Shared Services Center, where he partnered with internal leaders and community stakeholders to develop systemwide programs and initiatives to advance health equity, including a mentorship program aimed at encouraging BIPOC high school students to pursue healthcare careers, and programs aimed at culturally specific COVID-19 education, outreach, and vaccine access.

Dustin holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Prairie View A&M University, which is the second oldest historically Black institution in the state of Texas. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in public health from Chamberlain University.  In his personal life, Dustin enjoys reading books, listening to music, collecting vinyl records, exercising, and watching his favorite basketball team, the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lillie Manvel, MPH – Weight Inclusive Health Section Representative

Lillie Jones Manvel, MPH, is the Executive Director at Upstream Public Health. She earned her MPH from Portland State in 2011 as part of the OMPH program while working at OHSU. Lillie started her community organizing journey in the early 2000s training with the State Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) in Oregon and Utah. Before joining Upstream in 2019, Lillie worked as a hospice volunteer and as full-time caregiver of her mother and two young children. 

A South Carolina native, Lillie lives in Salem with her husband, two kiddos, and two cats, a few miles away from her mom. In her volunteer time, Lillie works to prevent gun violence.