Eric Rochman, MPH Appointed as Chief Strategy & Growth Officer and Dorella Walters, MPA, Appointed as Chief Program Development Officer

Eric joined God’s Love We Deliver as the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation as the first employee in the newly formed Strategy and Growth department. Eric was first introduced to God’s Love when he was in college, as a family member of his was fortunate to receive Medically Tailored Meals from God’s Love. Witnessing the impact of God’s Love meals firsthand, a significant contributor to the improved health that his family member experienced after receiving meals, was a major reason Eric chose to pursue a career in Public Health.

Before joining God’s Love, he founded a consulting practice, Healthcare Innovations Consulting, where he provided expertise to healthcare organizations in the areas of operational excellence, strategic planning, project design and management, data analytics, and technology-based implementations. Before opening his consulting firm, Eric worked at VillageCare, a non-profit Managed Care Insurance company and Senior Services organization, where he served as the AVP of Strategy and Innovation.

Eric has a Master’s in Public Health from NYU, with a concentration in Epidemiology, and received an advanced certificate in Public Health Disaster Science, Policy, and Practice. For his undergraduate degree, Eric attended the University at Buffalo, where he received a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Sciences and Minors in Medical Anthropology and Theater. Eric also served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay for almost 4 years, first as a Rural Health and Sanitation volunteer, and in an extension of service as the HIV/AIDS and Programming and Training Coordinator.

Eric is a native New Yorker and lives in Riverdale with his husband Joe.

In this role, she is responsible for reaching more than 7,000 new clients a year and for leading efforts in the development, implementation, and management of client program and service development, research-based community and healthcare partnerships, client growth and client retention.  She leads the departments responsible for being the first line of contact for our clients, their families and the medical and social service providers providing care for them.  The departments she is responsible for include Business Development, Client Services, Healthcare Partners, and Nutrition Services.

Oversight of these areas synthesize her efforts to expand God’s Love’s visibility regarding the impact that food is medicine interventions like medical nutrition therapy and medically tailored home-delivered meals have on health-related social needs, healthcare costs and health outcomes.

Nationally she leads the Healthcare Partners Committee and the healthcare track at the annual Food is Medicine Symposium, where member agencies of the Food is Medicine Coalition (FIMC) agencies are trained to engage in policy and healthcare contracts and conduct an iterative learning process to keep up with changes impacting such opportunities.

Dorella has recently represented the agency in the Gravity Project’s partnership with the Coding4Food Medically Tailored Meals (MTM) Workgroup, is a member of the PHS WholeYouNYC Social Care Network Governance Committee, is currently an advisory board member for the New York City Department of Health’s project with the National Institutes of Health funded Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Data to Suppression study and is an advisory council member of the New York State Food as Medicine (FAM) Coalition.  Dorella received her Master of Public Administration from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College.