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Anja Fries, Board Chair
Anja Fries is a dedicated public health professional with nearly 10 years of experience in the population health field. Passionate about improving community health, she focuses on addressing social determinants of health and implementing innovative programs to deliver high-quality healthcare. Anja has worked in diverse settings, including the Baltimore City Health Department, the state health information exchange, and a local hospital, gaining a comprehensive understanding of public health systems. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Davidson College and a Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Rachel Duncan, Secretary and Treasurer
Rachel Duncan had 15 years of experience in the energy and consulting industries before switching gears to serve community-based organizations in Baltimore. She is an alumna of the AmeriCorps VISTA program, through which she contributed two years of national service by building capacity for positive youth development programs serving immigrant youth at the Esperanza Center in Fell’s Point and with Johns Hopkins Centro SOL, where she has stayed on as its Operations Manager since 2023. She holds an MBA and an MS in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business.
Rachel is an active volunteer, serving on the board of Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore and as a volunteer tax preparer with the CASH Campaign of Maryland.
She is most proud, however, of her work as a founding board member of TAMOJA Foundation, where she currently serves as Secretary and Treasurer. Rachel finds inspiration in TAMOJA’s focus on investing in youth to lead us to a world without gender-based violence and enjoys collaborating with an amazing team of fellow board members.
Anisha Thomas
Marilena Hatoupis
Marilena joined Bloomberg LP Global Corporate Philanthropy in 2018. Prior to that, alongside her work in education and publishing, she served as the founder and volunteer director of the US branch of refugee-support organization Urban Refugees. Her background includes extensive experience in non-profit and for-profit start-ups, consulting, project management, social impact practices, creative and general management. Marilena holds two Masters and a Bachelor's degree. She has lived, travelled, conducted field work and volunteered abroad and speaks multiple languages. Raised in Africa and Greece, Marilena lives in New York.
Begoña Pecharromán
For more than three decades, her work has focused on how people and communities heal and build safer, more equitable futures. As a social researcher and co-founder of Farapi Koop (Basque Country, Spain), she has turned lived experience into practical solutions across public policy, community programs, and education. She offers tools for individuals, collectives, and organizations to reflect on their social challenges and to develop their own innovative responses, guided by a deep belief in equality and in solving problems without violence.
Her path—spanning gender studies, migration research, ecofeminism, and social entrepreneurship—reflects her commitment to accompanying people, especially youth, as they shape their own just realities. She continues to connect research, storytelling, and collective action to help communities build relationships—and lives—rooted in dignity, safety, and possibility.
Jimena Onton Cueva
Jimena Ontón is a former Baltimore City Public Schools student and a current undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University. She is passionate about advancing inclusive healthcare access and promoting health equity, particularly for underserved communities. Her interests center on addressing health disparities and the social determinants of health that shape community well-being.
Jimena serves as a Research Assistant at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and as a Community Health Advocate at Baltimore Medical System, where she supports Latino families. She is also very engaged in volunteer work and enjoys writing, often taking part in harm reduction and reproductive health initiatives.
Jimena aims to advance equitable healthcare access for all individuals throughout her career, with a strong commitment to addressing Baltimore’s most pressing public health challenges.