Kris Barnes comes to us with over 17 years of organizational management experience. She served as the Executive Director of Fundación Manos Juntas from 2012-2020, during which she wrote over 20 successful grant applications and worked closely with the healthcare provider to design and implement cost-effective and quality improvement procedures in the clinic. In 2021, she assisted clinic volunteers in organizing town-hall meetings for vaccine-hesitant residents of Oklahoma. She and Anoushka Mullasseril, a clinic volunteer and medical student, were guest panelists at the Oklahoma State Medical Association weekly COVID-19 press conference. Kris is currently an Assistant Director at the Yale Alumni Association and a Master of Public Health candidate at George Washington University. Kris is passionate about health equity and health education.

“Working at Manos Juntas inspires me. It serves as a constant reminder that you can provide high quality healthcare for a fraction of what it costs in the traditional environment. Healthcare is not a commodity.”