August 2026 Newsletter
Read our August newsletter to learn more about BRITE expanding to center-based childcares and New York State’s new ‘Milestones Matter’ campaign! Read here- August . . .
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Our Board
Amanda Kangrga
Amanda Kangrga is a Human Capital Director at Warburg Pincus LLC, where she leads the firm’s training, employee engagement, and culture initiatives. She brings over 15 years of experience across key areas of Human Capital, including recruitment, talent development, organizational strategy, performance management, and workplace culture. As the parent of a young daughter, Amanda has a deep personal appreciation for the importance of early childhood development and accessible healthcare—and the challenges families face in finding the right support. She values the mission of Docs for Tots in providing critical resources, advocacy, and education to support children and their caregivers. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication and Management from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.
Gabrielle Karnes, MBA
Gabrielle Karnes is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group at Blackstone, where she oversees two Core+ real estate vehicles in the U.S. She has over 10 years of investment and portfolio strategy and management experience. As a new mom, she understands the power and importance of a supportive ecosystem to early childhood development. Gabrielle received a BA in Mathematics and Economics with a minor in Political Science from Northwestern and an MBA from Harvard.
Lisa Langhart, MBA
Lisa Langhart is a senior corporate finance professional with a decade of experience advising Fortune 500 branded consumer products companies and boards of directors. Ms. Langhart lends the Docs for Tots Board of Directors experience in strategic planning, development and negotiations. Her interest in Docs for Tots mission stems from a lifelong belief in the importance of education and health in mitigating inequities in our country. Ms. Langhart received her Bachelor from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her Masters of Business Administration from Harvard.
Robert Lee, DO, MS, FAAP
Dr. Robert Lee is an academic general pediatrician and associate residency program director at NYU Long Island School of Medicine with over 14 years of experience. He received his medical degree from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed the Leaders in Medical Education certificate program from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. His clinic interest in child development and developmental screening led him to join as a physician partner for Help Me Grow-Long Island. He is currently the president of American Academy of Pediatrics New York Chapter 2, representing over 1,500 pediatricians in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. He is member of Expert Panels for Bright Futures Guidelines: For Health Supervision for Infants, Children, and Adolescent, 4th Edition.
Peter Micca, MS
Peter is Managing Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners; former Senior Partner in Life Sciences and Healthcare at Deloitte & Touche, LLP with over 30 years of experience with a global professional services firm advising a broad array of organizations in all sectors of the healthcare, technology, and life sciences industries, including significant experience with emerging growth private equity, venture capital, and strategic investor financed companies. In his current role Peter leads the development of national strategy, including client service, quality, business development, marketing, and eminence, with organizations developing innovative and disruptive technology and services to the industry. Peter has served in various advisory roles with several prominent domestic and global industry organizations, including Columbia Business School Digital Health Innovation Program, the New York University Endless Frontier Labs, the advisory boards of St. John’s University, Tobin College of Business, and School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Digital Health Innovation Summit. Peter is a graduate of St. John’s University, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business with an M.S. in Accounting and Finance.
Bridget Walsh, MPH
Bridget Walsh, MPH is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy, a statewide, non-profit, policy and advocacy organization in New York. Ms. Walsh has over 25 years of experience in the field of health policy in New York. She has held positions in state government and several non-profit organizations representing constituencies as varied as physicians and business. She has deep expertise in the areas of public health, oral health, maternal and child health, and public programs and policies involving social determinants of health. Bridget earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University at Albany and a Bachelor of Arts from Ithaca College where she majored in politics.
Joshua Weiner, MSc
Joshua is Senior Vice President of Consumer Analytics at CVS Health where he has led several analytics and patient engagement efforts across Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial private insurance. Earlier in his career Joshua was Head of Health Technology Strategy at Facebook and a senior expert at McKinsey & Company and focused on both domestic and international healthcare organizations. Joshua is passionate about pediatric care and also serves on the Board of Enduring Hearts, the only non-profit focused on increasing the duration of pediatric heart transplants. Joshua holds a Master’s from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s from Carnegie Mellon University.
Karyn Wilkinson, MBA
Karyn Wilkinson has spent her lifetime in the health care industry and currently works for the largest public health system in the United States. Dedicating herself to the medical industry, she has focused on fulfilling her passion for helping people at their most vulnerable. In her current role she advises management on designing & implementing controls and training to improve compliance with patient privacy & security. Karyn’s interest in Docs for Tots originates from her own family’s experience with a developmentally delayed child. She is dedicated to helping not only her family, but other families and people of vulnerable populations. Her passion is to make it easier to navigate our health system to discover all available resources and support medical providers making an impact in our communities. Karyn has her MBA from Strayer University.
Lara Zizic, MHS & MFA
Lara Zizic is a communications and strategic media consultant with over 15 years of experience. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, including for the ACE fund, SY Partners, Kois Bank, UNICEF and USAID and is a partner in the communications firm Frame144. She is an award-winning director and has helmed documentaries for Al Jazeera, Current TV, CNN International, as well as for the European Union and the United Nations. She received an MFA in filmmaking from Columbia University’s Graduate School of the Arts, an MHS in International Health from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, and a Bachelor of Environmental Science degree from Barnard College.
