Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, FAAFP - President, CEO, Founder, Founding Board Member
Dr. Anita Ravi, MD, MPH, MSHP, is a family medicine physician and the CEO and Founder of PurpLE Health Foundation (PHF).
Her trailblazing work at PHF is informed by her decades of experience collaborating with survivors in a variety of settings including Rikers Island, immigration detention centers, Veterans Affairs, and community health centers. A sought-after speaker and educator, she has trained over 10,000 healthcare workers in GBV care using creative educational tools that make complex healthcare concepts easier to understand and apply.
Dr. Ravi has received national recognition for her work, including selection as a Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine, where she focuses on the impact of traumatic brain injury among GBV survivors, receiving the American Medical Association Foundation’s “Courage in Women’s Health Advocacy” Award, and being named the 2025 New York State Family Medicine Physician of the Year.
Jessica Gorelick, LCSW, MA - Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder, Founding Board Member
Jessica Gorelick is a clinical social worker with an expertise in serving those who have experienced trauma and human rights abuses. She is the Director of Mental Health and Social Work at PurpLE Family Health. Her role is informed by two decades of clinical work in a variety of settings, including drug and alcohol programs, mental health clinics, schools, and social and legal services programs. Her direct service experience includes providing trauma-informed individual, group, and family psychotherapy; case management; advocacy; and crisis intervention in both English and Spanish to survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, and other severe traumas. Her international experience includes working as a Program Administrator at a non-profit bilingual school in Cofradia, Honduras.
Jessica holds a BS in Clinical Psychology and Spanish from Tufts University, MSW from University of Pennsylvania, and MA in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from Arcadia University. She has additional postgraduate training in psychoanalysis and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
(EMDR).
Keisha Walcott - Founding Board Member
Keisha is a first-generation immigrant who was trafficked to the United States in her early childhood. She is a survivor leader, advocate, and educator whose portfolio includes working as a Care Navigator/Survivor Leader at PurpLE Family Health. She takes pride in helping her peers work through the adversity of trafficking.
