CareNet Staff
Julie A. Grasson, MEd
Executive Director
A CareNet employee since 2007, when she coordinated the charity care network, Julie became Executive Director in 2021. Not only does Julie lead the organization and entire staff, but she has experience with all of CareNet’s operations. She is both a community health worker and navigator for Marketplace and Medicaid plans.
Shannon Anderson
Director of Impact & Operations
A CareNet employee since 2023, Shannon has many responsibilities to clients, consumers, members, coworkers, and leadership. The best part of Shannon’s job is getting to spend a lot of her day ensuring everyone has what they need to successfully do their work.
Glori Puskarich
Lead Community Health Worker
Glori started working for CareNet in 2016, and she has been a community health worker for most of that time. She enjoys helping and getting to know her clients. One of Glori’s most memorable accomplishments was assisting a client in her 70s who couldn’t even afford her utilities and hadn’t seen a doctor in more than 20 years.
Maria Hunter
Community Health Worker
Maria has been a community health worker since 2017 and at CareNet since 2021. Connecting clients to community resources, building trust with clients, providing education about healthcare and social services, and witnessing the joy when clients successfully complete their goals are what Maria enjoys best about her job.
Gloria Garza
Community Health Worker (bilingual in Spanish)
Gloria started working at CareNet and became a community health worker in 2024. Many of Gloria’s clients speak Spanish, including an uninsured family with a special needs son. Gloria connected the family to medical and social service resources, including a wheelchair for the boy who received therapy and was enrolled in school.
Sherrie Silas
Community Health Worker
Sherrie has been a community health worker since 2017 and at CareNet since 2025. She became a CHW because she enjoys helping others. Seeing people overcome their barriers and making people happy are the best parts of Sherrie’s job, including assisting a particularly memorable client who needed help with past utility bills.
Henry Garcia
Application Counselor & Access Coordinator (bilingual in Spanish)
Henry started working at CareNet in 2023 and became a certified application counselor in 2025. Henry enjoys interpreting materials for those who speak Spanish and assisting people with limited English proficiency. His first assistance task was helping his father apply for Medicaid, and both were happy he qualified for coverage.