Our Staff

Nafisah has worked with Bebashi since 2012 and has held several roles within the organization.

She started her career as a medical case manager and support group facilitator, and quickly moved into leadership positions as team leader and, most recently, assistant supervisor of medical case management.

Nafisah manages Bebashi’s Community Advisory Board, which provides quality assurance for client related services, and oversees the organization’s Electronic Medical Record Systems. She has participated on two strategic planning projects for the expansion of the organization and has assisted with developing Bebashi’s performance evaluation tool and leading the staff morale club.

Nafisah earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree from Temple University and Master of Science in Psychology from Walden University.

She joined Bebashi twelve years ago because of her love of serving the community and her passion for ensuring that marginalized communities attain access to resources that they often do not receive.

She was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in July of 2024 as part of Bebashi’s continued expansion.

Dr. Franklin trained in Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, where he received his Ph.D. He received his public health training from the Morehouse School of Medicine and a B.S. in Biology from Morgan State University. Dr. Franklin has post-doctoral training in health policy (David Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Center for Health Policy) and forensic epidemiology (Oregon Health & Science University). In addition to a Ph.D., Dr. Franklin holds a Juris Doctor from Drexel University, Kline School of Law.

Dr. Franklin has served as the former Interim Health Commissioner and Deputy Health Commissioner for the city of Philadelphia Department of Public Health. He has over fifteen years of population health and program management in the areas of youth violence prevention, chronic disease and injury prevention as well as Substance Use and Mental Health Services.  Dr. Franklin is a former member of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Council, a research advisory board of the Monell Chemical Senses Center (Monell Center), the Healthcare Innovation Council, University City Science Center, the Board of Directors at the American Heart Association, Philadelphia, and he is a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

David Imukat, CPA, FCCA, MBA, is an accomplished nonprofit finance leader with over a decade of experience guiding financial strategy, compliance, and operations for mission-driven organizations in healthcare, human services, and advocacy. He has held senior finance roles, including Director of Finance for the Campaign for Working Families; Associate Finance Director (Consultant) for Esperanza Health Center and the Center for Reproductive Rights; and Business Manager at JESPY House. David’s expertise includes financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and grants oversight, with a strong track record of ensuring compliance with federal, state, and private funding requirements while building financial systems that support sustainable program growth.

Earlier in his career, he developed deep audit and accounting expertise at BDO USA and Services for the Underserved, where he led financial statement preparation, compliance audits, debt management, and staff supervision. He holds an MBA and is a CPA and Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs and the New Jersey Society of CPAs.