Founding Advisory Board

John Auerbach, MBA

Senior Vice President
ICF International

Georges C. Benjamin, MD

Georges C. Benjamin, MD

Executive Director
American Public Health Association

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA

Regina M. Benjamin, MD, MBA

18th U.S. Surgeon General 2009-2013

Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H

President
The Commonwealth Fund

Carlos Castillo-Salgado. MD, JD, MPH, DrPH

Professor of Epidemiology (BSPH/JHU)
Director, Global Public Health Observatory (BSPH/JHU)

Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH

President & Chief Executive Officer
de Beaumont Foundation

Dan Childs, MA

Managing Director, Head of Global Media Engagement
The Next Solutions Group

Donna M. Christensen, MD

Former, U.S. House of Representatives

Kulleni Gebreyes, MD, MBA

Kulleni Gebreyes, MD, MBA

Life Sciences & Health Care Consulting Industry Leader
US Chief Health Equity Officer, Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Kim Godwin

President
ABC News

Michelle A. Gourdine, MD

Senior Vice President
CVS Health & Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark

J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE

President and CEO
Trust for America’s Health

Garth Graham, MD, MPH, FACC

Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health
Google/YouTube

Darrell Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG

President and CEO
Wellpoint Maryland

Anthony B. Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH

Anthony B. Iton, M.D., J.D., MPH

Senior Vice President, Programs & Partnerships
The California Endowment

Joy A. Lewis, MSW, MPH

Senior Vice President, Health Equity Strategies
Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity (IFDHE), American Hospital Association

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA

Acting Director
CDC Office of Health Equity

Monica Valdes Lupi, JD, MPH

Managing Director – Health Program
The Kresge Foundation

Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., F.A.P.A.

Executive Director
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health

Kedar S. Mate, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Margaret Moss, PHD, JD, RN, FAAN

Margaret Moss, PHD, JD, RN, FAAN

University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Loyce Pace, MPH

Loyce Pace, MPH

Regional Director for the Americas – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – IFRC
Professor of Global Health

Kavita Patel, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Director, Biodesign Policy Program

Alonzo L. Plough, PhD, MPH, MA

VP, Research-Evaluation-Learning & Chief Science Officer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Robert Raben

President and Founder
The Raben Group

Orriel L. Richardson, Esq., MPH

Vice President, Health Equity & Policy
Morgan Health JPMorgan Chase & Co.

David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.

Founding Director and Senior Advisor, Satcher Health Leadership Institute – Morehouse School of Medicine
16th U.S. Surgeon General

Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD

Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement

Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAACP

President and Chief Executive Officer
AcademyHealth

Lynn C. Todman, PhD, MCP

Vice President of Health Equity and Community Partnerships
Corewell Health

Michelle Weese

Head, Corporate Affairs
Novartis

David R. Williams, PhD

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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