Founding Advisory Board
Loyce Pace, MPH
Regional Director for the Americas - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC , Professor of Global Health
John Auerbach, MBA
Senior Vice President, ICF International
Georges C. Benjamin, MD
Executive Director, American Public Health Association
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
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
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
University of Minnesota School of Nursing,
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
Head of Health Policy & Advocacy, 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