Advisors

 

A number of people have offered their help as The Public Health Institute devised and launched The Center for Public Health & Climate Change and its web portal, ClimateHealthConnect. We extend thanks to all of them. 

Christine Vernon Ayers, AIA, LEED

Director, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic

 

John Balbus, MD, MPH

Senior Advisor for Public Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

 

William Barrett

Policy Coordinator, American Lung Association California

 

Louis Blumberg

Director of the California Climate Change Team, The Nature Conservancy

 

Susan Braun

Executive Director, Commonweal

 

Susannah Churchill

Renewable Energy Policy Analyst, California Public Utilities Commission

 

Danielle Deane

Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

 

Kathy Dervin

Health Program Specialist, California Department of Public Health

 

Heather D'Agnes

Technical Advisor, United States Agency for International Development

 

Paul English, MPH, PhD

Branch Science Advisor, California Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Investigations Branch

 

Paul Epstein, MD, MPH

Associate Director, Harvard Center for Health & the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School

 

Sean Esbjörn-Hargens, PhD

Chair, Integral Theory Department, John F. Kennedy University, Executive Editor, Journal of Integral Theory and Practice

 

James Fine, PhD

Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

 

Noah Flower

Philanthropy Consultant, Monitor Group

 

Michelle Garcia

Air Quality Director, Fresno-Madera Medical Society

 

Julia Gardiner

Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy

 

Alain Gauthier, MBA

Executive Director, Core Leadership Development

 

Rick Ginley

Director NFS Communications & Public Policy, Hospital Strategy & National Facilities, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

 

Rivka Gordon, MHS, PA-C

Health Care Consultant, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Director of Strategic Initiatives

 

Celia Harris

Research Associate, Human Impact Partners

 

Berenise Herrera

Health Associate, Latino Issues Forum

 

Matthew Ingram

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

 

Richard Jackson, MD, MPH

Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health

 

Kathryn Johnson

Former CEO, HealthForum /Co-Founder, Center for Global Service

 

Brandon Kitagawa

Policy Associate, Regional Asthma Management and Prevention

 

Michael Lerner

President and Co-Founder, Commonweal

 

George Luber, PhD

Associate Director for Climate Change, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Edward Maibach

Director, Center for Climate Communication, George Mason University

 

Helene G. Margolis, PhD

Epidemiologist, California Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Investigations Branch

 

Matthew Marsom

Director of Public Policy, Public Health Institute

 

Robert Melton, MD, MPH

Former Public Health Medical Officer, Former PHI Board Member

 

Lisa Moore

Climate Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund

 

Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH

Vice President for External Relations and Preventive Medicine Advisor, Public Health Institute

 

Phyllis Orrick

Communications and Outreach Manager, Safe Transportation Research & Education Center

 

Cindy L. Parker MD, MPH

Co-Director, Program on Global Sustainability and Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

Manuel Pastor, MA, PhD

 Professor, Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity, Director of the Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, University of Southern California

 

Dana Perls

Climate Change Policy Consultant

 

Shankar B. Prasad, M.B.B.S

Executive Fellow, California Coalition for Clean Air

 

Robert Prentice,PhD

Senior Associate, Public Health Policy and Practice, Public Health Institute

 

Jody Ranck

Senior Health Policy Advisor, InSTEDD

 

Marisa Rimland

Research Associate, Public Health Institute

 

Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH

Deputy Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, California Department of Public Health

 

Steve Sanders

Program Director, Land Use & Environment, Institute for Local Government

 

Jade Sasser

Policy Advisor for Global Health, Public Health Institute

 

Andrea Saveri, MA

Researcher & Strategist, Saveri Consulting
Former Sr. Research Director, Institute for the Future

 

John Schmidt, MBA

President & CEO, Avastone Consulting

 

Jessica Shipley

Solutions Fellow, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

 

Seth Shonkoff, MPH

PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley

 

Kirk Smith, MPH, PhD

Professor of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley

 

Gina Solomon, MD

Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council

 

Alana Troutt

Principal Consultant, The Troutt Group

 

Laura Wisland

Energy Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists

 

Carol L.  Woltring, MPH

Executive Director, Center for Health Leadership and Practice, Public Health Institute