2008 Caucus Leadership

Staff Liaison

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Academic Public Health Caucus, Est. 1994
Chair
Ciro V. Sumaya, MD, MPHTM
Dean, School of Rural Public Health
1266 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-1266
979-862-4445 (B)
979-458-1878 (F)
sumaya@srph.tamhsc.edu

American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Caucus, Est. 1981
Chair
Michael E. Bird
Director, Region 6 For Native Americans
5620 Wingate Ave. NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87120
505-615-2529 (B)
mlittlebird@msn.com

Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, Est. 1974
Asian Pacific Islander Caucus, Est. 1974
Chair
Nadia Islam, PhD
Deputy Director of Research
Center for the Study of Asian American Health
Institute for Community Health and Research
212-263-7075 (B)
212-263-2133 (F)
nadia.islam@med.nyu.edu

Chair Elect
Winston Tseng, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
University of California, Berkeley
Health Research for Action
2140 Shattuck Avenue, 10th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704-7388
(510) 643-4461 (O)
(510) 643-7679 (Fax)
Email: winston@berkeley.edu and wtseng@pacbell.net

Immediate Past Chair
Arnab Mukherjea,DrPH(c), MPH
Graduate Student Instructor & Researcher
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
PO Box 5823
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-450-0320 (B)
510-643-4404 (F)
amukherjea@cal.berkeley.edu

Communications
Lily Divino, LMSW, MPH

Membership
Simona Kwon, DrPH, MPH

Policy
Jared Maeda, MPH
PhD Student
University of Illinois SPH
1036 N Dearborn St. #809
Chicago, IL 60610

jared.maeda@gmail.com

Program
Nadine Chan, PhD, MPH
7012 116th Ave N.E., #D
Kirkland, WA 98033-8133
206-853-4877 (B)
425-827-2688 (F)
nadine.chan@gmail.com

Program Elect
Arnab Mukherjea,DrPH(c), MPH
Graduate Student Instructor & Researcher
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
PO Box 5823
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-450-0320 (B)
510-643-4404 (F)
amukherjea@cal.berkeley.edu

Secretary
Maria Thelma Pena

Student Representative
Meme Wang, MPH

Treasurer
Domin Chan, PhD, MHS

Black Caucus of Health Workers, Est. 1968

President
Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH
Chief Public Healht Officer
Cambridge Public Health Department
Cambridge Health Alliance
119 Windsor Street, Ground Level
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-665-3810 (B)
617-665-3888 (F)
cjacob@challiance.org
Claudejac@hotmail.com

President-Elect
Jill Dingle, MPH
Associate Director
Primary Care Section
New York State Department of Health
AIDS Institute
212-417-4773 (B)
212-417-4771 (F)
jwd03@health.state.ny.us

Vice President
Selena Smith, MPA
National Board Coordinator
Office Manager
University of illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Urban Health and Diversity Program Office
Assistant to the Associate Dean of UHPD
1601 W. Taylor, Ste 1186
Chicago, IL 60612
312-656-6133 (B)
312-355-2556 (F)
seas_2325@uic.edu

Secretary
Diane R. Johnson, MPH
Sr.Specialist, Recruitment and Outreach
vaccine Research Center/NIAID/NIH
9000 Rockville Pike
Bldg 10, Rm 12s-249
Bethesda, MD 20892-3017
301-402-8832 (B)
301-451-4651 (F)
johnsondr@mail.nih.gov

Treasurer
George R. Smith, Jr., MPH
Director
Office of Community Health
Healthcare Consortium of Illinois
1350 East Sibley Blvd., #303
Dolton, Illinois 60419-2926
708-841-9515 (B)
708-841-9713 (F)

jsmith@hcionine.org

Publicity Secretary
Lindsay A. Abraham, MPH
Senior Consultant
Booz Allen Halmilton
230 Peachtree St, NW Suite 2100
Atlanta, GA 30303
770-488-8024 (B)
770-488-8488 (F)
ifa3@cdc.gov

Caucus on Homelessness, Est. 1990
Chair
Suzanne Zerger
Research Specialist
308-915 King Street West
Toronto Ontario, M6K 3M2
647-435-4616 (B)
615-226-1656 (F)
szerger@nhchc.org

Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community, Est. 1996
Chair
Kimberly M. Coleman, Ph.D., MPH, CHES
Assistant Professor
Georgia Southern University
Department of Health & Kinesiology
P.O. Box 8076
Statesboro, GA 30460-8076
912-486-7666 (B)
912-681-0381 (F)
kcoleman@georgiasouthern.edu

Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health, Est. 1995
Anahí Viladrich PhD
Assistant Professor
Director, Immigration and Health Initiative
Urban Public Health Program
Hunter College of the City University of New York
212-481-5154 (B)
aviladri@hunter.cuny.edu

Scott Parsons
Chief Operating Officer
9812 Whitney Dr
#422
Baltimore, MD 21237
410-491-5271 (B)
sparsons@daywalka.org

Community-Based Public Health Caucus, Est. 2001
Toby Citrin
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
2649B Crossroads Bldg, SPH IA
109 South Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
734-936-1226 (B)
734-936-0927 (F)
cbphcaucus@umich.edu

Health Equity & Public Health Hospital Caucus, Est. 1981
Chair
Ramón Castellblanch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
415-405-2151 (B)
ramonc@sfsu.edu

Labor Caucus, Est. 1998
Pamela Wilson
Assistant to the President
1025 Vermont Avenue, NW #1030
Washington, DC 20005
202-638-6684 (B)
202-628-4379 (F)
pwilson@dpeaflcio.org

Latino Caucus, Est. 1973
Latino Caucus, Est. 1973

Chair
Fannie Fonseca-Becker, DrPH, MPH
Associate Scientist and Director,
J & J Community Health Care Scholars Program
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of Health, Behavior and Society
111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-659-6166 (B)
410-223-1634 (F)
ffonseca@jhsph.edu
http://www.jjjhscholar.org

Past Chair
Alberto J.F. Cardelle, PhD MPH
200 Prospect Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
570-422-3401 (B)
acardelle@po-box.esu.edu

1st. Vice Chair
Miryam C. Granthon, MPH
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1101 Wootton Parkway Suite 600
Rockville MD 20852
240-453-6159 (B)
202-270-7222 (C)
Miryam.granthon@hhs.gov
www.omhrc.gov

2nd Vice Chair
Gina Engler, MPH
Consultant
San Diego, CA
858-200-7642
619-873-7954

ginameg@aol.com

Secretary
Vicky Cárdenas, MHS, PhD, JD
The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
7500 Old Georgetown Rd. #1200
Bethesda, MD 20814
240-395-2700 (B)
240-395-2591 (F)
vcardenas@path.org

Treasurer
José Pietro Aparicio MD, MPH
(212) 363-7309
DrJPAM@aol.com

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Caucus, Est. 1975

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Caucus, Est. 1975
Chair
Andy Miller, MHSE, CHES
Director of Survivorship Programs
PO Box 161150
Austin, TX 78716-1150
512.279.8360 (B)
512.347.1582 (F)
andy.miller@laf.org

Peace Caucus, Est. 1986
Robert M. Gould, MD
311 Douglass Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(408) 972-7299 (B)
(408) 972-6429 (F)
rmgould1@yahoo.com

Socialist Caucus, Est. 1976
Martha Livingston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Health and Society
Box 210
Old Westbury, New York 11568
516-876-2748 (B)
livingstonm@oldwestbury.edu

Spirit of 1848 Caucus, Est. 1997
Nancy Krieger, PhD
Professor
Dept of Society, Human Development, and Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1571(B)
(617) 432-3123(F)
nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu

Vietnam Caucus, Est. 1990
Chair and Program Planner
Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH
University of Texas School of Public Health, Dallas Campus
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
5323 Harry Hines Blvd, 8th floor
Dallas, Texas 75390
214-336-8519 (B)
arnold.schecter@utsouthwestern.edu

Women's Caucus, Est. 1970
Chair
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES
University of South Carolina
2221 Devine Street
Room 228
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
803.734.4428 (B)
803.734.5505 (F)
hbrandt@sc.edu

Vice Chair
The Ohio State University
Jill Oliveri, MPH, DrPH
A344 Starling-Loving
320 W 10th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210
614-293-8174 (B)
614-293-5611 (F)

jill.abbott@osumc.edu

Treasurer
Judy Costlow

Email:
j.costlow@att.net

Staff Liaison
Jessica Murray
Component Affairs Assistant
American Public Health Association
800 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-3710
Phone: 202-777-2461
Fax: 202-777-2533
jessica.murray@apha.org