2009 Caucus Leadership

Staff Liaison

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Academic Public Health Caucus, Est. 1994
Chair
Jose Cordero, MD
Dean, School of Public Health
University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067
San Juan, PR  00936-5067
(404) 285-2138 (P)
jcordero@rcm.upr.edu

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

Staff Contact
Kristin Dolinski
Manager, Data Collection and Analysis
Association of School of Public Health
1101 15th St. NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.1099 (P)
202.296.1252 (F)
kdolinski@asph.org
www.asph.org

American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Caucus, Est. 1981
American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Caucus, Est. 1981
Chair
Palama Lee, LCSW, QCSW
Director
Scholarship Alumnus (1995-1997)
Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program of Papa Ola Lokahi
345 Queen St. #706
Honolulu, HI 96813
(808) 585-8999 (P)
(808) 585-8081 (F)
palama@nhhsp.org
www.nhhsp.org

Immediate Past Chair & Development
Michael E. Bird
5620 Wingate Avenue N.W.
Albuquerque, N. M  87120
(505)715-4851 (P)
(505)615-2529 (F)
mlittlebird@msn.com

Chair Elect
Maile Taualii, PhD, MPH
Director, Native Hawaiian Epidemiology
Papa Ola Lokahi
894 Queen St.
Honolulu, HI 96813
808-591-6653 (P)
mtaualii@papaolalokahi.org

Secretary
Alberta Becenti
Public Health Advisor
Indian Health Service
5300 Homestead Rd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 248-4238 (P)
Alberta.Becenti@ihs.gov

Past Chair Treasurer & Operations
Patricia Cochran
Executive Director
Alaska Native Science Commission
PO Box 242792
Anchorage, AK 99524
pcochran@aknsc.org

Program Chair
Kamahanahokulani Farrar
Health Services Coordinator
Papa Ola Lokahi
345 Queen Street, ste 706
Honolulu, HI 96813
Kamahanahokulani@nhhsp.org

Newsletter Editor & Website
Meghan Jernigan, MPH
Project Coordinator
Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
(206) 812-3038 (P)
(206) 812-3044 (F)
meghanj@uihi.org

Membership
Jamie Kamailani Boyd, PhD, FNP-BC, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Hawaii at Winward Community College
45-720 Kea`ahala Rd Rm 111
Kane`ohe, HI 96744
(808) 235-7384 (P)
boydj@hawaii.edu

Resolutions
Audrey Solimon
Sr. Advisor of Public Health Programs
National Indian Health board
926 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 507-4070 (P)
asolimon@nihb.org

Past Chair & Operations
Linda Burhansstipanov
Executive Director
Native American Cancer Initiative
3022 S Nova Rd
Pine, CO 80470
(308) 838-9359 (P)
lindaB@natamcancer.net

Nominations 
June Strickland
jstrickl@u.washington.edu

Nominations
John Casken,
Assoc Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii
2528 The Mall
Honolulu, HI. 96822
(808) 956-5750 (P)
casken@hawaii.edu 

Past Chair & Development
Lillian Tom-Orme, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN
Research Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology
University of Utah
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84132
(801) 585-5246 (P)
Lillian.Tomorme@hsc.utah.edu

Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Est. 1974
Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Est. 1974
Chair
Harry Kwon, PhD, MPH, CHES
Health Scientist Administrator
The National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Blvd.
Ste 410 - Rm 4110
Bethesda, MD 20892
chair@apicaucus.org

Immediate Past Chair
Winston Tseng, PhD
Assistant Professional Researcher
University of California Berkeley
Health Research for Action
2140 Shattuck Avenue, 10th Floor
Berkeley, CA 94704-7388
(510) 643-4461 (P)
(510) 643-7679 (F)
chair@apicaucus.org

Student Representative
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH(c), MPH
Graduate Student Instructor & Researcher
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
PO Box 5823
Berkley, CA 94705
510-397-0827 (P)
program@apicaucus.org

Communications
Tana Lepule
communications@apicaucus.org

Membership
Jay Aromin
4201 Long Beach Blvd, ste 218
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562)989-5690 (P)

Policy
Mona Bormet
policy@apicaucus.org
mona.bormet@gmail.com

Program Chair
Sean Arayasirikul, MSPH, CHES
APTR Health Literacy Fellow
Department of Health & Human Services
Office of Public Health & Science
Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion
8750 Georgia Ave Apt 1414B
Silver Spring, MD 20910
programelect@apicaucus.org

Program Chair- Elect
Luceli Cuasay,EM
programelect@apicaucus.org

Secretary
O. Fahina Tavake Pasi
Executive Director
National Tongan American Society
3007 S West Temple, Bldg J, Ste 7
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
(801) 467-8712 (P)
secretary@apicaucus.org

Student Representative
Jamie K. Lok, MPH, CHES
Sr. Research Program Coordinator
Johns Hopkins University
624 North Broadway, Room 117
Baltimore, MD 21205
studentrep@apicaucus.org

Treasurer
Domin Chan
Senior Fellow
School of Medicine
University of Washington
PO Box 356560
Seattle, WA 98195-6560
(206)543-4761 (P)
treasurer@apicaucus.org

Caucus Councilor
Lily Divino, LMSW, MPH
235 Seaman Avenue
New York, NY 10034
(212) 423-2831
lilydivino@gmail.com

Black Caucus of Health Workers, Est. 1968
President
Jill Dingle, MPH
Associate Director
Primary Care Section
New York State Department of Health
AIDS Institute
(212)417-4773 (P)
(212)417-4771 (F)
jwd03@health.state.ny.us

President-Elect
Selena Smith, MPA
National Board Coordinator
Director of Operations-Fiscal Manager
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
Urban Health and Diversity Program Office
1603 W. Taylor, Ste 1186
Chicago, IL 60612
312-656-6133 (P)
312-355-2556 (F)
seas@uic.edu

Vice-President
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 (P) 
708-841-9713 (F)
jsmith@hcionine.org

Treasurer
Cherie Forshe, RN, MSN
Assistant Nursing Director –Education Organizational Development and Training600 South Commonwealth Ave
7th Floor Room 715
Los Angeles, CA 90005
(213) 637-3940 (P)
(213) 637-3942 (P)
(213) 381-1779 (F)
cforsha@ph.lacounty.gov

Secretary
Lindsay A. Hemphill, MPH
Senior Consultant
Booz Allen Halmilton
230 Peachtree St, NW Suite 2100
Atlanta, GA 30303
770-488-8024 (P)
770-488-8488 (F)
lfa3@cdc.gov

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

Program Chair
Kathy Proctor
Program Director
NEVHC-Homeless Hlth Care Project
7843 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91605
(818)765-8656 ext.50601 (P)
kathyproctor@nevhc.org

Caucus on Refugee and Immagrant Health, Est.
Chair
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra,
Director, UCSF Family PACT Program Support and Evaluation Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
California Department of Public Health – OFP
P.O. Box 997420, MS 8400
Sacramento, CA  95899-7413
(916)552-8793 (P)
(916)650-0454 (F)
thielh@obgyn.ucsf.edu

Program Chair 
Anthony Sallars, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ohio University
College of Health Sciences
Grover Center E335
Athens, OH 45701
(740)593-0528 (P)
sallar@ohio.edu

Secretary 
Patricia Erwin, MPH
Newcomers Health Program
San Francisco Department of Public Health
1490 Mason St. #107,
San Francisco, CA 94611
(415)364-7651 (P)
E-mail: patricia.erwin@sfdph.org

Treasurer  
Vacant
  
Past Chair 
Anahi Viladrich
Director, Immigration and Health Initiative
Hunter College of the City University of New York
(212) 481-5154 (P)
E-mail:aviladri@hunter.cuny.edu

Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community, Est. 1996
Chair, Co-Program Chair and Treasurer
Kimberly M. Coleman, MPH, Ph.D., CHES
Assistant Professor of Community Health/Health Behavior
Department of Health & Kinesiology, College of Health & Human Sciences & Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health
Georgia Southern University
Hollis Bldg., Rm. 2117-B
P.O. Box 8076
Statesboro, GA 30461-8076
912.478.7666 (P)
912.478.0381 (F)
kcoleman@georgiasouthern.edu

Vice Chair
N. Ruth Little, MPH
Vice Chair, Operations
Director of Community Initiatives
East Carolina University
The Brody School of Medicine
Hardy Bldg., 600 Moye Blvd.
Greenville, NC 27834
252-744-3123 (P)
252-744-4008 (F)
littlena@ecu.edu
 
Secretary
Barbara T. Baylor, MPH
Minister for Health Care Justice
Justice & Witness Ministries
United Church of Christ
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
216-736-3708 (P)
baylorb@ucc.org
 
Program Chair
Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Health Policy Researcher
RAND Corporation
1776 Main St, PO Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
310.393.0411, ext 6302 (P)
310.260.8157
(F)
derose@rand.org

Community-Based Public Health Caucus, Est. 2001
Chair
Lee Bell
Flint/Genesee County Neighborhood Roundtable
Flint, Michigan
(810)210-8357 (P)
drleebell@hotmail.com

Past-Chair
Janine M. Jurkowski, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of  Health Policy, Management, & Behavior
University at Albany School of Public Health, SUNY
1 University Place
Rensselaer, NY 12144
518-402-0420 (P)
518-402-0414 (F)
jjurkowski@albany.edu

Past Chair
Toby Citrin, JD
Adjunct Professor
University of Michigan, School of Public Health
734-936-0936 (P)
tcitrin@umich.edu

Caucus Administrator
Barbara Watson
University of Michigan, School of Public Health
109 S. Observatory, RM M2531
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
(734)936-1226 (P)
(734)936-0927 (F)
cbphcaucus@umich.edu

Health Equity & Public Health Hospital Caucus, Est. 1981
Chair
Ramón Castellblanch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
San Francisco State University
508 Laurel Ct.
Benicia, CA 94510
415-405-2151 (P) 
ramonc@sfsu.edu

Planning Committee Chair
Gil Ojeda
CPAC Director
1950 Addison St, Ste 202
Berkeley, CA 94704-2647
(510) 643-3140 (P)
(510) 642-7861 (F)
cpac@ucop.edu

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

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

President
Miryam C. Gerdine, MPH
Office of Minority Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1101 Wootton Parkway Suite 600
Rockville MD 20852
(240)453-6159
(202)270-7222

Miryam.Granthon@hhs.gov

Immediate Past President
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 21211, USA
(410)659-6166
(410)223-1634

E-mail ffonseca@jhsph.edu 
http://www.jjjhscholar.org

Immediate Past-Chair
Alberto Jose Cardelle, PhD, MPH
200 Prospect Street
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
(570)422-3401

acardelle@po-box.esu.edu

Treasurer
Patricia Documet , MD, DrPH
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
223 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh , PA 15261
(412)624-1601    
(412)624-5510

pdocumet@pitt.edu

1st Vice-Chair
Jose Pietro Aparicio, MD, MPH
(212)363-7309
DrJPAM@aol.com

Secretary
Matilde Flores-Gonzalez, MPH

mgonzalez-flores@omhrc.gov

Scientific Program Chairs
Rose Marie Martinez, ScD

RMartinez@nas.edu

Carlos Zometa
czometa@cdc.gov

Ruth Zambrano, PhD
rzambran@umd.edu

Policy Committee Chair
Jose Ramon Fernandez-Pena, MD, MPA

jrfp@sfsu.edu

Awards Program Chair
Carlos Zometa, PhD, MPH

hlm7@cdc.gov

Host Committee Chair
Lorenzo Olives, MPH

Communications Chair
Brenda Santos, MPH

bsantos32@verizon.net

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Caucus of Public Health Professionals, Est. 1975
Chair
Patrick M. High, Dr.P.H.
Westat
1600 Research Blvd, TB 354
Rockville, MD 20850
patrickigh@westat.com
(240) 453-5640 (P)

Secretary
Nicholas Heck
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59802
Nicholas.heck@umontana.edu

Treasurer
John Grima, MHSA
San Francisco, CA 94132
jfjtg@aol.com

Program Chair
Paul Gilbert, M.S.P.H., Doctoral Candidate
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Paul.gilbert@unc-edu

Program Chair-Elect
Michael W. Plankey, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Principal Investigator, Multicenter AIDS 
Cohort Study;  Women's Interagency HIV Study
Georgetown University Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
2233 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 214
Washington, DC 20007
202-784-2607 (P)A
202-784-0791 (F)
mwp23@georgetown.edu

Web Chair
Brandy Sinco
Research Associate
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
bsinco@umich.edu

Public Relations Chair
Jason Gagnon, MPH, MMedSc
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Boston, MA
jasonjgagnon@gmail.com

Student Chair
Madison Abercrombie
4118 Walnut Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
Madisonabercrombie@umkc.edu

Immediate Past Chair
Richard Trevino, M.P.H.
Boston, MA 02118
rptrevino@mac.com

Men’s Health Caucus, Est. 2010

Chair
Scott T. Williams
202-543-6461 ext. 103 (P)
Email:  scott@menshealthnetwork.org

 

Chair-Elect
Salvatore Giorgianni, BSc, PharmD
615-460-6744 (P)
Email:  salvatore.giorgianni@belmont.edu

 

Program Planner
Ernesto Randolfi
406-281-1088 (P)
Email:  randolfi@msubillings.edu

 

Secretary
Suzy Holt Goodwin
703-967-2555 (P)
Email:  suzyhgoodwin@gmail.com

 

Communication/Membership Coordinator
Theresa Morrow
202-580-5730 (P)
Email:  theresa.morrow@womenagainstprostatecancer.org

 

Treasurer
Stephen Petty
405-550-3766 (P)
Email:  Steve.Petty@Integris-Health.com

 

Policy Coordinator
Adam Dougherty
925-890-7482 (P)
Email:  apdougherty@gmail.com

Peace Caucus, Est. 1986
Chair
Robert M. Gould, MD
President
SF-Bay Area Chapter
Physicians for Social Responsibility
311 Douglass Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(408) 972-7299 (P)
(408) 972-6429 (F)
rmgould1@yahoo.com

Program Chair
Kathleen Fagan, MD, MPH
Medical Officer, OSHA
100 King Farm Blvd, Apt. A-407
Rockville, MD 20850
(216)513-6155 (P)
occmeddoc@sbcglobal.net

Program Co-Chair
Patrice Sutton, MPH
Research Scientist
University of California San Francisco, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
(510)986-8927 (P)
psutton2000@yahoo.com

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

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

E-networking committee
Pam Waterman
Project Director
Harvard School of Public Health
Landmark Center
401 park drive room 403-m
Boston, MA 02215
(617)384-8708 (P)
pwaterma@hsph.harvard.edu

Politics of Public Health Data Committee
Catherine Cubbin
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin
ccubbin@austin.utexas.edu

Social History of Public Health Committee
Anne-Emanuelle Birn
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
155 College St RM 662
Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
(416)287-7322 (P)
aebirn@utoronto.ca

History Committee
Alexandra Minna Stern, Ph.D.
Zina Pitcher Collegiate Professor in the History of Medicine
Center for the History of Medicine
University of Michigan
100 Simpson Memorial Institute
102 Observatory
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0725
(734)647-6914 (P)
amstern@umich.edu

Social History of Public Health Committee
Luis Avilés
Board Member
Statistics Institute Puerto Rico
Box 1177
Boqueron, PR 00622
email: laviles@upm.edu

Progressive Public Health Pedagogy Committee
Suzanne Christopher
Professor
Montana State University
406-994-6321 (P)
suzanne@montana.edu

Progressive Public Health Pedagogy Committee
Lisa Moore
Associate Professor/Health Education
San Francisco State University
(415)338-2109 (P)
lisadee@sfsu.edu

Student Rep for the Student Poster Session
TBA

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 (P)
arnold.schecter@utsouthwestern.edu

Women's Caucus, Est. 1970
Chair
Heather M. Brandt, PhD, CHES
University of South Carolina
800 Sumpter St HESC
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
803-777-7096 (P)
803-777-6290 (F)
hbrandt@sc.edu

Vice Chair
Jill Oliveri, MPH, DrPH
Clinical Research Manager
Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Ohio State University
1590 N. High Street, Suite 525
Columbus, Ohio 43201
Office: (614) 293-8174 (P)
Fax: (614) 293-5611 (F)
jill.oliveri@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