Congratulations CHPPD Section's Newly Elected Leaders!
Chair-Elect Elect Winston Tseng, PhD, is a Research Sociologist in Community Health and Human Development at the University of California in Berkeley. He has been a Section member since 2003 and is currently CHPPD treasurer (2008-2010) and Section Councilor (2008-2010). He has worked closely with the chair and chair-elect in planning and implementing Section activities as well as providing input and direction on budgetary issues. He is past-chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus and has served as an officer of the API Caucus since 2005. He served as a CHPPD proxy as well as API Caucus ex-officio representative on the Governing Council in 2009. He has also been a member of the California Public Health Association – North. He has served an advisor on the Community-Based Participatory Research Subcommittee of National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities since 2007. His community health policy and research work focuses on health inequities facing medically under-served populations and the role of policy-makers and service organizations in mediating health inequities. He seeks to strengthen CHPPD’s influence and visibility across APHA, contribute to CHPPD’s efforts in developing and advancing community-relevant health policies and bolster CHPPD’s diverse membership base to be more active within APHA leadership and in their own communities.
Secretary-Elect Kristi Pettibone is new to the CHPPD Section. She earned a PhD in Policy Science with a concentration in health policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Pettibone was a Research Scientist with The MayaTech Corporation, and moved to a new position as a Health Science Administrator within the Program Analysis Branch of the Division of Extramural Research and Training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science.
Dr. Pettibone serves as board member for the local YWCA and is currently the fundraising chair for that board. Dr. Pettibone also serves on the local United Way Health Impact Council, which evaluates programs in order to make allocation decisions. All of these positions require Dr. Pettibone to actively participate in meetings, document decisions and action steps discussed and format notes for distribution to members. Dr. Pettibone says “ As a secretary, I would bring my experience with these volunteer positions, along with my education and experience in the area of community health planning and policy to ensure that the CHPPD section continues to both serve its members and advance the field of public health planning and policy by documenting meetings in an accurate and timely manner.”
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| Coco and Roy Grant | Incoming Governing Councilor Roy Grant is a public health professional experienced in clinical care, program development, and policy/advocacy. He has presented at APHA conferences since 1995. Mr. Grant chaired the CHPPD Program Committee from 2006-2008, overseeing the review of 400-500 abstracts and development of more than 50 scientific sessions for each year’s APHA conference. He has worked with multiple Sections to propose an APHA Policy Statement endorsing the “health care home” model of care. Mr. Grant is a past chair, New York State Coalition on School Based Primary Care and has been a gubernatorial appointee to the New York State Department of Health Early Intervention Coordinating Committee since 1994. He has more than two dozen published book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals including New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, American Journal of Public Health, and Professional Psychology, and reviews articles for many of these journals. Mr. Grant’s clinical training is in psychotherapy with specialization in infancy and early childhood. As a Governing Councilor, Mr. Grant would work towards the development of APHA policy and advocacy positions that are clinically informed and contribute to ongoing health reform efforts, using his background in pediatric, mental health, and child development services to emphasize multi-disciplinary team models of care especially for high-risk populations.
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Incoming Governing Councilor Tammy Pilisuk, MPH, is a Health Educator with the California Department of Public Health. Ms. Pilisuk says, “Since joining in 1986, APHA has inspired me through its bold policies. I have more than 20 years in public health planning, policy, and education at local, state, and national levels. My experience spans prevention, health care access, to long-term care. I would aspire to ensure that APHA champions overlooked and emerging issues including social, environmental, and economic justice determinants of health, meaningful reforms, oversight, social marketing and technology innovations. Ms. Pilizuk is the author, 2009 policy statement “Public Health’s Critical Role in Health Reform” ; a recipient, CHPPD Section’s “Henrik L Blum Award for Excellence in Health Policy” and winner, “Health in all policies” design contest. Ms. Pilizuk also was awarded the National Multiple Sclerosis “Advocacy Hall of Fame Award”2009 for spearheading “Principles for Health Care Reform,” national advocacy centerpiece; is involved with risk communications for H1N1 vaccine delivery and vaccine safety concerns; a member of the coalition for health reform, cervical cancer prevention, immunization registry, caregiving; and has advocated at State Capitol and Congress, trained lay advocates on health care, disability rights, helmet laws, and community-based supports.
 | Incoming Section Councilor Dawn Alayon, MPH, CPH, BS, is Research Programs Coordinator, University of Florida: College of Pharmacy: Dept of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy. Since 2008, Ms. Alayon has been an active member of the CHPPD Student Committee as the Student Representative to the Communications Team. Ms Alayon says “ I have had wonderful experience in learning about CHPPD and fostering student involvement in this Section. As Section Councilor, I bring a great deal of organizational skills. I have experience in coordinating a fellowship program, including recruitment, interview, and selection procedures. I have excellent attention to detail with experience with the Institutional Review Board, grant applications, and contract negotiations. In addition, I am direct and tenacious which is instrumental in focusing on important matters. In April 2008, I was part of a group of public health students who convened with the Vice Minister of Health in El Salvador. We were effective in explaining the impoverished conditions of one of the poorest villages, and our presentation was a decisive factor to ensure the availability of electricity to those people. My goals as Section Councilor include the utilization of my communication skills for reviewing and deciding on Section procedures and employing my interpersonal skills to sustain a good working relationship with the Governing Council. It is my hope that this Section finds my abilities as beneficial in furthering the growth of CHPPD.”
 | Incoming Section Councilor Sami Jarrah is currently pursuing his MPH and is the Director of Corporate, Foundation and Government Relations at Marylhurst University. Mr. Jarrah has served CHPPD as newsletter co-editor since January 2009. He has also produced a section brochure and served on an ad hoc committee focused on recommendations related to the social determinants of health. Other health-related leadership activities have included m Policy Committee of the Oregon Public Health Association, membership on the Multnomah County Health Department’s Community Health Council, and chairperson the National Organization for Women’s Oregon Health Care & Reproductive Rights Task Force. Mr. Jarrah have also served as the chairperson of Equality Florida’s Policy Research & Advocacy Task Force and currently serve on the Equity Foundation’s grant review committee, where he examines proposals through an equity lens. Sami says, “I would like to focus on policy development at the local and state levels. CHPPD has knowledgeable and influential public health policy advocates in its section, and I’d like to leverage that resource for the benefit of section members. Based on the section needs, perhaps I could organize some professional development opportunities (via webinar or phone conference) for the benefit of section members. Public health policy implementation at the local and state levels is key and is important work of our section members.”
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