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Leadership Team

The Project is guided by a statewide, cross-disciplinary Leadership Team of public health directors, health officers, chronic disease program leaders, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and others.

Getting Involved

The Leadership Team plays a critical role in ensuring that the Project
provides significant value to local health departments (LHDs). Participants provide continuing guidance to this statewide initiative to build the capacity of LHDs to do upstream chronic disease prevention work in our communities. Members include CHEAC (local public health directors), CCLHO (health officers), and various county, regional, and state affiliate and leadership organizations representing Directors of Health Education, Nutrition, Public Health Nursing, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, and Data and Epidemiology, as well as Chronic Disease managers. It is driven by LHD priorities, incorporates urban, rural, and frontier perspectives, and includes LHDs not represented by regional public health alliances. 

To learn more about joining the Leadership Team, please contact us.

California Chronic Disease Prevention Leadership Project Leadership Team Discussion

Leadership Team Members

Barb Alberson, MPH

Senior Deputy Director, Policy & Planning

San Joaquin County Public Health Services

    Jack Anderson

    Policy Analyst‎

    County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC)

      Dawn Arledge

      Executive Director

      California Center for Rural Policy

        Angela Ball, MPH, RN, PHN

        Senior Deputy Director, Policy & Planning

        Alameda County Public Health Department

          Danica Borja, DrPH, MPH, CHES®

          Program Coordinator, Chronic Disease and Health Equity

          County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

            Sara Bosse

            Public Health Director

            CHEAC Executive Committee

            Leadership Team Co-Chair

            Madera County Department of Public Health

              Gail Brosnan, MPH, CHES

              Program Planner, Health Education and Racial Equity

              Sacramento County

                Wendel Brunner, PhD, MD, MPH

                California Chronic Disease Prevention Leadership Project Principal Investigator

                Retired Contra Costa Public Health Director

                  Angie Butters, RN, BSN, PHN

                  Program (Clinical) Manager

                  California Conference of Public Health Nursing Directors (CCPHND) Representative

                  Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services

                    Edith Cabuslay, MPH

                    Chronic Disease Manager

                    California Conference of Local Directors of Health Education (CCLDHE) Representative

                    San Mateo County Health Department

                      Terri Sue Canale-Dalman

                      Deputy Director, Center for Healthy Communities

                      California Department of Public Health

                        Silvia Caswell, DO, MPH

                        Assistant Health Officer

                        San Bernardino County

                          Curtis Chan, MD, MPH

                          Deputy Health Officer

                          MCAH Action Representative

                          San Mateo County Health: Public Health, Policy & Planning

                            Emily Chung

                            Public Health Director

                            CHEAC

                            Santa Cruz County

                              Andy Coren, MD

                              Health Officer

                              CCLHO

                              Mendocino County

                                Robin Cox, MPH, CPH

                                Senior Health Services Manager, Bureau Chief

                                CCLDHE

                                Solano County Health & Social Services

                                  Kat DeBurgh, MPH

                                  Executive Director

                                  Health Officers Association of California (HOAC)

                                    Tracy Delaney, PhD, RD

                                    Executive Director

                                    Public Health Alliance of Southern California

                                      Angelica Diaz, MPH

                                      Branch Director, Healthy Communities

                                      Santa Clara County

                                        Heather Duvall

                                        Public Health Director

                                        CHEAC

                                        Stanislaus County Health Care Services Agency

                                          Christina Goette, MPH

                                          Acting Deputy Director, Community Health

                                          San Francisco Department of Public Health

                                            Michelle Gibbons

                                            Executive Director

                                            CHEAC

                                              Sarah Hagen, MS, MCHES

                                              Program Manager, Public Health

                                              County of Placer Health and Human Services

                                                Jake Hanson, MPH

                                                CCLHO Executive Administrator

                                                CCLHO

                                                  Jennifer Henn, PhD

                                                  Public Health Manager, Chronic Disease and Health Equity Unit

                                                  Napa County

                                                    Jessica Juarez, MS

                                                    Assistant Director, Public Health

                                                    CHEAC

                                                    Merced County

                                                      Melissa Jones

                                                      Executive Director

                                                      Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative

                                                        Elsa Jimenez, MPH

                                                        Director of Health Services

                                                        CHEAC

                                                        Monterey County Health Department

                                                          Tamarra Jones, DrPH

                                                          Public Health Chief Equity Officer, Health Policy and Planning Manager

                                                          San Mateo County Health: Public Health, Policy & Planning

                                                            April Jurisich, MPH, RD

                                                            Public Health Program Manager

                                                            Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency

                                                              Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS

                                                              Health Officer

                                                              CCLHO

                                                              Sacramento County, DHHS

                                                                Alyssa Kennett, MIA, MPH

                                                                Director

                                                                Central California Public Health Consortium

                                                                  Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, FAAFP

                                                                  Director, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

                                                                  Director, Office of Senior Health

                                                                  Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

                                                                    Stephanie Nathan

                                                                    Assistant Public Health Director

                                                                    Madera County Department of Public Health

                                                                      Hieu Nguyen

                                                                      Director of Population Health and Equity

                                                                      Orange County Health Agency

                                                                        Rita Nguyen, MD

                                                                        Assistant Health Officer

                                                                        California Department of Public Health

                                                                          Leah Northrop, MPA, MAIS

                                                                          Branch Director, Public Health

                                                                          Past CCLHO Executive Administrator

                                                                          CHEAC

                                                                          Sutter County Health & Human Services

                                                                            Rob Oldham, MD, MSHA

                                                                            Interim Health Officer

                                                                            CCLHO

                                                                            Placer County

                                                                              Karen Pfister, MS

                                                                              California Conference of Health Data Managers and Epidemiologists (CCLHDME) Representative

                                                                              San Mateo County Health

                                                                                Selfa Saucedo

                                                                                Public Health Division Manager

                                                                                Ventura County Public Health

                                                                                  Minnie Sagar

                                                                                  Public Health Director

                                                                                  Tehama County

                                                                                    Kim Saruwatari, MPH

                                                                                    Public Health Director

                                                                                    CHEAC

                                                                                    Riverside University Health System

                                                                                      Eric Sergienko, MD, MPH

                                                                                      Health Officer

                                                                                      CCLHO

                                                                                      Mariposa County Health and Human Services Agency

                                                                                        Lynn Silver, MD, MPH

                                                                                        Senior Advisor for Chronic Disease & Obesity

                                                                                        Public Health Institute

                                                                                          Aimee Sisson, MD, MPH

                                                                                          Health Officer

                                                                                          CCLHO

                                                                                          Yolo County

                                                                                            Laurie Somerhausen, MS, RD

                                                                                            Program Manager

                                                                                            CCLHDN

                                                                                            Yolo County Health Department

                                                                                              Tim Streeper, MS

                                                                                              Deputy Director, Health and Human Services Agency

                                                                                              CHEAC

                                                                                              Alpine County

                                                                                                Rais Vohra, MD, FACEP, FACMT

                                                                                                Interim Health Officer

                                                                                                CCLHO

                                                                                                Fresno County

                                                                                                  Kimi Watkins-Tartt

                                                                                                  Public Health Director

                                                                                                  CHEAC

                                                                                                  Alameda County

                                                                                                    Susan Watson

                                                                                                    Director

                                                                                                    Together Toward Health and CA4Health

                                                                                                      Timothy Watts, MPH, CHES

                                                                                                      Health Equity Coordinator

                                                                                                      Santa Barbara County

                                                                                                        Lara Weiss, MPH, CHES

                                                                                                        Program Manager, Healthy Communities Division

                                                                                                        CCLDHE

                                                                                                        Humboldt County Health and Human Services

                                                                                                          Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH

                                                                                                          Health Officer

                                                                                                          CCLHO Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Committee Co-Chair

                                                                                                          Past CCLHO President

                                                                                                          Leadership Project Co-Chair

                                                                                                          County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

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