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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)

      Angela Ball, MPH, RN, PHN

      Senior Deputy Director, Policy & Planning

      Alameda County Public Health Department

        Sara Bosse

        Public Health Director
        CHEAC

        Madera County Department of Public Health

          Wendel Brunner, PhD, MD, MPH

          California Chronic Disease Prevention Leadership Project Principal Investigator

          Retired Contra Costa

            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


              Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII)

              San Mateo County Health Department

                Curtis Chan, MD, MPH

                Deputy Health Officer

                Deputy Health Officer


                MCAH Action Representative

                San Mateo County Health: Public Health, Policy & Planning

                  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

                        Van Do-Reynoso, MPH, PhD

                        Public Health Director

                        CHEAC Executive committee


                        Leadership Project Co-Chair

                        Santa Barbara County Public Health Department

                          Heather Duvall

                          Health Promotion Manager

                          Stanislaus County Health Care Services Agency

                            Patricia Erwin, MPH

                            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

                                  Krista Hanni, MS, PhD

                                  Planning, Evaluation and Policy Manager

                                  Monterey County Health Department

                                    Jake Hanson, MPH

                                    CCLHO Executive Administrator

                                    CCLHO

                                      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 Chronic Disease Control & Prevention Committee

                                          Sacramento County, DHHS

                                            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

                                              Rhonda McClinton Brown, MPH

                                              Branch Director, Healthy Communities Branch

                                              County of Santa Clara, Public Health Department

                                                Terri Sue Canale-Dalman

                                                Interim Deputy Director, Center for Healthy Communities

                                                California Department of Public Health

                                                  Becky Nanyonjo-Kemp, DrPH

                                                  Director, Public Health

                                                  CHEAC

                                                  Merced County

                                                    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

                                                          Sutter County Health & Human Services

                                                            Jessica Núñez de Ybarra, MD, MPH, FACPM

                                                            Chief, Chronic Disease Control Branch

                                                            California Department of Public Health

                                                              Dan Peddycord RN, MPA/HA

                                                              Public Health Director

                                                              Past CHEAC President

                                                              Contra Costa Health Services

                                                                Karen Pfister, MS

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

                                                                San Mateo County Health

                                                                  Karen Relucio, MD

                                                                  Health Officer/Deputy Director

                                                                  CCLHO President, CHEAC

                                                                  Napa County Health and Human Services Agency

                                                                    Melanie Ruvalcaba

                                                                    Manager, Office of Policy and Planning

                                                                    Fresno County Department of Public Health

                                                                      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

                                                                            Alison Sipler, MPH, CHES

                                                                            Program Coordinator, Chronic Disease and Health Equity

                                                                            County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

                                                                              Laurie Somerhausen, MS, RD

                                                                              Program Manager

                                                                              CCLHDN

                                                                              Yolo County Health Department

                                                                                Michele Stephens, LCSW

                                                                                Public Health Director

                                                                                CHEAC

                                                                                Humboldt County Health and Human Services

                                                                                  Lara Weiss, MPH, CHES

                                                                                  Program Manager, Healthy Communities Division

                                                                                  CCLDHE

                                                                                  Humboldt County Health and Human Services

                                                                                    Lori Williams, MSW

                                                                                    Public Health Director

                                                                                    CHEAC

                                                                                    Stanislaus County Health Services Agency

                                                                                      Wilma Wooten, MD, MPH

                                                                                      Health Officer

                                                                                      CCLHO Chronic Disease Committee Co-Chair


                                                                                      Past CCLHO President


                                                                                      Leadership Project Co-Chair

                                                                                      County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

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