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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

            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

                                          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

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