Action Portfolio
The Working Group has defined its initial action steps.
Progress
Working Group Members

Eric Beers, MS
Senior Associate
Community Solutions

Erin Black
Associate Director for Policy, Partnerships, and Recruitment
Centers for Disease Control

Janice Blake, MPH
Senior Director, Office of Workforce Development
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Steve Boudreau
Director, Office of Workforce Development and Employee Engagement
Rhode Island Department of Health

Emily Burke, EdD, MPH, CPH
Senior Director of Workforce Development and Applied Practice
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

AAron Davis, MBA
Project Manager, Center for Public Health Initiatives
Community Engagement Institute, Wichita State University

Angelo Fernandez
Director of Human Resources
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Michelle Gibbons
Executive Director
County Health Executives Association of CA

Aurora GrantWingate
Member & Partner Engagement Associate
National Association of Community Health Workers

Hillary Hanson, MS, MPH
Chief Operating Officer
Montana Public Health Institute

Ashley Hickson, DrPH, MPH
Senior Health Equity Advisor
Center for Science in the Public Interest

Ashley Hunt
Program Manager, Health
National Association of Counties

Stacey King, MS
Director of Field Education and Practice, Office of Educational Programs
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Heather Krasna, PhD, MS
Associate Dean, Career Services
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

JP Leider, PhD
Senior Fellow, Division of Health Policy & Management
University of Minnesota School of Public Health

Arnaldo Machado
Director of Public Health Workforce Development and Resilience
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Gen Meredith, DrPH, MPH
Associate Director, Master of Public Health Program; Professor of Practice, Dept. of Public and Ecosystem Health
Cornell University

Lindsey Novacek, DNP-PHNL, RN, CCHP
Nurse Consultant, Office of the Chief Public Health Nurse
Division of Public Health, NC Department of Health and Human Services

Eyal Oren, PhD, MS
Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Core Investigator, Institute for Behavioral and Community Health
School of Public Health, San Diego State University

Jeff Oxendine, MBA, MPH
Director of Health Workforce and Diversity, CHOIR
UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Joanne Pearsol, MA
Director, Workforce Development
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Rachael Reed, DrPH, MPH
Chair, School of Population and Health Sciences; Coordinator, Public Health Program; Assistant Professor of Public Health
Dillard University

Jennifer Smith, MSHP
Interim Executive Director
Texas Association of City & County Health Officials

Laura Trolio
Director, New York State Public Health Corps Fellowship Program
Office of Public Health Practice

Victoria Warren-Mears, PhD, RDN, FAND
Director, Tribal Epidemiology Center
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
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