Our Team

Program Staff

 
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Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH

Senior Advisor

(510) 285-9107 ext. 707
crnevarez@healthleadership.org

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Karya Lustig, MA, ISS

Director, Strategy and Implementation

(510) 285-9107 ext. 703
klustig@healthleadership.org

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Lia Randazzo, MPH

Leadership Programs Supervisor

(510) 285-9107 ext. 712
lrandazzo@healthleadership.org

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Jeff Bornstein

Web Forum Producer

(510) 285-9107 x709
jbornstein@healthleadership.org

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Kasey Deems, MA

Operations Supervisor

(510) 285-9107 ext. 711
kdeems@healthleadership.org

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Coaches

 
 

Edward P. Ehlinger, MD, MSPH

Acting Chair, HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality

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Caswell Evans, Jr., DDS, MPH

Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois, Chicago

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Jackie Hawkins, MS

CEO/Owner, Delta Community Solutions, LLC

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Asha Mehta

Principal, small waves rising

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Mike Sage, MPH

Program Director, Public Health Institute (PHI) & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Fellows Program

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Cathy Slemp, MD, MPH

Former West Virginia State Health Officer

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Coaches Emeritus

 
 

Michael Bird, MSW, MPH

Past-president, American Public Health Association (APHA)

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Arthur Chen, MD

Senior Fellow, Asian Health Services

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Mark Horton, MD, MSPH

In memoriam

Former California State Public Health Officer

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Mary Maddux-Gonzalez, MD, MPH

Board Chair, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

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Mildred Thompson, MSW

Former Senior Director, PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place

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