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Board and Advisors

Prevention Institute's Board of Directors support the organization's core values and commitment to community prevention and health equity. Our Board members contribute professional expertise and understanding of community issues, and oversee and ensure organizational integrity, quality and vision. Prevention Institute is also privileged to work with our Advisors, a group of nationally renowned health and equity leaders who provide expertise related to our specific projects and areas of focus.

Board of Directors

  • Kalahn Taylor-Clark

    Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Myovant Sciences
    President of the Board of Directors
  • Kitty Hsu Dana

    Senior Health Policy Advisor (retired), National League of Cities; former Vice President of Community Impact-Health, United Way Worldwide
    Board Treasurer
  • Howard Pinderhughes

    Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF; Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UC Berkeley; Affiliated Faculty, UCSF Institute for Health and Aging
    Board Vice-Chair
  • Natoya J. Walker-Minor

    Deputy General Manager, Administration & External Affairs, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
    Board Secretary
  • Sharon M. Burney

    Justice of the Peace, Harris County, TX
  • Dr. Lisa Cacari-Stone

    Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health, University of New Mexico Health
  • Barbara Krimgold

    Vice President, Health and Safety Associates
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    Jason Lacsamana

    Director of Programs and Partnerships for the St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund
  • Mariko Lockhart

    Deputy Director of the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning
  • Reggie Moore

    Director of Violence Prevention Policy and Engagement, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh

    Professor, San Francisco State University
  • Rachel Davis

    Executive Director, Prevention Institute

Advisors

  • Mayra Alvarez

    President, The Children's Partnerships
  • Kelly Brownell

    Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
  • Anna Caballero

    State Senator from the 12th State Senate District
  • Renee Canady

    CEO, MPHI
  • Toni Gantz

    Deputy Counsel at the New York City Department of Education
  • Trevor Hancock

    Professor and Senior Scholar, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
  • Dick Jackson

    Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
  • Paul D. Lopez

    Denver City Clerk and Recorder, Colorado
  • Marion Nestle

    Paulette Goddard Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University
  • Deborah Prothrow-Stith

    Dean of the College of Medicine, Chalres R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Brian Smedley

    Equity Scholar, Urban Institute
  • Esta Soler

    President, Futures Without Violence
  • Lawrence Wallack

    Professor of Community Health; Dean, College of Urban and Public Affairs Portland State University
  • Stephen Williams

    Director, Houston Health Department
  • Renee Wilson-Simmons

    Founder & Principal, Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Joy
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