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 Executive Advisory Board, a group of nationally renowned health and equity leaders who provide expertise related to our specific projects and areas of focus.

Board of Directors

Larry Cohen

Founder and Executive Director
Kalahn Taylor-Clark

Associate Vice President and Global Head, Patient Engagement Strategy Center of Excellece for Patient Centricity, Sanofi

Board President & Chair
Kitty Hsu Dana

Senior Health Policy Advisor, Institute for Youth, Education & Families - National League of Cities
Judy Derman

Director, Internet Services Group, Kaiser Permanente

Board Secretary
Barbara Krimgold

Senior Health Program Director, Institute of Alternative Futures; Director, Kaiser Permanente Burch Minority Leadership Development Program
Kathleen Martin

Office of the Sheriff (retired), Contra Costa County, CA

Board Treasurer
Michael Pastor

Psychotherapist; Chair, New York Psychotherapy Group
Daniel P. Perales

Professor Emeritus San Jose State University Master of Public Health Program; Principal Perales and Associates Evaluation Services
Howard Pinderhughes

Chair, 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
Marilyn Ritholz

Senior Psychologist, Joslin Diabetes Center Supervising Psychologist, Children's Hospital, Boston Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Executive Advisory Board

Mayra Alvarez

President, The Children's Partnerships
Kelly Brownell

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

Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency State of California
Renee Canady

Executive Director, Michigan Public Health Institute (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 and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health
Kathy Ko Chin

President and Chief Executive Officer, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Paul D. Lopez

Councilman, City & County of Denver
Marion Nestle

Paulette Goddard Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University
Jean Nudelman

Director of Northern California Community Benefit Programs, Kaiser Permanente
Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Dean of the College of Medicine, Drew University
Brian Smedley

Executive Director, The National Collaborative for Health Equity
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

Director, National Center for Children in Poverty

Board and Advisors

Board of Directors

Larry Cohen

Founder and Executive Director

Kalahn Taylor-Clark

Associate Vice President and Global Head, Patient Engagement Strategy Center of Excellece for Patient Centricity, Sanofi

Board President & Chair

Kitty Hsu Dana

Senior Health Policy Advisor, Institute for Youth, Education & Families - National League of Cities

Judy Derman

Director, Internet Services Group, Kaiser Permanente

Board Secretary

Barbara Krimgold

Senior Health Program Director, Institute of Alternative Futures; Director, Kaiser Permanente Burch Minority Leadership Development Program

Kathleen Martin

Office of the Sheriff (retired), Contra Costa County, CA

Board Treasurer

Michael Pastor

Psychotherapist; Chair, New York Psychotherapy Group

Daniel P. Perales

Professor Emeritus San Jose State University Master of Public Health Program; Principal Perales and Associates Evaluation Services

Howard Pinderhughes

Chair, 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

Marilyn Ritholz

Senior Psychologist, Joslin Diabetes Center Supervising Psychologist, Children's Hospital, Boston Instructor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School

Executive Advisory Board

Mayra Alvarez

President, The Children's Partnerships

Kelly Brownell

Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University

Anna Caballero

Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency State of California

Renee Canady

Executive Director, Michigan Public Health Institute (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 and Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA School of Public Health

Kathy Ko Chin

President and Chief Executive Officer, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)

Paul D. Lopez

Councilman, City & County of Denver

Marion Nestle

Paulette Goddard Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University

Jean Nudelman

Director of Northern California Community Benefit Programs, Kaiser Permanente

Deborah Prothrow-Stith

Dean of the College of Medicine, Drew University

Brian Smedley

Executive Director, The National Collaborative for Health Equity

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

Director, National Center for Children in Poverty