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

US Head of Public Affairs in Cardiometabolic Health at Sanofi

President of the Board of Directors
Kitty Hsu Dana

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

Board Treasurer
Rachel Davis

Executive Director, Prevention Institute
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
Reggie Moore

Director, Office of Violence Prevention, Milwaukee Health Department
Daniel P. Perales

Professor Emeritus San Jose State University Master of Public Health Program; Principal Perales and Associates Evaluation Services
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
Dr. Lisa Cacari Stone

Associate Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health

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

Executive Director, Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI)
Kathy Ko Chin

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

Chief of Psychology, American Psychological Association
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

Executive Director, ACE Awareness Foundation

Board and Advisors

Board of Directors

Kalahn Taylor-Clark

US Head of Public Affairs in Cardiometabolic Health at Sanofi

President of the Board of Directors

Kitty Hsu Dana

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

Board Treasurer

Rachel Davis

Executive Director, Prevention Institute

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

Reggie Moore

Director, Office of Violence Prevention, Milwaukee Health Department

Daniel P. Perales

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

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

Dr. Lisa Cacari Stone

Associate Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health

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

Executive Director, Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI)

Kathy Ko Chin

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

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

Chief of Psychology, American Psychological Association

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

Executive Director, ACE Awareness Foundation