Natoya Walker-Minor and Judge Sharon Burney will bring leadership that bolsters PI’s efforts to achieve health equity and racial justice.
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As the president of Prevention Institute’s board of directors, I am thrilled to announce the appointments of Natoya Walker-Minor of Cleveland, Ohio and Judge Sharon Burney of Houston, Texas to our board of directors. Their appointments reinforce PI’s commitment to achieving healthy, equitable, and just communities through multisector partnerships. Both women are grounded in local efforts to improve their communities, and they will bring perspectives from the fields of city government, workforce development, education, and the judiciary to PI’s strategic priorities and initiatives.
Natoya J. Walker Minor is the chief of public affairs for the City of Cleveland, where she provides executive leadership, drives policy, and facilitates execution and implementation of the mayor’s vision for seven departments: Aging, Civil Service, Community Relations, Human Resources, Public Health, the Office of Equal Opportunity, and Workforce Development. She also serves as the co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
Judge Sharon M. Burney was inaugurated as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 2 in Harris County, Houston, Texas on January 1, 2019. She was one of 19 Black female judges in Harris County who were seated in January of 2019: Meet 'Black Girl Magic,' The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges In Texas . Prior to beginning her career in law, she served in education for 24 years at Houston Independent School District.
More information about these incredible women is below. They join these other board members in leading Prevention Institute as we head into 2021: |
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 Kalahn Taylor-Clark, PhD, MPH, Vice President and Global Head of Patient Insights, Outcomes, and Innovation at Sanofi (Board President)
 Howard Pinderhughes, PhD, Chair and Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences University of California at San Francisco (Board Vice Chair)
 Kitty Hsu Dana, MBA, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Institute for Youth, Education & Families, National League of Cities, Washington, DC (Board Treasurer)
 Barbara Krimgold, MA, Vice President, Health and Safety Associates (Board Secretary)
Dr. L isa Cacari-Stone, Associate Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health, University of New Mexico
 Rachel A. Davis, Executive Director, Prevention Institute
 Reggie Moore, Director, Office of Violence Prevention, Milwaukee Health Department
 Daniel P. Perales, DrPH, MPH, Professor Emeritus San Jose State University Master of Public Health Program, San Jose, CA |
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| On behalf of all PI board members, I encourage you to visit our website to learn about Prevention Institute’s inspiring work in the areas of promoting community safety, improving mental wellbeing, and advancing health equity and racial justice. |
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New Prevention Institute Board Member Biographies
Natoya J. Walker Minor, Chief of Public Affairs for the City of Cleveland. Natoya provides executive leadership, drives policy, and facilitates execution and implementation of the Mayoral vision for seven departments (Aging, Civil Service, Community Relations, Human Resources, Public Health, the Office of Equal Opportunity, and Workforce Development). Vital to her role is leveraging intersections between each of the seven departmental disciplines to influence policy and programs. Natoya’s career as a public servant spans over 25 years in public administration and policy in municipal government, nonprofit, and government consulting. Natoya serves as the co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. She also facilitates the advancement of Community Benefit Agreements as a tool for responsible economic development and how it impacts the workforce, communities, and the career pipeline. Essential to this work is developing relationships across sectors with non-traditional stakeholders to effect change and transform how construction impacts the local community. Natoya holds a BA in Political Science, a Master of Public Administration, and executive leadership certificates from Georgetown University in Nonprofit Management and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Senior Executives in State and Local Government. She is civically engaged, an alumnus of the American Marshall Memorial Fellow, serves on numerous boards, is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Order of Eastern Star, and is a proud graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools. Natoya is married to Bishop Tony Minor and together they raise their family.
Judge Sharon M. Burney was inaugurated as Justice of the Peace, Precinct 7, Place 2 in Harris County, Houston, Texas on January 1, 2019. She is a graduate of Thurgood Marshal School of Law. Upon passing the Texas Bar in 2007, she began private practice in Probate Law. Prior to beginning her career in law, she served in education for 24 years at Houston Independent School District. Nine of those years were spent as administrator of the Lighted Schoolhouse, a program for homeless and high-risk youth that she developed. Politics is not new to Sharon. Prior to attending law school, she received a master’s degree in Future Studies from the University of Houston where she concentrated in political diversity and developed strategic thinking skills. She also hosted “Reflections Black on Black,” a magazine style public relations radio show that discussed political topics on Pacifica / KPFT in Houston. A world traveler, Sharon has traveled to numerous nations and participated as a delegate and speaker on future trends and African American culture. Sharon was one of 19 Black female judges in Harris County, Tx who took oath in January of 2019. NPR covered it here: Meet 'Black Girl Magic,' The 19 African-American Women Elected As Judges In Texas. |
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