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Network for Public Health Law

Who We Are

We believe in the power of public health law and policy to improve lives and make our communities safer, healthier, stronger and more equitable. We know that understanding, navigating and using law and policy can transform our communities so we work to help public health professionals, policymakers, researchers and educators, advocates and health care professionals do just that.

Attorneys & Staff
Advisory Board

Attorneys and Staff

Leila Barraza
Consultant, Western Region Office
Avery Bather
Program Assistant, National Office
Jennifer Bernstein
Deputy Director, Mid-States Region Office
Colleen Healy Boufides
Deputy Director, Mid-States Region Office
Denise Chrysler
Director, Mid-States Region Office
Corey Davis
Deputy Director, Southeastern Region Office
Megan Griest
Chief of Staff, Eastern Region Office
James G. Hodge, Jr.
Director, Western Region Office
Kathleen Hoke
Director, Eastern Region Office
Peter D. Jacobson
Co-Director, Mid-States Region Office
Kayleen Klarich
Marketing and Membership Manager, National Office
Jill Krueger
Director, Northern Region Office
Betsy Lawton
Senior Staff Attorney, Northern Region Office
Donna Levin
National Director
Amy Lieberman
Senior Attorney, Southeastern Region Office
Kerri McGowan Lowrey
Deputy Director and Director of Grants & Research, Eastern Region Office
Gene Matthews
Director, Southeastern Region Office
Carrie McLachlan
Program Development Manager, National Office
Sallie Milam
Deputy Director, Mid-States Region Office
Jane Perkins
Senior Attorney, Southeastern Region Office
Ann Phi-Wendt
Managing Director, National Office
Sara Rogers
Senior Program Coordinator, National Office
Anna Schmalzbauer
Senior Program Manager, National Office
April Shaw
Staff Attorney, Western Region Office
Sarah Somers
Managing Attorney, Southeastern Region Office
Mathew R. Swinburne
Associate Director, Eastern Region Office
Charles Truong
Digital Marketing Coordinator, National Office

Advisory Board

Michael Botticelli
Executive Director, Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine – Boston Medical Center
Barbara Ferrer
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Steven Gravely
Strategic and Legal Advisor to Healthcare Organizations, the Gravely Group
Scott Hall
Senior Vice President for Civic and Community Initiatives, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Howard Koh
Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School
John T. Monahan
Senior Advisor for Global Initiatives to the President of Georgetown University
Rebecca Morley
Strategic Consultant, Healthy Homes and Communities
Umair Shah
Executive Director, Harris County Public Health and President of the National Association of County & City Health Officials
Joaquin Tamayo
Education Changemaker & Senior Policy Advisor at EducationCounsel LLC
Aaron Wernham
Chief Executive Officer of the Montana HealthCare Foundation
Kimberlydawn Wisdom
Senior Vice President of Community Health & Equity and Chief Wellness & Diversity Officer at the Henry Ford Health System