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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

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Amy Lieberman

Senior Attorney

Ann Phi-Wendt

Managing Director

Anna Schmalzbauer

Deputy Managing Director

April Shaw

Senior Staff Attorney

Ashleigh Dennis

Staff Attorney

Betsy Lawton

Deputy Director

Blair Inniss

Senior Staff Attorney

Brooke Torton

Senior Staff Attorney

Carrie Waggoner

Region Director

Chris Alibrandi

Deputy Director

Colleen Healy Boufides

Co-Director

Corey Davis

Deputy Director

Daniel Wacker

Program Development Associate

Darlene Huang Briggs

Deputy Director

Dawn Hunter

Region Director

Denise Chrysler

Senior Advisor

Donna Levin

Project Director, Act for Public Health

Erica White

Senior Staff Attorney

Gene Matthews

Principal Investigator

James G. Hodge, Jr.

Region Director/Principal Investigator

Jane Perkins

Senior Staff Attorney

Jennifer Piatt

Deputy Director

Jill Krueger

Region Director

Joanna S. Suder

Senior Staff Attorney

Julia Ngep

Public Health Associate

Kathleen Hoke

Region Director

Kayleen Klarich

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications

Kerri McGowan Lowrey

Deputy Director

Leila Barraza

Senior Consultant

Mathew R. Swinburne

Associate Director

Megan Griest

Chief of Staff

Mosalewa Ani

Program Coordinator

Peter D. Jacobson

Region Co-Director

Phyllis Jeden

Senior Staff Attorney

Sara Rogers

Public Health Policy Analyst

Sarah Somers

Managing Attorney

Stephen Murphy

Deputy Director

Vineeta Gupta

Executive Director
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Advisory Board

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Aaron Wernham

Montana HealthCare Foundation

Barbara Ferrer

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Howard Koh

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

John T. Monahan

Georgetown University

Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Henry Ford Health System

McClain Bryant Macklin

Health Forward Foundation

Scott Hall

Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

Steven Gravely

The Gravely Group

Umair Shah

Washington State Department of Health
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