Our Team
Leadership
Karya Lustig, MA, ISS
Director, Strategy and Implementation
(510) 285-9107 x703
klustig@healthleadership.org
Serena Clayton, PhD
Interim Principal Investigator
Current Advisors, Coaches, and Contributors
Edward P. Ehlinger, MD, MSPH
Coach | Advisor
Acting Chair, HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality
Milano Harden
Coach Emeritus | Master Facilitator | Advisor
President & Founder, The Genius Group, Inc.
Jackie Hawkins, MS
Coach
CEO/Owner, Delta Community Solutions, LLC
Andy Krackov, MA
Content Contributor
President, Hillcrest Advisory
Mary Maddux -Gonzalez, MD, MPH
Coach | Advisor
Board Chair, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Mike Miller
Content Contributor
President, Brown Miller Communications, Inc.
Mike Sage, MPH
Coach
Program Director, Public Health Institute (PHI) & Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Fellows Program
Holly Sisneros, MA
Content Contributor
Consultant, PHviews
Past Advisors, Coaches, and Contributors
Susan Allan, MD, JD, MPH
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Associate Professor, University of Washington School of Public Health
Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Former Policy and Program Planning Director, Louisiana Public Health Institute
Michael Bird, MSW, MPH
Coach Emeritus
Past-president, American Public Health Association (APHA)
Joyce Essien, MD, MBA, FAACP
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Director, Center for Public Health Practice, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Joseph Hafey, MPA
In memoriam | Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
President Emeritus, Public Health Institute
Mark Horton, MD, MSPH
In memoriam | Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Former California State Public Health Officer
Vincent Lafronza, EdD
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
President and CEO, National Network of Public Health Institutes
Deborah Meehan
Advisor Emertitus
Founder and Executive Director - Leadership Learning Community
Kelly Moore, MD, FAAP
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Associate Professor, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (CAIANH), Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado
J.T. Petherick, JD
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Associate Vice President, Government Relations & Public Affairs at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
Kelly Pfeifer, MD
Advisor Emeritus
Former Deputy Director, Behavioral Health, California Department of Health Care Services
Mark Simon, MA
Content Contributor Emeritus
Principal Consultant, Storywalkers Consulting
Glennah Trotchet, MD
Content Contributor Emeritus
Community Health Consultant
Mildred Thompson, MSW
Coach Emeritus | Advisor Emeritus
Former Senior Director, PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place
Matt Willis, MD, MPH
Advisor Emeritus | Clinical Lead Emeritus | Content Contributor Emeritus
Public Health Officer, Marin Health and Human Services
Staff
Veronica Johnson, MPH, CHES
Overdose Prevention Program Supervisor
(510) 285-9107 x718
vjohnson@healthleadership.org
Michael Rodriguez, MD, MPH
Director, California Alliance of Public Health Schools & Programs
Special Advisor, California Academic Health Department
(510) 883-3616 x713 mrodriguez@healthleadership.org
AmeriCorps service members
We sponsor the largest AmeriCorps VISTA program dedicated to opioid safety in the country through our program, the California Overdose Prevention Network.