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

Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Myovant Sciences

President of the Board of Directors
Kitty Hsu Dana

Senior Health Policy Advisor (retired), National League of Cities; former Vice President of Community Impact-Health, United Way Worldwide

Board Treasurer
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
Natoya J. Walker-Minor

Deputy General Manager, Administration & External Affairs, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Board Secretary
Sharon M. Burney

Justice of the Peace, Harris County, TX
Dr. Lisa Cacari-Stone

Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health, University of New Mexico Health
Barbara Krimgold

Vice President, Health and Safety Associates
Jason Lacsamana

Director of Programs and Partnerships for the St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund
Mariko Lockhart

Deputy Director of the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning
Reggie Moore

Director of Violence Prevention Policy and Engagement, Medical College of Wisconsin
Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh

Professor, San Francisco State University
Rachel Davis

Executive Director, Prevention Institute

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

CEO, MPHI
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

Equity Scholar, Urban Institute
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

Founder & Principal, Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Joy

Board and Advisors

Board of Directors

Kalahn Taylor-Clark

Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Myovant Sciences

President of the Board of Directors

Kitty Hsu Dana

Senior Health Policy Advisor (retired), National League of Cities; former Vice President of Community Impact-Health, United Way Worldwide

Board Treasurer

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

Natoya J. Walker-Minor

Deputy General Manager, Administration & External Affairs, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Board Secretary

Sharon M. Burney

Justice of the Peace, Harris County, TX

Dr. Lisa Cacari-Stone

Professor of Health and Social Policy, College of Population Health, University of New Mexico Health

Barbara Krimgold

Vice President, Health and Safety Associates

Jason Lacsamana

Director of Programs and Partnerships for the St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund

Mariko Lockhart

Deputy Director of the Seattle Department of Education and Early Learning

Reggie Moore

Director of Violence Prevention Policy and Engagement, Medical College of Wisconsin

Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh

Professor, San Francisco State University

Rachel Davis

Executive Director, Prevention Institute

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

CEO, MPHI

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

Equity Scholar, Urban Institute

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

Founder & Principal, Healing Trauma, Reclaiming Joy