Advisory Board

Partner Up! for Public Health is supported by an Advisory Board of more than 30 organizations who share the vision of rebuilding Georgia's public health system.

The representatives of those organizations are:

James (Sandy) Streater, Jr., Ed.D., Department Chair, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Department of Health Sciences;

James Curran, M.D., M.P.H., Dean, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health;

Melanie Ragin, Ph.D., Director of MPH Program, Fort Valley State University;

Lynn Woodhouse, Ed.D., M.P.H., Associate Dean and Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health;

Michael Eriksen, Sc.D., Director, Georgia State University, Institute of Public Health;

Morgan Washington, M.P.A., Executive Director, Health Students Taking Action Together;

Phillip Williams, Ph.D., Dean & Georgia Power Professor, University of Georgia, College of Public Health;

Rhonda Payne, M.P.H., Executive Director, Georgia Society for Public Health Education;

Debra Nesbit, Associate Director for Legislative Services, Association County Commissioners of Georgia;

Greg Dent, CEO, Community Health Works of Georgia;

Bernard Scoggins, M.D., Chair, Dougherty County Board of Health;

 Lamar Norton, Executive Director, Georgia Municipal Association;

Kathryn Martin, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Southeast Georgia Campus, Georgia Health Sciences University;

Russ Toal, M.P.H., President, Georgia Public Health Association;

June Deen, State Director, American Lung Association in Georgia and South Carolina;

Ruth Eldredge, President, Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund;

Rick Ward, C.A.E., Executive Director, Georgia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics;

Matt Caseman, Executive Director, Georgia Rural Health Association;

Stephanie Davis, Executive Director, Georgia Women for a Change;

Louise Radloff, Chair, Gwinnett County Board of Health;

Donna Looper, Executive Director, Georgia Free Clinic Network;

Kathy Floyd, Associate State Director of Advocacy, AARP Georgia;

Brittany Freeman, Southeast Advocacy Director, American Diabetes Association;

Timothy Sweeney, Senior Healthcare Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute;

 Cynthia Zeldin, Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future;

Jack Bernard, District 3 Commissioner, Jasper County Board of Commissioners;

Craig Smith, M.D., Chairman, Medical Practice Committee, Medical Association of Georgia;

Daniel Blumenthal, M.D., Chair, Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine;

Eric Bailey, Georgia Grassroots Advocacy Manager, American Cancer Society - South Atlantic Division;

Sarah Balog, Government Relations Director, American Heart Association - Greater Southeast Affiliate;

Ross King, Executive Director, Association County Commissioners of Georgia;

Lamar Raulerson, CMSP, Chair, Echols County Board of Health;

Alan Essig, Executive Director, Georgia Budget & Policy institute;

 Cecilia Saenz, Project Director, 2020 Georgia;

 Nelda Greene, Associate Executive Director, Georgia Dental Association;

 Alexandria Chambers, M.P.H., Executive Director, Athens Health Network;

 Lindsay Myers, Program Manager, Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce; and

 Cheryl Christian, Executive Director, Good News Clinics.