Executive Committee

Climate for Health is a national initiative led by a diverse network of health leaders across the health sector representing key health care, public health, clinical, and medical institutions and associations.  We are offering support and inspiration to new leaders ready to make their own commitment to climate solutions within their own organizations and communities.

Leadership Circle

An invitation-only private network that empowers local, state, and regional leaders with tools, resources, and opportunities to connect and collaborate for climate action.

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We invite local and state-level leaders to join the Climate for Health Leadership Circle, a vibrant group of leaders who are committed to accelerating their climate action and advocacy.

Alicia Nichols Gonzalez, California Organizing Manager, Mothers Out Front

Ana Maria Lopez

Angie Neison, Physician

Beth Shipp, Executive Director, Mothers Out Front

Bob Kitchen, Vice Chair for Advocacy, Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action

Cara Cook

Casey Lewis, Chair, Board of Directors, Climate Smart Glacier Country

Cheryl Holder, Co-Founder & Chair, Florida Clinicians for Climate Action

Charles Naney, Public Health Epidemiologist, Guilford County Division of Public Health

David Neisen

Joel M. Temme, Member, VCCA

Vi Nguyen, Chair of Public Health Advisory Council (Climate Actions Campaign)

Erica Weiss

Evan Brockman, Physician, Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action

Eve Turow Paul, Executive Director, Food for Climate League

Francine Baker

Bruce Bekkar, Chair, Public Health Advisory Council, Climate Action Campaign

Harleen Marwah, Pediatric Resident Physician + Founder, Medical Students for a Sustainable Future

Ilka Riddle, Director, University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Jefferson Ketchel, Executive Director, Washington State Public Health Association

Jennie McAdams, Sustainability Supervisor, Franklin County Public Health

Jessica Hamner, Public Health Improvement Manager, Coquille Indian Tribe

Jessica Nunez De Ybarra, Chronic Disease Control Branch Chief, CA Department of Public Health

Javier Sevilla-Martir

Karina Ramirez, Diversity & Inclusion Director, Citizens’ Climate Education

Kyle Fliflet, Manager, Stanislaus County Health Services Agency

Kimberly Harrell, Executive Director, Tennessee Public Health Association

Kathi Brennan King, Director of Climate Education and Leadership, Community Environmental Council

Katherine Egland, National Board of Directors of NAACP, Chairs the Environmental and Climate Justice Committee

Laura Kate Bender, National Assistant Vice President, Healthy Air, American Lung Association

Laura Schmidt, Founding Director, Good Grief Network

Weston Lauren, Executive Director, Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet

Layla Abraham, Environmental Health Educator, Franklin County Public Health

Liz Zavodsky, Executive Director, EcoChallenge

Lisa Patel, Deputy Executive Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

Linda Rudolph, Senior Advisor on Climate, Health, and Equity, Public Health Institute and Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

Lesa Walker, MD, MPH, MD, MPH Consultant, Environmental Defense Fund

Laura Stough, Professor, Texas A&M University

Mariah Norwood, American Indian Infectious Disease Liaison, Minnesota Department of Health

Melissa Ontiveros, Director of Thriving Families, Community Action Agency SNM

Maddie Gustafson

Milagros Elia, Nurse Founder, M. Elia Wellness: Nature-Based Healthcare Solutions

Margarita Loeza

Marysel Pag√°n Santana, DrPH, MS, Director, Environmental and Occupational

Health / Senior Manager, Caribbean Office, M. Elia Wellness: Nature-Based Healthcare Solutions, Migrant Clinicians Network

Nancy Metayer, Energy and Climate Equity Specialist, Energy Solutions

Nancy Faulstich, Executive Director, Regeneración РPajaro Valley Climate Action

Natalie Mebaneand, Senior Director, Climate Solutions, The Wilderness Society

Nicole Capretz, Founder and CEO, Climate Solutions, Climate Action Campaign

Sri Nihal Tammana, Founder, Recycle My Battery

Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network

Natasha Sood

Paulina Nava, Climate Change and Health Equity Coordinator, Ventura County Public Health

Patrick Jurney, Program Manager, Community Climate Solutions

Raimee Eck

Helena Randle

Rebecca Rehr, Director, Climate Policy & Justice, Maryland League of Conservation Voters

Rosie DeVito, Program Manager, NEHA

Ricardo Correa, Endocrinology program director, university of Arizona

Robin Cooper, Co-Founder & President, Climate Psychiatry Alliance

Rohan Arora

Sarah Hsu, Vice Chair, MS4SF

Sarah Westerman

Sneha Sharma, Student, University of Texas at Dallas

Steve Konkel, Principal, Konkel and Associates

Tiffany Rivera, Deputy Director, San Francisco Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response

Trisha Mims