Leaders

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.
Elaine Auld
Elaine Auld

Chief Executive Officer for the Society for Public Health Education, Washington, DC

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Martha Baker

Chair, SEIU Nurse Alliance

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Bruce Bekkar, M.D.

Fellow, Climate for Health

Laura Kate Bender
Laura Kate Bender

National Assistant Vice President, Healthy Air, American Lung Association

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Georges Benjamin, MD

Executive Director, American Public Health Association

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Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA

18th U.S. Surgeon General, Ex Officio

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Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH

Interim Director of the Center for Climate Health, and the Global Environment (C-CHANGE) at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Stacy A. Bohlen

Chief Executive Officer of the National Indian Health Board

Charlotte Brody, RN

National Director, Healthy Babies Bright Futures

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Lisa Campbell, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC

Past Chair, APHA, Public Health Nursing Section

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Jeff Carter, JD

Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Anabell Castro Thompson, MSN, APRN, NP-C, FAAN

Past President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses

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Gary Cohen

Co-founder, President, and Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm

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Ryan Crowley

Senior Associate, American College of Physicians

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Dr. David T Dyjack, DrPH, CIH

Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association

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Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD

CEO and Executive Vice President, American Psychological Association

Lori Freeman, MBA

CEO, National Association of City and County Health Officials

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Howard Frumkin, DrPH, MPH, MD, AB

Senior Vice President, Trust for Public Land

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Lynn Goldman, MD, MS, MPH

Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University

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Barbara Gottlieb

Director, Environment & Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MS

President and CEO, Trust for America's Health

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Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM

Executive Director, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)

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Richard Jackson, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

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Howard S. Kurtzman, PhD

Psychologist, Washington, DC

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Vincent Lafronza, EdD

President & Chief Executive Officer, National Network of Public Health Institutes

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Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc

Director, Global Public Health Program, Global Observatory on Pollution and Health, Boston College

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Jay Lemery, MD

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

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Frank Loy

Board Member, Ex Officio, ecoAmerica

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Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN

CEO, National League for Nursing

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Diane J. Mancino, RN, EdD, CAE, FAAN

Executive Director, National Student Nurses' Association, Inc.

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Leyla McCurdy, MPhil

Chair, Climate for Health Leadership Circle Executive Committee

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E. Benjamin Money, Jr. MPH

Senior Vice President, Population Health - National Association of Community Health Centers

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Samuel S. Myers, MD, MPH

Director, Planetary Health Alliance

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Shirley Orr, PhD, MHS

Executive Director, Association of Public Health Nurses

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Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH

Professor and Director, Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin

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Jerome A. Paulson, MD

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and of Environmental & Occupational Health, George Washington University School of Medicine

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Rebecca Rehr

Director of Climate Policy and Justice, Maryland League of Conservation Voters

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Elena V. Rios, MD, MSPH, FACP

President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association

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Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH

Director, Climate Change and Public Health, Public Health Institute, US Climate and Health Alliance

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Mona Sarfaty, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health

Lexi Shultz, JD

VP of Public Affairs, American Geophysical Union

Dennis Stolle
Dennis P. Stolle, JD, PhD

Senior Director of Applied Psychology, American Psychological Association

Jennifer Tabola
Jennifer Tabola, MEd

Deputy Managing Director, Global Climate Strategies, Climate Leadership Initiative

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V. Fan Tait, MD, FAAP

Former Chief Medical Officer, American Academy of Pediatrics

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John Tschida, MPP

Executive Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities

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Lise Van Susteren, MD

Psychiatrist, Private Practice

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Seema Wadhwa

Executive Director, Environmental Stewardship, Kaiser Permanente

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Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH

Executive Director, Children's Environmental Health Network