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.

Martha Baker

Chair, SEIU Nurse Alliance
Bruce Bekkar, MD

Fellow, Climate for Health
Laura Kate Bender

National Assistant Vice President, Healthy Air, American Lung Association
Dr. Georges Benjamin, MD

Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Dr. Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA

18th U.S. Surgeon General, Ex Officio
Aaron Bernstein, MD, MPH

Former Co-Director, C-CHANGE at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Charlotte Brody, RN

National Director, Healthy Babies Bright Futures
Brian Campbell, PhD

Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Dr. Lisa Campbell, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC

Past Chair, APHA, Public Health Nursing Section
Anabell Castro Thompson, MSN, APRN, NP-C, FAAN

Past President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Gary Cohen

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

Senior Associate, American College of Physicians
Caleb Dresser

Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. David T Dyjack, DrPH, CIH

Executive Director, National Environmental Health Association
Dr. 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
Dr. Howard Frumkin, DrPH, MPH, MD, AB

Senior Vice President, Trust for Public Land
Lynn Goldman, MD, MS, MPH

Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University
Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MS

President and CEO, Trust for America’s Health
Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM

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

Director, Environment and Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Howard S. Kurtzman, PhD

Psychologist, Washington, DC
Vincent Lafronza, EdD

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

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

Board Member, Ex Officio, ecoAmerica
Ed Maibach, PhD

Director, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN

CEO, National League for Nursing
Leyla McCurdy, MPhil

Chair, Climate for Health Executive Committee
E. Benjamin Money, Jr. MPH

Senior Vice President, Population Health – National Association of Community Health Centers
Samuel S. Myers, MD, MPH

Faculty Director, Institute for Planetary Health – Johns Hopkins
Shirley Orr, PhD, MHS

Executive Director, Association of Public Health Nurses
Lisa Patel, MD

Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Jerome A. Paulson, MD

Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and of Environmental & Occupational Health, George Washington University School of Medicine
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH

Professor and Director, Global Health Institute, University of Wisconsin
Rebecca Rehr

Director of Climate Policy and Justice, Maryland League of Conservation Voters
Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH

Director, Climate Change and Public Health, Public Health Institute, US Climate and Health Alliance
Lexi Shultz, JD

VP of Public Affairs, American Geophysical Union
Dennis P. Stolle, JD, PhD

Senior Director of Applied Psychology, American Psychological Association
Lise Van Susteren, MD

Psychiatrist, Private Practice
Jennifer Tabola, MEd

Deputy Managing Director, Global Climate Strategies, Climate Leadership Initiative
V. Fan Tait, MD, FAAP

Former Chief Medical Officer, American Academy of Pediatrics
John Tschida, MPP

Executive Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Seema Wadhwa

Founder and CEO, Net Positive Solutions
Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH

Executive Director, Children’s Environmental Health Network
Britt Wray, PhD

Director, Environment and Health

Executive Committee Emeritus

Elaine Auld, CEO, Society for Public Health Education
Stacy Bohlen, Former CEO, National Indian Health Board
Jeff Carter, CfH EC Emeritus, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Barbara Gottlieb, Director, Environment and Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Richard Jackson, Professor Emeritus, UCLA Fielding School of Health

Philip Landrigan, Director, Global Public Health Program, Boston College
Diane Mancino, National Student Nurses Association
Elena Rios, President and CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association
Mona Sarfaty, Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health