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Appendix C: Biosketches of Speakers and Moderators
Pages 63-74

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From page 63...
... During his 6 years as the commissioner of public health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, he developed innovative programs to promote health equity, combat chronic and infectious disease, and support the successful implementation of the state's health care reform initiative. As Boston's health commissioner for 9 years, he directed homeless, substance abuse, and emergency medical services for the city as well as a wide range of public health divisions.
From page 64...
... Both of these centers develop and evaluate community-integrated models of health promotion to address the needs of vulnerable children, adolescents, and families. An author of more than 150 publications, she has been the princi pal investigator on numerous federal and foundation grants (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Centers for Disease ­Control and Prevention, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Robert Wood J­ ohnson Foundation)
From page 65...
... Curry School of Education and the director of Youth-Nex: the UVA Center to Promote Effective Youth Development. Her research focuses on understanding the process of adolescent development as it unfolds within local environments with a goal of understanding how to create settings that better support youth, especially those at risk due to economic or sociocultural factors.
From page 66...
... Evelyn Garcia, LCSW,† is a licensed clinical social worker with a Pupil Personnel School Credential. She currently works as a school site social worker and field instructor in a Will Rogers Middle School, which is part of the Lawndale Elementary School District (LESD)
From page 67...
... Previously, Dr. Harris served as the Broward County human services administrator and managed the Children's Services Administration Section of the Broward County Human Services Department, Community Partnerships Division.
From page 68...
... Some of his community and industry organizational activities to name a few are as follows: president, National Forum for Black Public Administrators South Florida Chapter; Board of Directors, National Sigma Beta Club Foundation, Inc.; regional cluster coordinator, Florida Conference Seventh-Day Adventist Church Children's Adventurer Clubs; Florida Association for Volunteer Resource Management; social action chair, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Delray Beach Alumni Chapter; and ambassador father, March of Dimes.
From page 69...
... She serves on the Grantmakers in Health Board, the National Board of Public Health Examiners, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. To date, she has served in many roles at RWJF.
From page 70...
... At the school district level, Ms. Louison has led cohorts of school and community stakeholders in developing strategies that improved student attendance, school culture and climate, and family engagement.
From page 71...
... Jeffrey Sullivan, Ph.D.,† is currently the director of system-wide athletics for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) , located in Maryland, administering the interscholastic athletics program comprised of 25 high schools and 40 middle schools.
From page 72...
... She has been an elementary school and sixth grade math teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and an evaluations coordinator at the district level, overseeing the evaluation systems in the district. Coming full circle, she has "returned back home" to the world of middle school, serving in the capacity of project coordinator for the Reimagining Middle Grades initiative.
From page 73...
... As the director of children and youth initiatives, she leads and provides strategic direction for a county-wide school health initiative that seeks to reduce the effects of economic and racial disparities in Alameda County schools and create opportunities for all youth to cultivate their strengths, resiliency, and promise. In this capacity, she is responsible for the administration and oversight of 28 school health centers; mental health services in more than 200 Alameda County schools; family resource centers in school districts; REACH Ashland Youth Center; and mental health and youth development programs that support unaccompanied immigrant youth, justice-involved youth, and boys and men of color.
From page 74...
... Dr. Yu has more than 20 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative research in the areas of health and racial equity social change ­philanthropy, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, ­policy advocacy evaluation, community organizing, and vulnerable populations.


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