Global Health Task Force
This Task Force will examine the critical role that Americans engaged in the health professions play throughout the world and the numerous private sector health organizations in the U.S. that are addressing critical health issues all over the world. This is an opportunity for health organizations to present innovative ways that private sector resources can be better coordinated through collaboration of the many different and separate groups. In particular, organizations will present ways to address health issues by utilizing the potential of the U.S. civilian capacity as a valuable resource. Contact Information: globalhealth[at]uscenterforcitizendiplomacy[dot]org
Members
- Dr. Jeff Heck, Co-Chair | Professor, University of North Carolina, Executive Director, Shoulder to Shoulder
- Dr. Yogesh Shah, Co-Chair | Associate Dean, Global Health, Des Moines Univ.
- W. Dwight Armstrong, Ph.D. | Chief Operating Officer, National FFA Organization
- Dr. Theresa Bernardo | Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC), Pan American Health Organization
- John Howe, MD | President & CEO, Project Hope
- Nancy Kelly | Executive Director, Health Volunteers Overseas
- Andrea Lindell, PhD, RN | Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati
- Dr. Michael McDonald | President, Global Health Initiatives, Inc.
- Dr. Ed O’Neil | Executive Director, Omni Med
- Suzanne Petroni | Vice President, Global Health , Public Health Institute
- Dr. Greg Reinhart | Vice President of Research and Nutrition, Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition
- Dr. Richard Roberts, M.D., J.D. | Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin
- Brigadier General Ron Sconyers (USAF, Ret.) | President & CEO, Physicians for Peace
- Chris van Weel, PhD | Professor, Department of Primary and Community Care, Radbound University Nijmegen Medical Center
- Dr. Anvar Velji | Co-founder, Global Health Education Consortium | Chief Infectious Disease, Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento | Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ. of California at Davis
- Dr. Marijke Velzeboer-Salcedo | Gender, Ethnicity and Health (GEH), Pan American Health Organization
- Wayne Waite | Board President, Shoulder to Shoulder
- Daniel Fantozzi | Former Director, Office of International Health and Biodefense, Department of State(Ret.)
- Edwin Brown | Director, Office of International Health & Biodefense, Department of State
Top Ten Organizations Selected:
Center for International Disaster Information
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
Indiana Univ. School of Nursing
Supercourse, Univ. of Pittsburgh
World Partners for Development
For a detailed list of criteria used to selected each organization, review our Guidelines for Selecting Top Ten Organizations page.
Portfolio summaries of all top programs will be available for each Summit participant to take home.