STEERING COMMITTEE

Charles L. Brown, Jr., M.D. (Committee Chair)
Professor, School of Public Health
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Honorable Martha Woodard Andrus
Mayor
City of Grambling

Theodore B. Callier
Assistant Vice President, Research and Sponsored Programs
Dillard University

Tom Farley, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Community Health Sciences
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, Dr. P.H.
Dean, School of Public Health
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Donna Nola Ganey
Assistant Superintendent, Office of School and Community Support
State Department of Education

Jimmy Guidry, M.D.
State Health Officer/DHH Medical Director
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

Carolyn Johnson, Ph.D., N.C.C., L.P.C.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Kathleen B. Kennedy, Pharm.D.
Malcolm Ellington Professor of Pharmacy and Associate Dean
Xavier University of Louisiana

Michael Kaiser, M.D.
Associate Chief Medical Officer
LSU Health Sciences Center Health Care Services Division

Jerry McLarty, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cancer Prevention and Control, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport

Dr. Angela Martin
Pharmacist
Complete Vital Care
Robyn Merrick, M.P.A., B.S.
Director, Public Affairs
Southern University System Presidents Office

Honorable Marc Mouton
Lafayette City Parish Council
District 7

Ex Officio Members:

Joseph D. Kimbrell, M.A., L.C.S.W.
Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana Public Health Institute

Ashley Ross, M.P.H.
Program Director
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living

Sarah Moody Thomas, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Director, School of Public Health
LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center