Steering Committee

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

Joe Kimbrell, MA, LCSW
CEO, Lousiana Pubic Health Institute

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
School of Public Health

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

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 Kennedy, Pharm. D.
Malcom Ellington Professor of Pharmacy,
Associate Dean
Xavier University of Louisiana

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

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

Michael Kaiser, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer
LSU Health Sciences Center
Health Care Services Division

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