2012 Conference Planning Committee and Advisory Board
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Conference Management Team
Dawn B. Griffin, PhD, MSPH, CHES
Conference Manager
Carter Consulting
Office of Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jennifer Caraye’ Harris, MS
Health Communication Specialist
Office of Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conference Advisory Board
Nancy Ayers
Acting Director, Office of Communications
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Thomas E. Backer, PhD
President
Human Interaction Research Institute
Jay Bernhardt, PhD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Education and Behavior
Director, Center for Digital Health and Wellness
University of Florida
Ken Bernhardt PhD
Taylor E. Little, Jr. Professor of Marketing and Special Assistant to the Dean Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Dogan Eroglu, PhD
Associate Director for Communication Science
Office of Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Laura Espino, BA
Executive Director
National Public Health Information Coalition
Larry Hill, BA
President
National Public Health Information Coalition
Lenora E. Johnson, DrPH, MPH
Director, Office of Communications and Education
National Cancer Institute
Punam A. Keller, MBA, PhD
Charles Henry Jones Professor of Management
Tuck School of Business
Dartmouth College
Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D., FAAHB
University Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Communication
Director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication
George Mason University
R. Craig Lefebvre, PhD
Professor, University of South Florida
Lead Change Designer, RTI International
Bradford A. Myers, M.P.H.
Director, Division of Communication Services
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Glen Nowak, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to Director
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Barbara S. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor, Crisis Communication
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
William Smith, Ed.D, PhD
Editor
Social Marketing Quarterly
Mark A. Weber, MBA
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs/Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Conference Planning Committee
Juan-Carlos Aviles, M.A.
Office of Communication
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Cynthia Baur, PhD
Senior Advisor, Health Literacy & the Plain Writing Act
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andre Blackman
Principal/Co-Founder
Pulse + Signal/FastForward Health Film Festival
Kelli McCormack Brown, PhD, CHES
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Health Education & Behavior
University of Florida
Jonathan Cho, PhD
Chief, Communications Technology Branch
National Cancer Institute
Sameer Deshpande, PhD
Associate Professor of Marketing
Faculty of Management
University of Lethbridge
Susan Dugan
Health Communication Specialist
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Susan D. Kirby, Dr.PH, MPH
President
Kirby Marketing Solutions
Cheryl Lackey, MPH, CHES
Retired Director, Division of Communications Services
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Judith A McDivitt, PhD
Director, National Diabetes Education Program
Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Demetrius M. Parker
Health Communication Specialist
Office of the Associate Director of Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Steven Randazzo
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Health and Human Services Department
Ayanna Robinson, MPP
Senior Vice President
Health & Social Marketing Practice
Porter Novelli
Alicia Samuels, MPH
Director of Communications
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
Terry Savage, MA
Vice President, Health Communications
Westat
Carol Schechter, MA, MPH
Vice President and Director
Health Communication
Abt Associates
Leslie Snyder, PhD
Professor, Communication Sciences
University of Connecticut
Shelly Spoeth, BS
President
Spoeth Strategic Communications, Inc.
Jon Stemmle, MA
Director, Health Communication Research Center
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Sheryl Strasser, PhD, MPH, MSW, CHES
Assistant Professor
Institute of Public Health
Georgia State University
Virginia (Ginny) Sublet, PhD
Senior Health Scientist
Office of Communication
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
James B. Weaver, III, PhD, MPH
Health Communication Specialist
Office of Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Doug Weinbrenner, MS, MPA
Director of Social Media
InTouch Solutions
Nedra Kline Weinreich, MS
President, Weinreich Communications
Program Manager, Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.

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