2012 Conference Planning Committee and Advisory Board

Conference Co-Chairs

Katherine Lyon Daniel, Ph.D.
Acting Director
Office of the Associate Director for Communication
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robert Jennings
President-elect
National Public Health Information Coalition (NPHIC)
Director, Office of Public Affairs
Ohio Department of Health

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

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