Member Roster

CPR’s Board of Scientific Counselors consists of 11 voting members (Appointed Special Government Employees), including the Chair; 3 Ex Officio voting members from federal agencies; and 6 liaison representatives. Voting board members and non-voting liaison representatives have expertise in the following topic areas relevant to emergency preparedness and response business, crisis leadership, emergency response and management, engineering, epidemiology, health policy and management, informatics, laboratory science, medicine, mental and behavioral health, public health law, public health practice, risk communication and social science.

Suzet McKinney, DrPH, MPH
Principal, Director of Life Sciences
Sterling Bay
Chicago, IL
Term: 8/6/2018 – 9/30/2021

David Fleming, MD
Distinguished Fellow Trust for America’s Health (TFAH)
Bainbridge, WA
Term: 11/07/2019 – 9/30/2023

Octavio N. Martinez, MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA
Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, The University of Texas
Austin, TX
Term: 10/30/2019 – 9/30/2023

Brent Pawlecki, MD
Chief Health Officer
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron, OH
Term: 2/12/2019 – 9/30/2022

Catherine C. Slemp, MD, MPH
Public Health Policy and Practice, Consultant
Milton, WV
Term: 2/8/2019 – 9/30/2022

Kasisomayajula Viswanath, PhD, MA, MCJ
Lee Kum Kee Professor of Health Communication
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Term: 2/15/2019 – 9/30/2022

Dawn Patricia Wooley, PhD, SM [NRCM], RBP, CBSP
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Wright State University
Dayton, OH
Term: 8/1/2018 – 9/30/2021

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

Kristin L. DeBord, PhD
Director. Strategy Division
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC

Food and Drug Administration

RADM Denise Hinton
Chief Scientist
Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Silver Spring, MD

National Institutes of Health

Paula Bryant, PhD
Director, Office of Biodefense, Research Resources, and Translational Research
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD

Christina Egan, PhD, CBSP
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)external icon
Chief, Biodefense Laboratory, Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY

Laura Magana, PhD
Association of Schools and Programs of Public Healthexternal icon (ASPPH)
President CEO
Washington, DC

Parham Jaberi, MD, MPH
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)external icon
Chief Deputy Commissioner for Public Health and Preparedness
Virginia Department of Health
Richmond, VA

Benjamin P. Chan, MD, MPH
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist (CSTE)external icon
State Epidemiologist
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Public Health Services
Concord, NH

Michele Askenazi, MPH
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)external icon
Director of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communicable Disease Surveillance
Tri-County Health Department
Greenwood Village, CO

A.J. Schall, Jr., BS
National Emergency Management Associationexternal icon
Director, Delaware Emergency Management Agency
Department of Safety & Homeland Security
Smyrna, DE

Jamie Ritchey MPH, PhD
Director, Tribal Epidemiology Centerexternal icon (TEC)
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA)
Phoenix, AZ

Kimberly Lochner, ScD
Deputy Associate Director for Science, CPR
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

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