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, Illinois
Term: 8/6/2018 – 9/30/2021

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

Jennifer A. Horney, MPH, PhD
Professor, College of Health Sciences
STAR Health Sciences Complex
Newark, Delaware
Term: 5/13/2021 – 9/30/2022

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

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

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

Dawn Patricia Wooley, PhD
Professor, Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
Term: 8/1/2018 – 9/30/2021

David Leroy Lakey, MD
Chief Medical Officer
The University of Texas System
Austin, Texas
Term: 5/13/2021 – 9/30/2024

Marissa J. Levine, MD, MPH
University of South Florida
College of Public Health
Tampa, Florida
Term: 5/13/2021 – 9/30/2024

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, District of Columbia

Food and Drug Administration

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

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
Rockville, Maryland

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

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

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, Virginia

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, New Hampshire

Michele Askenazi, MPH, CHES
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, Colorado

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

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

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

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