The Administrator of the WTC Health Program is responsible for appointing members to the STAC. The make-up of the STAC is specified in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. A STAC member's term may last up to three years (except for some of the initial members whose term is 4 years). If a vacancy occurs, the Administrator of the WTC Health Program will appoint a new member in the same area of expertise as the individual they replace. Once a member has completed their term, they may be appointed to additional terms.
Below is the current list of STAC members and their affiliations arranged by area of expertise:
- Chair
- Elizabeth M. Ward, Ph.D.
Asheville, NC
- Designated Federal Officer
- Paul J. Middendorf, Ph.D., M.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Members
- Rosemarie Bowler, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor Emerita
Department of Psychology
San Francisco State University
El Cerrito, CA
- Mridu Gulati, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
- Catherine McVay Hughes, M.B.A.
Chair
Manhattan Community Board 1
World Trade Center Health Program's Survivors Steering Committee
New York, NY
- Vaylateena Jones, R.N.
New York, NY
- Steven Markowitz, M.D.
Professor and Director
Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
Queens College, City University of New York
Flushing, NY
- Annyce S. Mayer, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
- Michael McCawley, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
West Virginia University, School of Public Health
Morgantown, WV
- Lila Nordstrom
Founder and Executive Director
StuyHealth
West Hollywood, CA
- William N. Rom, M.D., M.P.H.
Sol and Judith Bergstein Professor of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY
- Margaret Angela Kappel Ryan, M.D., M.P.H.
Adjunct Professor
Dept. of Family Medicine and Public Health
University of California-San Diego
San Diego, CA
- Sheela Sathyanarayana, M.D., M.P.H.
Attending Physician
Center for Health, Behavior, and Development
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Seattle, WA
- Micki Siegel de Hernández, M.P.H.
Health and Safety Director
District 1
Communications Workers of America
New York, NY
- Glenn Talaska, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Director
Department of Environmental Health
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
- Marc Wilkenfeld, M.D.
Chief
Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine
Winthrop University Hospital
Garden City, NY
