Policy Advisory Group
About the Policy Advisory Group
Our Policy Advisory Group (PAG) members have high-impact backgrounds and positions relevant to our Key Policy Areas. These Advisors consult on design, development, and dissemination of our internal research projects and their practical feasibility. Our PAG regularly comes together in in-person, video, and phone meetings, which has facilitated highly effective collaboration of our interdisciplinary team.
Policy Advisory Group Members
Sonia Angell
Deputy Commissioner, New York City
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Richard Black, PhD
Principal, Quadrant D Consulting
Kofi D. Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Food as Medicine (FAM) Program Director, Elevance Health
Mark Fendrick, PhD
Director, V-BID Center
Secretary Dan Glickman
Vice President, Aspen Institute
Diane Harris, PhD, MPH
Senior Health Scientist in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Michael Jacobson, PhD
Co-founder and immediate past Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
David Kessler, JD, MD
Co-chair, National Covid-19 Task Force
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Jim Krieger, MD, MPH
Executive Director of Health Food America
John R. Lumpkin, MD, MPH
President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
Michelle Morse
Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Commissioner for the Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Rocco Perla
Co-Founder of The Health Initiative
Pamela Schwartz, MPH
Executive Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente
Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAP
Senior Advisor, Public Health Institute, and Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco
Laurie Whitsel, PhD
Vice President of Policy Research and Translation, American Heart Association
Former Policy Advisory Group Members
Captain Heidi Blanck, PhD
Chief, Obesity Prevention and Control Branch, Division of Nutrition, CDC
Tracy Fox, MPH, RD
President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC
Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH
Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School
Jerold R. Mande, MPH
Senior Fellow, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
Sharon Natanblut
Principal, Natanblut Strategies