The School of Public Health Board of Advisors provides valuable insight into the changing public health practice and research needs, as well as input on the School’s curriculum, applied practice experiences, and overall planning processes. They maintain the School’s vision to be a leading public health research institution dedicated to understanding and solving contemporary health problem, serving as the destination of choice for students seeking an affordable and meaningful public health education. The Board also shares the School’s values of integrity; accountability and transparency in our operations, scholarship and inquiry; respect for all aspects of diversity; health as a human right; prioritizing health in all policy decisions; sustainable healthy environments; and student success.
Kirk McGhee, Esq. — Board Chairman
Vice President and Regional Counsel
Kaiser Permanente
Neda Barqawi, DBA
Founder and CEO
Knovatech Insight
Iris Feinberg, PhD
Associate Director, Adult Literacy Research Center
Research Assistant Professor
Georgia State University College of Education and Human Development
Merrilee Gober, RN, BSN, JD (’89)
Chair, Legislative Committee
Medical Association of Georgia Alliance
Cathy Henson, JD (’89)
Past Chair
Georgia State University Foundation
Rosemarie “Rosie” Henson Sampson, MSSW, MPH
Operations Senior Director, Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance network (CHAMPS)
Emory Global Health Institute
Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Acting Principal Deputy Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Marshall Kreuter, PhD
Retired Scientist and Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Retired School of Public Health Faculty Member
Charles Redding
CEO and President
MedShare
Julie Rosenberg, MPH
Associate Director, Better Evidence
Ariadne Labs
Frank D. Strickland, MBA
Partner
SignatureFD
Brandon Talley, MPH
Vice President for Non-Infectious Disease Programs
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation
Jana Thomas, MPA
Vice President, Southeast Region — Medicaid Business Development
Humana
Rodney Lyn, PhD
Dean & Professor
School of Public Health
Georgia State University
Non-voting member