Dr. Salvatore Giorgianni, PharmD
Dr. Salvatore (Sal) Giorgianni received his Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from Columbia University in The City Of New York. He has extensive experience in all aspects of the practice of pharmacy and has had held faculty appointments at Columbia and Belmont Universities. He has completed a clinical practice residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Dr. Giorgianni is a licensed pharmacist in his home state of New York and in Florida he holds both a general and consultant pharmacist license.
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Armin Brott, MBA
Armin Brott is a skilled media communicator highly sought after as a facilitator, author, lecturer, and authority on men’s health, leveraging expertise with multiple media platforms to craft messages that efficiently and effectively reach their target of males. Hailed by Time magazine as “the superdad’s superdad,” Brott is a pioneer in the field of fatherhood and has been building better fathers for more than a decade. As the author of 10 bestselling books on fatherhood, he’s helped millions of men around the world become the fathers they want to be—and that their children need them to be.
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Jei Africa, PsyD, MSCP, CATC-V
An experienced clinician and an innovative thought-leader and strategist, Dr. Africa is passionate about integrating effective culturally responsive practices into the core functioning of County health services. An activist and a storyteller at heart, Jei believes that love and justice are essential ingredients in helping people thrive and collectively transforming communities.
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Dr. Jean Bonhomme, MD, MPH
Dr. Bonhomme is Founder of the National Black Men’s Health Network and an expert on men’s health, minority health, the impact of poor men’s health on families. From 2003 to the present, he has served as corporate president and Chairman of the Steering Committee for CHAMPS (Community Health and Men’s Promotion Summit), providing free health screenings to economically disadvantaged minority males. Also from 2003 to the present, he has served as staff physician for Toxicology Associates of North Georgia (TANG), a drug treatment facility based in Marietta, Georgia. From 2004 to the present:, he has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Men’s Health, and from 2006 to the present on the editorial board of the American Journal of Men’s Health.
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James Cannon, DHA, MBA, PA-C, (Psy) CAQ, MS, DFAAPA
James Cannon of Chesapeake, Va., is a hospital medicine and psychiatric PA who works in a rural inpatient and outpatient hospital based setting. He recently retired as senior officer from the U.S. Coast Officer with 31 years of military service where he was a healthcare executive and practicing PA. He is a former chairman of the board of the NCCPA, where he as served for 8 years as a director at large, on the only certifying body for 110,000 PAs nationwide.
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Courtney Clyatt
Courtney Clyatt is a Senior Program Officer for Engagement at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). She comes to PCORI with more than 10 years of experience in public health and project management. In her position, she has played a vital role in the Engagement Awards program and, specifically, the Pipeline to Proposal Awards, which will funded community-building and engagement projects.
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Dr. John Dougherty
Dr. Dougherty is a Certified Physician Leader in Administration. He was selected for and completed a Senior Leadership Development Program, a National Health Policy Fellowship and holds a Certificate in Finance from the University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management. He was voted Family Physician of the Year for Missouri in 2014, named Education Health Care Headliner by VegasInc Magazine in 2018 and was recently selected to serve as a Governor for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.
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Ana N. Fadich Tomšić, MPH, CHES
Ana Fadich Tomšić serves as Vice President at Men’s Health Network (MHN) where she oversees outreach, promotion, and health education to men, boys, and their families. As a certified health educator (CHES), she develops targeted disease education awareness materials & programs on men’s health topics and leads discussions in an effort to reduce health disparities and educate the consumer.
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Deborah Frazier, RN
Deborah Frazier currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the National Healthy Start Association. Ms. Frazier has a stellar national reputation having spent 30 years of her professional career in the field of maternal and child health. She is a past member of the HHS Secretary’s Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM), and the former Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Health for the State of Arkansas. Ms. Frazier has a long and very rich history with Healthy Start and the Association serving as grantee evaluator, technical advisor to projects, Project Director for New Orleans Healthy Start, founding member of the Association and past board member. In her role as Co-Chair of the Association’s Development Committee, she was responsible for securing funding critical to the growth and expansion of the organization- establishing regional conferences, the Healthy Start Leadership Institute, and the Partnership Grant with AMCHP and CityMatCH.
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Alphonso Gibbs, Jr., LICSW, LCSW-C
Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently employed by the Veteran’s Administration Health Systems of Southern Nevada, in Mental Health. Significant case-management experience with severely mentally ill, dually-diagnosed, formerly homeless adult men and women, adolescent youth, at-risk youth, and families. Experience at the executive levels of public health departments in Saginaw, Michigan, and Baltimore, Maryland.
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Derek M. Griffith, PhD
Dr. Derek M. Griffith is a Professor of Medicine, Health and Society, and he is the Founder and Director of the Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University. Trained in psychology and public health, Dr. Griffith’s program of research focuses on developing strategies to achieve racial, ethnic and gender equity in health. He conducts research in four interconnected areas:
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Brandon Leonard, MA
Brandon Leonard is the Associate Director of Congressional Relations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). In this role, he leads the AACR’s advocacy activities before Congress in support of increased federal funding for cancer research and legislation that will benefit those who are living with cancer. He has planned and led numerous advocacy events, including the annual Rally for Medical Research, which brings the entire medical research community together in support of funding for the National Institutes of Health. Prior to his current position, Brandon served as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Men’s Health Network, leading the organization’s policy and advocacy activities. He previously worked at the Foundation for Sustainable Development and in the Office of the Governor of Virginia.
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Dr. Corey Lyon DO, FAAFP
Dr. Corey Lyon is an associate professor in the department of family medicine for the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Currently serving as the Associate Program Director for the University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency in Denver Colorado as well as an Associate Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Family Medicine.
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Dr. Susan Milstein
Dr. Susan Milstein is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University. She is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist who has presented at national and international conferences on a wide variety of health and sexuality topics. She is a member of the Advisory Board for both the Men’s Health Network, and for the American Journal of Sexuality Education.
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Rashid Njai, PhD, MPH [LCDR, USPHS]
LCDR Rashid Njai serves as a Health scientist for the Office of Noncommunicable Diseases, Injury and Environmental Health. He is responsible for supporting the Senior Advisor for Science of ONDIEH on cross-cutting science activities and opportunities in the area of Noncommunicable diseases (chronic diseases, birth defects and developmental disabilities, injury, and environmental health).
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Gregory A. Pecchia, DO, FACOFP
Gregory A. Pecchia, DO, FACOFP is a 1983 graduate of Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his general medicine training at Phoenix General Hospital (now John C. Lincoln Hospital) and is certified in Family and Geriatric Medicine. He is currently employed as a staff geriatrician and Sr Director; Academic Innovation and Telehealth, Western University of Health Sciences/COMP-CNW (California/Oregon).
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Thair Phillips
After graduating with a degree in data processing Thair Phillips joined the Air Force and spent 8 years as a B-52 bombardier and a war planning specialist. After the Air Force he worked extensively in the computer field as a system developer, project manager, and formed his own business as a systems consultant. Later Mr. Phillips transitioned into the public policy arena.
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Anthony “Tony” Roberson, PhD, PMHNP-BC, RN, FAANP
Anthony (Tony) James Roberson was formerly Director of the Western Carolina University, School of Nursing, August 2017. He served as the chief academic officer for the school, and provided the strategic and academic mission while serving as the leader for all programs of study. His previous academic appointments included service as administrator, educator, and clinician at the University of Miami School of Nursing & Health Studies, University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing.
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Art Shanks, LCSW
Art Shanks’ long term goal is to support marginalized populations dealing with familial mental illness. In the past Shanks has worked to help implement restorative practices in innovative ways in several Chicago Public Schools. From September 2010 to August 2011 he provided trainings in restorative practices to over 250 students and CPS staff, while also directing and advising two schools’ restorative justice programs. He to created and implemented a leadership program/curriculum for high school students and helped students formulate a survey to gauge the impact of online social networking in conflicts at their school, and afterwards create a workshop/lesson plan to educate students on the pitfalls and opportunities of having an online presence.
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Shamaal Sheppard, MPH
Shamaal Sheppard serves as the Grassroots Advocacy manager for the National Association of Community Health Centers. He recently completed his masters degree in Health Policy & Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. While there, Shamaal worked as a health coach and mentor for high schoolers in Harlem at BeWell Health. It was there that Shamaal gained an appreciation for community engagement and health education.
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Matthew A. Von Zimmerman, MPH, ENS, MC, USNR
Matt Von Zimmerman began his career at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he earned his bachelor of science in chemistry with a specialization in biochemistry. After graduation, he enrolled in the University of Florida’s College of Public Health, earning a master’s in public health science and specializing in epidemiology.
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Jacy Warrell, MPA
Jacy Warrell, MPA helps bring people and organizations together to improve health outcomes through programs, policy, and collaborations. She is a listener, strategic thinker, and achiever who maintains that the best way to bring about positive change is through community engagement, education, and pairing direct services with advocacy. Her start in public health began by working with Dr. Arthur Agatson, creator of South Beach Diet on a school-based nutrition and physical activity study. This program operated in both urban and rural areas in Florida, Mississippi, and New York led to school health policy reforms with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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