January 2021 Conference Participants

Carlos R. Blanco, Chief Executive Officer

Carlos Blanco was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Lynn Health Science Institute in November 2020. Blanco joined LHSI in 2002 as a Clinical Coordinator. Since that time, he has ascended the executive team ranks from Director of Training in 2004, Director of Clinical Trials in 2005, Vice President of Operations in 2007, Chief Operating Officer in 2014 and Executive Vice President in 2019.

Elizabeth Ball, LCSW

I am currently the Director of Clinical Services for Integrative Health Centers located in Nashville, Tenn. In that role, I see clients virtually of all ages in rural health clinics that have mental health issues or concerns. I also serve as a liaison with other mental health providers within our organization and provide clinical consultation as requested.

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.

Armin Brott, MBA, Faciltator

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 brottd,” 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.

Deacon Glen Chester

The desire is strong to make a difference by fortifying minds through spiritual enrichment and lending an ear and assistance where needed. Because we have lost 15 members in our congregation worship isn’t what it used to be. Funerals have become a weekly ritual I could do without, but God!!!

Courtney Clyatt, MA, MPH

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.

Sarah Coles, MD

Sarah Coles, MD, FAAFP, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix in the Department of Family, Community, and Preventive Medicine.  She received her undergraduate degrees in molecular and cellular biology and saxophone performance from the University of Arizona.

Dr. John Dougherty, President

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.

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

Alphonso Gibbs, 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.

Greg 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).

Jacy Warrell, Executive Director

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).

Brooke Weingarden D.O. MPH

Dr. Brooke Weingarden is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who works with Birmingham Maple Clinic in Troy, Michigan, Oakland County Schools, and Christ Child House. Her areas of specialization include addiction in adolescents, as well as early childhood evaluations, disruptive behavior disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, thought disorders, and ADHD. She has lectured and presented nationally on the issue of adolescent addiction and trending drugs of abuse. She also has extensive experience working with patients who have comorbid substance use disorder and mood disorders. Because of the settings in which she practices, including clinics, schools, and more intensive residential settings in the Detroit area, Dr. Weingarden has extensive experience working with patients of racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, as well as low-income populations. Dr. Weingarden also conducts research of the clinical and therapeutic benefits of CBD as a physician affiliate for Hempworx.

Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D.

Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., is a Sr. Fellow in Business & Economics, Pacific Research Institute, as well as the Director of PRI’s Center for Medical Economics and Innovation.