Board of Directors
Gail Reed MS
Chair, Board of Directors
Co-chair, Joint
Academic Council
Contributing Editor,
MEDICC Review’s Cuba Health Column
Arnold Perkins BA
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Chair, Alameda County Juvenile Justice Commission and the University of California Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center Community Advisory Board
Elder, Brotherhood of Elders Network
Marsha Broussard DrPH MPH
President, Policy and Action for Community Health, New Orleans, LA
Melissa S. Burroughs MD MS
Cardiologist, Wellstar Health System,
Atlanta, GA
Board Member, Association of Black Cardiologists
Paul C. Erwin MD DrPH MPH
Dean, School of Public Health
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Organization
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Angela J. Garcia
Executive Director,
Global Links,
Pittsburgh, PA
Tomás A. Magaña MD MA FAAP
Lead Physician, Dept. of School-Based Health Centers, La Clínica de La Raza, Oakland, CA
Asst. Professor/Medical Director, Master’s Physician Assistant Dept., Samuel Merritt University
Founding Director, FACES for the Future Coalition, Public Health Institute
Carmen Rita Nevarez MD MPH
Senior Consultant,
Public Health Institute,
Oakland, CA
Cristina Rabadán-Diehl PharmD PhD MPH
Technical Advisor on Substance Use Disorders, Cristina Rabadan Consulting, LLC
Member, National Advisory Council, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, HHS
Adjunct Professor, George Washington University
Ralph Rivera-Gutiérrez PhD MSW
Professor, Department of Health Services Administration
University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health (UPR-GSPH)
Director, UPR Center for Public Health Preparedness
Richard Streiffer MD
Past Dean & Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine
Univ. of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL
Founding Chair and Professor Emeritus, Family & Community Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA