Appendix I: Steering Committee
Drew Anderson, PhD
Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Albany
Zahrine Bajwa, PhD
Regional EFNEP Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension - Suffolk County
Barbara Baron, MS, RD
Director
Professional Communications Association
Robert Berke, MD
Commissioner, Chautauqua County Health Dept.
Representing NYS Association of County Health Officials
Maggie Blackburn, MD
Private Practice
Member of NYSDOH Minority Health Council
Katherine Brieger, MA, RD, CDE
VP Community Initiatives
Hudson River Healthcare (Migrants)
Dianne Carter
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Lois Chait, MBA, RD, CDN
Director, Child Nutrition Services
Three-Village School District
Patricia Clancy
Sr. Associate Director for Public Health
Medical Society of the State of New York
Joan E. Clifford
Senior Area Director
American Diabetes Association
Josephine Connolly Schoonen, MS, RD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
SUNY Stony Brook
Carlos Crespo, DrPH, MS
Associate Professor
University of Buffalo
Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison, PhD
Assistant Professor
State University of New York at Albany
Barbara A. Dennison, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Columbia University
Patricia Fell, RN, MS, ANP
Project Director, Health Heart Program
United Health Services Hospital
Mary Gallant, PhD, MPH
Prevention Research Center
Asst. Professor, Social Behavior & Community Health
Tina Gerardi, RN, FNP, CNS
Executive Director
NYS Nurses Association
Representing NYS Community Health Partnership
Foster Gesten, MD
Medical Director
NYS Office of Managed Care
Brian Gibney
Associate Industrial Hygienist
NYS Department of Transportation
Safety Coordinator
Philip Haberstro
Chair
NYS Physical Activity Coalition
Paul Hartman
Northeast Director of Community Health
American Heart Association
Lori Heithoff
Land Use Training Specialist
NYS Department of State
Patricia Kocialski, MEd
Coordinated School Health Policy
NYS Education Department
Ruth A. Lawrence, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & OB/GYN
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Daria Luisi, PhD
Director, Health Promotion Program
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Richard Nussbaum
Director, Bureau of Policy Development & Aging Relations
NYS Office of Medicaid Management
Christine M. Olson, PhD
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Robert Reinhardt
NYS Office of Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation
Brian Roebeck, PE
First Deputy Commissioner
NYS Department of Transportation
Charmaine Ruddock, MS
Director, The Institute for Urban Family Health
Bronx Health REACH
Michael Seserman, MPH, RD
Director, Cancer Prevention Strategies
American Cancer Society
Elliott A. Shaw
Director of Government Affairs
Business of Council of NYS
Kyle Stewart
Director, Public Policy
YMCA of New York State
