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Executive Committee

Jen Brown, MPH
Community-Based Participatory Research Program in the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Areas of interest: Public health and community-academic partnerships

Max DeZutter
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Areas of interest:

Melody Geraci
Active Transportation Alliance
Area of interest: Complete Streets, Safe Routes to School, safe and active transportation

Joseph Harrington
Illinois Department of Public Health
Areas of interest: Public health

April Janney
Illinois Action for Children
Areas of interest:

Jack Kaplan
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago
Areas of interest: Policy and legislative affairs

Denise Lam
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Areas of interest: Health promotion

Anastasia McGee
Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
Areas of interest: Nutrition education, health promotion, and disease prevention

Sheelah Muhammad
Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN)
Areas of interest: Food access

Rebekah Silverman
Growing Home
Area of interest: Urban agriculture

Amy Skeen, MSW, LCSW
Girls in the Game
Areas of interest: Integrating physical activity and nutrition education, girls’ health and wellness, training and evaluation

Emily Surico
El Valor
Areas of interest: Children's health and wellness, early childhood education

Judah Viola, PhD
National Louis University, Department of Psychology
Areas of interest: Urban education for students with disabilities, substance abuse aftercare, affordable housing, access to healthcare, access to healthy food, and violence prevention and intervention programs for youth