Founding Leadership Team

Joy Deupree
UAB School of Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson Executive
Nurse Fellow

Nancy E. Dunlap
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham

John Beard
President and Chairman
Alacare Home Health and Hospice Services, Inc.

Peggy Benson
Executive Officer
Alabama Board of Nursing

Cynthia Bisbee
Executive Director
The Wellness Coalition, Montgomery

Rosemary Blackmon
Executive Vice President and COO
Alabama Hospital Association

Jim Carnes
Policy Director
Alabama Arise

Joann Clough
Transitional Care Coordinator
UAB Hospital

Michael Crouch
Dean and Professor
McWhorter School of Pharmacy
Samford University

Chanda Crutcher
Chief Executive Officer
American Senior Assistance
Programs, Inc.

Conan Davis
Assistant Dean
Community Collaborations and Public Health
UAB School of Dentistry

Robin DeMonia
Senior Vice President
Direct Communications

C. Ann Gakumo
UAB School of Nursing
Robert Wood Johnson Nurse
Faculty Scholar

Leah Garner
Director of Governmental Affairs and Advocacy
Business Council of Alabama

Anne Hails
Associate State Director of Community Outreach
AARP Alabama

Paul Kennedy
President
Walker Area Community Foundation

Karen Kennedy
Associate Dean
UAB School of Business

Kathleen Ladner
Co-leader, AL-HAC
Adjunct Associate Professor
UAB School of Nursing

Patricia Marincic
Associate Professor
College of Human Sciences
Auburn University

Tom Miller
Medical Director
Alabama Department of Public Health

Margaret Morton
President, Advisory Committee
Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers

Nan Priest
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
St. Vincent’s Health System

Anne Schmidt
Medical Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Wesley Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation

Julia Sosa
Director, Office of Minority Health
Alabama Department of Public Health

John Stone
Manager, Community Action
Children’s of Alabama

David Walters
Director for Adult Education
Alabama Community College System

Cody Thompson
Director of Health Related Programs
Alabama Community College System

Darlene Traffanstedt
Member, State Committee of Public Health
Internal Medicine Physician,
Hoover, AL

April Weaver
Alabama House of Representatives

Deborah Wesley
Chief Nursing Officer
Children’s of Alabama

Jackie Wuska
President, Chief Executive Officer
The United Way of West Alabama