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