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Community Coalition Board Leadership

Community Coalition Board Officers

hoffman 

LaShawn HoffmanChair 
Chair, Community Development, Civic and Public Health Consultant
NPU-V

cotton

Thomas Cotton III , Vice Chair
Redemption-Advancement Vice Chair
NPU-Y

perdue

Evonne Perdue, Secretary
Thomasville Heights Civic League
2014-15 Mini Grant Recipient
NPU-Z

Community Representatives

burney

Ruben Burney, Sr
NPU-X Chairperson

hopson

Russell Hopson
NPU-Y Chairperson

walton

Shawn Walton
CEO and Founder, WeCycle Atlanta
NPU-T

America Gruner

America Gruner
Founder, Coalición De Líderes Latinos (Coalition of Latino Leaders), CLILA

Brenda Liz (Bren) Muñoz

Brenda Liz (Bren) Muñoz
Former State of Georgia Governor Appointed and Executive Council Member with Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD)

Leslie Ramirez

Leslie Ramirez
President and CEO, House of Ramirez

Elijah Richardson

Elijah Richardson
Master of Public Health Scholar, Morehouse School of Medicine
National African American Child and Family Research Center (NAACFRC)
NPU-X

Terry Ross

Terry Ross
Lighthouse Consultants, Inc.
NPU-T

Academic Representatives

kottke

Melissa Kottke, MD, MPH, MBA
Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Jane Fonda Center
Professor, Emory University, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Erin Vinoski Thomas, PhD, MPH, MCHES®

Erin Vinoski Thomas, PhD, MPH, MCHES®
Georgia State University
Associate Director, Center for Leadership in Disability
Research Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

akintobi

Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH
Professor and Chair of Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Associate Dean, MSM Community Engagement
Principal Investigator, MSM Prevention Research Center
Director, MSM Evaluation Institutional Assessment Unit
Associate professor, MSM Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Agency Representatives

Howard Grant

Howard Grant, PhD
President/CEO

Sara Hilton

Sarah Hilton
Senior Vice President
Government Affairs and Human Services for Atlanta Housing

 Daphne Byrd

Daphne Byrd, MEd
Director
Southeastern Primary Care Consortium/Atlanta Health Education Center 

 Yvette K. Daniels, JD

Yvette K. Daniels, JD
Director, Division of Health Promotion
State of Georgia Department of Public Health  

Lynnette Allen

Lynnette Robinson
Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness