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We bring you a great line up of speakers! Click on the session title to learn more about the event and read the full speaker bio.
(More speakers will be added as they are confirmed)

Katherine Catalano, MS

American Public Health Association

Deputy Director, Center for Climate Health and Equity

Opening Remarks

Jonathan D. Rosen, MS, CIH, FAIHA

AJ Rosen & Associates LLC

Principal Consultant

Panel: Intersectional Climate Work Being Done by APHA Sections

Paige Knappenberger, MS

Climate Nexus

Director of Partnerships

Workshop: Talking to the Media

Raquel A. Silva, Ph.D.

ICF

Health Scientist, Lead

Presentation: Cross-sectional Work on Climate, Health and Equity at APHA


Ella Greene-Morton

University of Michigan

Community Education Coordinator

Welcome Address

Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, PhD

University of Washington Tacoma

Associate Professor

Panel: Intersectional Climate Work Being Done by APHA Sections


Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH

Children's Environmental Health Network

Executive Director

Panel: Intersectional Climate Work Being Done by APHA Sections


Padmini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, FAMWA, FRSPH

New York Medical College / American Medical Women’s Association

Global Health Director

Panel: Intersectional Climate Work Being Done by APHA Sections

E. Benjamin Money, Jr., MPH

National Association of Community Health Centers

Senior Vice President, Population Health

Panel: Finding Support for Climate, Health and Equity in Unlikely Places

Ben Fulgencio-Turner, MPP, CPH

ecoAmerica

Director, Climate for Health

Workshop: Talking to the Public

Dustin Robertson, PhD

Smart Growth America

Thriving Communities Program Manager

Panel: Finding Support for Climate, Health and Equity in Unlikely Places

Milagros de Hoz, MS

NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

Deputy Director of Policy and Strategy

Panel: Finding Support for Climate, Health and Equity in Unlikely Places

John Balbus, MD, MPH

Office of Climate Change and Health Equity, HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

Director

Keynote: Keynote Address: Climate Change and Health Equity: Taking the Long View

Meishka L. Mitchell, AICP

President & CEO

Emerald Cities Collaborative

Panel: The Climate Crisis, Social Determinants, and Deepening Health Disparities

Don Hoppert

Director of Government Relations

American Public Health Association

Workshop: Talking to Policymakers

Natasha DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES

Deputy Director of Environmental Justice Data and Evaluation

White House Council on Environmental Quality

Keynote: Climate, Equity and the Social Determinants of Health

Diana Hernández, PhD

Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Panel: The Climate Crisis, Social Determinants, and Deepening Health Disparities

Heather Joseph, MPH

Health Scientist and Commander in the USPHS

National Center for Environmental Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Panel: The Climate Crisis, Social Determinants, and Deepening Health Disparities

Matthew Weinburke, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, REHS

Co-chair

APHA’s ISC Climate Change and Health Committee /section>

Panel: Intersectional Climate Work Being Done by APHA Sections