Portrait of PHA Board Member Peter Dolan.

Peter R. Dolan - Board Chair

Peter R. Dolan, MBA is Chairman of the PHA Board. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Tufts University and is the former Chairman and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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Portrait of James R. Gavin III, Chair of PHA's Board of Directors.

James R. Gavin III, MD, PhD - Board Chair Emeritus

Dr. Gavin is Board Chair Emeritus of PHA, having served as Board Chair from 2010 until 2020. He is a widely respected academic and entrepreneur in the medical community who brings a deep knowledge of childhood obesity-related illnesses and the policy and environmental influences that contribute to childhood obesity.

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Headshot for David Blair, former Executive Chairman of Accountable Health, Inc. and Partnership for a Healthier America board member.

David Blair - Board Member

David Blair is the former Executive Chairman of Accountable Health, Inc. Accountable and is a life-long resident of Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Portrait of PHA Board Member Dr. Bill Dietz.

William H. Dietz - Board Member

Dr. Dietz is the Chair of the Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.

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Portrait of PHA Board Member Viviana Lopez Green

Viviana Lopez Green - Board Member

Viviana López Green is the Senior Director of Affiliate Engagement at UnidosUS, the largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the US. In that capacity, she designs and leads national outreach and engagement efforts across nearly 300 state and local community-based organization to align on policy priorities, support organizational innovation by integrating civic action into social services, and develop leadership and communication initatives to change Latino narratives.

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Portrait of PHA Board Member Daniel Houston.

Daniel J. Houston - Board Member

Daniel J. Houston is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Principal Financial Group®. He is responsible for overall management of the company.

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Board - John Kiely

John Kiely - Board Member

Mr. Kiely is a director of Zovio Inc., a public educational technology company, Amneal Pharmaceutical, a public generic and specialty pharmaceutical company, and Covis Pharmaceutical, a private specialty pharmaceutical company.

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Portrait of PHA Board Member Gordon Reid.

Gordon Reid - Board Member

Gordon Reid serves as Brand President of Giant Food, the Washington DC region’s largest Grocery brand with 165 stores and approximately 18,000 associates. With more than 35 years of retail experience, he joined Giant Food in November 2013.

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Updated Board Member picture, Jason Langheier

Jason Langheier - Board Member

Jason Langheier, MD, MPH, is the CEO and Founder of Zipongo. He studied medical school, biostatistics and clinical research at DukeMed, Harvard and UCSF, respectively, following neuroscience research at Williams College, Cambridge University, Duke and the NIH.

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Leslie Sarasin, Executive Director of FMI: the food industry association.

Leslie G. Sarasin Esq., CAE - Board Member

Leslie G. Sarasin Esq., CAE is the president and chief executive officer of FMI: The Food Industry Association, the trade association that serves as the voice of food retail, assisting its food retail and wholesale members in their role of feeding families and enriching lives, as well as the companies that supply goods and services to the industry.

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