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“I got involved with the CDC Foundation because I’ve seen firsthand how the dedicated men and women of the CDC are making a real difference in the world - not only in America, but anywhere public health is threatened.” - Kent C. “Oz” Nelson |
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Charles StokesPresident and CEO |
Charles Stokes was named the first executive director of the CDC Foundation in February 1995. Before then, he worked at the Missouri Department of Health for 22 years, including 12 years as deputy director. Mr. Stokes chaired the American Public Health Association’s expert panel that developed “Healthy Communities 2000,” a set of model standards being used by state and local health departments throughout the United States. He has also served as president of the Missouri Public Health Association and the Missouri Institute of Public Administration.
CDC Foundation Board Members
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Phil S. JacobsRetired President,
AT&T Southeast Business Communications Services |
Phil Jacobs retired from AT&T/Bellsouth on December 31, 2007. Jacobs began his telecommunications career in 1973 as a marketing communications consultant, and in 1983 was named operations manager of strategic planning in the newly formed BellSouth Corporation. During his tenure with BellSouth, Mr. Jacobs held positions of increasing responsibility including vice president of sales for national accounts; president of BellSouth Business Systems; chief operating officer of Optus Communications, an Australian company of which BellSouth owned a stake; president of Georgia operations; and president of Planned Communities Services. After BellSouth merged with AT&T, Jacobs served as president of Business Communications Services for AT&T Southeast through October 2007.
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Jack O. Bovender Jr.Chairman and CEO |
Jack O. Bovender Jr. is the chairman and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services. He served on the Board of Governors of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of nearly 30,000 healthcare executives. In 2007, he was bestowed ACHE’s Gold Medal Award, recognizing his significant career-long contributions to the healthcare profession. Bovender was lauded by Institutional Investor magazine as “Best CEO in America” for healthcare facilities in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Bovender earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in hospital administration from Duke University.
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Gary M. CohenExecutive Vice President |
Gary Cohen began his career with BD, a leading global medical technology company that makes and sells medical devices, instrumented systems and reagents, in 1983 as a marketing research analyst. He has held his current position of president, BD Medical since 1999. Mr. Cohen is a board director of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and national chair of its HIV/AIDS campaign for children. He is also a board director of the Perrigo Company and the Academic Alliance Foundation and a member of the private sector delegation to the Global Fund. Cohen earned his B.A. and M.B.A. from Rutgers University and is a member of its Board of Trustees.
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James W. DownFormer Vice Chairman |
Prior to his retirement James Down was vice chairman for Mercer Management Consulting responsible for the day to day management of the firm. He now volunteers his time to assist CDC on a variety of strategic issues. He is also a member of the board of directors of Oxfam America, Outward Bound Professional and GeoLogistics Corporation and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of the Engineering School at Columbia University. Mr. Down received a B.S. in engineering from Columbia University and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Richard W. EdelmanPresident and CEO |
Richard Edelman is president and chief executive officer of Edelman, one of the world’s leading public relations agencies. Prior to taking this post in 1996, Mr. Edelman served as president of Edelman, U.S. operations; regional manager, Europe; and manager of the New York office of the firm. Mr. Edelman holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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James HagedornChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board |
James Hagedorn is CEO and chairman of the board of The Scotts Company, the world’s leading supplier of consumer products for lawn and garden care. Mr. Hagedorn joined Scotts in 1995 as senior vice president of the Consumer Gardens Group when the company merged with Stern’s Miracl-Gro Products, Inc. He is a graduate of The Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and holds a degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He served in the U.S. Air Force for seven years as a captain and an F-16 fighter pilot.
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Michele HooperManaging Partner and Founder |
Michele Hooper is managing partner and founder of The Directors’ Council, an organization that helps companies around the globe bring increased independence, effectiveness and diversity to corporate boards. Ms. Hooper was formerly the president and CEO of Voyager Expanded Learning. Prior to joining Voyager, she served as president and CEO of Stadlander Drug Company, Inc. Ms. Hooper holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
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Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., EIS Hon ‘85Associate Executive Director |
As associate executive director of The Carter Center, Donald Hopkins oversees the worldwide Guinea worm eradication initiative as well as the Center’s efforts to fight river blindness and trachoma in Africa and Latin America. Before joining The Carter Center, Dr. Hopkins was assistant director for International Health and later deputy director of CDC. Dr. Hopkins also served as an assistant professor of tropical public health at Harvard’s School of Public Health and from 1967 - 69 where he directed the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
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Ruth J. Katz, J.D., M.P.H.Dean, School of Public Health and Health Services |
Ms. Katz has an extensive career in public health service and has been nationally recognized for her efforts. Currently the dean of the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University, Ms. Katz has also served as an associate dean at the Yale University School of Medicine, as counsel to the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, as the director of public health programs at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and as the counsel to the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health.
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Andrew R. Klepchick Executive Vice President/President and CEO |
Andrew Klepchick is one of the founding partners of Creative Financial Group (CFG), a financial advisory firm. Mr. Klepchick also was co-founder and president of Robert Andrews Securities, a full-service broker dealer established in 1998. In February 2001, CFG and Robert Andrew Securities were acquired by and became wholly owned subsidiaries of Synovus, a diversified financial services holding company with more than $29 billion in assets. He is a graduate of Furman University.
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Charles H. "Pete" McTierTrustee |
Charles H. McTier is a trustee of the Robert W. Woodruff, Joseph B. Whitehead, and Lettie Pate Evans Foundations. McTier has been associated with these foundations for more than 35 years. Active in regional and national foundation associations, he served as chairman of The Foundation Center Board of Trustees, vice chairman of the Council of Foundations and chairman of the Southeastern Council of Foundations. For nine years he was a Commissioner of the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Health Care Organizations. He is a graduate of the Goizueta Business School of Emory University and currently serves as a Goizueta Executive Fellow.
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Marni VlietPast President & CEO |
Marni Vliet served as the Kansas Health Foundation’s president from 1996 to 2007, leading all aspects of the Foundation’s operations, from programmatic development to investments activities. Today, Vliet is a strategic consultant to nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Kansas and across the country, serving as an advisor and frequent speaker addressing issues such as, population health, substance abuse, leadership, early childhood education and philanthropy. In addition to the CDC Foundation, she serves on the boards of directors for Drug Strategies, Wichita Art Museum and Wichita Symphony and has served as board chair for both the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and Grantmakers in Health. Vliet earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education with an emphasis in health from Wichita State University.
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Robert A. YellowleesFormer Chairman and CEO |
Robert Yellowlees is the retired chairman of the boards of Global Payments Inc. and NDCHealth. Mr. Yellowlees began his career with IBM in 1960. He joined National Data Corporation in 1992 as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Prior to that he served as an NDC board member beginning in 1985. Mr. Yellowlees is currently on the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center, the High Museum of Art and the Aperture Foundation. Mr. Yellowlees is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School.
Honorary Board Members
J. Veronica Biggins
Managing Partner, Diversity Practices
Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Veronica Biggins chaired the CDC Foundation Board of Visitors, an Atlanta-based group of individuals invited to serve as informed advocates of CDC and the CDC Foundation. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Ms. Biggins served as assistant to the President of the United States and director of presidential personnel, a position that entailed selecting and hiring all political appointees in the federal government. Ms. Biggins holds a B.A. from Spelman College and an M.Ed. from Georgia State University.
Bill Cosby, Ed.D.
Entertainer and Philanthropist
New York, New York
An accomplished author, actor and entertainer, Dr. Cosby is most known for starring in “The Cosby Show.” In 1997, Dr. Cosby and his wife Camille, founded the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation to help all people with dyslexia reach their full potential. Dr. Cosby has been a member of the CDC Foundation board of directors since its inception in 1994.
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., Ph.D.
Retired Chairman and CEO
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
Honorary Chair
Mr. Hahn has served in a number of leadership positions for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation including president, chief operating officer, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. A former nuclear physicist with the U.S. Naval Ordinance Laboratory, Mr. Hahn was also college president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mr. Hahn was the founding chair of the CDC Foundation and a member of the board of directors from 1994 to present.
George E. Hardy Jr., M.D., M.P.H., EIS ‘66
Executive Director
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Hardy began his career with CDC in 1966 as an epidemic intelligence officer. In 1980, Dr. Hardy was named assistant director for CDC and four years later was appointed assistant surgeon general in the United States Public Health Service. From 1992 to 1999 he was executive director of the International Life Sciences Institute in Washington, D.C. In addition to his other professional responsibilities, Dr. Hardy has served as clinical associate professor in the graduate program for public health at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is currently executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
Julius R. Krevans, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
School of Medicine
Bar Harbor, Maine
Julius Krevans was appointed the fifth chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) in 1982. Prior to his appointment as chancellor, he served as professor of medicine and dean of the School of Medicine at UCSF for eleven years. In 1993, he was named chancellor emeritus, and in 2002, he retired from academia. A distinguished physician and educator, Dr. Krevans played an important role nationally in developing public policy in medical education and in health sciences, as well as in the advancement of biomedical research.
Margaret E. Mahoney
President MEM Associates, Inc.
New York, New York
Founding Chair
Ms. Mahoney has devoted her career to working with philanthropies on issues concerning health, education, the arts and humanities. In 1980, Ms. Mahoney was named president of the Commonwealth Fund, becoming the first woman to head a major foundation in the United States. In addition to her responsibilities as president of MEM Associates, Ms. Mahoney is on the boards of several philanthropic organizations including the Arthur Ashe Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Bernard Marcus
Co-founder and Director Emeritus
The Home Depot, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Past Chair
In 1978 Mr. Marcus co-founded The Home Depot, North America’s largest home improvement retailer. He recently stepped down as The Home Depot’s chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Marcus serves on a number of boards of directors, including that of the New York Stock Exchange, DBT Online, Inc., and National Service Industries. In 1991, he and his wife, Billi, established The Marcus Institute, an enterprise that provides a variety of services to people with developmental disabilities. Mr. Marcus earned a B.S. in pharmacy from Rutgers University.
Kent C. “Oz” Nelson
Retired Chair and CEO
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Immediate Past Chair
Kent “Oz” Nelson is the former chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service and is a former chair of the CDC Foundation’s board of directors. Mr. Nelson also remains a member of the UPS board of directors and serves in leadership capacities for numerous other nonprofit organizations, including national director of the United Way of America and chairman of The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the world’s largest foundation dedicated to helping disadvantaged children. He also serves on the board of directors of The Carter Center and heads a $90 million fundraising campaign for his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.