Our Board

David Aldridge
David Aldridge
Retired CFO and Executive Vice President
Superior Essex, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

CDC Foundation Treasurer, Executive and Finance Committees

Raymond Baxter
Raymond J. Baxter, PhD
Senior Vice President Community Benefit, Research and Health Policy (Retired)
Kaiser Permanente

San Francisco, CA

CDC Foundation Vice Chair, Executive, Finance and Nominating Committees

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Brooks Bell
Founder and Executive Chairman
Brooks Bell, Inc.

Raleigh, NC

CDC Foundation Advancement and Nominating Committees

Elaine Chambers
Elaine Chambers
Chambers Family Foundation

Palo Alto, CA

CDC Foundation Board Chair and Executive and Advancement Committees

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Rev. Robert M. Franklin
Senior Advisor to the President of Emory University

President Emeritus of Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

CDC Foundation Nominating Committee

Shirley Franklin
Shirley Franklin
Former Mayor of Atlanta

Former Executive Chair

Purpose Built Communities

Atlanta, GA

CDC Foundation Executive and Advancement Committees

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Phil Kent
Former Chairman and CEO
Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc. (TBS)

Sag Harbor, NY

CDC Foundation Nominating Committee

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Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH
Vice President for Global Health
Emory University

Atlanta, GA

CDC Foundation Nominating Committee

Bob Litterman, CDC Foundation Board Member
Robert Litterman, PhD
Founding Partner
Kepos Capital

New York, NY

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

James Marks
James Marks, MD, MPH
Former Executive Vice President
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Ann Arbor, MI

CDC Foundation Executive and Nominating Committees

Melissa McPheeters
Melissa McPheeters, PhD, MPH
Senior Director
RTI International

Ann Arbor, MI

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Bernard J. Milano
Bernard J. Milano
Former President
KPMG Foundation and The PhD Project

Allendale, NJ

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Dikembe Mutombo
Dikembe Mutombo
NBA Hall of Famer and Philanthropist

Atlanta, GA

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Amelie G. Ramirez, DrPH
Chair and Professor of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research
UT Health San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

CDC Foundation Secretary and Nominating Committee

Mysheika W. Roberts
Mysheika W. Roberts, MD
Health Commissioner
The City of Columbus

Columbus, OH

CDC Foundation Nominating Committee

Winston Wong
Winston Wong, MD, MS
Scholar-in-residence
UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

San Francisco, CA

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Advisors to the Board

Vanessa M. Benavides
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Ethan Berke
Senior Vice President and Chief Public Health Officer
Optum Serve

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH
Former Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health

CDC Foundation Board Chair 2019-2022
CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Brian Gott
Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer
Entertainment Industry Foundation

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Brady Haynes
Vice President of Finance and Accounting
UPS Americas Region

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Philip S. Jacobs
Founding Partner
The Pendelton Consulting Group

CDC Foundation Board Chair 2005-2010

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Matt James
Senior Counselor
GMMB

Special Projects Advisor

Freedman Consulting

Former CDC Foundation Board Member

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Raymond F. Kerins, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer

The Next Solutions Group

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Larry E. Patrick
Partner-Health Services
PwC

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Armond Reese
Managing Director, Regional Practice Leader (GA/AL/SC)
Truist

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

John G. Rice
Retired Vice Chair
GE

Former CDC Foundation Board Member
CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Marni T. Vliet
President
Marni Vliet Strategy

Former CDC Foundation Board Member

CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Mark Volker
Retired Partner
PwC

CDC Foundation Finance Committee

Selection of Past Board Members

Doug Nelson
Retired President and CEO
The Annie E. Casey Foundation

CDC Foundation Board Chair 2014-2019

J. Veronica Biggins
Managing Partner
Diversified Search
Gary Cohen
Co-founder and CEO
Maternal Newborn Health Innovations, PBC
Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH
Former Professor of the Practice of Health Policy and Management
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health

CDC Foundation Board Chair 2019-2022
CDC Foundation Advancement Committee

Carlos Dominguez
President and COO
Sprinklr
James W. Down
Former Vice Chairman
Mercer Management Consulting
Richard W. Edelman
President and CEO
Edelman
William H. Foege, MD, MPH
Former CDC Director
Founding CDC Foundation Board Member
James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
The Scotts Company
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., PhD
Retired Chairman and CEO
Georgia-Pacific Corporation

CDC Foundation Board Chair 1994-1996

(deceased)

George E. Hardy, MD, MPH, EIS ‘66
Retired Executive Director
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Michelle Hooper
Managing Partner and Founder
The Directors’ Council
Donald R. Hopkins, MD, MPH, EIS Hon '85
Vice President, Health Programs
The Carter Center
Bob Jeffrey
Chairman & CEO - Worldwide
JWT
Ruth Katz, JD, MPH
Director, Health, Medicine and Society Program
The Aspen Institute
Andrew R. Klepchick, Jr.
Principal
Homrich Berg
Julius R. Krevans, MD
Chancellor Emeritus
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center School of Medicine

(deceased)

Margaret E. Mahoney
Former President
MEM Associates, Inc.

CDC Foundation Board Chair 1996-1998

(deceased)

Bernard Marcus
Chairman, The Marcus Foundation
Co-founder and Director Emeritus, The Home Depot, Inc.

CDC Foundation Board Chair 1998-2001

Charles H. McTier
Retired Trustee and Past President
Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Joseph B. Whitehead Foundation and Lettie Pate Evans Foundation
Kent C. "Oz" Nelson
Retired Chair and CEO
United Parcel Service, Inc.

CDC Foundation Board Chair 2001-2005

(deceased)

David Ratcliffe
Retired Chairman, President and CEO
Southern Company
David Satcher, MD, PhD
Director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, Center of Excellence on Health Disparities, Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health, Morehouse School of Medicine, 16th Surgeon General of the United States

Center of Excellence on Health Disparities,
Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health,
Morehouse School of Medicine;
16th Surgeon General of the United States

Kristen Silverberg
Former Ambassador to the European Union

Executive Vice President for Policy

Business Roundtable

Robert Yellowlees
Retired Chairman
Global Payments, Inc. and NDC Health Corporation
Andrew J. Young
Chairman
Andrew J. Young Foundation