Barry H. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Chair & President (New York, NY)
Director, Dreyfus Health Foundation of The Rogosin Institute
Board of Directors of Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation, Kornfield Foundation, and New York City Rescue Mission
Sally K. Walden, Vice President and Secretary (Columbus, GA)
Community volunteer; Board of Directors of Open Door Community, Girls Inc., St. Francis Hospital, and Junior League of Columbus
Richard N. Hubert, Esq., Treasurer (Atlanta, GA)
Senior Attorney with Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams and Martin, L.L.P.
Dean's Counsel, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Advisory Board, Duke University; Trustee, The O.C. Hubert Trust
D. Keith Calhoun (Atlanta, GA)
Chief Executive Officer, Purchasing Power, LLC
Board Member, Trinity Community Ministries
Rev. James C. Cantrell (Norcross, GA)
District Superintendent, Atlanta Emory District of the United Methodist Church
Elvan C. Daniels, M.D. (Atlanta, GA)
Associate Director and Director of Women's Health, National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine
William D. Hoyt (Atlanta, GA)
Senior Credit Manager – Vice-President, SunTrust Bank (Retired)
Board member, Good Samaritan Health Center
Mission Committee, Mission Volunteer, and Sunday Servant, Northside UMC
Lea Ann Hudson (Marietta, GA)
Director of the Office of the President, Agnes Scott College
Active member, Mount Zion UMC (Marietta, GA)
Nancy Brooks Jones (Chapel Hill, NC )
Teacher and Faculty Advisor - AFS-Student Foreign Exchange Club (Retired)
Chair, The D.W. and Ruth Brooks Foundation; Trustee, NC Wesleyan College
Parmindar S. Lotay (Nairobi, Kenya)
Chief Executive Officer, Pharm Access Africa, Ltd.
Chairman, Grassroots Alliance for Community Education, Africa & Rotary Club of Nairobi
Advisory Board Member, National Organization of Peer Educators (Kenya)
Helen F. McSwain, M.D. (Atlanta, GA)
Physician (OB/GYN), Peachtree Women's Specialists & Piedmont Hospital staff
Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Richard W. Riley (Gainesville, GA)
Partner, Sawyer Riley Compton (Retired)
Jo (Elna) Sheetz (Atlanta, GA)
Education Coordinator, Community Action Center
Deaconess, United Methodist Church; Member, North Georgia United Methodist Housing and Homeless Council
Patricia M. Simone, M.D. (Dunwoody, GA)
Principal Deputy Director, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rebecca B. Work, CNM, MSN, MPH, Atlanta, GA
Former faculty, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
Community volunteer, Emory University Alumni Association & Cathedral of St. Philip; Past President, Riverwood High School PTSA and Board member of the school’s Foundation
Kathleen Eidson, Director Emerita
Financial Officer (retired) Lathem Time
Julia T. Gary, Ph.D., Director Emerita
Dean of College Emerita, Agnes Scott College; United Methodist Minister (Retired)
Claude H. Grizzard, Sr., Director Emeritus
Chairman Emeritus, Grizzard Communications Group
L. Bevel Jones, III, D.D., Director Emeritus
Bishop, United Methodist Church (Retired)
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March 7, 2012: GHA Board meeting
The Executive Seminar on Strategies and Best Practices on Global Issues of Gender, Migration, HIV & AIDS and Human Development will take place March 25-30, 2012. Register by February 10, 2012 to qualify for scholarships. More details are available on the seminar page!
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