Current Advisory Council

Marty Martinson, DrPH, Professor, San Francisco State University Department of Health Education

Desi Owens, MS, MSW, LCSW, Campus Planner and Academic Coordinator, UC Berkeley Academic Geriatric Resource Center

Steven Wallace, PhD, Professor and Assistant Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Kevin Williams, JD, Associate Director, Berkeley Youth Alternatives

Past Advisors

Mary Ellen Courtright, Vice President, Archstone Foundation

Chaya Gordon, MPH, Research Manager, American Society on Aging

Kate Lorig, RN, DrPH, Professor and Director, Patient Education Research Center, Stanford University

Dr. Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Vice President of External Relations, Public Health Institute

Speakers and Trainers

Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PolicyLink

Joe Brooks, Director of Civic Engagement and Capacity Building, PolicyLink

Lori Dorfman, DrPH, Lecturer and Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group, UC Berkeley

Jill Duerr-Berrick, PhD, Professor of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley

Sonja Herbert, MPH, Project Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group

Dr. Jay Luxenberg, MD, Professor and Medical Researcher, UCSF and Jewish Home for the Aged

Linda Neuhauser, DrPH, Clinical Professor and Co-Principal Investigator, Health Research for Action, UC Berkeley

Arnold Perkins, Director Emeritus, Alameda County Public Health Department

Dr. John Schwartzberg, MD, Physician, Professor and Director, USCF-UCB Joint Medical Program

Dr. Stephen Shortell, PhD, Dean and Professor, UCB School of Public Health

Dr. Frank Staggers Jr., MD, Former President of California Medical Association and National Medical Association, Co-Founder, Ethnic Health Institute

Kevin Williams, JD, Associate Director, Berkeley Youth Alternatives