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Conference Advisory Committee
The following individuals and organizations have graciously agreed to donate their time and expertise to the planning and success of the Conference on Health, Environment, and Energy.
Phil Assmus, National Association of Clean Air Agencies; Lisanne Brown, Louisiana Public Health Institute; Jonathan Cohen, US Department of Energy; Robyn DeYoung, US Environmental Protection Agency; Barbara Gottlieb, Physicians for Social Responsibility; Diana Hernandez, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Ryan Hodum, Energy Foundation; Jyotsna Jagai, American Public Health Association and the School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago; Lauren Koch, Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth; Catherine Lee, Green and Healthy Homes Initiative; Julie Michals, E4theFuture; Denise Mulholland, US Environmental Protection Agency; Clay Nesler, Johnson Controls; Felicia Rabito, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University; Frank Rapley, Tennessee Valley Authority; Curt Rich, North American Insulation Manufacturers Association; Jennifer Russell, Merck Family Fund; Mona Sarfaty, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health; Rodney Sobin, National Association of State Energy Officials; Lauren Westmoreland, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance; Jalonne White-Newsome, Kresge Foundation; Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Children's Environmental Health Network
Health Education Planners
Mona Sarfaty, MD, MPH, FAAFP; The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Sabrina Esquivel, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC; Greater San Antonio Emergency Physicians
Morgan White, CHES®; National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Plenary Panels
Assessing the Landscape: Emerging Trends and Opportunities at the Nexus of Health and Energy
Felicia Rabito is an Epidemiologist at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Her research interest is the relationship between housing and health with particular emphasis on the health of children of low-income status who reside in urban environments. Read more >>
Hugh C. McDiarmid, Jr. is a communications officer at the Kresge Foundation, where he supports internal and external communications efforts for the the Environment Program among other key Kresge initiatives. Read more >>
Z Smith, is Principal and Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, winner of the 2014 AIA Firm Award. His built work includes academic, commercial, and residential buildings. Read more >>
Eric Werling is National Director for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America program. Read more >>
Plenary Panel on Health and Climate Change
Sherry Ahrentzen is Shimberg Professor of Housing Studies at the University of Florida (UF). Her research focuses on housing and community design that fosters the physical, social, and economic health of households. Read more >>
Nathaniel DeNicola is an assistant professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He is the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists environmental health expert and liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Council on Environmental Health.
Whitney Fung is a third-year doctoral student at the University of South Florida (USF) in the College of Public Health and a graduate of the University of Florida (UF). Read more >>
Mona Safarty is the Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health comprised of 22 medical societies representing over 550,000 physicians — more than half the physicians in the U.S. Read more>>