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Executive officers
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Committee Chairs
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BOARD MEMBERS
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Marc Baer
VP, Health Services,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
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Romero Brown
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Edward Cohen
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Lindsey Dickinson
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The Honorable Debbie Dingell
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Mitchell Draizin
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Jim Dunn
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Melissa Foxman
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Beverly Gilyard
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Steve Hartell
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Erica Wheelan Heyse
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The Honorable Richard Hudson
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David W. Hunt, ESQ.
Legal Counsel
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Myriah Jordan
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Mike Kelley
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Bradley Knox, ESQ.
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The Honorable Cynthia Lummis
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Mateo Magdaleno
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The Honorable Joe Manchin
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Lance Mangum
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John Mason
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Michelle Mathy
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Mike Parrish
VP Public Affairs, Science and Sustainability
Bayer
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Molly Ryan
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Riley Swinehart
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Kim Talley
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Chiling Tong
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Jason Van Pelt
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Rita Vaswani
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Kathryn Weeden
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Rachel Welch
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Paul Williams
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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Pamela Alexander
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Citizenship,
KKR
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Merrill Eisenhower Atwater
People to People International
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Simeon Banister
Rochester Area Community Foundation
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Skip Braziel
VP, Government Affairs, Prudential Financial
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Diana Leon Brown
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Office of the County Executive,
Prince George’s County
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George Coelho
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Anthony Crowell
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LAWRENCE J. GREEN, M.D.
Maryland
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Raymond Hall
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The Honorable Gregg Harper
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Adrian Harpool
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BRIAN K. JOHNSON, Ed.D.
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RAYMOND KERINS, JR.
CEO, The Next Security Group and Chief Public Affairs Officer of The Next Practices Group
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The Honorable Ritchie Torres
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Karen Sessions
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Sanyin Siang
Executive Director, Coach K Leadership and Ethics Center,
Duke University
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Vanessa Sinders
INDIANA
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Will Stute
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Bruce Walker
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