The National Health Council is governed by a volunteer board of directors made up of representatives from our various membership categories. Board members set the strategic direction and establish policy to guide the NHC in meeting its mission to provide a united voice for people with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers.

Officers

Jeff Todd

Chairperson

Prevent Blindness

Schroeder Stribling

Chairperson-Elect

Mental Health America

Michael Osso

Vice Chair

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation

Sue Peschin

Secretary

Alliance for Aging Research

Harold Wimmer

Treasurer

American Lung Association

Kenneth Mendez

Immediate Past Chairperson

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

board Members

Jorey Berry

Immune Deficiency Foundation

Nancy Brown

American Heart Association

Lisa Butler

GBS│CIDP Foundation International

Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)

Daniel Gillison

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

Charles Henderson

American Diabetes Association

Leah Howard, JD

National Psoriasis Foundation

Devin Jopp, EdD, MS

Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention & Control (APIC)

Sunita Mishra, MD, MBA

Amazon Health Services

Michele Oshman

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD

National Minority Quality Forum

Kathryn Schubert, MPP, CAE

Society for Women’s Health Research

Louise Vetter

Huntington’s Disease Society of America

NHC Committee Members

  • Chair, Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness
  • Chair-Elect, Schroeder Stribling, Mental Health America
  • Vice Chair, Michael Osso, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • Secretary, Sue Peschin, Alliance for Aging Research 
  • Treasurer, Harold Wimmer, American Lung Association
  • Immediate Past Chair, Kenny Mendez, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  • Chair, Kenny Mendez, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  • Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness
  • Lisa Simpson, AcademyHealth
  • Harold Wimmer, American Lung Association
  • Schroeder Stribling, Mental Health America
  • Sue Peschin, Alliance for Aging Research
  • Chair, LaVarne Burton, American Kidney Fund 
  • Chair, Kenneth Mendez, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  • Lisa Butler, GBS/CDP Foundation International
  • Charles Henderson, American Diabetes Association
  • Lee Grossman, Orthopaedic Research & Education Foundation
  • Tracy Hart, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
  • Tricia Brooks, Eisai
  • Michael Weamer, The Marfan Foundation
  • Luther Clark, Merck
  • Eleanor Dehoney, Research!America
  • Lisa Butler, GBS/CIDP Foundation
  • Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness
  • Sue Peschin, Alliance for Aging Research
  • Eric Racine, Sanofi
  • Katie Schubert, Society for Women’s Health Research
  • Dan Gillison, NAMI
  • Louise Vetter, Huntington’s Disease Society of America
  • Sunita Mishra, Amazon Health
  • Chair, Harold Wimmer, American Lung Association
  • Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness
  • Schroeder Stribling, Mental Health America
  • Michael Osso, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
  • Lisa Butler, GBS/CIDP Foundation
  • Calaneet Balas, The ALS Association
  • Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
  • Chair, Sue Peschin, Alliance for Aging Research
  • Jeff Todd, Prevent Blindness
  • Bob Gebbia, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
  • Emily Boyd Stormoen, Arthritis National Research Foundation
  • Kelly Cox, Johnson & Johnson
  • Molly Murray, Autoimmune Association
  • Micah Cost, Pharmacy Quality Alliance
  • Donna Cryer, Global Liver Institute
  • Mary Bordoni, BMS
  • Ex Officio: Jeff Todd, President and CEO, Prevent Blindness & NHC Board Chair
  • Chair, Schroeder Stribling, Mental Health America
  • Jorey Berry, Immune Deficiency Foundation
  • Leah Howard, National Psoriasis Foundation  
  • Helen Burstin, Coalition of Medical Specialty Societies
  • Cass Isidro, Amputee Coalition
  • Michele Oshman, BIO
  • Bernice Martin Lee, Epilepsy Foundation
  • Jeanette Thornton, AHIP
  • Mike Ybarra, PhRMA
  • Charles Henderson, American Diabetes Association
  • Jason Resendez, National Alliance for Caregiving
  • Ex Officio: Jeff Todd, President and CEO, Prevent Blindness & NHC Board Chair
  • Chair, Leah Howard, National Psoriasis Foundation
  • Tracy Hart, Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
  • Louise Vetter, Huntington’s Disease Society of America
  • Cynthia Bens, Personal Medicine Coalition
  • Cristina Klafehn, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
  • Joe Lindahl, Multiple System Atrophy Coalition
  • Julie Fiol, Access National MS Society
  • Devin Jopp, APIC
  • Irene Aninye, Society for Women’s Health Research
  • Ron Pievincenzi, USP
  • Co-Chair, Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum
  • Co-Chair, Luther Clark, Merck
  • Charles Henderson, American Diabetes Association
  • Lily Shen, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (Nonmember)
  • Sue Peschin, Alliance for Aging Research
  • Dan Gillison, NAMI
  • Eric Racine, Sanofi
  • Adrianna Nava, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
  • Carl Hill, Alzheimer’s Association
  • Rick Willis, Brain Injury Association
  • Ex Officio: Jeff Todd, President and CEO, Prevent Blindness & NHC Board Chair (PO)

Former Chairs of the board

 
2023

Kenny Mendez
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

2022

LaVarne Burton
American Kidney Fund

2021
Diana Gray
Hydrocephalus Association
2020
Ann Palmer
Arthritis Foundation
2019
Steven Taylor, MBA
Sjögren’s Foundation
2018
Robert Gebbia
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
2017
Cyndi Zagieboylo
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
2016
Tracy Smith Hart
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
2015
Randy Beranek
National Psoriasis Foundation
2014
Nancy Brown
American Heart Association
2013
LaVarne A. Burton
American Kidney Fund
2012
Larry Hausner
American Diabetes Association
2011
John H. Klippel, MD
Arthritis Foundation
2010
Steven Taylor, MBA
Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation
2009
Cindy Brownstein
Spina Bifida Association
2008
Margaret C. Kirk
Breast Cancer Network of Strength
2007
James E. Williams, Jr.
Easter Seals
2006
John Walsh
Alpha-1 Foundation
2005

Eric R. Hargis
Epilepsy Foundation