Committee Chairperson

RADM Kermit C. Smith, D.O., M.P.H., USPHS (Ret)
Former Chief Medical Officer for Indian Health Service (Retired)
Member of Assiniboine Tribe
Tucson, AZ

Committee Members

Edna M. Berastain, MBA
President
Edisa Business Group.
Orlando, FL

Diana M Bontá, RN Dr PH
Vice President, Public Affairs
Kaiser Permanente Southern California
Pasadena, CA

Bettye Davis-Lewis, Ed.D.
President
National Black Nurses Association
Houston, TX

Cheryl Killion, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D
Associate Professor
Case Western Reserve University
School of Nursing
Cleveland, OH

Adrienne Laverdure, M.D.
Medical Director of Family Health
Peter Christensen Health Center
Lac Du Flambeau, WI

Bryan Liang, M.D., Ph.D., J.D.
Executive Director and Professor of Law
Institutes of Health Law Studies
California Western School of Law
Co-Director and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
San Diego Center for Patient Safety
University of California
San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA

Inam Ur Rahman, M.D.
President and Founder
The Diabetic Clinic
Honolulu, HI

Valerie Romero-Leggott, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Dept of Family and Community Medicine and Associate Dean of the Office of Diversity
University of Mexico
Albuquerque, NM

Carolyn M. Tucker, Ph.D.
Distinguished Alumni Professor
Professor of Psychology
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Community Health and Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Joseph Kevin Villagomez, MA
Secretary of Health
Department of Public Health
Saipan, MP

Cara Cowan Watts
District Seven Representative to the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council
District 7- Will Rogers
Claremore, OK