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Board of Visitors

The Graduate School of Public Health Board of Visitors improves the quality of the school by providing candid, comprehensive, and informed reaction to Pitt Public Health educational objectives and programs and by providing advice in Pitt Public Health’s strategic planning efforts. Its meetings provide a forum for the school to demonstrate its accountability to external constituencies. The board of visitors may have significant influence on institutional advancement, not only for direct assistance in fund-raising, but also by providing an opportunity to communicate to a broader audience and, therefore, to create a base of support for the school’s and the University’s public relations efforts.

Members of the Pitt Public Health Board of Visitors are appointed by the chancellor, in consultation with the senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the Pitt Public Health dean. The board is drawn from top experts in public health, corporate and civic leaders, and alumni, with diversity of membership a priority. All University boards include members of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees and are chaired by a trustee.

David Acosta Member, 2021- Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, American Association of Medical Colleges	Edward J. Benz Member, 2021- Former President and CEO, Dana Farber Cancer Center	Debra Bogen Member, 2021- Director, Allegheny County Health Department
Debra Cen Member, 2017- Founder and Former President, LEAP Biosciences	Wen-Ta Chiu Member, 2017- Former Minister, Taiwan Department of Health	Karen Feinstein Member, 2014- President, Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh
Lee Foster II Member, 2007- Chairman of the Board, L.B. Foster Company Trustee Emeritus, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh	William Green Member, 2007- Professor Emeritus, Orthopedic Surgery	Diane P. Holder Member, 2021- EVP and president, UPMC Insurance Services Division Member, University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees
Robert Lovett Member, 2015- Founding Partner, Lovett, Bookman, Harmon, Marks, LLP Trustee, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh	Patricia Maryland Member, 2014- Former President of Healthcare Operations and COO, Ascension Health	Patricia Matthews-Juarez Member, 2021- Vice President, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Director, Research Training Core, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Meharry Medical College
Jeff Morby Member, 2007- Chairman/Managing Director, Amanra Corporation	Diane Peterson Member, 2007- Retired President, D. Peterson and Associates Alumna, Pitt Public Health	Tom Priselac Member, 2020- President and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Jim Roddey Member, 2007- Senior Consultant, McCrory & McDowell LLC Trustee Emeritus, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh Former Chief Executive, Allegheny County	David Savitz Member, 2021- Chair, Epidemiology, Center Director of Epidemiology and Environmental Health Professor, Departments of Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatrics, Brown University	Eva Tansky Blum Member, 2012- Chairwoman and president, The PNC Foundation Former senior vice president and Director of community Affairs, PNC Bank Trustee and Chair, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh
Mary Jo White Member, 2007- Former State Senator, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st District Trustee Emerita, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh	Michael Yonas Member, 2021- Vice President, Public Health, Research and Learning, The Pittsburgh Foundation