The Common Health Coalition is uniting America’s leading health care organizations in pursuit of a reimagined health system: one in which the nation’s health care and public health systems work hand in hand.

Steering Committee

Advisory Council

Our Advisory Council provides strategic advice, acts as a check on operational feasibility, and ensures CHC’s accountability to public health principles.

Co-chairs

Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association

J. Nadine Gracia, President and CEO, Trust for America’s Health

Members

Susan Kansagra

Chief Medical Officer

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Pritesh Gandhi

President & Founder

Effect Health

Josh Sharfstein

Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Mary-Ann Etiebet

President & CEO

Vital Strategies

Sandro Galea

Dean of the School of Public Health

Washington University in St. Louis

Mandy Cohen

Former Director

CDC

A.C. Locklear

Interim CEO

National Indian Health Board

John Auerbach

Senior Vice President for Public Health

ICF

Monica Bharel

Personal capacity

Jay Bhatt

Personal capacity

Brian Castrucci

President & Chief Executive Officer

de Beaumont Foundation

Fred Cerise

President and Chief Executive Officer

Parkland Health & Hospital System

Pramod Dwivedi, President

National Association of County and City Health Officials;

Health Director, Linn County Public Health

Victor Dzau

President

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Marc Gourevitch

Personal capacity

Janet Hamilton

President and Chief Executive Officer

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Sejal Hathi

Personal capacity

Chrissie Juliano

Executive Director

Big Cities Health Coalition

Ruth Katz

Executive Director, Health, Medicine, and Society Program

Aspen Institute

Nicole Lurie

Former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Mark McClellan

Director

Duke-Margolis Institute of Health Policy

Judy Monroe

President

CDC Foundation

Michelle Morse

Chief Medical Oﬃcer

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Anand Parekh

Director

Bipartisan Policy Center

Megan Ranney

Dean

Yale School of Public Health

Nicholas Stine

Executive-in-Residence

University of California, Berkeley

Hemi Tewarson

Executive Director

National Academy for State Health Policy

Tom Tsai

Co-Director, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab

Harvard School of Public Health

Lindsay Weaver

Health Commissioner

State of Indiana

Anne Zink

Former Chief Medical Oﬃcer

State of Alaska

Rishi Manchanda

HealthBegins

Melissa Harvey

Personal capacity

Melissa Stafford Jones

Public Health Institute

M. Norman Oliver

Former State Health Commissioner

Virginia Department of Health

Members

Members are added on a rolling basis. Click here to learn more about joining.

12 Baskets; Asheville Poverty Initiative

America’s Essential Hospitals

ABIM Foundation

Access Health Stark County

AHIP

Al-Munir LLC

Alianza Comunitaria de Promotores

All My Usos

All-In Cincinnati Equity Coalition

Alliance of Community Health Plans

Altarum

America’s Physician Groups

American Academy of Pediatrics

American Medical Association

American Nurses Association

American Psychiatric Association

American Hospital Association

American Public Health Association

Anphon Corporation DBA Anphon Medical Center

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

Asian American Center of Frederick

Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Asé Analytics

Austin Asian Community Health Initiative (AACHI)

Autism Society of Colorado

Baton Rouge Black Alcoholism Council dba Metro Health

Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC)

Baylor Scott & White Health

BEAT AIDS Coalition Trust

Better Health Partnership

Big Cities Health Coalition

Blackdoctor.org

Boston Medical Center

Bothwell Regional Health Center

Brown University Health

Camarena Health

Cancer Justice Network

CDC Foundation

Center for well being

CenterWell Home Health

Central Health

ChangeLab Solutions

CHI Saint Joseph Health

Chicago Department of Public Health

Children and Family Resource Services

CHW Strength Foundation

CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions

City of Milwaukee Health Department

City of Stamford

City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

Coaching Salud Holistica, LLC

Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation

Community Education Group (CEG)

Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees

Community Health Worker Collaborative of South Dakota (CHWSD)

Community HealthWorks

Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC)

COPAL (Comunidades Organizando El Poder y la Accion Latina)

Council of Medical Specialty Societies

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

CPC Integrated Health

Dallas County Health and Human Services

Delta Health System

Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy

Edgerton Hospital and Health Services

eHealth Exchange

El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center

Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota

Family Care Wellness

Fordham University – Alliance for Better Health

Fordham University

Foremost Family Health Centers

Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge

GAPCI (Global Applied Prevention Center Inc.)

Geisinger Health Plan

Global Health Corps

Granville Vance Public Health

Great Rivers United Way

Hawai‘i Public Health Institute

Health & Medicine Policy Research Group

Health Collaborative Cincinnati

Health Policy Institute of Ohio

HealthBegins

HealthCareMN

Hennepin Healthcare

Henry Schein, Inc.

Hospital District No 6 of Harper County, KS d/b/a Patterson Health Centera

Houston Health Department

Humana

I Be Black Girl

Idaho Immunization Coalition

Illinois Public Health Association

Impacto Comunitario

Independence Blue Cross

Indiana Hospital Association

Innovation Learning Laboratory for Population Health at Morehouse School of Medicine

Institute for Public Health Innovation

Johns Hopkins Brancati Center

Johns Hopkins Community Connection

Ka ʻAha Lāhui O ʻOlekona Hawaiian Civic Club of Oregon and Southwest Washington (KALO HCC)

Kaiser Permanente

Kula no na Po’e Hawai’i

LA Care Health Plan

La Casa de La Salud

Latino Leadership Council, Inc.

Let’s Smile, Inc.

Let’s Talk Public Health

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Maine Public Health Association

MaineHealth

Mass General Brigham

Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers

Merrick House

Metopio

Metropolitan Pediatrics

MHP Salud

Michigan Public Health Advisory Council

Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium

Minnesota State University

Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)

Mobridge Regional Hospital

Mount Sinai Health System / Center for Healthcare Readiness

Multinurse Inc.

National Academy for State Health Policy

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors

National Association of School Nurses

National Committee for Quality Assurance

National Indian Health Board

National Network of Public Health Institutes

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NC FIELD, Inc.

Neighborhood Health Source

Nemours Children’s Health

Network for Public Health Law

New Bedford Health Department

New York City Health + Hospitals

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Northwell Health

Northwest Healthcare Response Network

Northwestern Medicine

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Oak Street Health

Ochsner Health

Ohio Guidestone

Operation Gateway

Oregon Health Authority

O’Connell Pharmacy

Parkland Health

Partners In Health

Patriot Vita Care

PGP

Pima County Health Department

Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio

Policy, Practice and Prevention Research Center (P3RC) at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health

Prince George’s County Health Department

Priority Health

Project Access NOW

Project Destiny Inc

Project UNITY

Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)

Public Health Alliance of Southern California

Public Health Institute

Public Health Management Corporation

Public Health — Seattle & King County

Ready Set Smile

Red Lake Nation

Regional Medical Response System (RMRS), OK R6/8

Rhode Island Department of Health

RIPIN

Rising Communities

RockHealth.org

Ronald McDonald House New York

Rush University Medical Center – Community Health Worker Hub

Salt Lake County Human Services Dept

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, Access to Care, Community Health Worker Hub

San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium

Sanarai

SC THRIVE

SCAN Health Plan

Sharp Health Plan

ShotRx Health and Wellness Solutions

Siloam Health

Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc.

South Carolina Community Health Worker Association

Sparrow Healthcare

St. Mary’s County Health Department

Stevens Community Medical Center

Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas (SSFTX)

Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department

Tennessee Community Health Worker Association

The Children’s Clinic Family Health

The Iowa Community HUB

The Linc

The National Association of Community Health Workers

The National Hispanic Health Foundation

The Network of Behavioral Health Providers – Harris County Pathways Community HUB

The Pew Charitable Trusts

The SCAN Foundation

Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.

Transformative Changes

Trinity Health

Trust for America’s Health

UA Prevention Mobile Health Unit

UC Davis Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety

UCare

United Way of Capital Regional

United Way of the Crossroads

Urban Social Services and Advocacy

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity

Valley High School Health TECH Academy CHW Program

Virginia Community Health Worker Association

Vision y Compromiso

Volunteers of America MN/WI

Wagner Community Memorial Hospital-Avera

Washington State Department of Health

Washtenaw Covid Cautious Community

Wellstar Health System

West Side United, Rush University Medical Center

WestCare Ohio

Winona Community HUB

Woman’s Hospital

Yale School of Public Health

YMCA of South Florida

YWCA San Antonio

Leadership

Dave A. Chokshi, M.D., MSc.

Dave A. Chokshi, M.D., MSc. (pronounced Chock-see) is chair of the Common Health Coalition, a not-for-profit organization created to help ensure the U.S. health system is prepared to confront the next crisis. Dr. Chokshi is currently a practicing physician at Bellevue Hospital and the inaugural Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York. He previously served as the 43rd health commissioner of New York City.

From 2020 to 2022, Dr. Chokshi led the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its historic campaign to vaccinate over six million New Yorkers, saving tens of thousands of lives. Before that, he was the inaugural chief population health officer at NYC Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest public health care system.

Dr. Chokshi has held successive senior leadership roles in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. A Rhodes Scholar and White House Fellow, he is nationally recognized as a transformational leader, clinical innovator, policy expert, and fierce advocate for a stronger and more equitable system.

Dr. Chokshi earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, a Master of Science degree in Global Health Sciences from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Public Policy Studies from Duke University.

Chelsea Cipriano, MPH

Chelsea Cipriano, MPH serves as Managing Director of the Common Health Coalition, a not-for-profit organization created to help ensure the U.S. health system is prepared to confront the next crisis.

The seasoned public health practitioner leads the work with chair Dave A. Chokshi, M.D., MSc., and a group of health leaders across the country with the common goal of better health for all. The Coalition is working to improve partnerships between healthcare and public health organizations so the health system can better handle the threats of both today and tomorrow.

Prior to this role, Chelsea served as Executive Director of Government Affairs and Deputy Public Information Officer (for the COVID-19, mpox responses) for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Chelsea also served within the New York City Mayor’s Office – first as a Health Policy Advisor and then as Deputy Chief of Staff for the Office of Management and Budget. She has held additional roles in public health at multiple levels of government focused on policy, emergency response, and partnerships, including with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Chelsea began her career at the intersection of health care and public health in the back of an ambulance as an Emergency Medical Technician, and earned her Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Tulane University.

Rebecca Giglio, MPH
Deputy Director

Kushal Kadakia, MSc, MD Candidate
Common Health Fellow

The Coalition’s work is supported by PGP, Courage Forward Strategies, and the Institute for Public Health Innovation.

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