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Charles StokesPresident and CEO |
Charles Stokes was named the first executive director of the CDC Foundation in February 1995. Before then, he worked at the Missouri Department of Health for 22 years, including 12 years as deputy director. Mr. Stokes chaired the American Public Health Association’s expert panel that developed “Healthy Communities 2000,” a set of model standards being used by state and local health departments throughout the United States. He has also served as president of the Missouri Public Health Association and the Missouri Institute of Public Administration.
CDC Foundation Board Members
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Phil S. JacobsPartner |
Phil Jacobs joined The Pendleton Consulting Group in 2010, after retiring from AT&T/Bellsouth in 2007. Jacobs began his telecommunications career in 1973 as a marketing communications consultant, and in 1983 was named operations manager of strategic planning in the newly formed BellSouth Corporation. During his tenure with BellSouth, Mr. Jacobs held positions of increasing responsibility including vice president of sales for national accounts; president of BellSouth Business Systems; chief operating officer of Optus Communications, an Australian company of which BellSouth owned a stake; president of Georgia operations; and president of Planned Communities Services. After BellSouth merged with AT&T, Jacobs served as president of Business Communications Services for AT&T Southeast through October 2007.
Read More: Jacobs Named CDC Foundation Board Chair
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Gary M. CohenExecutive Vice President |
Gary Cohen began his career with BD, a leading global medical technology company that makes and sells medical devices, instrumented systems and reagents, in 1983 as a marketing research analyst. He has held his current position of president, BD Medical since 1999. Mr. Cohen is a board director of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and national chair of its HIV/AIDS campaign for children. He is also a board director of the Perrigo Company and the Academic Alliance Foundation and a member of the private sector delegation to the Global Fund. Cohen earned his B.A. and M.B.A. from Rutgers University and is a member of its Board of Trustees.
Read More: Q and A with CDC Foundation Board Member Gary Cohen
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James W. DownFormer Vice Chairman |
Prior to his retirement James Down was vice chairman for Mercer Management Consulting, responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Oxfam America, Outward Bound, Horizon Lines, Shawmut Construction and Agility Holdings and serves on the Board of Visitors for the Engineering School of Columbia University. Mr. Down received a B.S. in engineering from Columbia University and a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Colleen GogginsWorldwide Chairman, Consumer and Personal Care Group |
Colleen Goggins is a member of Johnson & Johnson's Executive Committee and has served as worldwide chairman, Consumer Group since June 2001. Ms. Goggins joined Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in 1981. In 1992, she became president of J&J Canada; in 1994, president, Personal Products Company, U.S.; and in 1995, president, Consumer Products Company. She was promoted to Company Group chairman in 1998. Ms. Goggins is a member of the board of trustees for Historic Morven, Inc. and The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey. She earned a B.S. in food chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and an M.M. from Northwestern University's Business School.
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James HagedornChairman and CEO |
James Hagedorn is CEO and chairman of the board of The Scotts Company, the world’s leading supplier of consumer products for lawn and garden care. Mr. Hagedorn joined Scotts in 1995 as senior vice president of the Consumer Gardens Group when the company merged with Stern’s Miracl-Gro Products, Inc. He is a graduate of The Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and holds a degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He served in the U.S. Air Force for seven years as a captain and an F-16 fighter pilot.
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Donald R. Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., EIS Hon ‘85Vice President, Health Programs |
As associate executive director of The Carter Center, Donald Hopkins oversees the worldwide Guinea worm eradication initiative as well as the Center’s efforts to fight river blindness and trachoma in Africa and Latin America. Before joining The Carter Center, Dr. Hopkins was assistant director for International Health and later deputy director of CDC. Dr. Hopkins also served as an assistant professor of tropical public health at Harvard’s School of Public Health and from 1967 - 69 where he directed the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program in Sierra Leone, West Africa.
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Bob JeffreyChairman and CEO |
Bob Jeffrey is the chairman and CEO of J. Walter Thompson (JWT), a global advertising network composed of 9,600 employees in more than 300 offices across 89 countries. Jeffrey took the worldwide reins of JWT in 2004, after having served as president of JWT North America for three years and before that, president of JWT’s flagship New York office for three years.
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Andrew R. Klepchick Principal |
Andrew Klepchick is a principal at Homrich Berg (HB), an Atlanta-based wealth management firm. Prior to joining HB, Mr. Klepchick founded two successful businesses, Creative Financial Group (CFG), a financial advisory firm, and Robert Andrews Securities, a full service broker dealer. In February 2001, CFG and Robert Andrew Securities were acquired by and became wholly owned subsidiaries of Synovus, a diversified financial services holding company. From 2005-2007, Mr. Klepchick held the position of president and CEO of Synovus Financial Management Services. Mr. Klepchick is a graduate of Furman University.
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Charles H. "Pete" McTierTrustee |
Charles H. McTier is a trustee of the Robert W. Woodruff, Joseph B. Whitehead, and Lettie Pate Evans Foundations. McTier has been associated with these foundations for more than 35 years. Active in regional and national foundation associations, he served as chairman of The Foundation Center Board of Trustees, vice chairman of the Council of Foundations and chairman of the Southeastern Council of Foundations. For nine years he was a Commissioner of the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Health Care Organizations. He is a graduate of the Goizueta Business School of Emory University and currently serves as a Goizueta Executive Fellow.
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Doug NelsonPresident |
Doug Nelson is president of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a member of its Board of Trustees. He is nationally known for his leadership and advocacy on behalf of family-centered, community-based responses to the needs of at-risk children and vulnerable families.Nelson currently serves as co-chair of Living Cities: the National Community Development Initiative; co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, Inc; and a member of the Board of the National Academy on Aging.
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David RatcliffeChairman, President and CEO |
David Ratcliffe is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company, one of America’s largest producers of electricity. Having worked with Southern Company and its subsidiaries since 1971, Ratcliffe became president, CEO and chairman of Southern Company in 2004. In addition to the CDC Foundation, he currently serves on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and CSX Transportation and is a member of the Georgia Bar Association. Ratcliffe received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Valdosta State University and a law degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law.
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Amy RobbinsFounder |
Amy Robbins is the executive director of The Nduna Foundation, her family foundation focused on improving the lives of children. Robbins was co-founder and chief operating officer of Glenview Capital Management until 2004. Prior to forming Glenview, Robbins spent eight years with First Chicago/Bank One in Corporate Banking in their Chicago, New York and Hong Kong offices. Robbins serves on the boards of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, the National Fish and Wildlife Federation, KIPP Academy Charter Schools, Teach for All and the Teacher's Training Institute in partnership with Hunter College. She also is actively involved with the Robin Hood Foundation, The Acumen Fund, International Medical Corps, and The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Robbins recently received UNICEF's Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award for her support and transformative leadership in Niger, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia.
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David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.Director, |
Dr. David Satcher completed his four-year term as the 16th Surgeon General of the United States in February 2002. He also served as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services from February 1998 to January 2001, and as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1993 to 1998. Dr. Satcher currently serves as director of the Center of Excellence on Health Disparities at Morehouse School of Medicine and occupies the Poussaint-Satcher-Cosby Chair in Mental Health at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Satcher has received more than 40 honorary degrees and numerous awards. Most recently he received the Sackler Award from Research America for sustained leadership at the national level, and the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute Visionary Award for engagement in research and education in the State of Georgia.
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Marni Vliet President |
Marni Vliet served as the Kansas Health Foundation’s president from 1996 to 2007, leading all aspects of the Foundation’s operations, from programmatic development to investments activities. Today, Vliet is a strategic consultant to nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Kansas and across the country, serving as an advisor and frequent speaker addressing issues such as, population health, substance abuse, leadership, early childhood education and philanthropy. In addition to the CDC Foundation, she serves on the boards of directors for Drug Strategies, Wichita Art Museum and Wichita Symphony and has served as board chair for both the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and Grantmakers in Health. Vliet earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education with an emphasis in health from Wichita State University.
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Robert A. YellowleesFormer Chairman and CEO |
Robert Yellowlees is the retired chairman of the boards of Global Payments Inc. and NDCHealth. Mr. Yellowlees began his career with IBM in 1960. He joined National Data Corporation in 1992 as chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Prior to that he served as an NDC board member beginning in 1985. Mr. Yellowlees is currently on the boards of the Woodruff Arts Center, the High Museum of Art and the Aperture Foundation. Mr. Yellowlees is a graduate of the University of Maryland and the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard Business School.
Honorary Board Members
J. Veronica Biggins
Partner
Hodge Partners
Atlanta, Georgia
Veronica Biggins chaired the CDC Foundation Board of Visitors, an Atlanta-based group of individuals invited to serve as informed advocates of CDC and the CDC Foundation. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Ms. Biggins served as assistant to the President of the United States and director of presidential personnel, a position that entailed selecting and hiring all political appointees in the federal government. Ms. Biggins holds a B.A. from Spelman College and an M.Ed. from Georgia State University.
Bill Cosby, Ed.D.
Entertainer and Philanthropist
New York, New York
An accomplished author, actor and entertainer, Dr. Cosby is most known for starring in “The Cosby Show.” In 1997, Dr. Cosby and his wife Camille, founded the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation to help all people with dyslexia reach their full potential. Dr. Cosby has been a member of the CDC Foundation board of directors since its inception in 1994.
Richard W. Edelman
President and CEO
Edelman
New York, New York
Richard Edelman is president and chief executive officer of Edelman, one of the world’s leading public relations agencies. Prior to taking this post in 1996, Mr. Edelman served as president of Edelman, U.S. operations; regional manager, Europe; and manager of the New York office of the firm. Mr. Edelman holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
T. Marshall Hahn Jr., Ph.D.
Retired Chairman and CEO
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Hahn has served in a number of leadership positions for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation including president, chief operating officer, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. A former nuclear physicist with the U.S. Naval Ordinance Laboratory, Mr. Hahn was also college president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Mr. Hahn was the founding chair of the CDC Foundation and a member of the board of directors from 1994 to present.
George E. Hardy Jr., M.D., M.P.H., EIS ‘66
Retired Executive Director
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Hardy began his career with CDC in 1966 as an epidemic intelligence officer. In 1980, Dr. Hardy was named assistant director for CDC and four years later was appointed assistant surgeon general in the United States Public Health Service. From 1992 to 1999 he was executive director of the International Life Sciences Institute in Washington, D.C. In addition to his other professional responsibilities, Dr. Hardy has served as clinical associate professor in the graduate program for public health at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is currently executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.
Michele Hooper
Managing Partner and Founder
The Directors’ Council
Chicago, Illinois
Michele Hooper is managing partner and founder of The Directors’ Council, an organization that helps companies around the globe bring increased independence, effectiveness and diversity to corporate boards. Ms. Hooper was formerly the president and CEO of Voyager Expanded Learning. Prior to joining Voyager, she served as president and CEO of Stadlander Drug Company, Inc. Ms. Hooper holds a B.S. degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Ruth J. Katz, J.D., M.P.H.
Chief Public Health Counsel
Committee on Energy and Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives
Ms. Katz has an extensive career in public health service and has been nationally recognized for her efforts. Currently the chief public health counsel for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Ms. Katz has also served as the Walter G. Ross Professor of Health Policy in the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University, an associate dean at the Yale University School of Medicine, as counsel to the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, as the director of public health programs at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and as the counsel to the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health.
Julius R. Krevans, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus
University of California at San Francisco Medical Center
School of Medicine
Bar Harbor, Maine
Julius Krevans was appointed the fifth chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) in 1982. Prior to his appointment as chancellor, he served as professor of medicine and dean of the School of Medicine at UCSF for eleven years. In 1993, he was named chancellor emeritus, and in 2002, he retired from academia. A distinguished physician and educator, Dr. Krevans played an important role nationally in developing public policy in medical education and in health sciences, as well as in the advancement of biomedical research.
Margaret E. Mahoney
Former President
MEM Associates, Inc.
New York, New York
Founding Chair
Ms. Mahoney has devoted her career to working with philanthropies on issues concerning health, education, the arts and humanities. In 1980, Ms. Mahoney was named president of the Commonwealth Fund, becoming the first woman to head a major foundation in the United States. In addition to her responsibilities as president of MEM Associates, Ms. Mahoney is on the boards of several philanthropic organizations including the Arthur Ashe Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Bernard Marcus
Chairman,
The Marcus Foundation
Co-founder and Director Emeritus,
The Home Depot, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Past Chair
In 1978 Mr. Marcus co-founded The Home Depot, North America’s largest home improvement retailer. He recently stepped down as The Home Depot’s chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Marcus serves on a number of boards of directors, including that of the New York Stock Exchange, DBT Online, Inc., and National Service Industries. In 1991, he and his wife, Billi, established The Marcus Institute, an enterprise that provides a variety of services to people with developmental disabilities. Mr. Marcus earned a B.S. in pharmacy from Rutgers University.
Kent C. “Oz” Nelson
Retired Chair and CEO
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Immediate Past Chair
Kent “Oz” Nelson is the former chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service and is a former chair of the CDC Foundation’s board of directors. Mr. Nelson also remains a member of the UPS board of directors and serves in leadership capacities for numerous other nonprofit organizations, including national director of the United Way of America and chairman of The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the world’s largest foundation dedicated to helping disadvantaged children. He also serves on the board of directors of The Carter Center and heads a $90 million fundraising campaign for his alma mater, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.