Advisory Council

We are proud to have some of the most reputable gurus in tobacco and addictions on our Advisory Council. Our Council includes health advocates, education moguls, research analysts and communications specialists. Meet Our Advisory Council.

National Advisory Council

Bruce Adkins, M.S., PA
Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention
West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
Office of Community Health Systems and Health Promotion

Hector Balcazar, Ph.D., M.S.,
Regional Dean, El Paso Regional Campus
Professor, Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston

Paul Halverson, DrPH, MHSA, FACHE
Founding Dean, Indiana University Richard M. Fairbank School of Public Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Freeman McKindra
President, McKindra Development Institute, Inc.

Hazell Reed, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Research, North Carolina Central University

Valerie Yerger, ND
Associate Professor of Health Policy, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences and in the Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
University of California, San Francisco

Internal Advisory Council

Dr. Mary Benjamin
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Dr. Marian S. Evans-Lee
Program Coordinator, Minority Sub-Recipient Grant Office

Dr. Valandra L. German
Director, Minority Research Center on Tobacco and Other Addictions

Dr. Calvin Johnson
Program Director, Minority Sub-Recipient Grant Office

Dr. Jerry Lewis
Director, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Master of Science in Addiction Studies Program

Mr. Michael Steele
President/CEO, Advantage Communications, Inc

Ms. Stephanie Williams
Deputy Director for Public Health Programs, Arkansas Department of Health