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Derek Yach Derek Yach, MB ChB, BSc,MPH

Director of Health Equity at the Rockefeller Foundation; former Professor of Global Health at Yale School of Public Health; and former WHO Director of Non-Communicable Diseases. 

Richard Norling Richard Norling ’75

President & CEO, Premier, Inc.; former President & CEO, Fairview Hospital and Healthcare System; former Executive Vice President and COO, UniHealth America; member of the Board of Trustees of the Healthcare Leadership Council. 

Frank Cerra Frank Cerra,MD, PhD

Senior Vice President of the U of M’s Academic Health Center; former Dean of the U of M Medical School; and former head of the U of M’s Department of Surgery. 

Stephen Gregg Stephen Gregg ’72

Assisted in the leadership and financing of the Oregon Health Assessment Project; former
Administrator of Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis; former Senior Vice President of Brim and Associates, and founder and former CEO of the Ethix Corporation. 

John Finnegan John R. Finnegan, PhD

Assistant Vice President for Public Health; Dean and Professor of the U of M’s School of Public Health; recognized scholar and researcher in public health and the mass media. 

Dan Colgan Dan L. Colgan, EdD

Retired Superintendent of Schools, St. Joseph School Dist.; named Missouri Superintendent
of the Year; formed partnership to connect Dist. facilities with a fiber optic network; led major fundraising campaigns; and provides leadership for many organizations. 

John King John G. King ’63

President, John G. King Associates; Director of HealthEast in Minneapolis and Health Dialog in Boston; Chairman of The Health Forum
and AHA’s Services Board; past Chairman of AHA’s Board of Trustees; and former CEO of
Legacy Health System, Portland, OR. 

Donna Wilson Donna Wilson,RN

Youth Health Coordinator, Heartland Health System; more than 20 years in nursing and
community health, including former Director of Nursing for Northern Kentucky Family Health; and former RN Instructor with St. Luke West School of Practical Nursing. 

 
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