Conference Committee

Executive Steering Committee Members

John Seffrin, PhD - Conference Chair, 13th WCTOH

Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society

Dileep G. Bal, MD, MPH - Program Co-Chair, 13th WCTOH

Chief, Cancer Control Branch
California Department of Health Services

Yussuf Saloojee, PhD - Program Co-Chair, 13th WCTOH

Executive Director
National Council Against Smoking

Michelle Bloch, MD, PhD

Medical Officer
National Cancer Institute

Sally West Brooks, RN, MA

Vice Chair
American Cancer Society

Mark Clanton

Deputy Director for Cancer Care and Delivery Systems
National Cancer Institute

Harmon Eyre, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President for
Research and Cancer Control, American Cancer Society

Karen Gerlach

Senior Program Officer The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Thomas Glynn, PhD

Director, Cancer Science and Trends and Senior Director,
International Tobacco Control, American Cancer Society

Cheryl Healton, DrPH

President and CEO American Legacy Foundation

Rosemarie Henson, MSSW, MPH

Acting Deputy Director Office of the Director
Chronic Disease Center
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Corrine Husten

Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nancy Kaufman

Vice President, Philanthropy Aurora Healthcare

Yumiko Mochizuki-Kobayashi, MD

Director, Tobacco Free Initiative
World Health Organization

Matthew Myers, JD

President
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Madeleine Solomon, MPH

State Advocacy Consultant & Tobacco Liaison
American Heart Association

Staff Members

Nathan Grey

National Vice President of International Affairs American Cancer Society

Mike Heron (13th WCTOH)

Consultant American Cancer Society

Jerry Maburn (WCC)

National Vice President, Planning and Governance American Cancer Society

Roslyn McClain, MPPA

Cancer Control Branch California Department of Health Services

Greg Oliva, MPH

Chief, Program Planning and Policy Development Tobacco Control Section

Judy Shope

Director, Board and Assembly Services, Corporate Affairs American Cancer Society


International Program
Committee Members

Dileep G. Bal, MD, MPH-Co-Chair

Yussuf Saloojee, PhD-Co-Chair

Africa

Philip Karugaba

Spokesperson, The Environmental Action Network
Uganda

Adenike Onibokun, MD

Coordinator, Center for Hope
Nigeria

Yussuf Saloojee, PhD

International Union Against Cancer
South Africa

Americas

Natasha Adrianza de Herrera, MD

Consultant & Director, Centro Medico Docente
La Trinidad & OPS OMS Venezuela
Venezuela

Dileep G. Bal, MD


Chief of Cancer Control Branch, California Department of Health Services
USA

Ricardo Granero, MD, MHSc

Ascardio, MSDS
Venezuela

Ken Kyle

Director of Public Issues, Canadian Cancer Society
Canada

Judy Wilkenfeld

Director of International Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
USA

Eastern Mediterranean

Abou-Alzahab Bassam, MD

Director of Tobacco Control Programme,
Ministry of Health
Syria

Peggy Hanna

Head of Public Relations & Health Promotion
Department, Ministry of Public Health
Lebanon

Nizal Sarraf-Zadegan, MD

Director, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center
Secretary General, Iranian Heart Foundation
Iran

Europe

Andrew Hayes

EU Liaison Officer, ECL/UICC
Belgium

Cornel Radu

President, Aer Pur Romania
Romania

Witold Zatonski, MD, ScD

Department Head of Cancer Epidemiology,
Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology
Poland

South-East Asia

Prakash Gupta, MSc. ScD

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
India

Surendra Shastri MD, DPh

Professor, Department of Preventive Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre
India


Western Pacific

Mary Assunta

Research Assistant, University of Sidney
Media Officer, Consumer’s Association of Penang, Malaysia
Australia

Shane Bradbrook

Director, ATAK – Maori Smoke-Free Coalition
New Zealand

Prof. Lu Rushan, MD

Hon. Director, Institute of Medical Information
Hon. Vice President, Chinese Association of Smoking and Health
China

Harley Stanton, DrPH

Scientist, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Philippines

American Cancer Society
Staff

Mike Heron,

National Vice President, Public Affairs

Dr. Sinead Jones

International Union Against Cancer

Jerry Maburn,

National Vice President, Planning and Governance

Thomas Glynn,

Director, Cancer Science and Trends and Senior Director,
International Tobacco Control