STAFF

DWIGHT C. WILLIAMS, M.S.W.

Dwight Williams is the Director of the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute (NEPHLI), the New York State Department of Health’s Health Management Development Fellowship Program and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior at the School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York. He teaches the graduate course on Public Health Leadership and also teaches the undergraduate course on the Introduction to Public Health.

Mr. Williams is the past Chair of the Executive Committee and the current Co-Chair of the Strategies Workgroup of the National Public Health Leadership Development Network (NLN). The Network is charged to increase public health leadership capacity through the promotion of linkages among state, regional, national and international leadership programs. He has represented the NLN on the Turning Point Leadership Development National Excellence Collaborative and the Public Health Leadership Development Summit. The Collaborative developed the curriculum and presentation guide for Collaborative Leadership. The Leadership Summit is a forum for select public heath stakeholders to provide guidance to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the future of leadership and workforce development.

Mr. Williams is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Capital District African-American Coalition on AIDS and faculty partner with the W. Haywood Burns Environmental Education Center. He is also on the faculty of the National Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute where he lectures on change styles, interprets results and provides executive coaching for participants.

Prior to establishing NEPHLI, he was the Chief Health Planner in the Division of Health Facility Planning for the New York State Department of Health. Over the years, his areas of responsibility have included policy and plan development for certified home health care, primary care and rural health care services.

While living in New Jersey, Mr. Williams was an administrator of the Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services Corporation (a community health center) and Director, Division of Evaluation of the Central Jersey Health Planning Council. He also served as a Technical Advisor to the Governor’s Alcoholism Advisory Council and Vice Chair of the State Grant Review Committee for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Services.

Mr. Williams received his B.A. from Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware and M.S.W. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

ELLEN DONOVAN, M.A..

Ellen Donovan is the Program Associate for the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute (NEPHLI), and a 13 year employee of the New York State Department of Health. Her professional experiences included managing and maintaining resources in the State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, David Axelrod Institute Library. In this capacity, Ellen worked with research scientists, laboratory technicians, students and support staff. She also participated in a variety of workgroups, committees and teams.

While at Wadsworth Center, Ellen worked on the Governor's Office of Employee Relations Task Force charged with developing a statewide agency guide for succession planning. She also served as a labor representative on the New York State Department of Health, Organization Development Implementation Team (ODIT). As a member of ODIT, Ellen contributed to the development of the department's succession and strategic plans. In conjunction with her work for NEPHLI, Ellen is the coordinator of the Department of Health's, Health Management Development Fellowship Program. Other affiliations involve the Commissioner's Intra-Agency Task Force on Women's Issues, Mentor/Protégé Program and the Women's Government Network.

Ellen received her B.A. in communications from the College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York and her M.A. in urban and environmental studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York with a minor in public involvement. She holds certificates in Interpersonal Communications, Train the Trainer and Conflict Resolution. She is also a 2006 recipient of the Commissioner's Recognition Award.

FACULTY & KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

NEPHLI coordinates experts in the fields of leadership, public health and risk communication. Faculty are selected based on the needs of the Scholars and their knowledge of contemporary public health. There are a number of experts who participate with each class and are considered core faculty. Others are invited to concentrate on specific and relevant issues and may work with only one or two classes.

Below are the Core Faculty, frequent faculty, as well as NEPHLI Keynote Speakers:

--Core Faculty--

Grant W. Bagnardi, CLP, BSE, President of Grant Bagnardi and Associates, Team Building

Donna Euben, J.D., Associate Counsel, American Association of University Professors, Policy Advocacy and Lobbying

Deoshore F. Haig, M.S.W., Haig and Associates Consulting Firm ,Skills to Value and Understand Diversity

Bob Howard, M.A., M.P.H., Senior Vice President, Key3Media, Los Angeles, CA, Risk and Crisis Communications

Mark Lipton, Ph.D., Chair, Organization Change Management, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy New School University, That Vision Thing: Thinking About Yourself As A Leader vs. A Manager; Understanding Your Managerial Preferences...And How They Are Different From Others; Leadership Practices Inventory; Influencing Others; How Do Leaders Develop?; How Do Promising Leaders Derail Themselves?; Making NEPHLI Relevant

--Frequent Guest Faculty--

Lisa Churchville, President and General Manager, NBC 10, Providence, Rhode Island and Bedford, Massachusetts, Leadership Principles: The Same in Any Environment; Sigma Six

Donna R. Dinkin, Dr.Ph., MPH The Value of Who You Know: Developing Social Networks Within Public Health Organizations, Developing Emerging Leaders

William Eyman, M.A.,(Retired) Rhode Island. Emotional Intelligence

Bob Fullilove, Ed.D., School of Public Health, Columbia University, NYC, Perils and Pleasures of Public Health Research and Interventions in Medically Underserved Communities; Turning Communities onto Public Health Public Health Leaders: Engaging the Community to Prevent Youth Violence in School; Changing Demographics/Social Economic Status: Implications for Public Health

Kristine M. Gebbie, R.N., Dr. P.H., Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Director, Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, Columbia University, New York, NY Leadership Competencies For Emergency Preparedness; Public Health Infrastructure,Public Health In Transition: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Leadership: New Models Systems Thinking ; The Dynamics of the Health System; Workforce Development: From Competencies to Healthier Communities

Robert Marshall, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Health, Community Affairs, Rhode Island Department of Health, Role of Public Information in Public Health; Social Marketing

Linda A. Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Research Professor, Georgetown University, Co-CEO, DC Developing Family Center, Washington, DC, Vice President, Children's Research, Triangle - Chicago, IL, Substance Abuse and Perinatal Care; The DC Developing Families Center: Leadership Through Collaboration

Louis Rowitz , Ph.D., director, Mid-America Public Health Leadership Institute, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago. Systems Thinking

Punkin Clay Stephens, Ph.D., School of School of Public Health, University at Albany and NYS DOH Public Health, Using Data for Public Health Decision-Making: The Good, the Difficult and the Ugly

--Keynote Speakers--

July 2007 Mary Applegate, M.D., M.P.H., Interm Dean, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Albany, New York

July 2006 Edward Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

July 2004 Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H., NEPHLI, Class of 1998, President-Elect American Public Health Association, Former Commissioner, Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Fighting for Public Health

July 2003 Adewale Troutman, M.A., M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Morehouse School of Medicine, GA ,Identifying Patterns Which Control Events

July 2002 Ivan C.A. Walks, M.D., Ivan Walks and Associates, former Chief Health Officer, District of Columbia and Director Health Department ,Public Health Leadership in Times of Crisis and Change

July 2001 Michael E. Bird, M.S.W., President, American Public Health Association, Leadership in 21^st Century: Threats and Challenges"

July 2001 Carol Easley Allen, Ph.D., R.N., President, American Public Health Association, Professor and Chair, Department of Nursing - Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, Public Health Leadership for the 21^st Century

July 1999 Carol Roddy, J.D., Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration,Public Health Leadership: Bridging Politics, Business and Science

July 1998 Audrey Gotsch, Dr. P.H., CHES, President-elect, American Public Health Association, Professor and Director, Public Education and Risk Communications Division, Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, Rutgers University, NJ, The Changing Landscape of Public Health

July 1997 David Satcher, M.D., Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, President of Morehouse University School of Medicine,Atlanta,GA, Vision of Public Health Leadership