Dr. Jackson’s career in public health is driven by a steadfast commitment to achieving health equity for minority and underserved populations. Having spent years on the front lines of healthcare management and residential operations, she witnessed firsthand the systemic barriers that prevent vulnerable communities from accessing high-quality, coordinated care. These experiences solidified her resolve to pursue a Doctor of Public Health in Leadership, Advocacy, and Equity to move beyond operational oversight and toward large-scale systems change.

Dr. Robert Burries’ journey into healthcare and public health leadership has been anything but conventional. With a deep commitment to advancing patient care and system-wide transformation, Dr. Burries initially pursued a Doctor of Medicine, believing that clinical practice would be the primary avenue for making a difference. However, as he progressed in his career, he became increasingly drawn to the broader structural challenges in healthcare recognizing that long-lasting, scalable change occurs at the intersection of policy, administration, and public health strategy. Motivated by this realization, Dr. Burries pursued an MBA in Healthcare Administration and Human Resource Management to gain a solid foundation in organizational leadership and healthcare operations. To further expand his influence on public health outcomes, he earned a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), with a focus on population health, value-based care models, and the systemic impact of social determinants of health (SDoH).

Renae Moch is the Public Health Director for Bismarck–Burleigh Public Health in Bismarck, North Dakota, with more than two decades of experience in healthcare administration and public health leadership. Her work focuses on cross-sector collaboration, systems improvement, and strengthening local public health infrastructure. She currently is pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) with a concentration in leadership and advocacy.

Mahbubur is a Senior Supervisor II at Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc., where he manages administrative tasks, audits, event coordination, academic reviews, and community engagement, all with the goal of creating meaningful impact across the greater Los Angeles area. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his children, working out, traveling, and reading—activities that keep him grounded and inspired.

Dr. Salmon-Trejo is a public health strategist and epidemiologist with expertise in infectious disease surveillance, maternal and child health, behavioral health, and data-driven program design. Her career has focused on transforming complex epidemiologic and policy challenges into actionable strategies that improve community health, advance equity, and strengthen public systems. She works at the intersection of research, implementation, and leadership, supporting agencies and organizations in Florida and nationally to build high impact, evidence-based programs.

Born in Laz Paz, Bolivia, Dr. Lieberman was raised in Tennessee and attended college in North Carolina before re-locating to Philadelphia for graduate school in public health. She completed her MPH and then her DrPH degree at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health. Her dissertation comprised a mixed-methods study of the mental health impacts of parental deportation or the anticipation of parental deportation among U.S.-citizen, children of Mexican immigrants and the role that anti-immigrant/anti-Latino discrimination/racism may play on that pathway. Since she finished her DrPH in 2022, she has been living and working in Philadelphia, enjoying all the city has to offer. In her free time, she likes to try new restaurants and take day trips out of the city with her fiancé.

Dr. Kiara Maddox is passionate about preparing the next generation of public health leaders. She earned her biology degree from Spelman College before pursuing her MPH at Emory, where she also conducted HIV research that deepened her commitment to equity and service. Since then, she has coordinated national and state fellowship programs, trained and mentored future public health professionals, and advanced infectious disease surveillance in Georgia and Tennessee. An experienced leader with over a decade in the field, she currently serves as a Health Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she manages the agency’s esteemed Evaluation Fellowship Program. She takes pride in mentoring professionals who will shape the future of the field. A recent DrPH graduate of Georgia State University, Kiara views every role as an opportunity to open doors for others.

Dr. Ofrane is a professor of public health, researcher, doula, advocate and mom. Her career has taken many twists and turns, and it was nothing as expected! While she had an interest in public health early on, she didn't actually learn about it as a field until a few years out of undergrad, and it's been a wonderful journey since!

Dr. Jen Hammons is a homegrown public health leader who was truly born into this work. The mountains of Central Appalachia raised her, shaped her values, and revealed both the beauty and the barriers of rural life. Those experiences inspired her life’s mission: to transform systems of care so that every person, no matter how remote their zip code or limited their means, has access to quality, compassionate healthcare.

She currently serves as the Director of Pharmacy Services and Public Health Initiatives at The Health Wagon and St. Mary’s Faith Pharmacy, where she leads community-based programs that integrate clinical care, prevention, and health equity strategies across some of the nation’s most medically underserved regions.

Archna Patel has been a behavioral scientist and public health practitioner for over 15 years. Much of her career has focused on helping adults with epilepsy better manage their health through self-management programs like Project UPLIFT and HOBSCOTCH. She served as the Network Coordinator for the Managing Epilepsy Well (MEW) Network where they have tested programs and have been working to translate them into real-world settings to reach the communities they were designed for.

Iman Ali is a passionate global health professional with a background in maternal child health and mental health research. Much of her professional roles have strengthened her research programmatic skills and working on systems-level solutions to address public health issues in low-and-middle-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan African populations. She gets very excited to work with many stakeholders on the same objectives, collaborate with teams on the ground and support the many networks that are tackling current complex issues adversely impacting diverse populations. Iman was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia but grew up in Atlanta, GA, so she’s blessed to call both cities home. She received her BA in Bioethics at the University of Rochester and an MPH at Boston University School of Public Health, concentrating in health policy and global health. Outside of her career, she enjoys traveling internationally, hosting events, getting lost in a historical documentary, finding hole in the wall gems in the city and discovering coffee shops wherever she goes.

Dr. Obidike is a globally minded public health strategist, systems thinker, and advocate dedicated to advancing equity, strengthening community resilience, and translating research into sustainable action. With more than fifteen years of professional experience across Africa, Europe, and the United States, her work bridges global program leadership, health systems design, and academic innovation. My professional journey spans directing USAID- and DFID-funded programs with ActionAid International and Catholic Relief Services, where she led multi-state initiatives that institutionalized gender-responsive HIV programming, strengthened child protection systems, and empowered vulnerable households through social and economic development. Among her proudest accomplishments, she developed and disseminated over 25 state-specific technical policy documents, reactivated child protection committees across five states, and trained more than 350 community volunteers to expand HIV prevention and care coverage .

Dr. Loeffler-Cobia is a national expert in multisector, evidence-based practices, translating research into actionable outcomes that reduce recidivism, violence, and substance abuse. She also has extensive experience in building organizational capacity to determine and implement evidence-based practices that advance system change through community engagement, evaluation, training, and collaboration. Her work supports organizational growth through business development, developing organizational frameworks related to continuous quality improvement, and directing both local and federal multi-million-dollar projects.

Okeoghene Marcel Edafetanure-Ibeh is Originally from Delta State, Nigeria, but currently resides in Texas. He is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) candidate at Texas A&M University, where he also earned a Masters of Public Health degree. His academic foundation began with a Bachelors in Medical Laboratory Science with a concentration in microbiology from Babcock University, Nigeria. Over time, he has combined this technical expertise with training in environmental and occupational health to focus on tackling pressing public health challenges.

Pooja Doshi is a DrPH candidate at Drexel University with a focus on advancing gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation in school-based vision screenings. She also serves as the Senior Managing Director at the SIR Foundation, where she helps drive research initiatives that bridge clinical innovation and public health impact.