Public Health Advisory Board

Charles “Chuck” Henderson is a nationally recognized leader at the intersection of health, business, and social impact, serving as chief executive officer of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

Adnan Hyder is dean and Robert A. Knox professor at Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Recognized among the world’s premier scholars in health systems and policy, Hyder has worked to advance global health across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Chan Harjivan has spent his career focused on preserving and protecting the health of populations. These days, he also supports a few start-ups, and organizations focused on public health and spends time with friends and family.

John MacPhee serves as CEO of The Jed Foundation (JED), a nonprofit dedicated to promoting mental health and preventing suicide among teens and young adults. Under his leadership, JED has become a national leader, collaborating with schools, districts, and community organizations representing more than 1,500 organizations and 10 million youth to develop comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention programs. JED’s resources and campaigns have reached tens of millions of people. 

Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, is the president of the Commonwealth Fund. A national leader in health-care policy, equity, quality, and community health, Betancourt formerly served as the senior vice president for Equity and Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and as founding director of the Disparities Solutions Center. He has devoted his career to improving the quality and value of health
care for diverse populations.

Kelly Gebo began her tenure as dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (GW) in October 2025. She comes to GW from Johns Hopkins University, where she spent more than two decades in leadership and faculty roles across the School of Medicine and the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Kyu “Q” Rhee is a mission‑driven physician leader, educator, scientist, and innovator with extensive experience developing transdisciplinary teams across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors to improve the health system, particularly for underserved communities. Recognized as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2025, he serves as president and CEO of the National Association of Community Health Centers. Since opening in 1965, community health centers (CHCs) have grown into a national network of more than 17,000 locations and deliver high‑quality, affordable, patient‑governed primary care to 52 million individuals across every state, US territory, and the District of Columbia. He was recently named to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Healthcare Advisory Committee.

Esther Dyson is executive founder of the Way to Wellville, a 10-year nonprofit project devoted to showing the value of investment in community health (not health *care*) in a way that returns profits to investors and payers, and health to participants and communities.

J. Nadine Gracia is the president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), a nonprofit, nonpartisan public health policy, research, and advocacy organization in Washington, DC committed to promoting optimal health for every person and community and making health equity foundational to policymaking at all levels of society.