Education for Legislation
Chronic Disease Policy
Educating Policy Makers and Advancing Wellness
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"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." - World Health Organization
State Policy Experts
Meet our Health Promotion Policy Experts (HPPEs)!

Each HPPE is a specialist in chronic disease prevention policy and has been uniquely trained to work with and educate other health professionals and key stakeholders on policy and environmental change at the state level.

Alabama Map
Alabama
Lea G. Yerby | yerby002@cchs.ua.edu
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Arizona
Nicole Olmstead | olmsten@azdhs.gov
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Arkansas
Kevin W. Ryan | ryankevinw@uams.edu
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California
Omar Sahak | omarsahak@gmail.com
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Colorado
Kyle Legleiter | klegleiter@prowerscounty.net
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Illinois
Michele Pfeilschifter | mpfeilschifter@arthritis.org
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Kentucky
Emily Beauregard | ebeauregard@fhclouisville.org
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Louisiana
Christine Brennan | cbrenn1@lsuhsc.edu
Maine Map
Maine
Heather Davis | hdavis@fchn.org
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Maryland
Liany Elba Arroyo | lianyarroyo@gmail.com
Michigan Map
Michigan
Jaye I. Clement | jayeb3@gmail.com
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Minnesota
Patrick Stieg | patrick.stieg@co.dakota.mn.us
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Missouri
Karley M. King | addokar@hotmail.com
New York Map
New York
Adrienne Wald | aw2101@columbia.edu
North Carolina Map
North Carolina
Shelley Golden | sgolden@email.unc.edu
David Mount | dmount@wfubmc.edu
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Ohio
Beth Canfield-Simbro | canfieba@muc.edu
Jennifer Scofield | health_impact@ymail.com
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Washington
Sandra Ripley Distelhorst | sandra.distelhorst@gmail.com
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Wisconsin
Frederick Petillo | fred.petillo@wi.gov