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Commission Members

​Co-chairs

Meena Brewster, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Rural Local Health Officer (St. Mary's County)

Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH
Academic Institution (Dean of UMD College Park School of Public Health)

Oluwatosin Olateju, DrPH, MSN-CPHN, RN
Academic Institution - HBCU Faculty (Assistant Professor, Coppin State University)

Commissioners

Del. Heather Bagnall
Delegate, Maryland General Assembly (District 33C - Anne Arundel County)

Camille Blake Fall, JD
Director, Maryland Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

Christopher Brandt, MBA
Public Representative - Info Tech (Audacious Capital)

Jean Drummond, MPA
Public Representative - Health Equity (HCD International)

Nilesh Kalyanaraman, MD, FACP
Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Health Public Health Services Administration

Sen. Clarence Lam
Senator, Maryland General Assembly (District 12 - Anne Arundel & Howard Counties)

Matthew Levy, MD
Urban Local Health Officer (Prince George's County)

Alyssa Lord, MA, MSc
Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Health Behavioral Health Administration

Frances Phillips, RN, MHA
Public Representative - Population Health (Former MDH Deputy Secretary of PHS, Former Anne Arundel LHO)

Nicole Rochester, MD
Public Representative (Your GPS Doc)

Maura Rossman, MD
Suburban Local Health Officer (Howard County)

Michelle Spencer, MS
Academic Institution - Public Health Systems (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

Allen Twigg, LCPC, MBA
Public Representative - Workforce (Brook Lane)

Workgroups

​The Commission's work is also supported by five workgroups.  Each workgroup has two co-chairs and multiple volunteer members.  Workgroup membership rosters can be found here (as of Jan. 16, 2025).


Communications and Public Engagement
Tonii Gedin​, RN, DNP
Sylvette La Touche-Howard, PhD, NCC, CHES

Data and Informa​tion Technology
Craig Behm, MBA
Matthew Levy, MD, MPH, FAAP

Funding
Laurence Polsky, MD, MPH
Gena Spear, BS

Governance and Organizational Capabilities
Barbara Brookmyer, MD, MPH
Fran Phillips, RN, MHA

Workforce
​Brian Castrucci, DrPH, MA
Sue Doyle, RN​