Children and Nature Initiative

Advisory Committee

• Janet Ady- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Sophie Balk, MD- Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
• Stephanie Chalupka, EdD, RN, PHCNS-BC, FAAOHN- Worcester State College
• Jean Sheerin Coffey, PhD, CPNP- Essex Pediatrics/University of Vermont, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
• Mark Cucuzzella, MD- West Virginia University/Harpers Ferry Family Medicine
• Ruth Etzel, MD, PhD- George Washington University
• Joel Forman, MD- Mount Sinai Medical Center
• Catherine Karr, MD, PhD- University of Washington
• Dee Merriam, FASLA- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Evelyn Montalvo Stanton, MD- Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine/University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, National Hispanic Medical Association
• Deborah Pontius, RN, MSN, NCSN- Pershing County, NV School District, National Association of School Nurses
• Chuck Remington- National Audubon Society
• James Roberts, MD, MPH- Medical University of South Carolina, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Bonnie Rogers, DrPH, COHN-S, LNCC- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Safiya Samman- U.S. Forest Service
• James Subudhi- WE ACT for Environmental Justice
• Myrtis Sullivan, MD, MPH- Illinois Department of Human Services, National Medical Association
• Lois Wessel, CFNP- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
• Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH- Children’s Environmental Health Network