Our Team
Staff
Emily Carey Perez de Alejo
Executive Director
Sergio Cahueque
Community Organizer, Advocacy Lead
Stephanie Durrant
Research Coordinator, Office Manager
Larry Rugg
Financial Manager / Accountant
Laura Harper
Policy Advisor, Contract Lobbyist
Board of Directors
Defend Our Health’s Board of Directors is made up of scientists, community leaders, and health professionals.
Susan B. Inches, MBA
Chair
Steve Pomerantz, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Megan Hannan
Vice Chair, Secretary
Ruth Hennig
Rev. Richard Killmer
Laurie Mazur
Lindi von Mutius
Pallavi Madakasira
Charlotte Torrey
Board Members Emeriti
Gail Carlson, Ph.D.
Ken Geiser, Ph.D.
Lalla Carothers
Sharon L. Rosen, Ph.D.
Carla Dickstein
Ryan Bouldin, PhD
Mark Hyland M.S.
Science Advisory Council
This group of experts enriches the science and medical capacity of the Strategy Center’s environmental health work.
Gail Carlson, Ph.D.
Chair
Richard Clapp, DSc MPH
Ken Geiser, Ph.D.
Eileen Sylvan Johnson, Ph.D., GISP
