Board Members

CHAIR

Cham E. Dallas, PhD
Professor and Director, University of Georgia Institute for Disaster Management, Athens, Georgia

VICE-CHAIR

Mahmood (Mike) Usman, MD, MMM, MPH

Medical Director, Beacon Health Options, Cranberry, Pennsylvania 

Deborah Adelman, PhD

Professor of Nursing, Graduate Nursing Programs at Purdue University Global, School of Nursing

LCDR Latasha A. Allen, MSPH, MEDM

Dr. PH Candidate (C4A), Global Health Leadership, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis 

Arthur Cooper, MD

Director, Pediatric Surgical Services and Director of the Trauma Center for the Columbia University Affiliation at Harlem Hospital Center, New York, New York

Donald A. Donahue, LTC, MS, USA (Ret.), DHEd, MBA, MSJ, FACHE, FRSPH
Potomac Institute; Global Health Program and Professor,  University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Heather Hayanga, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, ACTA Fellowship Program Director, Co-Director Cardiac Anesthesia Education and Clinical Research, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Edbert Hsu, MD, MPH

Associate Professor Emergency Medicine & International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Sam Pope PhD, JD

Chair of Medical Education and Professor of Immunology and Microbiology at the Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine

Cheryl K. Schmidt, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN                          Clinical Professor, Pre-licensure Department, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Faculty, Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University, Arizona