World Congress is pleased to announce the Public Health Congress scheduled for July 16-18, 2007 at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, DC. The Public Health Congress brings together federal, state, and local health officials, hospital and health system administrators, and private sector executives in an exclusive networking environment designed to promote collaboration and partnerships to improve preparedness, prevention, and infectious disease control.

Donald L. Carcieri Governor State of Rhode Island

R. James Nicholson Secretary U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Laurie Garrett Senior Fellow for Global Health Council on Foreign Relations

Federal Government Officials
John Agwunobi, MD, MPH, MBA EVP Professional Services Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	David Atkins, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Stephanie B. Coursey Bailey, MD, MS Chief, Office of Public Health Practice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Julie Louise Gerberding, MD, MPH Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Administrator Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Garth Graham, MD, MPH Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health Office of Minority Health US Department of Health and Human Services	Charles W. Grim, DDS, MHSA Assistant Surgeon General, Director, Indian Health Service US Department of Health and Human Services
Ann R. Knebel, RN, DNSc, FAAN Deputy Director Preparedness Planning, Office of Preparedness and Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response US Department of Health and Human Services	Robert Martin, MPH, DrPH Acting Director, National Center for Public Health Informatics Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Kathie S. McCracken, RN, MHA, FACHE Healthcare Sector Infrastructure Analyst, Partnerships and Outreach Division US Department of Homeland Security	Lucienne Nelson, RN, MPH, CDR, USPHS Program Manager, Critical Infrastructure Protection for Healthcare & Public Health Sector, Office of Preparedness & Emergency Operations, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness & Response US Department of Health and Human Services
Melissa Sanders, CDR, USPHS Team Leader, Hospital Preparedness Program, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response US Department of Health and Human Services	Kimothy Smith, DVM, PhD Chief Veterinarian, Chief Scientist & Acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer US Department of Homeland Security
Congress Chairperson George A. Strait, Jr. Communications Director Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health Former ABC News Medical Correspondent
State & Local Government Officials
J. Nick Baird, MD Former Director Ohio Department of Health	Andrew S. Bernstein, MD, MPH Health Officer Harford County Health Department
Mark D. Birdwhistell Secretary Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services	Robert L. Burhans Director, Public Health Preparedness and Response New York Department of Public Health
Donald L. Carcieri Governor State of Rhode Island	Leah Devlin, DDS, MPH Health Director North Carolina Division of Public Health
Bruce Goldberg, MD Director Oregon Department of Human Services	Mitchell H. Katz, MD Director of Health San Francisco Department of Health
Christopher Koller Health Insurance Commissioner State of Rhode Island	Jennifer Kopke, MA, LAC Executive Director Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
Karen A. Madden Director, New York State Office of Rural Health	David Palm Administrator, Office of Public Health, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Jaime H. Rivera, MD Director, Division of Public Health Delaware Department of Health & Social Services	Shannon Robshaw Executive Management Officer, Office of the Secretary Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
John Selig Director Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services	Kevin U. Stephens, Sr, MD, JD Director New Orleans Health Department
David N. Sundwall, MD Executive Director Utah Department of Health	Lesa Walden-Young Director Live Healthy Georgia Georgia Department of Human Resources
Rhonda White, MBA Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness Florida Department of Health
Hospital Executives
Ron J. Anderson, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Parkland Health & Hospital System	Mary Ann Banerji, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine, Director Diabetes Treatment Center Suny Downstate Medical Center
Andrew Behrman President & CEO Florida Association of Community Health Centers	Nancy Humbert, ARNP, MSN Vice President, Strategic Business Planning and Public Affairs Miami Children's Hospital
Alan Levine President & CEO North Broward Hospital District	Gene Marie O'Connell Chief Executive Officer San Francisco General Hospital
David Ross, ScD Executive Director Public Health Informatics Institute	Richard Shannon, MD President, Clinical Development University of Pennsylvania Medicine
Robert G. Webster, PhD Rose Marie Thomas Chair St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Public Health Thought Leaders
Jon Andrus, MD Lead Senior Technical Advisor, Immunization Unit Pan American Health Organization	Ron Bialek President Public Health Foundation
Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH Executive Director, Public Health and Government, External Medical Affairs, Pfizer Inc.; Chair of the Board, Partnership for Clear Health Communication	Diana C. Dennett Counsel America's Health Insurance Plans
Stephen J. Downs Deputy Group Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Gil Dupre Chief Executive Officer Louisiana Association of Health Plans
John H. Fitch, Jr. Senior Vice-President, Advocacy National Funeral Directors Association	Daniel Fox, PhD President Milbank Memorial Fund
Maria C. Freire, PhD President & CEO Global Alliance For TB Drug Development	Laurie Garrett Senior Fellow for Global Health Council on Foreign Relations
Jerome H. Grossman, MD Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Health Care Delivery Policy Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University	Jeffrey Gruen, MD, MBA Director, PRTM; former Chief Medical Officer Revolution Health
Nicholas Guzman, MD Associate Professor of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine	David L. Heymann, MD Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases and Representative of the Director-General for Polio Eradication, World Health Organization
Orin Levine, PhD Executive Director Pneumococcal Vaccine Accelerated Development Program	Michael Meit, MA, MPH Senior Research Scientist, Department of Health Policy & Evaluation National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
Alan F. Morgan Chief Executive Officer National Rural Health Association	David Nabarro, MD Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza United Nations
Elahe Nezami, PhD Director, Undergraduate Program in Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Studies Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California	David W. Siegrist, PhD Senior Research Fellow & Director of Biodefense, National Security Health Policy Center Potomac Institute
Ron St. John, MD, MPH Director General, Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada	John Wecker, PhD Director Rota Virus Vaccine Program A PATH affiliate program
Howard Zucker, MD, JD Assistant Director-General, Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals World Health Organization