Tyler Mains, MD
In his role as Chief Medical Officer for San Francisco Jail Health Services (SFJHS), Dr. Mains oversees all clinical operations, policies, and procedures for healthcare provided in the SF County Jails.
Joan Gillece, PhD
Dr. Gillece has forty years of experience working in the health field with twenty-five dedicated to addressing the impact of trauma and social justice. Working across agencies, Dr.
Beth Jordan, MD
Beth Jordan, MD, CCHP, has been at the DC Department of Corrections for a decade. She serves as Medical Director and Health Services Administrator. Prior to entering the field of Corrections, she was a medical director for Medical Advocacy and Provider Education organizations, and an Internist at the Mayo Clinic, specializing in Women’s Health. Dr.
Cyrus Ahalt, MPP
Cyrus Ahalt has 15 years of experience in public health and justice reform with expertise in program design and evaluation. His work identifying and addressing the health- and human rights-related harms of American penal policy and practice has been widely published in the academic and lay press.
James F.
James started smoking menthol cigarettes at age 14 in an attempt to be like his father. Thirty years later he decided to quit and adopt a much healthier lifestyle.
Far From Over: The Horrific Legacy of Menthol Cigarette Marketing to Black Communities, co-hosted by the National Medical Association
Tiffany R.
Tiffany is a CDC Tips campaign participant who is here to share her story with us today. She lives in Louisiana and started smoking at age 19, even though her mother died of smoking-related lung cancer. Tiffany smoked about a pack of menthol cigarettes a day until quitting completely in 2012, when her daughter turned 16.
Joy Calloway, MBA, MHSA
Joy D. Calloway, MBA, MHSA, is a transformational leader with 30 years of health care and nonprofit leadership experience, and with a unique skill set and successful record of serving as interim CEO at organizations in distress or otherwise in transition. Ms.
Carol McGruder
Carol McGruder is a seasoned veteran of California’s tobacco prevention experience. Carol is a senior project director, activist, researcher, and writer. She has worked in tobacco prevention since 1994.