Dear <<First Name>>,
On behalf of NAQC, I would like to welcome our new Advisory Council members as well as to thank those who have completed their terms and are rotating off this year. We greatly appreciate the time and effort members contribute to Advisory Council activities.
The Advisory Council is a leadership group that provides guidance and advice on programmatic issues to NAQC. The Council has been instrumental in defining and implementing NAQC’s quality improvement initiative. Members have helped to identify critical topics for improving the quality of quitlines and have approved reports on the selected topics. These
reports have been instrumental in moving the field forward. The Council also participated in NAQC’s strategic discussions about graphic health warnings and the national tobacco education campaign. During 2012/2013, we hope the Council will have a strategic focus on quitline referral programs and the future of quitlines.
New Members
Rob Adsit, MEd (2015)
Director of Education and Outreach
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
Madison, WI, USA
Emma Goforth, MPH (2015)
Tobacco Cessation Coordinator
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Denver, CO, USA
Sally Herndon, MPH (2015)
Head, Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch
Division of Public Health
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Raleigh, NC, USA
Carter Steger (2015)
Senior Director
American Cancer Society
Cancer Action Network, Inc.
State and Local Campaigns
Washington, DC, USA
Erik Augustson, PhD (2015)
Program Director
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD, USA
Outgoing Members
Mary Anne Bright, RN, MN (2012)
Associate Director, Office of Cancer Information Service
Office of Communications, National Cancer Institute
Rockville, MD, USA
Karen S. Brown, MPA (2012)
Public Health Consultant
Michigan Department of Community Health Tobacco Section
Lansing, MI, USA
K. Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH (2012)
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, USA
Stephen Michael, MS (2012)
Director, ASHLine
Arizona Smokers' Helpline
Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health
Tucson, AZ, USA
Tiffany Netters, MPA (2014)
Interim Director
Louisiana Department of Health
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Dawn Elise Wiatrek, PhD (2012)
Quitline Director
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Information Center
Austin, TX, USA
A full list Advisory Council roster is available
here. If you have questions about the responsibilities of the Advisory Council, please contact me at
LBailey@NAQuitline.org or
Tamatha Thomas-Haase at
TThomas-Haase@NAQuitline.org.
Regards,
Linda A. Bailey, JD, MHS
President and CEO
North American Quitline Consortium
