Recognition

• Recognized as a "Community Healer" in his adopted hometown of Oakland, California.

• Founding Co-Chair of Advancing the Movement.

• Founding Co-Chair of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's National Leadership Alliance.

• Founding Director of what would become the national Convergence Partnership - a consortium of philanthropies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focused on healthy eating, active living and sustainable agriculture.

• NAC Chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living by Design initiative.

• Fellow of Estes Park Institute.

• Head Coach of the YMCA's award-winning Pioneering Healthier Communities initiative.

• CEO of a healthcare technology start-up: Workforce Engage™, dedicated to driving clinical quality, patient safety and enhanced employee experience.

• Founding director of the US Coalition for Healthy Cities and Communities, which later morphed into becoming the Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI).

• Director of consulting services for the National Civic League.