To create systemic change for health in multiple environments and in multiple industries, we have to work with proven leaders in those arenas to ensure our efforts are successful. Our leaders are not always PhDs or CEOs but sometimes an eight-year-old who has unique insight to the interests and motivations of her peers.
Advisory Leadership
Our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Howell Wechsler, is a national expert on childhood obesity, having previously served as the Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Our Board of Directors is made up of leaders in the fields of health and medicine, business, public policy, education, and entertainment. We use their wide range of expertise to make our efforts as effective and robust as possible
Our Youth Advisory Board is one of the only youth-led advisory groups in the country focused on childhood obesity issues. Our current youth leaders play an integral role in advising and providing a youth perspective to our organization as we strive to encourage young people across the nation to make healthy choices.
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