About Us

Advisory Teams & Trainers

The following individuals advise and train our staff on the many health issues covered by our programs. We thank them for sharing their time and expertise with us and by extension everyone we serve. Our apologies to the many other people and organizations who have assisted us but do not appear below.

Michael Allerton, MD
HIV Operations Policy Leader
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

Lucero Arellano
Youth & Children's Programs Manager
Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, Santa Clara County

Michael Armstrong, MS
Project Manager
Kaiser Permanente, Health Promotion & Community Health

Carmen Bogan
Regional Physical Activity Coordinator
Bay Area Region Nutrition Network

Jessie R. Cohen, LCSW 
Child and Family Psychiatry
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland

Mercedes Coleman
Crisis Support Center
Teen suicide Prevention and awareness

Scott Gee, MD
Medical Director for Prevention and Health Information
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

Mary Haake
Staff Psychologist
Department of Psychiatry, Child and Family Service
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland

Cristina Hickey
Community Education Coordinator
Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County

Amanda Howell
Project Manager
Pediatric and Adolescent Health
Regional Health Education

Lawrence H. Kushi, Sc.D.
Associate Director for Etiology and Prevention Research
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research

Nora Norback, MPH, RD, CDE
Clinician, Chair of Kaiser Permanente’s Richmond Obesity Task Force
Kaiser Permanente, Richmond

Lisa Marie Polacci, MSW
Community Programs Director
La Casa de las Madres, San Francisco County

Cecilia Runkle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Training and Development Consultant
Physician Education and Development
Kaiser Permanente

Ann Tipton, MD, MPH
Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland

Charles J. Wibbelsman, MD, FAPP, FSAM
Adolescent Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Kaiser Permanente

Dana Williamson, MPH
Project Manager, Community Benefit
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

Patt Young
East Bay Perinatal Council
Pregnancy and teen parenting