Violence Is Contagious a Message from the Founder

FISCAL YEAR 2017/18 YEAR IN REVIEW

Violence is contagious A Message from the Founder

iolence is a health epidemic that acts of violence typically drop 40%–50% continents, in 10 countries, 25 cities and destroys life and tears up commu- under this approach, one successful 60 communities. We have demonstrated Vnities and countries wherever it intervention in San Pedro Sula, Hon- success in each one. But we have only goes. Here at Cure Violence, our axiom duras showed a drop of 88% in violent achieved these remarkable results with that violence should be treated as a incidents. Also, worth noting is that your help. Our funders, supporters, and disease that can be cured continued when interrupters enter a community partners are our lifeblood. We ask you to gain support in 2017. Our message and begin their work, the drop in violent to maintain your support and increase it attracted more followers who now see behavior is immediate. Similarly, when if you can. this societal plague as a fixable, curable our programs have been forced to close public health issue. due to lost funding, violence spikes Most of all, please spread the word upward immediately providing evidence about how there is a public health While the individual victim of any that the model works. solution to violence. Cure Violence is violent act may suffer the most, the working hard every day to bring an end devastation and destruction that one We added several new communities and to violence in your community, and individual act causes spreads exponen- launched several exciting new initiatives throughout the globe. Thank you for tially like cholera or plague. Families in the past year that I invite you to read your belief and support. are torn apart, mothers grieve, brothers about in this annual report. We are and friends seek revenge and retaliation pleased to be recognized by the presti- In Hope, and the disease spreads. And yet until gious NGO Advisor as the 10th ranked recently we kept struggling to find a way NGO in the world among the top 500. Gary Slutkin M.D. to fix it. In total we are now working on four Founder and Executive Director

In all too many cases, society still views violence as something to be severely dealt with and punished. It is an oft-held Gary Slutkin, M.D., Founder & Executive Director, Cure Violence belief that being “tough on crime” is the best way to ameliorate the menace. But same behavior change methods more than two decades of experience now employed by Cure Violence. at Cure Violence has proven to us that Dr. Slutkin founded CeaseFire – the just as people learn violence when they precursor to Cure Violence – in are exposed to it, the spread can be Chicago in 1995 where he applied interrupted and the new behaviors also his knowledge and extensive modeled. A child or young adult who experience in infectious diseases witnesses violence and hostility is at to address chronic violence in the high risk of perpetrating those actions Physician and epidemiologist, city. The Cure Violence method of himself. In short, they have contracted A Dr. Gary Slutkin approaches treating violence as a public health the disease of violence. As we know, the worldwide epidemic of violence issue has been scientifically proven violence begets violence. with a background in infectious effective by numerous studies at disease that stretches back to sites throughout the world. But now, success with the Cure Violence 1981 when he ran the Tuberculosis model of interruption, treatment and (TB) program for San Francisco. In Dr. Slutkin is the recipient of social norm change has been proven 1985 he moved to Somalia where numerous national and international repeatedly, and is vigorously supported he worked on TB and cholera awards including the UNICEF in many mainstream institutions. While epidemics until 1987 when he Chicago Humanitarian of the Year was recruited by the World Health award, the Illinois Order of Lincoln Organization. At the WHO, Dr. award and the U.S. Attorney Slutkin worked in over 20 countries General’s Award for Outstanding and led the effort to reverse the Contributions to Community AIDS epidemic in Uganda using the Partnerships for Public Safety.

2 Contagious (kən tā’ jəs): spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact

iolence is a contagious the spread of violence. In short, vio- health problem – it spreads lence can be addressed in the way we in Vfrom one person to another. This public health have treated polio, small- has long been known, for example it is pox, and so many other epidemics. commonly known that there is a cycle of child abuse and that PTSD from war For the past 18 years, Cure Violence violence exposure increases aggression. has demonstrated with convincing It is also true for all other forms of results, that using a carefully crafted violence. model and treating violence as a contagious problem that spreads like any Because violence is contagious, the contagion, violence can be interrupted methods that are used for other conta- and communities can be made safer gious problems can be used to prevent and healthier.

Table of Contents

Cure Violence: Some Key Facts at a Glance ...... 4

Cure Violence Today: Hope for Tomorrow...... 5 Shifting the conversation on violence ...... 5

Top #10 NGO in World – Because it Works ...... 7

World Wide Work ...... 8 Becoming part of the everyday conversation in the media...... 8 Middle East and North Africa ...... 8 Latin America...... 10

Education...... 15 Training: Example Honduras ...... 15 Educating the media...... 16

Financials ...... 17

Benefactors and Donors...... 18

Cure Violence Staff...... 18

National/International Advisory Board...... 19

3 Cure Violence: Some Key Facts at a Glance 50+ 67% Reduction Cure Violence in Woundings & program sites Attempted Murders in Port of Spain, in U.S. Trinidad 7 independent evaluations showing effectiveness

88% Reduction in Shootings and Killings at Cure 63% Violence sites in Honduras, Central Reduction in America Shootings in New York City 4 Top #10 NGO in world – Because it works

he Geneva-based NGO Advisor impact and governance. These criteria is internationally regarded for its determine how well an NGO succeeds Tin-depth evaluation approach. in transforming lives, affecting com- Their 2018 list includes Mercy Corps, munities, answering challenges and OXFAM, and Doctors Without Bor- overcoming obstacles. ders among the NGOs occupying the top 20 slots. NGO Advisor notes that In addition to having secured the #10 the rankings are a means to showcase overall ranking, Cure Violence remains diversity and scale, thereby publicizing a the #1 non-profit organization focused wide spectrum of highly effective NGO on violence prevention. Since its 2009 work. NGO Advisor seeks to compare revamping, NGO Advisor has consis- non-profit organizations using criteria tently included Cure Violence in its top that go beyond geography and specific 20 rankings, noting that Cure Violence NGO operations. Rankings are arrived has been the only NGO exclusively at using what NGO Advisor terms the dealing in the cessation of violence. three pillars of evaluation: innovation, 2018’s #10 ranking can only serve to cast an increasingly favorable light upon the methods advocated and implemented by Cure Violence. Cure Violence continues to be ranked the #1 non-profit organization focused on violence prevention

5 CURE VIOLENCE TODAY: HOPE FOR TOMORROW

Washington Post, Guardian, Wall Street Shifting the Journal, as well as appearances in local publications such as the Baltimore Sun, conversation on Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe and

Jackson Free PressDetect. Magazineand interrupt stories Change the behavior Change violence the transmission of the highest community norms. appeared in Time,of violence. Newsweek, The Econo- potential transmitters. iolence is among the greatest mist and many more. tragedies and threats devastating Vour planet, leaving death, dis- figuration, physical destruction, and The Model individual and communal trauma and fear in its wake. Since its 1995 inception, Cure Violence has worked globally to Detect and interrupt Change the behavior Change refocus the social perspective of violencethe transmission of the highest community norms. as a public health concern, one to be of violence. 1. Detect and interruptpotential the transmitters. considered and treated as a contagious transmission of violence. disease. Bolstering this conviction is the Anticipate where violence may 2013 landmark report by the Institute occur and intervene before it erupts. of Medicine, which details evidence of violence’s contagious nature.

The Cure Violence Health model is being replicated in more than 50 communities in the UnitedDetect andStates, interrupt as well as ChangeChange the behavior the behavior of the Change the transmission 2. of the highest community norms. sites in 9 other countries.of violence. At the local highestpotential potential transmitters. transmitters. level, all Cure Violence programs are Identify those at highest risk for implemented independently by local violence and work to change their organizations that have been carefully behavior. trained by Cure Violence. This local implementation is an essential part of the model and ensures that the program has the sort of local connections that are needed to reach the highest risk. 3. Change community norms. Cure Violence continues to garner a Influence social norms to high degree of news coverage with 2017 discourage the use of violence. registering stories from recognized outlets such as the New York Times,

6 The process: Violence as a health issue

Employing a cadre of specifically trained health workers/interrupters, Cure Violence advocates implementing public “Violence is increasingly health methods, notably the epidemic understood to behave like control approach to combatting infectious diseases, to reduce epidemics of a contagious disease, and violence. These include identifying areas we are finally beginning to of highest concentration in order to treat it this way.” interrupt and stem infectious transmission to groups and individuals at greatest – Gary Slutkin risk within these areas. Cure Violence further advocates the health methods approach for all forms of violence, from health workers provide groups and indi- urban violence to domestic violence viduals at risk with protective behaviors to mass shootings to war. By reducing by working with community members transmission, Cure Violence health and by implementing changes in com- workers reduce the spread of contagion. munity norms, thereby creating social In order to prevent the recurrence of pressure to stop violence and ultimately violence in previously treated areas, reducing continued risk of outbreak.

7 World Wide Work

Becoming part of the everyday conversation in the media

In 2017, Cure Violence continued its role at the vanguard in promoting violence as a public health issue, with its participation in three congressional briefings on violence and its co-leading of the Healing Justice Alliance Con- ference. In addition, Cure Violence has continued its role as co-leader of the National Collaborative of Violence as a Health Issue Movement towards Violence as a Health Issue with over 100 member organizations. n the Middle East, Cure Violence is building the capacity of local partner This past year, various articles featuring Iorganizations to reduce violence in Cure Violence’s focus on violence as a multiple locations in Syria. It has also public health problem have been pub- partnered with the Stockholm Inter- lished in both the journal Nature as well national Peace Research Institute in an as the World Economic Forum. Television effort to inject more health thinking into has also provided extensive coverage, the conversations around and decision featuring Cure Violence on Science making related to the Syrian conflict. In Channel’s “Morgan Freeman’s Through the West Bank, Cure Violence partnered the Wormhole,” and “The Daily Show” with the Salam Institute to train 23 and “PBS Newshour.” Cure Violence has individuals from Hebron, Bethlehem, been further spotlighted in various print Nablus, Jenin, and East Jerusalem, media, including the New York Times, resulting in more than 150 documented the Washington Post, the Guardian, the interruptions of violence and over 200 Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time additional people trained as a result of Magazine and the Economist. one month of pilot program activities. While media coverage of Cure Violence Programs in Central America, notably is certainly encouraging, the majority Honduras and El Salvador have shown of media coverage of violence remains reductions of 88% in shootings and unhelpful. Many media reports sensa- killings. Programs in New York City, tionalize violence, and the perspective Philadelphia and Baltimore have shown of health is often not included. This is strong results, with remarkably long beginning to change, and Cure Violence streaks of no shootings and/or killings in is working to make the health perspec- East New York City, Central Harlem and tive of violence to be more accepted and Queensbridge. covered by the media.

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CRRENT NETWOR PROGRAM SITES Focus on the West Bank: to interrupt over 40 cases of beatings in 2016–7, established a network EMERGING PROGRAM SITES and shouting, including disarming initially composed of 23 members students of scissors and knives and who were given small grants and PREVIOS PROGRAM SITES preventing injury. dispatched to designated areas to HOSPITAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION SOTH AFRICA implement a violence reduction model Using nonviolent methods learned in using the Cure Violence methods, her Cure Violence training, Faten was including violence detection and inter- able to help the children see alternatives ruption, nonviolent communication, to violent ways and to later reject them and behavioral change. Over 150 vio- on their own. Later, and once again lent conflicts were peacefully mediated using methods taught her by Cure by members of this team. Participants In the West Bank city of Nablus, Faten Violence, Faten continued to work suc- Asmar, who was trained by Cure Vio- in this project succeeded in training cessfully with young teenagers to create an additional 200 youths and adults lence in violence interruption methods, changes in their behaviors, explaining is affiliated with a government school in the Cure Violence approach before ways to resolve their disputes without the end of 2017 and are continuing to for girls. Equipped with her newly- violence. Ultimately, with backing acquired skills, Faten was able to work for reduction of violence in their and assistance from members of the communities. successfully intervene to diffuse trou- community, Faten worked to create a bling, and long-standing, instances safe, after-school Dream Garden where of daily violence faced by her 7–10 children may peacefully gather to play, year old pupils as they walked to and study, or just to dream. from school. Shortly after completing her training, Faten implemented a In partnership with the Salam Institute pilot program in which she was able for Peace and Justice, Cure Violence,

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BRAIL Focus on Mexico Juarez, Mexico & Honduras: Reaching between 800 and 1,000 people CRRENT NETWOR PROGRAM SITES per month, Del Barrio a la Comunidad, Partners in Central America roughly translated as From the Hood to the Community, intervened in 94% EMERGING PROGRAMCure ViolenceSITES has developed partner- of violent conflicts in 2017, up from 50% ships in eight countries in Latin America PREVIOS“The focus PROGRAMis for SITES in 2015. The Cure Violence replication and the Caribbean. While many of the young people to in Juarez, Mexico is implemented by SOTH AFRICA HOSPITAL VIOLENCEpartnerships PREVENTION are still in the planning and not see violence Fideicomiso para la Competitividad y as the only pilot phases, others have been in opera- Seguridad Ciudadana. Families through- option; that they tion since 2012 helping to sow seeds of out the communities where the program see that there peace in some of the most violent places operates stencil a logo on their homes to are other things in the world. show that they have been beneficiaries. that can be done.” The stencil has become a ubiquitous San Pedro Sula, Honduras reminder throughout the community – Marco Betancourt, that violence is not normal. Del Barrio a la In 2017, the city of San Pedro Sula Comunidad, Juarez in Central American Honduras, saw continued success with the replication of the Cure Violence methodology. From the Historically one of the most violent hood to the community.’ countries in the world, Honduras was Positive graffiti recorded as having a homicide rate of supporting 90.4 homicides per 100,000 in 2012. Cure Violence Cure Violence sites in San Pedro Sula programs saw reductions in killings between 73% in Juarez. and 88% with one site that went 17 months without a single killing.

10 In the South Bronx and East New York (Brooklyn), shootings were reduced by Additional evidence of up to 63%. reductions in violence Independent evaluation shows reductions in shootings and killings identifies those most at risk; it inter- rupts impending outbreaks of violence; A comprehensive study conducted by and it works to treat those affected by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice shifting community norms and social Research and Evaluation Center in 2017 attitudes. Areas where Cure Violence extensively documented and analyzed programs have been established have the effectiveness of the Cure Violence shown a marked decrease in violence, program in New York City, most nota- particularly when compared to statisti- bly in the South Bronx and East New cally similar neighborhoods where the York (Brooklyn). In assessing the work programs have not been implemented. of Cure Violence, researchers focused The evaluation of the New York City upon three main aspects: fidelity to the sites found that the communities had criteria and methods of violence reduc- reductions in gun injuries of up to tion espoused by Cure Violence, norm 50% and in shootings of up to 63%. In changes as indicated by shifts in social addition, a prior 2015 report found behaviors and community attitudes, and that neighborhoods with Cure Violence reductions of violence. In both areas, programs saw killings decline by 18% the study, which relied on data obtained compared to a rise of 69% in statistically from the NYPD as well as the New York comparable areas not using City Department of Health and other Cure Violence methods. sources, showed that neighborhoods where Cure Violence methods were Neighborhoods with a Cure implemented experienced significantly Violence program also expe- reduced levels of violence. These neigh- rienced a significant change borhoods also underwent changes in in attitudes supporting community attitudes towards violence, violence, especially in matters and importantly, toward law enforce- considered serious disputes ment as well. where violence is most likely to erupt, namely those Cure Violence works to prevent vio- involving money, pride and/or respect. lence before it can occur. It detects and The study found further evidence of a

New York doubles down and expands funding: “It’s a movement that has shown great results in helping reduce crime, reduce shootings and violence in particular.” – Mayor Bill de Blasio

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PREVIOUS PROGRAM SITES LOIA, PR CITIES USING A HEALTH APPROACH TO PREVENT VIOLENCE CITIES WITH HOSPITAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

shift in community norms regarding This strong evidence of the effectiveness law enforcement.Whereas police are of the Cure Violence model, as well as sometimes regarded as adversaries, the experience of the communities on Cure Violence community workers and the ground, has led to a large expan- interrupters were sion of the program in New York City viewed as credible making it the largest Cure Violence messengers, and implementation in the world. Currently, confidence in New York City is investing more than law enforcement $17 million implementing the Cure improved as well, Violence model in 23 sites across New thereby catalyzing York City. This investment is further several shifts in supported by millions of dollars in wrap- social attitudes. around services to help treat violence This growing as a health issue. The model has been confidence of com- publically supported by many city coun- munities in law enforcement, coupled cil members and state legislators, as well with an increased willingness to work as by Mayor de Blasio who declared that with law enforcement is evident in a 22% he believes in the Cure Violence model increase in favorable views of the police fundamentally and deeply supports the in Cure Violence neighborhoods. movement.

12 Focus on NYC: support the work of the Cure Violence Social media platforms have become team by preventing the escalation of a new space where violence can erupt. violence on social media. People who are at risk of involvement in violence sometimes use social media to The E-Responder pilot was launched taunt and threaten rivals and engage in with 26 anti-violence professionals arguments. These types of social media trained to track, identify, and de-escalate postings can escalate online and insti- potentially dangerous conflicts online at gate one person act violently. five sites across New York City. Results from this pilot suggested that the pilot The New York City Cure Violence site resulted in positive outcome, including partnered with researchers at New York de-escalation of 154 online conflicts. The University and the Crime Commission program will now expand to 18 sites to create a brand new type of health across New York City. worker— an E-Responder. E-Responders

Jan Ransom | New York Times | January 21, 2018

In one Facebook post, two teenage In the situation involving threats, boys posed in a photo with handguns workers learned that the young man on each of their laps. who had been threatened had actu- ally not assisted the police, so they In another, a group of young men reached out and told the men who threatened to attack another man were making the threats. In an instant whom they believed had cooperated the conflict was resolved. with detectives investigating a string of robberies. “The kid’s life was in danger. We cleared his name,” said Felix Polanco, In each case, someone beyond family a program supervisor at True2Life, and immediate friends was watching. a group at Central Family Life Center Those extra eyes belonged to workers on Staten Island. “Our job is to save trained in mediating conflicts and lives.” mentoring at-risk young people.

13 Focus on Chicago: One of the key reasons that the Cure Violence workers were able to affect Stacy Stacy had been exposed to a lot violence was because he saw them as credible in his life, which had left him trauma- because they were from the same com- tized. The second time he was shot on munity he was and they had once been the streets, he was consumed with anger, involved in violence like he is now. This ready to get revenge on those who had credibility gave Cure Violence workers hurt him. People were looking for Stacy. the ability to talk to him and to work “I was just What he didn’t know was that one of to cool him down. This is the first step, on a rage those people was a Cure Violence case interrupting a potential act of violence. of revenge, manager and violence interrupter. The next step is to change Stacy’s revenge, The outreach worker was there to stop behavior in the long term. Again, the revenge... the retaliation and to help Stacy. With- credibility of Cure Violence workers This good out a violence interrupter, there would allow them the ability to spend time be a good chance that Stacy would let with Stacy and challenge his old way of brother came his anger take control of his actions, thinking. In time, Stacy was no longer to me and and that someone else would be hurt. “on a rage,” and was on the way to learn- ing how to “let go.” taught “I was just on a rage of revenge, revenge, me how to revenge,” said Stacy. Intensive and very specific training is required to be able to interrupt violence let go” The Cure Violence team had identified and change behaviors, but hiring the Stacy as a person with a high risk of right workers is essential to get the access becoming violent and they knew that and trust needed for the job. This is very he’d been taken to the hospital with a consistent with public health workers gunshot wound. that are tasked with trying to access hard Stacy was discharged quickly but the to reach population – such as sex work- Cure Violence workers had enough time ers, refugees, and isolated populations. to talk to him and offer treatment. “I’ve been here for three months and it’s “This good brother came to me and the best experience of my life,” Stacy said taught me how to let go,” said Stacy. “I of the group of violence interrupters he’s feel like if he would have never taught met. “Since you see them out of it, you me how to let go, I’d still be bloodthirsty.” know there’s a way out of it.”

14 TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GUIDING COMMUNITIES, TRAINING WORKERS

Cure Violence is a teaching, training, research and assessment NGO focused on a health approach to violence prevention. The Cure Violence health model is used by more than 50 communities in the U.S., as well as countries ranging from El Salvador to South Africa to Syria. Cure Violence provides cities and organizations with the training and technical assistance to effectively implement the Cure Violence model.

Cure Violence offers a variety of trainings and technical assistance options address a violence problem or need to – from full Cure Violence partner sites, enhance de-escalation skills, we can to training in the core elements, to help – whether it is in a community, individual trainings. If you need to prison, school, or anywhere else.

15 EDUCATION New Program Start-up and Training: Example Honduras

San Pedro Sula, Honduras has In order for the Cure Violence violence occurred in every pro- been experiencing extreme levels model to be adapted to San Pedro gram site, with average reductions of violence for many years. In the Sula, the basic framework of the in shootings of 88% in 2014 and summer and fall of 2012 a Cure model remained close to those 94% in 2015. This level of reduc- Violence team traveled to Hondu- used in other parts of the world, tion resulted in a big change for ras multiple times to determine however, a phased implementation these communities and prevented the feasibility of adapting the Cure of the program was employed to further exposure to violence for Violence model to the cultural ensure the safety and credibility of the whole community. One zone context of San Pedro Sula and the workers. had a 17 month streak without a determined that local capacity shooting. existed to implement the model to Overall, the results in San Pedro address violence. were very strong. Large drops in

Phase one – Phase Two – Phase Three – Pre-Implementation Introduction Full Implementation • Community partner selection • Additional worker training • Mediation of conflicts • Orientation training on Cure • Relationship development • Risk reduction with Violence model with high risk groups participants • Chicago training visit • Initiation of conflict • Expanded community • Initial worker recruitment mediation mobilization • Hiring panels • Highest risk caseload • Public education messaging development • 40-hour training of new • Documentation of activities workers • Securement of leadership buy in • Relationship building with highest risk • Community mobilization • Additional worker recruitment • Public education development • High risk community selection • Hot spot mapping

16 FINANCIALS (Fiscal Year 2017/18)

Budget

Surplus $ 0.8 MM

Expenses $31.7 MM

Revenues $32.5 MM

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Revenue $ 32.5 MM

• 82% United States & Canada • 12% Latin America & Carribean • 4% Middle East & North Africa • 2% Sub-Saharan Africa

Note: The financial numbers provided in this report are estimates and include funding Revenues by Geographic Region received by Cure Violence site partners.. National Program Sites...... $ 20.75 MM National Support ...... $ 5.9 MM International Program Sites ...... $ 4.35 MM International Support ...... $ 1.5 MM

Total...... $ 32.5 MM

17 Benefactors and Donors

Advocate Christ Charitable Trust Ministry of National Security Aigner Foundation (Trinidad) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mount Sinai Hospital Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Chicago Community Trust Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago White Sox Charities United States Department of Justice - Circle of Service Foundation Office for Victims of Crime City of Kansas City Health Polk Bros. Foundation Department Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation City of Louisville Robert R. McCormick Foundation Conant Family Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Creative Associates International (USAID) San Antonio Metropolitan Health District DePaul University Save the Children Durham County Department of Public Health The Sherwood Foundation Jewish Teen Foundations The Silver Foundation Fund Illinois Criminal Justice Information Siragusa Family Foundation Authority Smart Family Foundation Irvin Stern Foundation Steans Family Foundation Metropolitan Family Services UBS Optimus Foundation Michael Reese Health Trust United States Department of State

This list includes the various organizations, foundations, and special groups that have supported Cure Violence in the last year.

A heartfelt “thank you” to the many individuals and families who have generously contributed and continue to invest in Cure Violence.

18 Cure Violence STAFF

ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMING Kevin Stewart Data / Evaluation / Research Gary Slutkin R. Brent Decker Training and Development Angalia Bianca Executive Director Chief Program Officer Specialist Community Affairs Specialist Ricardo (Cobe) Williams Debra Pitts-Brown CeaseFire SCIENCE & POLICY Executive Assistant Director, National Program LeVon Stone Charlie Ransford Marcus McAllister Cameron Safarloo Sr. Program Director, CeaseFire Sr. Director, Science & Policy Chief Operating Officer International/National Training Sheila Regan & Implementation Specialist Shannon Cosgrove Asif Ashiqali Associate Program Director Director, Health Policy & Operations Manager International John Hardy Systems Change Rocio Prieto CeaseFire Senior Program Karen Volker Matan Zeimer Finance Manager Manager Director for Strategic and Associate Director of Health International Partnerships Policy DEVELOPMENT Tomas Ortiz CeaseFire Senior Program Guadalupe Cruz Daria Zvetina Manager International Coordinator Director of Grants National Raul Gonzales Hialy Gutierrez International Trainer/ Program and Proposal Develop- Lori Toscano Program Service Specialist ment Specialist National Executive Director

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

CO-CHAIRS Jeff Frazier Dr. Peter Piot Richard Weinberg John Cammack General Manager, World Director, London School of President, Judd Enterprises, Inc. Managing Partner, Cammack Wide Government & Defense Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Omneity Entertainment, Inc. Associates, LLC Microsoft Corporation Gigi Pritzker Jody Weis Kakul Srivastava Imogen Heap Producer, OddLot Partner, Periculum Consulting CEO, Tomfoolery Musician Entertainment David Wilhelm Clifford M. Johnson Andrew Rasiej Founder & President, MEMBERS Executive Director, Institute Founder, Personal Democracy Woodland Venture for Youth, Education & Media Management Caryn Adelman Families Senior Technology Advisor, Former Chairman, Nat’l Leon T. Andrews, Jr. National League of Cities Sunlight Fdn Democratic Cmte Senior Fellow, National League Gary Kachadurian Chairman, NY Techn Meetup of Cities President, The Kachadurian Laurie O. Robinson EX-OFFICO Anousheh Ansari Group Clarence J. Robinson Professor Paul Brandt-Rauf CEO, Prodea Systems Jeremy Kaufman of Criminology, Law & Society, Dean, UIC School of Public Charlie Beck Chief Executive Officer, George Mason University Health (MC923) Chief, Los Angeles Police Kaufman Jacobs Doug Rowan Department Thomas (Thom) MacLellan Imaging Solutions Michael F. Crowley Director, Homeland Security Steven Salzman, DO Independent Consultant & Pub Safety Div Trauma Physician, Christ Oscar David National Governors Hospital Capital Partner, Winston & Association Tanarra Schneider Strawn Hall of the States Planning Director, Critical Richard Fishman Jenny Molina Mass, Inc. Senior Advisor, Ashoka Vice Presidente de Mercadeo Dr. Al Sommer International Grupo Agrolibano Dean Emeritus, John Hopkins President, Thinking Machines School of Public Health

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