National Advisers

(organizational affiliations for identification purposes only)

Tobie Bernstein, JD
Senior Attorney and Director
Indoor Environments and Green Buildings Program, Environmental Law Institute

Veronika Carella
Legislative Director
Maryland Children’s Environmental Health Coalition

William Potts-Datema, DrPH, MS, MCHES
National PTA Secretary-Treasurer, SOPHE Treasurer, FAHE President

Hannah Donart, MPH
Program Manager 
Collaborative on Health and the Environment

Leslie Fields, Esq.
National Director, Policy Advocacy and Legal
Sierra Club, Washington, DC

Jon Forster
Co-Chair of the DC37 Climate Justice Committee (NYC)

Jay Herzmark, MS
Health & Safety Specialist
SafeWork, Washington State

Mark A. Mitchell M.D., MPH
Co-Chair
Commission on Environmental Health, National Medical Association

Virginia Mott
Legislative Chair and Past-President
Maine PTA

Erik D. Olson
Director
Health & Environment Program, Natural Resources Defense Council

Paula J. Olsiewski, PhD
Contributing Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland

Janet A. Phoenix, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Research Professor
George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC 

John Reeder
Federal Affairs
Environmental Working Group
Washington, DC

Jenna Riemenschneider
Director of Public Policy
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Washington, DC 

Craig Schiller
Executive Director
Collaborative for High Performance Schools, Washington, DC

Joel Solomon
Senior Program Manager, Health & Safety
National Education Association, Washington, DC 

Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, MPH
Executive Director
Children’s Environmental Health Network, Washington,