Officers
Chair
Liz Kaltman, ND, MPH, NCMPExecutive Director
Center for Integrative Medicine in Public Health
Dr. Liz Kaltman is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine in Public Health where she focuses on creating sustainable improvements to health care in underserved communities using integrative approaches. She began her career in public health in Latin America in 1987, first in Paraguay and later in Chile, where she resided for three years. Dr. Kaltman completed her Masters of Public Health at the University of California at Berkeley and her Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine. She has served as a communicable disease epidemiologist for city and state health departments in the United States and is the former Director of Surveillance for Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Kaltman has extensive experience in community health, HIV/AIDS and infectious disease research. She serves as consultant on communicable disease research methods and public health policy. Dr. Kaltman has a strong interest in international health and has served as a board member for the non-profit organization Natural Doctors International. As a primary care physician with a focus on preventive medicine, her clinical specialties include: cardiometabolic disease, endocrinology and reproductive health. She has completed training through the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) to earn the NAMS Certified Menopause Provider (NCMP) credential. She works part time as a clinician at Planned Parenthood. Dr. Kaltman maintains a steadfast commitment to improving health in underserved populations and strives to maximize the effectiveness of integrative medicine in these communities.
Secretary/Treasurer
Jonas Kron, JD, MSEL
Vice President, Deputy Director of Social Research and Advocacy
Trillium Asset Management Corporation
Trillium Asset Management Corporation is the oldest and largest independent investment management firm in the U.S. exclusively devoted to socially responsible investing. With over a decade of experience in shareholder advocacy, Mr. Jonas Kron pushes companies to improve their environmental and social behavior. He is also an advocate for shareholder rights and the integration of environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions. As a contributor to the United Nation’s A legal framework for the integration of environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investments and other writings, Mr. Kron is a recognized legal specialist in the field. Prior to joining Trillium, Mr. Kron was in private practice specializing in securities law, indigent criminal defense and natural resource conservation. Mr. Kron graduated from Vermont Law School’s nationally recognized environmental law program in 1997, where he earned his law and masters degrees. He is admitted to practice in California, Massachusetts and Oregon.
Directors
Sharon Adler, MD, MPH
Clinical Instructor
California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, STD Control Branch
California Department of Health
Dr. Sharon Adler is a clinical instructor at the California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center. She received her medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and her Masters of Public Health degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed the Family Practice Residency program at the University of California, San Francisco as well as the General Preventive Medicine/Public Health program run by the University of California, Berkeley/University of California, San Francisco. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine/Public Health and has clinical experience working in community clinics, public health clinics, and indigent care free clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as at the San Francisco STD City Clinic. In her current position Dr. Adler develops curricula and conducts and coordinates STD trainings with a focus on special populations including correctional, Indian Health Service, Pacific Island and border health providers.
Lisa Pascopella, PhD, MPH
Epidemiologist
Tuberculosis Control Branch, Center for Infectious Diseases
California Department of Public Health
Dr. Lisa Pascopella is an Epidemiologist at the California Department of Public Health’s Center for Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis Control Branch. Her professional work includes epidemiologic research and program evaluation in the field of domestic tuberculosis control and teaching in the areas of epidemiology, public health practice, and global health. Her volunteer work is focused on evidence-based methods to close the gap on health disparities. She has served on the Berkeley Community Health Commission and was active on Berkeley’s Community Action Team (CAT). CAT was a community-based participatory research group that used neighborhood surveys and epidemiology to engage community, private business, and city government to address the root causes of racial inequities in health. Dr. Pascopella teaches epidemiology at the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center and international health at the University of Montana. She served on the University of Montana’s School of Public and Community Health Services External Advisory Committee in 2007-2008, and has served on the Rose Foundation’s New Voices Are Rising Advisory Board, since 2007. Dr. Pascopella was awarded a doctoral degree in molecular genetics by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, and a Masters of Public Health degree by the University of California at Berkeley.
Susan Schoenfeld, RN, MSPH
Deputy State Epidemiologist
Division of Health Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Disease Prevention
Vermont Department of Health
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Vermont
Ms. Susan Schoenfeld is the Deputy State Epidemiologist at the Vermont Department of Health. She has worked as an infectious disease epidemiologist since 1989, focusing on issues such as foodborne disease outbreak investigations, surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases, public health response to emerging infectious disease and emergency preparedness issues. Currently she also serves as both the TB Program Manager and Refugee Health Coordinator. Ms. Schoenfeld is a registered nurse and has a Masters of Science in Public Health degree from the University of Massachusetts. She is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Former Board Members
Maki Aoki, ND
Medical Director
In Act of Volunteers of America
Adjunct Clinical Professor
National College of Natural Medicine
Dr. Maki Aoki is a naturopathic physician practicing in Portland Oregon. She has dedicated her clinical practice to caring for homeless and underserved populations and those engaged in substance use recovery treatment. She is the Medical Director for In Act and Day Treatment Center, programs of Volunteers of America that provide holistic care for addictions and recovery. Dr. Aoki graduated from the National College of Natural Medicine (NCNM) in Portland in 2005 and completed three years of naturopathic family practice residency there. She is currently an adjunct clinical faculty member at NCNM. She is also a contract physician for Outside In Clinic’s mobile medical unit. Dr. Aoki also holds a passion for addressing cross cultural communication issues in education and health care. She is a founding member of AWARE (formerly Cultural Competency Task Force) at NCNM and guest lectures to medical students and clinic staff on “Culture and Bias in Healthcare.” Dr. Aoki is currently completing her Masters of Public Health degree at Oregon Health Sciences University.