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Gary Cohen has been a pioneer in the environmental health movement for more than 35 years, helping to build global coalitions and networks to address health impacts related to climate change and toxic chemical exposure. Cohen is co-founder and president of Health Care Without Harm, created in 1996 to help transform the health care sector to be environmentally sustainable and support the health and climate resilience of communities. Since its inception, the nonprofit has grown to lead and partner on groundbreaking initiatives in more than 72 countries. Cohen was awarded the Champion of Change… Read More
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April is awed by the power of storytelling to inspire action. For more than nine years, she has led communications for dozens of campaigns and projects, sharing hospital successes, quotes, and photos that capture the moment and showing what is possible and amazing about our work. Thanks to her background in creative writing, journalism, and environmental communications, your stories are her beat. April derives her endless joie de vivre from her family, farm-to-table cuisine, mountains, and picking tunes on her ukulele.
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Stacia began directing programs at Health Care Without Harm in 2009. She applies systems analysis at the intersection of human and environmental health to ignite the health sector mission to First Do No Harm by accelerating the uptake of procurement, practice, and policy transitions. Prior to working with the organization she led management of hospital food service and clinical nutrition programs in both small and large scale health care facilities. She brings skills in systems analysis and individual behavior change to the design of programmatic strategy within the organization, reaching… Read More
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John loves food and spends most of his day thinking about what he will make for dinner. When he isn’t meal planning, John leads the organization’s work on the intersection between food and climate. He supports health care organizations in implementing plant-forward menus, and in reducing food waste through source reduction and donation. He earned his Master of Science from Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition, specializing in the agriculture, food, and environment program.
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Josh works to build a zero emissions, climate resilient, and more equitable health care sector. Since joining Health Care Without Harm in 2005, he has established a series of initiatives including the organization’s Global Green and Healthy Hospitals network. In close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Josh spearheaded Health Care Without Harm’s successful worldwide campaign to eliminate mercury in health care and led its more recent work with WHO and the UK COP Presidency to secure commitments from more than 60 governments for sustainable, low-carbon, and climate… Read More
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Ruth coordinates waste work for the global team and contributes to projects on plastics, procurement, chemicals, and climate. She has worked in over 40 countries, investigating hazardous waste, fixing hospital waste systems, and advising on pollution prevention policies. Her background is in biochemistry and chemistry, followed by over 15 years in academia researching environmental pollution. When she is not traveling, she loves growing fruit, flowers, and vegetables.
Type: Staff
Betsy is committed to creating sustainable food systems to improve community health and build local economies. Her experience includes research, policy and advocacy, nonprofit operations, and financial management. Betsy holds a Bachelor of Arts in geography and environmental Studies and a Master of Public Administration.
Type: Staff
Amy is an emergency medicine physician and passionate advocate for sustainable health care and planetary health. Inspired by her son, she led her hospital green team for many years and now supports and inspires physicians interested in promoting climate-smart health care. She believes strongly that physicians and the health care sector can lead the way toward a healthy, sustainable future. Amy enjoys travel, plant-based cooking, a good workout, and long walks in the woods with her dogs.
Type: Staff
Amber brings over 15 years of experience working on food, climate, and health issues. In her current role, she works to improve health equity through sustainable food systems development. In previous roles, Amber gained valuable perspective working at hospitals, community-based organizations, a public health department, and a medical school. She is a registered dietitian and received her master's degree in food policy and applied nutrition from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition.
Type: Staff
Erwin is a data enthusiast who has worked in the nonprofit sector for almost 20 years. He has worked mostly with data, from processing and analyzing to managing the AMS application. Originally from Indonesia, Erwin enjoys family time with his wife and daughter.
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