Dr. Anthony Iton, Alameda County, California Public Health Officer.  Dr. Iton has worked as an HIV disability rights attorney, a health care policy analyst with Consumers Union West Coast Regional Office, and as a physician and advocate for the homeless at the San Francisco Public Health Department.  Tony’s primary interest is the health of disadvantaged populations and the contributions of race, class, wealth, education, geography, and employment to health status.  Dr. Iton collaborated with California Newsreel in the creation of Unnatural Causes; Is Inequality Making Us Sick? which is currently being shown on public television stations across the country.
 

Jan Malcolm, CEO Courage Center, Fmr. Commissioner of Health 1999-2003.  Ms. Malcolm led a staff of 1,300 and oversaw an annual budget of approximately $400 million.  Highlights included establishing new strategic directions for the agency, passage of major budget initiatives in tobacco prevention and elimination of health disparities and implementation of cutting-edge strategies in those areas, and strengthening relationships between MDH and local public health agencies.  Ms. Malcom chaired the cabinet level Health Policy Council and the Governor’s Joint Task Force on Health Care Costs and Quality.  She served on the Executive Committee of the National Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, was active in the National Academy of State Health Policy, and was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s committee on enhancing the federal government’s role in health care quality improvement.  Previously, she was vice president for public affairs at Allina Health System and a senior vice president of government programs and public policy at HealthPartners.