Affiliate Organizations

NLTCN is comprised of the following participants:


Management Committee:

• Indiana Latino Institute, Inc. (Lead Agency)
• The Tobacco Education and Materials Lab (TEAM Lab) at the University of Southern California (USC) 

Steering Committee:

• Indiana Latino Institute, Inc (ILI) 
  Marlene Dotson, MPA - ILI President/CEO and NLTCN Project Manager
  Email: mdotson@indianalatino.com
  
  Jeannette Noltenius, PhD, MA - National Director, National Latino Tobacco Control Network
  Email: jnoltenius@sswdc.com
  
  Adrian Althoff - National Network Communications Manager
  Email: aalthoff@indianalatino.com       

• Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
  Patricia Sosa, Esq. - Director, Latin American Programs
  Email: psosa@tobaccofreekids.org

• Chandana Nandi, MS, RD, LDN - Evaluation Specialist
  Email: chandana.nandi@gmail.com

• ClearWay Minnesota
  Jaime L. Martinez, M.Ed. - Director of Community Development
  Email: jmartinez@clearwaymn.org

• ETR Associates
  Francisco O. Buchting, PhD - Vice President, Program Services Division
  Email: franciscob@etr.org

• The Tobacco Education and Materials Lab (TEAM Lab) at the Universtiy of Southern California (USC)
  Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH - Associate Professor in Preventive Medicine and Sociology, Director, Global Health Track, MPH Program, Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC
  Email: baezcond@usc.edu  

  Rosa Barahona - Financial Analyst, TEAM Lab and Training and Technical Assistance for NLTCN
  Email: barahona@usc.edu

• HMA Associates
  Juan Carlos Velazquez, MA - Vice President for Community Engagement
  Email: cvelazquez@hmaassociates.com
  

• Indiana Tobacco Control Commission (TPCC)
  Karla Sneegas, MPH - Executive Director
  Email: ksneegas@isdh.in.gov

• La Fe Policy Research and Education Center
  Juan Flores, MUP - Executive Director
  Email: jflores@lafepolicycenter.org

• Latino Commission on AIDS
  Yanira Arias - Program Director
  Email: yarias@latinoaids.org

• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
  Bruce Adkins, M.S. - Director, Division of Tobacco Prevention, West Virginia Bureau
  Email: bruce.w.adkins@wv.gov

• Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Puerto Rico
  Elba Diaz-Toro, DMD, MSD, MPH - Project Director Associate Professor, School of Dental Medicine, PR Comprehensive Cancer Center - UPR, Medical Science Campus, University of Puerto Rico
  Email: elba.diaz@upr.edu   

• Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
  Debra Morris, MPH, CHES - Director of Technical Assistance
  Email: debra.morris@emory.edu

Advisory Committee:

• Activist Librarian
  Juan Carlos Vega, MLS - Information Consultant
  Email: activistlibrarian@gmail.com

• American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Great West Division
  Cynthia Serna - Grassroots Development Director
  Email: cynthia.serna@cancer.org

• Arizona Cancer Center - College of Medicine
  Jesse Nodora, DrPH - Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine
  Email: jnodora@axcc.arizona.edu

• Family Leadership Initiative
  Rosemary Flores - Executive Director
  Email: rfloresnv@yahoo.com

• National Latina Health Network
  Maribel Quiala, L.C.S.W. - Southeast Coordinator
  Email: mquiala@bellsouth.net

• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
  Sally Herndon, MPH - Head, Tobacco Prevention & Control Branch - Div. of Public Health
  Email: sally.herndon@dhhs.nc.gov

• Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney
  Nora D. Manzanilla - Program Director, Tobacco Enforcement Program
  Email: nora.manzanilla@lacity.org

• University of Maryland College Park School of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  Olivia Carter-Pokras, PhD - Associate Professor, School of Public Health
  Email: opokras@umd.edu