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Obesity Prevention Initiative Act

Chicago
Friday, February 26, 2010
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Michael A. Bilandic Building
160 N. LaSalle St., Room C-500 (5th Floor)

Attendees

Name
Organization
Written
Testimony Received?
Yazmin San Miguel PCC Americorps Yes
Rich Bell ACTSD Yes
Ranjana Bhargava Not given  
Celine Woznica Asian Health Coalition Yes
Ed Dzialo Weight Watchers  
Ted Ingram JM Nutrition, Inc.  
Myrtis Sullivan IDHS Yes
Michael Isaacson Kane CHD  
Liz Jarvis US Dept of HHS Yes
Kathleen Weber Midwest Orthopedics at Rush  
Bechara Choucair CDPH  
Lisa Piccoula Weight Watchers Yes
Devin Kathyama Not given Yes
Katie Gilfillan ISMS  
Marla Solomon Illinois Diabetes Prevention & Control  
Jacob Smith PCC Americorps Yes
Araceli Garza El Valor Yes
William Kobler ISMS  
Anastasia McGee UIC  
Mara Bravo RHA  
Tom Browning Action for Children  
Samantha Gray Cook County Dept. of Public Health  
Richard Reigner Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs Yes
Nefertiti Oji-Njideka Bronzeville Alliance Yes
Mary Elsner ICAAP  
Indika Edirisingh Natural Center for Food, Coffee & Tea  
Charles Tate UIC  
Tim Bramlet Illinois Beverage Association Yes
Holly Gansz Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education Research & Dance  
Roberta Cooper-Meyer Illinois Dietetic Association  
Kimberley Kramer Illinois Wellness Center-Ingalls Hospital Yes
Shanice Graham Ingalls Memorial Hospital  
Suraj Madoori IPHI  
Michelle Glick Stretch-n-Grow North, Inc.  
Gerald Boyd Employers Coalition on Health  
Jane Hawes Rush Health  
David McCurdy SBOH  
Brenda Matthews IDHS  
Chelsea Matthews UIC Yes
Sari Schy UIC/CLOCC  
Shannon Moser Not given  
Jackie Lanier McLean CHD  
Amy Skeen Girls in the Game Yes
Jennifer Herd CDPH Yes
LaShon Reese IDHS  
Veronica Ottenheimer Not given Yes
Karen Ayala DuPage CHD  
Meghan Gibbons Illinois School Nutrition Association  
Christine Bozlak CLOCC  
Karen Berg KRB Consulting/IPHI  
Ayeshia Johnson CLOCC  
Anna Barnes CLOCC  
Mary Vaughn Ingalls Memorial Hospital  
Leiticia Reyes IDPH  
Javette Orgain SBOH  
Joseph Harrington CDPH  
Dana Jovanovich Not given  
Rosa Ramirez Healthy Schools Campaign  
Kevin Graham Not given  
Christy Kierig CLOCC  
Lucy Gomez Feliciar LSNA  
Lois Klatt YMCA West Loop  
Tiffany Askew DuPage CHD  
Jill Edelblute Illinois Alliance of YMCAs  
Adam Becker CLOCC  
Miguel Morales CLOCC  
Virginia Martinez MALDEF  
Amy Boehner Loyola University  
Gloria Harris COFI  
Janet Williams AMA  
Vickie Chedgy Not given  
Brenda Koester FRC-UIUC  
Amanda French US Dept of HHS  
Teresa Blumenberg CLOCC  
Jose Arrom CEED Chicago  
Brenda Arksey Chinese American Service League  
Krista Rajanen PCC Americorps  
James Kenady CLOCC  
Robin Levy Chartwells-Thompson Chicago Public Schools  
Tamara Marshall Pediatrician (self-employed)  
Amanda Vrecenak MALDEF  
Cristal Thomas US Dept of HHS  
Damon Arnold IDPH  
Paulette Mercurius DFSS  
Thomas Livermore Wellness Revolution  
Mario Garcia IDMH  
Jennifer Tani BCBSIL  
Carrie Armour AMA  
Rashmi Chugh DuPage CHD  
Charles Bergman Community Organizing & Family Issues  
Tonita Long Hexagon Assoc.  
Geneva Porter Cook County Dept. of Public Health  
Saul Levin AMA  
Sue Worley 4-C Comm Coord Child Care  
Robert Kieckhefer Self  
MaryAnn Schultz BCBSIL  
Andrea Frank Howard Area Community Center  
William Baldyga UIC  
Diamond Ingram DFSS  
Liz Isaacs   Common Threads  
Terri Martin   GCH Foundation  
Melody Geraci Active Trans  
Kristen Harrison UIUC  
Melissa Graham Purple Asparagus  
Clarita Santos BCBSIL  
Jack Segal BCBSIL  
Karen Atwood BCBSIL  
Sarah Welch CLOCC  
Bridget Houlihan BCBSIL  
Bettim Tchon    
Nicole Sisen NKFI  
Lilliana DeSantiago CPS  
Alicia Gonzalez Chicago Run  
Mario Garduno Alivio Medical Center  
Edleda James PCC Americorps  
Hilda Raleigh Mujeres Latinas En Accion  
Karen Lechowich American Dietetic Association  
Katherine Christoffel CMH  
Lara Jaskiewicz CLOCC  
Kenisha Robinson GCFD  
Mohammad Sahloul SBOH  
Laura Hatch Nurse  
Tito Velasquez UIC  
Monica Eng Chicago Tribune  
Lisa Misevicz FDA  
Daniel Dungan ICAAP, Forward DuPage Medical Group  
Daylan Dufelmeig CPHD  
Virginia Montgomery CPS  
Amy Witt Chicago Run  
Sally Willis ADA-registered dietician  
Reggie Gonzalez Chicago Commission on Human Relations  
LaRinda McKelvy PCC Americorps  
Ed Boone CLOCC  
Amber Liudke Northwestern  
Dayna Dion Northwestern  
Samir Tanna Action for Children  
Greg Van Hyfte Project VIDA  
Sheelah Muhammad Not given  
Angela Odoms-Young UIC  
Sarah Leone Not given  
Kelly Comstock Loyola University  
Erica Fleischer ACT  
Walter Rivers Rivers Fitness  
Paola Seguil UIC  
Esther Sciammarella CHHC  
Elaine Jones IAHPERD  
Kelly Lowry CMH  
Michelle Busse Loyola University  
Vince Keenan IAFP Yes
Meghan Morgan Girls in the Game  
Betty Nichols Homemaking Skills Inst. Yes
Cynthia Mears IL Chapter, Am. Academy of Pediatrics  
Colleen Lammel Chicago Park District  
Sadie Wycl UIC SPH  
Summer Porter UIC HN/KN  
Abby Dressander MCHC  
Armand Paradis NCFST/IIT  
Jenette Rivers Rivers Fitness  
Sheela Seybolt UIC  
Queta Bauer Not given  
Charlyn Primous Not given  
Jose Luis Rodriguez Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention Yes
Martha Rosenberg Not given  
Josephine Ansah Not given  
Kevin Wong Not given  
Nancy Alvarez Not given  

 

 
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