Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors includes leaders in the nonprofit, legal, health care, education and business sectors.

Their expertise helps strengthen our vision, assess our effectiveness, and guide our efforts to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world. 

William D. Novelli (Board Chair)
Professor, McDonough School of Business
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Christopher Conley (Finance Chair)
Managing Director
Tricadia Municipal Management
New York, NY 

Danny McGoldrick (Secretary)
Vice President, Research
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC

Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Austin, TX

Leslie E. Bains
Managing Director
Citi Private Bank
New York, NY

Dileep G. Bal, M.D.
District Health Officer
Kauai District Health Office
Lihue, Kauai, HI

Nancy Brown
Chief Executive Officer
American Heart Association
Dallas, TX

Barrie Fiske
Tobacco Control Advocate
Boston, MA

 

Abigail Michaelsen
National Youth Advocate of the Year
Newport Beach, CA

Michael Moore
Mike Moore Law Firm, LLC
Flowood, MS

Matthew L. Myers
President
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Washington, DC

Jonah Shacknai
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
Scottsdale, AZ 

John R. Seffrin, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society
Atlanta, GA

Todd Sisitsky
Partner
TPG Capital, LP
San Francisco, CA

Mark K. Shriver
Vice President and Managing Director of U.S. Programs
Save the Children
Washington, DC

David R. Smith, M.D.
President
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

 

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Tobacco by the Numbers


  • 443,000: Annual tobacco-related deaths in U.S.
  • $96 billion: Annual tobacco-related health care costs in U.S.
  • Six million: U.S. kids alive today who will ultimately die from smoking
  • Five million+: Annual tobacco-related deaths worldwide
  • 600,000: Annual deaths worldwide caused by secondhand smoke
  • One billion: Worldwide deaths from tobacco this century unless urgent action is taken