Sarah Bounse, MPH, is a Program Officer at the de Beaumont Foundation. She manages a portfolio of public health programs, projects, and grants focused on strengthening partnerships, improving communications, and advancing policies to support health and equity.
Prior to joining the de Beaumont Foundation, Sarah was the Director of Local Capacity Building at the Tennessee Department of Health, where she supported local health council members and local health department staff in developing the knowledge and skills needed to address their communities’ health challenges. She also worked as an independent consultant alongside grassroots organizations and nonprofits to develop and implement anti-racist and equitable services, policies, and practices towards organizational transformation. Sarah has served as the Program Manager at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Health Equity, where she developed and led educational initiatives on health equity for medical students, staff, faculty, and leadership. She got her start in organizational change work as the Health Equity Coordinator with the Metro Nashville Public Health Department, leading and facilitating efforts to embed health equity within a local health department through trainings, policy and infrastructure changes, assessments, and community engagement. Sarah began her career as a health educator at the Knox County Health Department, focused on supporting and building community power in a specific neighborhood in Knox County, Tennessee, that had been deeply impacted by systemic and structural racial and health inequities.
Sarah holds a Master’s of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Services Management from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor’s of Arts from the University of Tennessee.

Adriane Casalotti is the Chief of Government and Public Affairs for the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), whose mission is to improve the health of communities by strengthening and advocating for the country’s over 3,300 local health departments. There she leads the Association's efforts on policy development and external affairs, including marketing and communications, government relations, and advocacy. Ms. Casalotti joined NACCHO in October 2018.   
She came to NACCHO from the Food and Drug Administration where she led the Agency's work with Congress on a wide range of policy topics and high‐profile issues. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Health Policy Adviser for a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce committee. Ms. Casalotti also has extensive community-based non-profit experience and has conducted policy research and advocacy on asset building, housing, public health, women's issues, and education policy. 

Ms. Casalotti both her Master of Social Work and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her undergraduate degree in Government with a minor in Chinese language from the College of William and Mary. 

Damōn Chaplin is a highly motivated senior public health administrator with over 20 years of public and private leadership experience. He has experience across the spectrum, including within local and state government, program and policy development, regulatory agencies, as well as for-profit and not-for-profit systems and union environment. 

Before serving as the Health Commissioner for the Minneapolis Health Department, Chaplin served as the Director for the city of New Bedford Health Department in Massachusetts (2018-2023) and Director of Local Public Health Initiatives with the Office of Local and Regional Health at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (2016- 2018).

In his role as the Director of Local Public Health Initiatives with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, he provided statewide leadership and direction to local health departments interested in applying for accreditation and forming public health districts using a shared service model for improving health equity and strengthening workforce development. He was also the founding director and manager of the Massachusetts Large Cities Coalition (MLCC). The MLCC coalition consists of the state’s 14 largest cities (cities with populations of 70,000 or greater), ranging from Framingham, with a population of approximately 70,000, to Boston with a population of more than 650,000.

In his former role as Metro-Boston Regional Director with the MDPH, Chaplin provided overall statewide leadership and oversight of the Metro Boston Region where he represented, six Community Health Network Alliances (CHNA’s), approximately 65 cities and towns, and a regional health office composed of seven bureaus, 10 programs, and approximately 59 staff members of whom he provided indirect supervision and guidance.    As the metro Boston Regional Director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Chaplin oversaw the direct management and performance of the Donovan Health Building, including facilities management, fiscal management, and overall building operations.

Tekisha Dwan Everette is Trust for America’s Health’s Executive Vice President. In this role, she works in partnership with TFAH’s President and CEO to chart and implement the organization’s strategic direction and priorities, provides counsel on current and emerging policy issues, and engages with key organizations, policymakers, and other partners to advance policy priorities to improve public health and promote equity.
A successful executive leader and public policy strategist with a passion for health justice, Everette’s career spans service in the non-profit, state, and private sectors. Most recently, she served as the inaugural Executive Director of Health Equity Solutions, a statewide non-profit dedicated to advancing health equity through policy and advocacy in Connecticut. Prior to Health Equity Solutions, Everette was the Managing Director of Federal Government Affairs with the American Diabetes Association, where she provided strategic leadership on policy and advocacy initiatives with the White House, federal agencies, and Congress. Everette also worked as a government relations consultant with Drinker, Biddle, and Reath, LLC, where she represented the interests of several non-profit healthcare organizations on issues such as health reform, Medicare, Medicaid, and federal appropriations. Everette has also worked for the Service Employees International Union and the State of Maryland. Recognized for her achievements in health policy and advocacy, Everette is an alumna of the National Urban Fellows America’s Leaders of Change program and is a member of the Association of Black Sociologists.
Everette earned a doctorate in Sociology from American University with a concentration in race, gender, and social justice as it relates to social policy. She received a Master of Public Administration from Virginia Tech and holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies also from Virginia Tech. She achieved her Master of Public Health from Yale University.