BIO:
Harvey Fineberg served president of the Institute of Medicine, one of the U.S. National Academies from 2002 to 2014. He served as provost of Harvard University (1997-2001) after 13 years as Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fineberg currently serves as the president of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. He has devoted most of his academic career to the fields of health policy and medical decision-making. His past research has focused on the process of policy development and implementation, assessment of medical technology, evaluation and use of vaccines, and dissemination of medical innovations. Dr. Fineberg helped found and served as president of the Society for Medical Decision Making and has been a consultant to WHO. At IOM, he has chaired and served on a number of panels dealing with health policy issues, ranging from AIDS to new medical technology.

BIO:
America Bracho is the Executive Director of Latino Health Access, a center for health promotion and disease prevention located in Santa Ana, California. This Center was created under her leadership to assist with the multiple health needs of Latinos in Orange County.

Latino Health Access facilitates mechanisms of empowerment for the Latino community and uses participatory approaches to community health education. The programs train community health workers as leaders of wellness and change. Ms. Bracho worked as a physician in her native Venezuela for several years, after which she came to the U.S. to obtain a Master’s Degree in Public Health at the University of Michigan. Her Public Health specialty is Health Education and Health Behavior.