

Summit Overview
The 2025 Bloomberg American Health Summit brought together hundreds of people on the front lines of public health to learn from community leaders and national experts in Baltimore.
Speakers at the 2025 Summit included leaders from state and federal public health agencies, political figures, faculty from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, journalists, and leaders of community organizations. Fellows and collaborating organizations also had exclusive access to workshops to learn new skills and explore opportunities to work together to build a better tomorrow.
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Meet the 2025 Bloomberg American Health Summit Speakers
Dr. Erica Pan
Director and State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health
Benjamin Brooks
Senator, State of Maryland, 10th Legislative District of Baltimore County
Dr. Matthew S. Tejada
Senior Vice President of Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Ben Zaitchik
Morton K. Blaustein Chair and Professor, Johns Hopkins University Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences
Joanne Kenen
Journalist-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Contributing Writer, POLITICO Magazine
Erika Hanson
Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School
Dr. Arline T. Geronimus
Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity, University of Michigan; Member, National Academy of Medicine
Richard Hughes IV
The George Washington University Law School and Partner, Epstein Becker Green
Dr. Kadija Ferryman
Faculty, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Michael Botticelli
Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy