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

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Violence

Brandon M. Scott

Mayor, City of Baltimore

Violence

Randall L. Woodfin

Mayor, City of Birmingham

Adolescent Health

Lisa Lawson

President and CEO, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Adolescent Health

Nikil Saval

Senator, State of Pennsylvania

Food Systems for Health

Dr. Erica Pan

Director and State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health

Addiction & Overdose

Sara Whaley

Executive Director of Overdose Response, City of Baltimore

Adolescent Health

Benjamin Brooks

Senator, State of Maryland, 10th Legislative District of Baltimore County

Food Systems for Health

Dr. Donald Warne

Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health

Environmental Challenges

Dr. Matthew S. Tejada

Senior Vice President of Environmental Health, Natural Resources Defense Council

Environmental Challenges

Dr. Ben Zaitchik

Morton K. Blaustein Chair and Professor, Johns Hopkins University Kreiger School of Arts and Sciences

Environmental Challenges

Dr. Samuel S. Myers

Director, Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health

Environmental Challenges

Joanne Kenen

Journalist-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Contributing Writer, POLITICO Magazine

Food Systems for Health

Erika Hanson

Clinical Instructor, Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, Harvard Law School

General

Dr. Arline T. Geronimus

Professor, Health Behavior & Health Equity, University of Michigan; Member, National Academy of Medicine

General

Dr. Michelle Taylor

Commissioner of Health, Baltimore City Health Department

General

Richard Hughes IV

The George Washington University Law School and Partner, Epstein Becker Green

Food Systems for Health

Crystal FitzSimons

President, Food Research & Action Center

General

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
 

Violence

Angela Ferrell-Zabala

Executive Director, Moms Demand Action

Food Systems for Health

Dr. Steven Chen

Chief Medical Officer, Alameda County Recipe4Health

Addiction & Overdose

Cathy Chavers

Former Bois Forte Tribal Chair

Addiction & Overdose

Michael Botticelli

Former Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

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