Steering Committee Members
Lorna E. Davis, MS, Co-Chair, NYCAP
Director, NYC Asthma Initiative, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Louise Vetter, Co-Chair, NYCAP
Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association of New York
Ellen Becker, RRT, AE-C, PhD
Chair, Community Asthma Educators
Associate Professor, Respiratory Care, Long Island College Hospital
Sebastian Bonner, PhD
Educational Psychologist, NY Academy of Medicine Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies
Sally Findley, PhD
Professor, Clinical, Population and Family Health, Columbia University School of Public Health
Katy Garrett-Szymanski, RRT
Asthma Center Administrator, Long Island College Hospital
Bala Joshi, PHE
Pediatric Asthma Educator, Queens Hospital Center
Cheryl Lawrence, MD
Chair, Schools Committee
Deputy Medical Director, Office of School Health
NYC Dept. of Education/ NYC Dept. of Heath and Mental Hygiene
Ben Ortiz, MD
Chair, Health Care Delivery Committee
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Population and Family Health
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health
Ray Lopez
Chair, Environment Committee
Environmental Program Manager, Little Sister of Assumption Family Service
Romelia Rodriguez
Asthma Coordinator
North Brooklyn Asthma Action Alliance
Sylvia Romero Johnson
Asthma Coordinator, Urban Health Plan
Robert Silverman, MD
Research Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Diane Strom, CSW
Administrator, South Bronx Asthma Partnership
Kim Van Atta, RN, BSN
Co-Chair Early Childhood Committee
Health Coordinator, Grand Street Settlement Early Childhood Services
Chiquita Willis
Co-Chair, Early Childhood Committee
Health Coordinator, Pediatric Asthma Center
Long Island College Hospital
