AICP Growing Healthy Communities

Richard Joseph Jackson, MD, MPH
State Public Health Officer
California Department of Health Services

Community design, land use and transportation--the way we build our communities--significantly affects our health and well being.

Dr. Richard Jackson became California's Public Health Officer in 2004 after serving as senior advisor to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and director of the National Center for Environmental Health. Dr. Jackson believes that healthy people and healthy environments are inseparable and that neighborhoods that encourage exercise can become our best defense against chronic diseases.

Biography

It's about Body, Mind and Spirit

Jane Delgado, PhD, MS
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance for Hispanic Health

Health - It's About Body, Mind and Spirit (4.29 MB) Presented May 11, 2005 at the Great Valley Conference

Dr. Delgado oversees a large professional staff and field operations throughout the nation and Puerto Rico, serving over 12 million clients annually. Dr. Delgado is a pioneer in community health programs and an innovative force, initiating the first technology program for community organizations. She received the National Hispanic Woman of the Year Award in 2004.

Biography

Agriculture for the Long Term -- Sustainability

Craig Watson
Vice President for Quality Assurance and Agricultural Sustainability
Sysco Corporation

Growing A Community (1.6 MB) Presented May 12, 2005 at the Great Valley Conference

Watson, who has been with Sysco since 1981, was raised on a farm in Iowa and has degrees in animal science and meat science. His team is responsible for systems that assure both food safety, product consistency and agricultural sustainability. Sysco is North America's largest supplier of meals prepared away from home, with more than 400,000 food service customers. Sysco officials responded to the growing demand for sustainable products and product techniques by foodservice operators by starting a program designed to support farmer ownership and rural survival.

Biography

AICP Air Quality affects Everyone

Air Quality Panel Follow-Up Memo - Unanswered Questions Environmental Protection Agency - Response to Questions Air Resources Board - Response to Questions San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District - Response to Questions

Air experts from federal, state and Valley agencies present an update on current discussions underway to help clear the Valley's air.

Wayne Nastri, Region 9 Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency

DeeDee D'Adamo, Member, California Air Resources Board

Dave Crow, Executive Director, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

Moderator: Jim Boren, Editorial Page Editor, The Fresno Bee

Growing Healthy Children

Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow
ChildTrauma Academy

Safe from the Start Visit this site for more information on Dr. Perry's research.

Dr. Perry has been a teacher, clinician and researcher in children’s mental health and the neurosciences and both basic neuroscience and clinical research focused on high-risk children - examining long-term cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social, and physiological effects of neglect and trauma. His work has been instrumental in describing how childhood experiences, including neglect and traumatic stress, change the biology of the brain – and, thereby, the health of the child.

ChildTrauma Academy, a not-for-profit organization which promotes innovations in service, research and education in child maltreatment and childhood trauma.

Biography

AICP Save our Land, Save our Towns

Thomas Hylton
Author and Journalist

Save our Land, Save our Towns Visit this site to purchase a copy of Thomas Hylton's book.

As president of Save Our Land, Save Our Towns Inc., a nonprofit corporation, Hylton serves as an advocate of traditional towns that house people of all ages, races, and incomes

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Hylton is the author of a colorful coffee table book titled Save Our Land, Save Our Towns. The book is a plea for comprehensive planning to save our cities, towns, and countryside. Hylton also hosts a public television documentary program called Save Our Land, Save Our Towns, which has aired on more than 100 PBS stations nationwide.

Biography