The Center for Adolescent Health could not achieve its mission without the input of community members. Since 1994, the Community Advisory Board (CAB) has served as an important partner in facilitating the Center’s capacity to promote healthy adolescent lifestyles in an urban setting. Board members represent the community we serve, with representatives from a range of organizations throughout Baltimore, including schools, youth-serving organizations and city government.
To provide meaningful leadership, support and direction for the Center for Adolescent Health by helping to ensure that the Center’s research, training and communication promote the successful transition to healthy adulthood among Baltimore’s young people.
Because the Community Advisory Board is a vital decision-making partner, members assume important responsibilities. A steering committee makes overall policy, executive and procedural decisions and ad hoc subcommittees are formed throughout the year to address project-specific issues. The board as a whole meets quarterly with one meeting held jointly with the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC).
The schedule for CAB meetings for 2008 is as follows:
June 25 (8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast, 9 a.m. Meeting Begins),
September 24 (8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast, 9 a.m. Meeting Begins),
December 10 (Holiday Celebration with YAC members and staff, 4:30 p.m. Meeting Begins).
Each board member makes a two-year commitment to serve and may choose to continue serving at the end of the first term. Other duties include ensuring that the needs of the community coincide with Center plans and providing suggestions and feedback for applied research projects.
The purpose of the CAB is to serve as a working partner in guiding the Center’s activities by representing the voice of the community. Board members have made valuable contributions to several Center projects, including:
Collaborating with doctoral students and other community members to create a publication on teen stress;
Reviewing and selecting recipients of the Center’s annual Expanding Horizons scholarships for young students;
Selecting projects for funding that advance adolescent health research and program development; and
Providing useful input into organizing a summer retreat for our Youth Advisory Committee.
In the past, the Community Advisory Board has:
Developed issue briefs and workshops for community-based, youth-serving professionals;
Recommended topics and speakers for Center events;
Promoted the Center’s activities;
Lectured at the School of Public Health; and
Worked in concert with the Center’s Youth Advisory Committee on Center projects.
Patty Kirby
Vice President of Education and Training
Planned Parenthood of Maryland
(410) 576-2161
** Charmayne D. Little
NCC Representative
Coordinator, Community Schools
Baltimore City Public School System
(443) 642-2932
** Cynthia Mobley, MD, MPH
Director
Healthy Teens Young Adults Center
Baltimore City Health Department
(410) 396-0064
** Ross Pologe, CAB Chair
Executive Director
Fellowship of Lights, Inc.
Youth and Community Services
(410) 332-4277 x222
Heber Brown
Maryland Mentoring Partnership
(410) 685-8316
Donna Holman El-Amin
Case Management Specialist Supervisor, Female Intervention Team
Department of Juvenile Services
(443) 263-8790
Linda Cymrot
Casey Family Services
(410) 342-7554
Nichole Leonard
Policy Analysis Implementation Manager
Adult, Family & Children’s Services
Baltimore City Department of Social Services
(443) 423-4051
Sgt. James Vaughan
Baltimore City Police Department
Police Athletic League
(410) 396-2166
Calvin Street
Vice President for Community Development
East Baltimore Development, Inc.
(410) 234-0660
Jacquelene Sharp Massey
Director of Community Partnerships & Resource Development
Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Academy for College and Career Exploration (ACCE)
(410) 396-6726
Danielle Gould
Admissions Coordinator
The Children's Home
(410) 744-7310
Jermel A. Gilliam
Mental Health Coordinator
Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc.
Child & Adolescent Services Division
(410) 837-2647
Eric Clay
Program Manager
YO! Center
(410) 732-2661
Liz Torres Brown
Employment Advocate
YO! Center
(410) 732-2661
Kenya Lee
Founder
Parents With Power
(410) 466-6338
William Holmes
Employment Advocate
YO! Center
(410) 732-2661
Mindi B. Levin, MS, CHES
Director, Student Outreach
Resource Center (SOURCE)
(410) 955-3880
Ledonia Kimball
Office of Safe & Supportive Schools
Baltimore City Public School System
(443) 642-2930
Sherry Jones
Resource Specialist
Department of Juvenile Justice Resource Center
(443) 263-8783
LaReneque Bartholomew
CEO/Founder
Family Therapy Services
(410) 483-7357
** Jessica Rae
Assistant Director of Advocacy for Children’s Rights
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
(410) 951-7637
** Linda Federico Kohler
Executive Director
Students Sharing Coalition
(410) 662-8999
** Risa Turetsky, RN
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Student Representative
Susan P. Reynolds
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Student Representative
Christine Evans
Health Educator/Teen Pregnancy Coordinator
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Center for Maternal & Child Health
(410) 767-6042
YAC Reps
Brian Williams
Junior
ACCE Academy
Michelle Hudson
Junior
ACCE Academy
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