Community Engagement Core Stakeholder Advisory Board

Our Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB) collaboratively leads, and in some cases helps us implement, all EaRTH Center aims to ensure we meet our goals and are responding to the specific needs and interests of our community, graduate-level healthcare students and practicing healthcare professionals. Our SAB helps us in identifying environmental health research, translation, and education needs as well as opportunities for disseminating EaRTH Center research findings to accelerate the translation and implementation of research findings to clinical care and education.

 

Meet Our SAB

Katie Huffling, DNP, RN, CNM, FAAN

Executive Director, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

Biography

Dr. Katie Huffling is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and the Executive Director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). With ANHE, Dr. Huffling works with nurses and nursing organizations to elevate environmental health issues, such as climate change, toxic chemicals, and sustainability in healthcare, amongst the nursing profession. Dr. Huffling is a passionate supporter of nurse led advocacy in support of healthier environments for all.

Dr. Huffling received her DNP in Health Innovation and Leadership from the University of Minnesota. She is an appointed member of the US Environmental Protection Agency Children’s Health Protection Advisory Council and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector.

 

Wylie Liu, MPH, MPA

Executive Director, UCSF Center for Community Engagement

Biography

Wylie brings extensive experience working across sectors, including community based organizations, public agencies and the healthcare industry, to advance health equity. As the Executive Director of the Center for Community Engagement, she facilitates community-academic-health and healthcare partnerships at UCSF. Her work focuses on community engaged research, community health, education and economic inclusion.

Prior to joining UCSF, she managed the California Pacific Medical Center Community Health Programs, where she focused on partnerships between the Medical Center and community based organizations and clinics to address health disparities and inequities. She also developed numerous city-wide plans and innovative programs to address the needs of the underserved in diverse communities at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

 

Marjenah Moini, MD

 

Michelle Pierce

Executive Director, Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates

Biography

Michelle Pierce is a sustainability and responsibility professional with over a decade of experience connecting science, communities, and business to advance environmental stewardship. Her work focuses on developing cross-cultural, multilingual strategies that align organizational performance with ecological sustainability. She brings expertise in helping organizations reduce environmental impact while strengthening long-term resilience and value.

Kristin S. Schafer, MA

Director, Collaborative for Health & Environment (CHE)

Biography

Kristin has over three decades of experience in the field of environmental health and justice, holding positions at the Environmental Protection Agency and World Resources Institute before her 25-year tenure at Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America. Throughout her career she's had a particular focus on children's health and pesticides, collaborating with partners to promote protective policies at the state, national and international levels. Kristin holds a Masters in Social Change and Development from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She lives with her husband in downtown San Jose where she loves to bike and garden, and currently serves as board co-chair for the community-building urban farm, Veggielution.