Appendix B
Speakers and Panelists
Stuart Abramson, M.D.
Associate Director for Clinical Research
Children’s Asthma Center
Texas Children’s Hospital
Hashem Akbari, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Labatory
Ramón Alvarez, Ph.D.
Director
Environmental Defense Energy Program
LaNell Anderson
Director
Texas Bucket Brigade
James Blackburn, J.D.
Blackburn and Carter, LLP
Martina Cartwright, J.D.
Director
Texas Southern University
Environmental Health Law Clinic
Cath Conlon
Founder and Executive Director
Blackwood Educational Land Institute
Tony DeLucia, Ph.D.
Past Chair
American Lung Association
Lynn R. Goldman, M.P.H., M.D.
Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Environmental Health
Beverly Gor, Ed.D., R.D.
Associate Director of Community Relations
Center for Research on Minority Health
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
Jackie Hall
Founder and Executive Director
The Hall Group
Winifred J. Hamilton, Ph.D., S.M.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery and Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Carol Henry, Ph.D.
Vice President for Science and Research
American Chemistry Council
Roger Hulbert
Senior Assistant Director
Public Works and Engineering Division
City of Houston
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Research on Minority Health
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
Steven Klineberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Rice University
Jane Laping, M.P.H.
Executive Director
Mothers for Clean Air
Jim Lester, Ph.D.
Director
Houston Advanced Research Center
Catherine Pernot
Associate
Gulf Coast Institute
John Porretto, B.S.
Chief Business Officer
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
Nestor Rodriguez
Professor
The University of Houston
Paul Grant Rogers, J.D.
Partner
Hogan and Hartson
Kenneth Sexton, Sc.D., M.B.A.
Professor, Environmental Sciences
School of Public Health
University of Texas
Kevin Shanley
President
Bayou Preservation Association
Samuel H. Wilson, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Bryan Yeoman, M.A.
Senior Research Scientist
Houston Advanced Research Center