Media and Speaking Requests

Brian C. Castrucci, DrPH, President and CEO

Brian Castrucci

President and CEO, de Beaumont Foundation

A leader in health philanthropy with a background in epidemiology, Brian Castrucci, DrPH,  spent a decade helping to lead the health departments of Philadelphia, Texas, and Georgia. He was a driving force behind PH WINS, the only survey of the state and local government public health workforce, and CityHealth, which promotes healthy policies in cities.

A fierce advocate for state and local governmental public health professionals, Brian can speak on topics including:

• The need to invest in health, not just healthcare
• Public health funding – trends and needs, and how funding affects preparedness
• The intersection of policy and health – sick leave, housing, education, etc.
• Challenges to the public health field – turnover, lack of resources, recruitment/retention

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INTERVIEW DR. CASTRUCCI

Recent writing and interviews:

• The Atlantic: We’ll Be Wearing Things on Our Faces for a Long Time
• A Second Opinion: A Case for Public Health Infrastructure
• Matter of Fact: Funding the First Line of Defense: Public Health
• Associated Press: “In years before outbreak, investment in public health fell”
• Health Affairs: “Coronavirus Responders Deserve Better“
• USA Today: ” ‘This is not sustainable’: Public Health Departments, Decimated by Funding Cuts, Scramble against Coronavirus“
• Health Affairs: “Want To Make The Nation More Prepared To Fight Contagious Diseases? Expand Paid Sick Leave“
• Route Fifty: “Coronavirus Quarantines Pose Tough Issues for State and Local Officials“

Media inquiries and interview requests: Contact Mark Miller at miller@debeaumont.org.

Invitations for speaking engagements: Contact Nicole Holton at holton@debeaumont.org.

Chrissie Juliano, MPP, Executive Director, Big Cities Health Coalition

Chrissie Juliano

Executive Director, Big Cities Health Coalition

Chrissie Juliano, MPP,  leads the Big Cities Health Coalition, a forum for the health leaders of America’s largest metropolitan health departments to exchange strategies and jointly address issues to promote and protect the health and safety of the nearly 62 million people they serve. Prior to joining BCHC, she was a senior program manager at RESOLVE, where she developed and facilitated collaborative processes and consensus-building projects among a variety of public health stakeholder groups. As part the RESOLVE health team, she managed the Public Health Leadership Forum, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as other projects including Too Many Patients, Too Few Resources, which sought to gather community opinion on how to allocate scarce medical resources in a pandemic. Previously, Chrissie worked on stakeholder outreach at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products and in policy development at the Trust for America’s Health.

Ms. Juliano can speak on urban health issues and the challenges cities face, including:

• Infectious disease
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Tobacco
• Opioids
• Violence
• Health equity
• Public health funding/infrastructure

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CONTACT CHRISSIE

Recent writing and interviews:

• The New York Times: “Despite Promises, Testing Delays Leave Americans ‘Flying Blind’“
• Governing: “Be Prepared but Don’t Panic: Health Departments Respond to Coronavirus“
• STAT: “U.S. Communities Are Braced for Coronavirus Outbreaks. Seattle Is Already in the Thick of It“
• Health Affairs: “A Winning Goal: Pay Equity In Public Health“
• Big Cities Health Coalition Blog: “Critically Important Emergency Funding for COVID-19 Will Soon Flow to Local and State Jurisdictions“

Media inquiries and interview requests: Contact Chrissie directly at juliano@bigcitieshealth.org.