Board photo: Back row: Arnold Adlin, Diane Johnson Grant, Elizabeth Doggett, David Reese

Front row: Pilar Olivo, Jonathan Kotch, Michelle Benoit-Wilson

Jonathan Kotch, MD MPH MA

Dr. Jonathan Kotch, a board-certified medical specialist in pediatrics and preventive medicine, retired in 2016 after 38 years on the faculty of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.…

Arnold Adlin, MUP

Treasurer

For forty years Mr. Adlin enjoyed a wide-ranging career in the financial services industry. After working in the administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York City, he worked variously as Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Partner,…

Diane R. Johnson Grant, DrPH, MPH

Vice Chair

Diane R. Johnson, DrPH, is a health communications and strategy expert. For almost 25 years, she has served in several executive capacities including her current position as the Chief Communications and Public Health Officer at Miss Porter’s…

Dr. Michele Benoit-Wilson, MD, FACOG

Director

Michele Benoit-Wilson is a board-certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist whose life’s work has been providing the full scope of women’s health care, including preventative care, high-risk obstetrics, and gynecologic surgery. Dr. Benoit-Wilson…

Elizabeth Doggett, MA, BSN, BA

Director

Elizabeth is a maternal and child health professional with twenty years of experience in direct patient care and global public health program and policy work. She holds Bachelor’s degrees in Women’s Studies, Creative Writing, and Nursing…

David Reese, MBA

Director

David Reese recently served as the President and CEO of the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation (FHLI). Prior to this role, he led the Durham Children’s Initiative as President & CEO for 12 years. David’s career includes…

Pilar Olivo, MPA

Director

Pilar Olivo guides the implementation of Family Connects Frederick County at Frederick Health Hospital, as principal of Adepta LLC. She previously led and supported cross-institutional workgroups to increase child and family resiliency at the…

Arden Handler, MPH, DrPH

Director

Dr. Arden Handler is Professor Emeritus of Community Health Sciences, and until August 2024, a longtime Director of the Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. Dr.…

Colleen Bridger, MPH, PhD

Director

Colleen Bridger, MPH, PhD, is founder and CEO of Colleen Bridger Consulting, LLC https://colleenbridgerconsulting.com/, working with non-profits and local governments to help them address the root causes of some of their most challenging…

FCI Standing Committees

FCI has several Standing Committees that provide recommendations and guidance to our Board of Directors, including the Scientific Affairs Committee, Program Committee, and Finance Committee. The chairs of the Standing Committees report directly to our Board of Directors.

Current members of various committees include:

Robert Murphy, PhD

Committee Member, Founder

Robert Murphy is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University, Executive Director for the Center for Child & Family Health, and co-founder. Robert collaborates with the Duke University Research Team to…

Kenneth Dodge, PhD

Committee Member, Founder

Kenneth Dodge is the William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. He is also a faculty fellow at the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy, which he founded in…

Steven Green, MBA

Committee Member

Steven Green, MBA serves as a board member for Playful Learning Inc. and has served as a general partner of Ordinance Capital L.P., a Florida-based investment firm, since 1997. From 2012-2019, he was a board member of the New York Times Company.…

Deborah Daro, PHD

Committee Member

Deborah Daro, Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, has played a key role in the development and assessment of evidence-based home visitation programs, working with Federal administrators and Congressional…

Joe Waters, MDiv

Committee Member

Joe Waters is the co-founder and CEO of Capita and serves as a Senior Advisor at Openfields consulting firm. Waters was the Executive Vice President of the Institute for Child Success. A 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow, his views have been…

Diana English, PhD

Committee Member

Dr. English completed her Ph.D. at the School of Social Work at the University of Washington. For the next 17 years, she was the Director of Research for the Children’s Administration of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services.…

Karen O’Donnell, PhD

Committee Member, Founder

Dr. Karen O’Donnell is Associate Professor (retired), Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center and Director of Prevention and Global Initiatives at the Center for Child and Family Health (also retired). She…

Bonnie Hepler, RN, MSW, MSPH, PhD

Committee Member

Bonnie Hepler (RN, MSW, MSPH, PhD) serves as Consulting Nurse Educator at FCI, where she oversees the development of accredited nurse trainings and materials. Bonnie is Assistant Professor at Duke University School of Nursing. She earned her…