Membership of the task force shall consist of 19 members as follows: the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, who shall serve as chair; the state’s public health advocate; the secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services Human Services or her designee; the director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services or her designee; four members of the General Assembly, one from the state Senate appointed by the Senate president, one from the state Senate appointed by the Senate minority leader, one from the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker and one from the House of Representatives appointed by the House minority leader; and 10 members appointed by the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health who represent state associations and advocacy organizations with a primary focus that includes chronic disease prevention, public health delivery, medicine, health care and disease management or community health.

Craig Conover, M.D., M.P.H., Chair
Acting Director
Illinois Department of Public Health

Joel Africk
President and Chief Executive Officer
Respiratory Health Association of Metro Chicago

Paul Brandt-Rauf, M.D.
Dean, School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago

Janice Cichowlas, Ph.D., J.D.
Policy Analyst
Illinois Department of Aging

Robert Cohen, M.D.
Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Chair, Division of Pulmonary Medicine/Critical Care, John H. Stronger, Jr., Hospital of Cook County

Elizabeth Coulson
Illinois State Representative
R-Glenview

Jaime Delgado
Director, Humboldt Park Diabetes Prevention Project
Sinai Urban Health Institute

William Delgado
Illinois State Senator
D-Chicago

James Galloway, M.D.
Assistant U.S. Surgeon General
Regional Health Administrator – Region V
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Michael Isaacson
Director, Division of Community Health
Kane County Health Department

Lorrie Rickman Jones, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Mental Health
Illinois Department of Human Services

Michael Jones
Special Assistant to the Director for Healthcare Policy
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services

Miriam Link-Mullison
Administrator
Jackson County Health Department

Dwayne Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer
East Chicago Community Health Center

Cynthia Soto
Illinois State Representative
D-Chicago

David Steward, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Internal Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

James Webster, M.D.
Retired
Geriatric, Pulmonary and Internal Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Quentin Young, M.D.
Public Health Advocate
Illinois Department of Public Health

Vacant
Senate Minority Leader Appointee

Member list as of 10/7/2011.