Obesity Prevention Initiative Act
Chicago
Friday, February 26, 2010
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Michael A. Bilandic Building
160 N. LaSalle St., Room C-500 (5th Floor)
Those Who Testified
| Name | Organization | Written Testimony Received? |
| Dr. Saul Levin | American Medical Association | Yes |
| Karen Atwood | Blue Cross Blue Shield | Yes |
| Cristal Thomas | US Dept. of HHS | Yes |
| Holly Gansz | Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education Research & Dance |
Yes |
| Roberta Cooper | Meyer Illinois Dietetic Association | Yes |
| Jane Hawes | Rush Health | |
| Dr. Adam Becker | CLOCC | Yes |
| Michelle Glick | Stretch-n-Grow North, Inc. | Yes |
| Gloria Harris | COFI | Yes |
| Meghan Gibbons | ILSNA | Yes |
| Cynthia Mears | IL Chapter, Am. Academy of Pediatrics | |
| Kim Kramer | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Wellness Center | Yes |
| Shanice Graham | Ingalls Memorial Hospital Dietetic Internship | Yes |
| Gerald Boyd | Employers Coalition on Health | Yes |
| Amy Skeen | Girls in the Game | |
| Lucy Gomez-Feliciano | Healthy Kids Healthy Communities | Yes |
| Rosa Ramirez | Healthy Schools Campaign | Yes |
| Rashmi Chugh | DuPage County Health Dept. | Yes |
| Karen Ayala | DuPage County Health Dept. Forward Initiative | |
| Robin Levy | Chicago Public Schools | Yes |
| Dr. Katherine Kaufer Christoffel | Children's Memorial Medical Center | Yes |
| Rick Reigner | Illinois State Alliance of YMCAs | Yes |
| Dr. Stephen Martin | Cook County Dept. of Public Health | Yes |
| Virginia Martinez | MALDEF | Yes |
| Amy Bohnert | Loyola University | Yes |
| Sue Worley | 4-C Comm Coord Child Care | Yes |
| Vickie Chedgy | VCC-Vickie's Learning Center | Yes |
| Brenda Koester | UIUC Family Resiliency Center | Yes |
| Dr. Kristen Harrison | UIUC | |
| William Baldyga | UIC | |
| David Dungan | IL Chapter, Am. Academy of Pediatrics | Yes |
| Dr. Kathy Weber | Midwest Orthopedics at Rush | |
| Andrea Frank | Howard Area Community Center | Yes |
| Jose Arrom | CEED Chicago | Yes |
| Krista Rajanen | PCC Wellness | |
| Edleda James | PCC Wellness | Yes |
| Larind McKelvy | PCC Wellness | Yes |
| Tom Browning | Illinois Action for Children | Yes |
| Dr. Bechara Choucair | Chicago Dept. of Public Health | Yes |
| Colleen Lammel-Harmon | Chicago Park District | Yes |
| Melody Geraci | Active Trans | |
| Armand Paradis | NCFST/IIT | Yes |
| Kelly Lowry | CMH | Yes |
| Michael Isaacson | Kane County Health Dept. | Yes |
| Ed Dzialo | Weight Watchers | |
| William Kobler | ISMS | Yes |
| Greg Van Hyfte | Project VIDA | |
| Walter Rivers | Rivers Fitness | |
| Esther Sciammarella | Chgo. Hispanic Health Coalition |
