Promoting Community Health in Planning Decisions

Bio: Jimmy Dills is a Research Associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, where he works to improve public health by advancing a health in all policies perspective of decision making. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Atlanta Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism and as an instructor for the Public Health and Built Environment course offered jointly through Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health and Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning. His primary areas of expertise are health impact assessment (HIA) and healthy community design. Prior to joining the Health Policy Center, Jimmy facilitated collaboration between the local public health department and community stakeholders as HIA Coordinator in Nashville, TN. He has also been a Research Fellow at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity focusing specifically on HIA and physical activity promotion. He has presented on Health in All Policies, HIA, and other built environment topics to numerous local, regional, and national audiences such as the American Public Health Association, the American Planning Association, New Partners for Smart Growth, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. Jimmy holds a Master of Public Health degree and Bachelor of Science from Emory University as well as a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Louisville.

Education: Jimmy holds a Master of Public Health degree and Bachelor of Science from Emory University as well as a Master of Urban Planning from the University of Louisville.

Past Assignments: He has presented on Health in All Policies, HIA, and other built environment topics to numerous local, regional, and national audiences such as the American Public Health Association, the American Planning Association, New Partners for Smart Growth, and the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Bio: Currently, Chris works for himself as the Principal of Vitruvian Planning, LLC in Boise, Idaho. Recent planning projects have included projects of a wide variety including statewide Safe Routes to School planning, Health Impact Assessments, Complete Street policy analysis and transportation plans with particular emphasis on the people network and land use contexts. As an avid cyclist, transit user and health advocate, Chris has focused primarily on the link between mobility planning and the public health connection. Chris has worked in both the public and private sectors and spent time on the front lines of the health crisis facing the U.S. and a personal trainer and coach.

Education: Education achievements include a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University; a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences from Chapman University.

Past Assignments: West Virginia Association of Counties Annual Conference, 2012. Charleston, WV. "Health and the Built Environment" Center for Disease Control, Weight of the Nation, Washington DC. 2012, "HIA and Activity Connection Plan; Going Beyond Simple Evaluation"

Bio: Assistant Professor, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers Departmental Affiliations: Undergraduate Program in Public Health Masters Program in Policy Masters Program in Urban Planning Doctoral Program in Planning and Policy

Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health MS, Cornell University BA, Gustavus Adolphus College

Key Publications: 1. Thornton, RJ, Greiner, AL, Fichtenberg, CM, Feingold, B, Ellen, JM, Jennings, JM. (in press, 2013). “Achieving Healthy Zoning Policy in Baltimore: The Results of a Health Impact Assessment of the 1 TransForm Baltimore Comprehensive Zoning Code Rewrite.” Public Health Reports: Supplement on Applying Social Determinants of Health to Public Health Practice 2. Jennings, J, Miliam, A; Greiner A, Furr Holden, D. Curriero, F, Thornton, R. (under review) Neighborhood Alcohol Outlets and the Association with Violent Crime in one Mid-Atlantic City: The Implications for Zoning Policy. 3. Pierce, J; Martin, D; Scherr, A and Greiner, A (Sept 2012) The Spatial Justice of Mental Health: How Local Development Politics Shape Public Health Outcomes. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102 ( 5): 1084-1092 4. Ransom M, Greiner A, Kotchitzky C, Major K (2011) Pursuing Health Equity: Zoning Codes and Public Health. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 39(1-S): 94-97. 5. Thornton RJ, Greiner A, and Jennings J. (2013) Alcohol Outlet Control Policy and Public Health in Baltimore: Evidence and Arguments about Creating Healthier Residential Neighborhoods. Published through and funded by The Abell Foundation. Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.abell.org/pubsitems/HHS-Alcohol_Policy_Brief.pdf Thornton RLJ, Fichtenberg CM, Greiner A, Feingold B, Ellen JM, Jennings JM, Shea MA, Schilling J, Taylor RB, Bishai D, Black M. Zoning for a Healthy Baltimore: A Health Impact Assessment of the TransForm Baltimore Comprehensive Zoning Code Rewrite. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Center for Child and Community Health Research. August 2010.

Past Assignments: 1. Shapiro, S and Greiner, A. (February 22, 2013). Lessons Learned:What Can Benefit-Cost Analysis Teach Us about Health Impact Assessments? Society for Benefit Cost Analysis: Increasing the Utility of Benefit Cost Analysis. Washington, DC 2. Greiner A. Lagasse L, Neff R, Love D, Sokol N, Chase R, & Smith KC. (October 29, 2012) "Reassuring or risky? The presentation of seafood safety in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill" Oral presentation. 140th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA 3. Greiner, A. Johnson, RJ, Jennings, J, and Fichtenberg C (April 2, 2012) Addressing Alcohol Outlet Density through an HIA of Baltimore City's Zoning Code Rewrite. Oral Presentation. Inaugural National Health Impact Assessment Meeting. Washington DC. 4. Greiner, A. (October 27, 2010). Realizing Healthy Urban Governance: Challenges and Opportunities via Comprehensive Zoning Rewrites. Oral Presentation. International Conference on Urban Health. New York, NY 5. Greiner, A. (September 14, 2010) Challenges and Opportunities in Including Health in Zoning Rewrites: Implications for Health Equity and Governance. Oral Presentation. Using Law, Policy, and Research to Improve the Public’s Health: A National Conference. Sponsored by the Public Health Law Association and American Society for Law Medicine and Ethics. Atlanta, GA

Bio: Davidson Design for Life Coordinator in the Town of Davidson, NC. Health Impact Assessment practitioner in charge of conducting 3 HIAs and 2 HIA trainings annually as part of a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Formerly an ORISE Fellow with the CDC Healthy Community Design Initiative and Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.

Education: Bachelor of Arts from Appalachian State University: Interdisciplinary Studies Environmental Policy and Planning Masters of City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Key Publications: Hebert, K. (2012). Health Impact Assessments in North Carolina: Promoting Public Health Through Informed Decisions. North Carolina Medical Journal, 73(4), 297-299. Health Impact Assessment: Town of Davidson Street Design Standards. http://www.healthimpactnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SDS-HIA-Report-2.pdf . Health Impact Assessment: Red Line Regional Rail. http://www.healthimpactnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Red-Line-HIA-11-28-2012.pdf . Health Impact Assessment: SB 731: Zoning/Design and Aesthetic Controls. http://www.healthimpactnc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SB-731HIA-Report1.pdf Danley, C. Hebert, K. & Kostelec, D. (2013). Health Impact Assessment & Planning: Bridging the Gap to Promote Health Equity. Carolina Planning. (Scheduled to be published in upcoming edition).

Other Publications: Hebert, K.A., Wendel, A.M., Kennedy, S.K., & Dannenberg, A.L. (2012). Health impact assessment: A comparison of 45 local, national, and international guidelines. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 34, 74-82.

Past Assignments: Speaker at the 2012 North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association state conference on the use of HIA in NC. Plenary speaker at the Inaugural United States HIA meeting in D.C. in April 2012.

Bio: Don Kostelec, AICP, is the principal of Kostelec Planning in Asheville. Don was the project manager for both the Haywood County Comprehensive Bicycle Plan and the Buncombe County Greenways & Trails Master Plan, as well as the associated Health Impact Assessments. He has worked in both the public and private sector managing pedestrian, bicycle, greenways and transit plans for more than 12 years in North Carolina, Idaho, Washington and the United Arab Emirates. Don is a board member of the NC Active Transportation Alliance, the Leadership Team of NC Eat Smart / Move More, and the Buncombe Bicycle Education Network. He is an adjunct professor in Western Carolina University's Master of Public Affairs program.

Education: Master of Urban Planning & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. Bachelor of Science, Political Science & Journalism, Western Carolina University.

Past Assignments: "Health Impact Assessments: Collaboration for Improving Planning and Policy Initiatives." North Carolina Chapter of APA. September 2012. Wilmington, NC. "HIA for Active Transportation: Addressing Obesity in Western NC through Bicycle and Greenway Planning." Southern Obesity Summit. October 2012. Charlotte, NC. "Health Impact Assessments: Typologies for Transportation Projects and Planning" (P12-6319). 2012 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. January 2012. Washington, DC. "Transportation Demand Management and Public Health: Are we making the connection?." Association for Commuter Transportation Annual Conference. July 212. Savannah, GA.