State of the Public’s Health Conference

Tekisha Everette is the Executive Vice President of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), working closely with the President and CEO to shape and implement the organization’s strategy, advise on policy issues, and collaborate with key stakeholders to advance public health and equity.

With a career dedicated to health justice, Everette has held leadership roles in the non-profit, state, and private sectors. She was the first Executive Director of Health Equity Solutions in Connecticut, focused on policy and advocacy for health equity. Prior to this, she led federal policy and advocacy efforts at the American Diabetes Association and served as a consultant for Drinker, Biddle, and Reath, LLC, representing healthcare organizations on health reform and federal issues. Her experience also includes roles with the Service Employees International Union and the State of Maryland. Recognized for her achievements in health policy and advocacy, Everette is an alumna of the National Urban Fellows America’s Leaders of Change program and is a member of the Association of Black Sociologists.

Everette holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from American University, a Master of Public Administration, and two Bachelor’s degrees from Virginia Tech, and a Master of Public Health from Yale University.

Stefanie Friedhoff is co-founder and co-director of the Information Futures Lab (IFL), Professor of the Practice, and Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation at the Brown University School of Public Health. She is a leading media, communications and global health strategist, and an expert at knowledge translation, information creation, and verification. From July 2022 to May 2023, Friedhoff served as a senior policy advisor on the White House Covid-19 Response Team, focusing on population information needs, health equity, community engagement, and medical countermeasure uptake.

At Brown, Friedhoff studies information ecosystems and the relationships between information needs, information inequities, and health outcomes. Partnering with creators of trusted information in rapidly changing information ecosystems, she creates co-designing and capacity-building opportunities and research initiatives aimed at meeting the information needs of diverse populations.