Claude A. Jacob, DrPH, MPH, has over two decades of administrative experience in public health. Since July 2021, Dr. Jacob has served as the Public Health Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District. Prior to joining Metro Health, Dr. Jacob has professional experiences having served as Chief Public Health Officer for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Deputy Director for the Office of Health Promotion at the Illinois Department of Public Health, Bureau Chief with the Baltimore City Health Department and Director of Community Affairs at Sinai Health System in Chicago.

Reena Chudgar, MPH, is the Senior Director of Public Health Systems and Services at the Public Health Accreditation Board, supporting efforts to guide system and organizational transformation. She facilitates implementation of PHAB’s education, technical assistance, and system/state-based efforts in this role.

Jason Orr, PhD, MPH, is a Researcher at the University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Systems. Dr. Orr is experienced in policy analysis, mixed-methods research, and systems design & analysis with interests in public health services frameworks (e.g., Foundational Public Health Services), collaborative service delivery (i.e., cross-jurisdictional sharing or cross-sectoral collaboration), public health finance and workforce issues, and other transformation and innovation initiatives for public health systems.