Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony

2008 Heroes Photo Gallery

	Left to right: Award presenter Mark Smolinski, International Hero Donald Francis, Nancy Aossey (representing Organizational Hero International Medical Corps), Regional Hero Barbara Staggers, award presenter Wilma Chan, National Hero David Kessler, and award presenter William Foege
	Nancy Aossey, president and CEO of International Medical Corps (Organizational Hero), with presenter Mark Smolinski, threat detective with Google.org
	Regional Hero Barbara Staggers—honored for her leadership in promoting adolescent health, particularly among high-risk, urban, and minority youth—with award presenter Wilma Chan, former California state assemblymember
	National Hero David Kessler—honored for his leadership and courage in challenging the U.S. tobacco industry—with his wife, Paulette Kessler
	International Hero Donald Francis (left)—honored for his leadership in the eradication of smallpox, the discovery of HIV, and the control of Ebola hemorrhagic fever—with award presenter William Foege, former CDC director and current senior medical adviser to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program
	All four Public Health Heroes (left to right): Donald Francis, Nancy Aossey (representing International Medical Corps), Barbara Staggers, and David Kessler
	The Forum at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
	School of Public Health Dean Stephen Shortell welcome guests to the 12th Annual Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony and presents the School’s vision for the future.
	Regional Hero Barbara Staggers watches the presentations.
	Former vice president Al Gore presents the National Hero Award to David Kessler via video.
	Ken Taymor, chair of the School’s Policy Advisory Council, gives closing remarks and thanks the event’s sponsors.
	Left to right: UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, his wife Yvette Breslauer, Richard Carmona (17th U.S. Surgeon General), and Dean Stephen Shortell
	International Hero Donald Francis (left) with Larry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org
To purchase or view more photos from the 2008 Heroes event, see the photographers website, Drew Altizer Photography