Executive Council

Brenda Bell Caffee
Hattiesburg, MS

Lawrence Carter
Baltimore, MD

Lodie Lambright
Providence, RI

Debbie Reynolds
Phoenix, AZ

Donna Scrutchins
Chicago, IL

Bobby Washington
Cullen, LA

Denyse Porter Jones
Grosse Point, MI

Wesley Sholes
Rancho Palo Verdes, CA

Juan Jackson
North Minneapolis, MN

Patricia Mc Manus
Milwaukee, WI

Circle of Elders

Brenda Bell Caffee
Executive Director, Caffee, Caffee and Associates, Hattiesburg, MS

Lodie Lambright, MPA
Program Manager, Asthma Control Program, Rhode Island Dept of Health, Providence, RI

Yvonne Lewis
Office of Minority Health
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Robert G. Robinson, MSW, Dr.P.H.
Retired Associate Director for Program Development, Office of Smoking and Health, CDC, Atlanta, GA

William S. Robinson, MA
Executive Director
Durham, NC

Vision
NAATPN's new Technical Assistance and Training program speaks to the very heart of tradition and culture and strives to provide the organizational development, grassroots organizing, and tobacco advocacy expertise necessary to take on tobacco challenges for communities of color.

Funding
NAATPN is funded impart by a cooperative agreement (1U58DP001528-01) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and by the contributions of its members.

History
NAATPN was launched after a national stakeholders meeting in Dallas in December 1999; the organization was chartered in late 2000. The organization's national headquarters was recently relocated to Durham, NC, where it provides services to over 200 members and organizations.

Successes
Over the past several years, NAATPN successes include:

• Coordination of national membership meeting for African Americans in tobacco control
• Selection of a governing body representing all regions of the U.S.
• Convening a national meeting of African American clergy in tobacco control
• Facilitation of on-site training and technical assistance in 10 states
• Participation in the Priority Populations Initiative of the American Legacy Foundation
• Development of a culturally appropriate smoking cessation training protocol
• Development of a communications infrastructure including a website (www.NAATPN.org), listserv and on-line newsletter
• Parlaying national meetings into national consensus around a strategic plan for tobacco control in communities of African descent.

Staff
After a lengthy national search we have hired a staff of professionals that we feel personify the skills needed to help fulfill our program goal, to fill gaps in technical assistance and training services traditionally not afforded African American tobacco control advocates and others seeking to do tobacco control work with communities of color.

William S. Robinson, MA
Executive Director
Durham, NC

Marcia Hargrove
Administrative Assistant
Durham, NC

Alisha Simmons
Director of Finance
Summerville, SC

Tammy McCottry-Brown
Director of Communications
Charleston, SC

La Tanisha Wright
West Region Director
Irving, TX

Donna Rojas
East Region Director
Germantown, MD

Renée S. Lunsford
Publications Consultant
Tallahassee, FL

Contact Us
NAATPN
400 West Main Street
Suite 415
Durham, NC 27701
T 919-680-4000
F 919-680-4004
1-888-7NAATPN
thenetwork@naatpn.org