Foundation for Healthy Youth
Purpose
The Board of Trustees shall perform the following duties: establish specific criteria and procedures governing decisions by the Foundation to cause the moneys obtained from the Master Settlement Agreement in the Fund to be primarily distributed to entities for use in the discouragement, elimination or prevention of the use of tobacco products by minors. Additionally, the Foundation may distribute moneys in the Fund obtained primarily from public grants and private funding sources to reduce childhood obesity and to prevent and reduce substance use by youth in the Commonwealth; establish requirements that every recipient of money distributed from the Fund establish and maintain policies that restrict the use of tobacco products by minors, as provided in § 32.1-361; evaluate the proposals for the use of the assets of the Fund in accordance with the criteria established by the Board and the provisions of this chapter; evaluate the implementation and results of all efforts receiving support from the Foundation; and determine amounts to be deposited from time to time from the Fund to the Endowment.
Term
Four year terms; no more than two successive four-year terms; Legislative and Designated members shall serve terms coincident with their terms of office
Composition
The Foundation shall be governed and administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of twenty-three members. Two members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Delegates from among the membership of the House of Delegates, one representing rural interests and one representing urban interests; two members shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, one representing rural interests and one representing urban interests, from among the membership of the Senate; two members shall be the Commissioner of the Department of Health or his designee and the Chairman of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or his designee; and seventeen non legislative citizen members shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the General Assembly, as follows: five designated representatives of public health organizations, such as the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Virginia Pediatric Society, Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, Virginia Dental Association, American Lung Association of Virginia, Medical Society of Virginia, Virginia Association of School Nurses, Virginia Nurses Association, and the Virginia Thoracic Society; four health professionals in the fields of oncology, cardiology, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics; and eight citizens at large, including two youths. Of the eight citizen at large members, three adults shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of six provided by members of the General Assembly appointed to the Foundation and one member who is under the age of eighteen years shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three provided by the members of the General Assembly appointed to the Foundation.
Vacant Seats
No seats are available at this time. If you are interested in joining this board in the future, please submit an application here.
Current Board Members
Sarah Holland
Oral Health Association Representative Membership expires on 6/30/2026Dr. Leah C. Rowland
Pediatrician Membership expires on 6/30/2026christopher snyder
Member of the General Public (Legislative Nomination) Membership expires on 6/30/2026Tyler Sh Johnson
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2026Randall D. Pearson
Member of the General Public (Legislative Nomination) Membership expires on 6/30/2026Dr Andre A. Muelenaer
Pulmonary Medicine Professional Membership expires on 6/30/2026Dr. John M. O'bannon, Iii
Public Health Organization Representative Membership expires on 6/30/2026Zubin Mehta
Youth Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Patrick Hughes
Member of the General Public (Legislative Nomination) Membership expires on 6/30/2027Mrs. Jacquelyn Delaine Mazich
Member of the General Public Membership expires on 6/30/2027Dr Angela Bray Lindsay
Medical Society of Virginia Membership expires on 6/30/2027Dr. Annette K Ansong
Cardiologist Membership expires on 6/30/2027Mrs Laura Riley Shaia
Public Health Organization Representative Membership expires on 6/30/2027Charles C. Slemp
Under 18 Member of the General Public (Legislative Nomination) Membership expires on 6/30/2029Bob Leek
Member of the General Public (Legislative Nomination) Membership expires on 6/30/2029Jordyn Griffin
Oncologist Membership expires on 6/30/2029