Steering Committee
The ACS NCCRT Steering Committee responsibilities include the planning and implementation of ACS NCCRT projects, guidance of the 80% in Every Community Strategic Plan, as well as approving new ACS NCCRT members. Learn more about how we work.
Leadership

Steven Itzkowitz, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Steering Committee Chair, 2021-2024

Lisa C. Richardson, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Steering Committee, CDC Permanent Representative

Laura Makaroff, DO
American Cancer Society
Steering Committee, ACS Permanent Representative
Members

Swati G. Patel, MD, MS
University of Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus, Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Affairs Hospital
Steering Committee, 2022-2024

Pascale M. White, MD
Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Steering Committee, 2022-2024

Peter S. Liang, MD, MPH
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Health Care System Manhattan Medical Center
Steering Committee, 2022-2024

Keith Winfrey, MD, MPH
New Orleans East Community Health Center
Steering Committee, 2020-2024

Candace Henley, MPH
The Blue Hat Foundation
Steering Committee, 2020-2024

Allison Rosen, MS
American Cancer Society
Steering Committee, 2020-2024

Michael Sapienza
Colorectal Cancer Alliance
Steering Committee, 2020-2024

Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Steering Committee, 2020-2024

Frank Colangelo, MD, M.S.-HQS, FACP
Premier Medical Associates
Steering Committee, 2020-2024, Professional Education & Practice Implementation Strategic Priority Team Chair

Richard Wender, MD
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Steering Committee, Chair Emeritus

Robert A. Smith, PhD
American Cancer Society
Steering Committee, Senior Scientific Advisor