National Sleep Foundation Announces New Board of Directors
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National Sleep Foundation Announces New Board of Directors
Steven E. Lerman, MD, MPH Elected as Chair
Washington, D.C. (October 24, 2024): National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) Board of Directors have elected Steven E. Lerman, MD, MPH, to serve as Chair and lead its board of seasoned clinicians, researchers and business professionals. Dr. Lerman has been a member of the NSF board for the past eight years, most recently serving as Treasurer on its Executive Committee and as Chair of its Finance Committee.
Dr. Lerman previously presided as Chair over the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) committee that developed the Fatigue Risk Management Systems for Personnel in the Refining and Petrochemical Industries standard and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s (ACOEM) Presidential Task Force of Fatigue Risk Management in the Workplace that developed ACOEM’s Guidance Statement on the topic.
While a Fellow of the ACOEM, Dr. Lerman also collaborated and published with the National Institute for Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NIOSH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Lerman also had a distinguished career as a member of the Medicine and Occupational Health Department and ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences, Inc. Before joining NSF’s board, Dr. Lerman chaired NSF’s conferences on Sleep Health and Safety.
“I am deeply honored to assume the role of Chair of the National Sleep Foundation. NSF is the leading voice in our space, with a longstanding and deep history as the public’s most established, independent resource dedicated to sleep health and safety. I look forward to the upcoming year as we continue to serve the public through our evidence-based and consensus-driven mission work,” said Lerman.
“We’re very fortunate to have a professional like Steve leading our board at NSF. He has a keen understanding of NSF and our mission, and particularly strong expertise and insights on the importance of sleep health, safety, and performance to employers, the public’s working population, and beyond,” said John Lopos, National Sleep Foundation CEO. “Lerman’s public health background and perspective are fundamental to our purpose and position among other sleep health stakeholders,” continued Lopos.
Susan Redline, MD, MPH, will serve as Vice Chair. Redline is Senior Physician, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Matt Mellott, CEO of Forefront Dermatology, will serve as Treasurer, and Rafael Pelayo, MD, Clinical Professor at Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, will serve as Secretary. Maurice Ohayon, MD, DSc, PhD, Chief of the Division of Public Mental Health and Population Sciences and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science for the Stanford University School of Medicine, will serve as an At-Large member of the Executive Committee. Additionally, Shannon Sullivan, MD a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist at Stanford Medicine, and Kristen Knutson, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University will now serve on the Board of Directors.
NSF thanks Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, at UC Davis Children’s Hospital and Thomas C. DiSalvi, CDS, Vice President of Safety and Loss Prevention at Schneider National, Inc., for their dedication and years of service to NSF. Oyegbile-Chidi and DiSalvi are concluding their respective terms as Chair and Vice Chair, on NSF’s board.
Visit www.theNSF.org for sleep health information and a full list of the National Sleep Foundation Board of Directors.
About the National Sleep Foundation
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health and well-being through sleep education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the NSF is committed to advancing excellence in sleep health theory, research and practice. theNSF.org │SleepHealthJournal.org