Patient Advocacy Leadership Initiative (PALI) Advisory Council

Allergy & Asthma Network’s PALI Advisory Council provides guidance to help create and advance a community of informed and empowered patient advocates.

PALI Advisory Council members support the program’s mission in the following ways:

• Serves as subject matter experts in the fields of medicine, federal and state health policy, patient advocacy, and community health. 
• Supports PALI curriculum development and content review. 
• Ensures curriculum feedback prioritizes the perspective and needs of patient advocates.
• Collaborates and engages with fellow Advisory Council members on curriculum content.
• Serves as media spokespersons and supports the promotion and visibility of the PALI program.

The PALI Advisory Council is multi-disciplinary and includes physicians, federal and state health policy experts, patient advocates, and community health organizations with specialized industry knowledge and expertise.

PALI Advisory Council

• Kibby Araya, patient advocate
• Yuriko de la Cruz, community health
• Amar Dixit, MD, allergist and immunologist
• Allison Janow, patient advocate
• Sara Lyons, community health
• Natalie Mamerow, patient advocate
• Lianne Mandelbaum, patient advocate
• Casey McPherson, federal policy expert
• Juanita Mora, MD, allergist and immunologist
• Amber Pike, patient advocate
• Matt Reiter, federal policy expert
• Wesley Sublett, MD, allergist and immunologist
• Stephanie Weiss, community health