Loretta Jones, M.A., is the founder and Executive Director of Healthy
African American Families (HAAF) II. As a "Community Gatekeeper,"
Loretta Jones has dedicated her entire life towards the hope and healing
of community and society-at-large. Her career as a civil rights activist,
health policy advocate, and social architect has spanned more than 30
years. In an effort to level the playing field for all people, Ms. Jones
continues her unyielding commitment as a change agent against disparities
in human health, development, and opportunity. She is a member of the
Advisory Council planning NICHD's longitudinal child health study and
chairs its Social Justice committee. She is a co-investigator of the
NIMH UCLA/RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care, the NIA
UCLA Center for Health Improvement in Minority Elderly (CHIME), and
the NIH Drew/UCLA Project EXPORT, as well as a recipient of numerous
CDC grants and contracts. She is a member of the UCLA Institutional
Review Board (IRB) for protection of human subjects. Ms. Jones is the
first recipient of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Award
for National Contribution to Minority Health Programs, Research and
Surveillance - Department of Reproductive Health.