John Miall

John Miall serves as special consultant to the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation.  He began his consulting business, Miall Consulting, in 2005 after retiring as the Director of Risk Management for the City of Asheville, NC where he served for 30 years. He served as the Director of Risk Management for the City of Asheville since 1990 and was one of the visionaries behind The Asheville Project. He joined the staff of the APhA Foundation as a Special Consultant upon his retirement. 

As Director of Risk Management, Miall held major operational and budget responsibility for city-wide self-funded liability programs including $16million program for general, auto, public officials, law enforcement, and dams liability; $10 million annual group benefits program; $2million worker's compensation program; and four separate retirement programs, two of them self-funded and self-administered.

Miall was made an Honorary Member of American Pharmacists Association in 2000 and he was named a “Benny” Award Winner recognizing his innovative work in Employee Benefits by Employee Benefit News in 2003. He was named Risk Manager of the Year in 2004 by the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA).  Miall is a graduate of Montreat-Anderson College and the University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Miall is highly sought internationally as a speaker and presenter on risk management and health care innovations. In his capacity with the APhA Foundation, John Miall will assist the APhA Foundation in expanding the highly successfully work of the Asheville Project to more cities and employers around the country.  The APhA Foundation has expertise in designing programs to manage the cost and improve the outcomes associated with chronic disease by aligning the incentives for all stakeholders.  Miall will also assist with the implementation and management of these programs and serve as a resource to benefit managers and employers who choose to participate. 

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Loretta Davis-Satterla

Loretta Davis-Satterla has distinguished herself as one of Michigan's top public health professionals and as a strong, effective champion for people and communities whose health needs are often overlooked. She has put to work her experience in health and human services, program development, and community organizing to create and lead some of Michigan's most successful public health initiatives. Her focus on and efforts in the HIV/AIDS-STD arena - in Michigan and globally - have heightened her passion for issues of minority health and health disparities facing minority communities worldwide.

Ms. Davis-Satterla has translated her passion for public health and minority health concerns into a focus on the critical fields of sexually transmitted disease, HIV/AIDS, teenage pregnancy prevention, and reproductive health care. In her current position as the Director of the Division of Health, Wellness and Disease Control for the Michigan Department of Community Health, Ms. Davis-Satterla oversees Michigan's response to some of the nation's most challenging public health issues and has responsibility for HIV and STD treatment, prevention, education and supportive services programs funded by the state and federal governments. She also has responsibility for the Health Disparity Reduction and Minority Health Program, where the goal is to reduce health disparities by supporting a portfolio of social/behavioral interventions that will have the greatest impact among racial and ethnic minorities.

Loretta Davis-Satterla is the past Chair of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD).  As a member of NASTAD's Global AIDS Team she traveled to East Africa, where she had the opportunity to help plan and mobilize a portion of Ethiopia's response to the AIDS epidemic.

She has received numerous awards including the "Nicholas A. Rango, MD Leadership Award" from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) for her "dedication, tirelessness, and impatience in leading the struggle in HIV/AIDS."

Ms. Davis-Satterla holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in Health Administration from Central Michigan University.

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