Leadership
Currently, the Foundation is led by Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, who was selected to serve as president and CEO in December 2002. Prior to Lavizzo-Mourey's tenure, Steve Schroeder served as the Foundation's president from 1990 - 2002. Under the leadership of Schroeder, the foundation played a major role in curbing tobacco use in the US, spending $446 million from 1991 to 2003 toward that goal, and it plans to use those experiences to shape its attack on childhood obesity. Since 1995, the number of adult and teenage smokers has declined 12.6 percent and 18 percent, respectively.
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