National Director
National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN)
Primary Areas of Expertise:Policy Advocacy
Strategic Alliances
Tobacco Policies
Cessation Policy
Secondary Areas of Expertise:Community Mental Health
Public Policy
Ethnic Health Disparities
Population Speciality:Latino
Secondary Speciality:General Population
Dr. Jeannette Noltenius is currently the National Director of the National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN). She is recognized nationally as a leader in the field of Latino and minority health; and an expert in tobacco, alcohol and other drug policy issues. An immigrant from El Salvador, she obtained a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Antioch College, in Keene, New Hampshire, and then a Masters in Economics and a Doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Paris 1, Sorbonne, in France. Dr. Noltenius has worked in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Guyana and France. She speaks Spanish and French.Dr. Noltenius is also Vice President of Strategic Solutions Washington, an independent public health and public policy firm based in Washington, DC. She provides technical assistance; training and strategic planning services on health and health care policy issues to clients nationally and internationally. She has worked at the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization working on health planning environmental health, violence prevention, and health promotion. She has also worked in community mental health settings utilizing psychodrama with children and families and at a psychiatric hospital addressing substance abuse and mental health issues.Dr. Noltenius is a member of the Board of the North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) and several other Boards. She is a founding member of the Out of Many, One a multicultural coalition working on a common agenda to achieve equity in health and health care in communities of color.
Contact Information:Jeannette Noltenius, MA, PhD
National Director
National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN)
Indiana Latino Institute, Inc. (ILI)
1869 Park Road, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Tel. (202) 328-1313
Fax (202) 797-9856
Email: jnoltenius@sswdc.com
Website: www.indianalatino.com & www.latinotobaccocontrol.org
Curriculum Vitae:http://www.indianalatino.com/images/pdfs/JEANNETTE_NOLTENIUS_Bio.pdf