James O. Mason, M.D., Dr.P.H.
James O. Mason, M.D., Dr.P.H., was the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention from 1983-1989 and served as Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services from 1989-1993 and as the United States delegate to the World Health Organization from 1990 until 1993. He is currently a health consultant and serves on the boards of Agronomics International, Avalon Health Care, Inc., Evergreen International, Davis Behavioral Health, Mental Health Resource Foundation, and Utahans for Better Dental Health. From 1994 until 1999 he oversaw the religious and humanitarian activities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints throughout sub-Saharan Africa.