Frances Dunn Butterfoss PhD, MSEd

Frances Dunn Butterfoss, PhD, MSEd is a nationally recognized expert on coalition building and organizational development, with more than 25 years of experience training and consulting with organizations, coalitions and communities across North America. Dr. Butterfoss is President of Coalitions Work and a professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She has founded and directed several coalitions and received research support from many agencies and foundations. She has published widely and her textbooks, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health and Ignite! are best sellers for academics, practitioners and community activists. Fran is a past President and Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Public Health Education. She lives in Yorktown, Virginia with her husband, Tom and is devoted to her three children and five grandchildren.