Amber Thornton-Bullock
Executive Vice President, Program Development
Amber Thornton-Bullock is Executive Vice President, Program Development, for Legacy. Ms. Thornton-Bullock is a seasoned public health administrator and educator, with more than 25 years’ of experience working with various health professionals, researchers, clinicians, community-based organizations, and consumer groups.
Ms. Thornton-Bullock is provides oversight and direction for the Foundation’s multi-million dollar grants portfolio, prevention and cessation programs, priority population initiatives, technical assistance and training, and youth activism programs. In this capacity, Ms. Thornton-Bullock is responsible for directing a diverse range of programmatic aspects of Legacy’s new EX® national cessation campaign. In 2006, she was appointed founding Board Chairperson of the North American Quitline Consortium.
Prior to joining Legacy, she served as Prospect Associates Ltd. Vice President of Public and Community Health Promotion and also as Director of the Coordinating Center for the National Cancer Institute’s American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) project. Over the course of her career she has provided technical assistance and training and managerial direction on a diverse range of public health and social justice issues including women’s health, cardiovascular risk factors, multicultural competency, reproductive health, tobacco prevention and advocacy, youth/young adult health promotion, and HIV/AIDS. She previously served as Director of Education and Research for the American College Health Association, and worked early in her professional career for the American Heart Association, where she developed and managed a wide range of research administration, consumer health promotion, and professional education programs.
Ms. Thornton-Bullock received her master’s in public health degree in community health education from San Jose State University, and her undergraduate degree in human development at California State University, Hayward. She is a chartered certified health education specialist as designated by The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.