Gov. Pritzker Announces One Appointment to Boards and Commissions

State Board of Health

Dr. Dawn Brown will continue to serve as a Member of the State Board of Health.* Brown currently serves as Assistant Chair of Curricular Affairs and as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences at Northwestern University. Before that, Brown was Assistant Professor at Governors Statue University and Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education at Northern Illinois University. Brown has held numerous organizational leadership roles, including Commissioner for the National Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission for the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT), Member of ACAPT’s Education Planning and Innovation Committee, and Co-Chair of the Illinois Physical Therapy Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Brown is currently a fellow in the 2025–2026 cohort of the American Physical Therapy Association's Academy of Education Fellowship in Higher Education Leadership. Brown earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and her Master of Physical Therapy from Northwestern University, her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Alabama State University, and her Doctor of Education in Higher Education Administration from Northern Illinois University.

* Appointment pending confirmation by the Illinois Senate.

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