Dr. Jonathan Butler
Dr. Jonathan Butler, Chair is a research faculty member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease (NURTURE Center), Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He is the associate director of UCSF’s Black Health Initiative. He is the 1st Vice-President and Health Committee Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) San Francisco Branch. He is Young Professional Board member of the American Heart Association Greater Bay Area. He
Dr. Jonathan Butler, Chair is a research faculty member in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Disease (NURTURE Center), Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). He is the associate director of UCSF’s Black Health Initiative. He is the 1st Vice-President and Health Committee Chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) San Francisco Branch. He is Young Professional Board member of the American Heart Association Greater Bay Area. He is a former appointed member and co-chair of the Sugary Drink Distributors Tax Advisory Committee (SDDTAC) of San Francisco representing the medical institution seat.
He is an associate minister at the historic Third Baptist Church of San Francisco, the executive director of the San Francisco African American Faith Based Coalition and San Francisco Students’ Back on Track Tutoring program.
Dr. Butler earned his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology at Howard University. He earned his Bachelor’s of Business Administration from the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. He is also an avid reader, habitual gym-goer, and lover of music.