Experience
David has held 5 different executive team positions at CCL. Prior to his current role, he served for 2 years as the Chief Research & Innovation Officer and 5 years as the Chief Operating Officer (COO), a job that involved leading our work in EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. He also led the Global Sales Pursuit Team and several verticals.
Before becoming COO, David spent 4 years living in Brussels, Belgium, where he served as Executive Vice President & Managing Director of our EMEA region. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of our Research, Innovation & Product Development group for 9 years. Early in his tenure at CCL, he also led Information Technology, Portfolio Solutions, and Global Operations. He is co-executive sponsor of two CCL Employee Resource Groups (Black Professionals and Veterans).
Prior to joining us, David was a tenured Professor of Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Senior Research Scientist at the Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California.
David is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has long been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). For 5 years, he served as co-director of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows Program. For 15 years, he was National Program Director of the RWJF Substance Abuse Policy Research Program. For 4 years, he was Co-National Program Director of the RWJF Ladder to Leadership Program.
In 1997, he was selected as one of 40 Americans for a 3-year W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Program. As part of this program, he rode his bicycle from California to North Carolina to raise public awareness about hunger and endowment funding for an international hunger relief organization.
Current Role
David Altman is CCL’s Executive Advisor and a member of the executive team. His areas of expertise include leadership development, community development, evaluation research, health promotion and disease prevention, and public health.
Educational Background
PhD in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine
MA and PhD in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine
BA in Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Professional Affiliations and Certifications
Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research
American Psychological Association Divisions 9 (Fellow), 27 (Fellow), 38 (Fellow)
American Public Health Association
Society of Public Health Education
Curriculum Vitae
Honors, Awards, Grants
- Alumnus of the year at the School of Social Ecology, 2007
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in cardiovascular disease prevention and epidemiology
Contact Information
Areas of Expertise
Leadership development, Community Development, Evaluation Research, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health
