Matthew L. Myers was the President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids from 2000 to 2023, an organization he co-founded that became a leader in the fight for the adoption of policies to reduce tobacco use and its devastating consequences in the United States and around the world, policies that have been credited with saving more than 35 million lives across the globe. He is currently the Chair of the Board of American Families for Vaccines and teaches at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also helped found the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, an initiative of the Campaign that uses the power of advocacy to reduce preventable deaths across a broad range of public health measures by changing policies and strengthening public health systems. Today GHAI supports civil society organizations and advocacy movements in more than 30 countries.
in 1989, Mr. Myers received the prestigious Surgeon General's Medallion for contributions to the public health. In 1999, Mr. Myers was appointed to serve on the first tobacco advisory committee to the Director General of the World Health Organization. in 2004, the Harvard School of Public Health bestowed its highest award, the Julius B. Richmond award, on Mr. Myers for his work. In 2006 the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids received the Luther Terry Award for it's leadership on global tobacco control. In 2007, The American Cancer Society honored Mr. Myers with its highest award, The Medal of Honor. In 2022 he received the Research America Award of Outstanding Achievement in Public Health.
From 1982 to 1996, Mr. Myers was a partner in the law firm of Asbill, Junkin, and Myers and the staff director of the Coalition on Smoking OR Health, an organization comprised of the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, and the American Heart Association. Mr. Myers is a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Michigan School of Law. From 1974 to 1980 Mr. Myers worked at the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and from 1980 through 1981 was the acting Deputy Assistant Director of the Division of Advertising Practices at the Federal Trade Commission.
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