Charles J. Homer, M.D.,  is President and CEO of the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality, an action oriented organization headquartered in Cambridge, MA exclusively dedicated to improving the quality of health care for children. Dr. Homer is an associate professor of the Department of Society, Human Development and Health at the Harvard University School of Public Health and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the third US Preventive Services Task Force from 2000-2002 and served as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Steering Committee on Quality Improvement and Management from 2001-2004. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Yale University, his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.