Benjamin Georges Benjamin, executive director of the $18 million-revenue American Public Health Association, was grappling with options early this year after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention canceled a meeting focused on climate change and health. Washington, D.C.-based APHA was to be a major sponsor of the event, and former vice president Al Gore was slated as keynote speaker. But following Donald Trump's victory in the presidential race, according to Benjamin, the CDC opted to avoid antagonizing the president-elect. The meeting was cancelled. Then, Gore called Benjamin. "It was a call out of the blue," said Benjamin, who has run APHA since 2002. "We had… Read More