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About Robert Pezzolesi
Robert (Bob) Pezzolesi is a public health advocate and consultant, and a founding convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network (IPHN). His work has focused on engaging and encouraging diverse communities toward population-level prevention policy, especially science-based alcohol policies. Toward that end, he led the Building Alcohol Ad-Free Transit (BAAFT) campaign, which achieved the removal of alcohol advertising from the New York MTA system following several years of community mobilization.