The One Health Commission is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission to connect individuals and create relationships across human, animal, and environmental health sectors, as well as to educate the public about these issues with the intent to improve global health.[15][16] In 2007, Roger K. Mahr from the American Veterinary Medical Association, Jay H. Glasser from the American Public Health Association, and Ronald M. Davis from the American Medical Association came together as liaisons with other health science professionals, academics, students, government workers, and industry scientists to create a task force and have teleconferences to discuss One Health.[17][18] This One Health Initiative Task Force created a report in 2008 which outlined recommendations to create a joint steering committee, implement improved communications efforts, plan national One Health studies, develop a One Health Commission, create advisory teams, establish national meetings, and engage medical, veterinary, and public health students.[19][20] The One Health Commission was officially chartered in Washington D.C. in 2009, with Roger Mahr as the founding CEO.[17] A request for proposal for an institutional partner was put forth in 2010, and Iowa State University was selected to be the main site for operations.[17] In 2013, Roger Mahr retired from the commission and the operations site moved to the Research Triangle of North Carolina, where it currently resides.[17] The current executive director is Cheryl Stroud, a veterinarian, who has held the position since 2013.[21]