The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is a membership association composed of the 58 State and Territorial Health Department Chronic Disease Directors and their staff who protect the health of the public through primary and secondary chronic disease prevention efforts and work “upstream” on root causes of chronic conditions, as well as 7,000 chronic disease professionals across the United States working in state, tribal, and territorial health departments, nonprofits, academia, and the private industry to garner health promotion and to reduce the burden of chronic disease.