APHA 2016 Annual Meeting

REGION II Regional Rep: Oliver Lontok, MD, MPH New Jersey: Oliver Lontok, MD, MPH

REGION IX Regional Rep: John Packham, PhD Arizona: Patti Taylor, MHA

Secretary: Elizabeth Cohn, RN, PhD Section Councilors: Jo Anne Bennett, PhD, RN Alison M. Colbert, PhD, PHCNS-BC Luba Louise Ivanov, PhD Chad Stuart Priest, RN MSN JD Tessa Walker, DNP, RN, APHN-BC Public Health Social Work (Organized 1970) Chair: Julia F. Hastings, MSW, PhD

New York City: Nina Rothschild, DrPH, MPH, MA New York State: Michael Seserman, MPH, RD Puerto Rico: Edna Pacheco-Acosta, DrPH, MSc REGION III Regional Rep: Timothy Gibbs, MPH, NPMc Delaware: Timothy Gibbs, MPH, NPMc District of Columbia: Cassandra Chess, MPH Maryland: Diem-Thanh (Tanya) Dang Pennsylvania: Jessica Boyer, MSW, MPH Virginia: Kerry J. Redican, MPH, PhD West Virginia: Karen Begg, RN REGION IV Regional Rep: Marian Levy, DrPH, RD Alabama: Ross Hudson, LCSW, PIP Florida: Lori Jordahl, MBA, HA Georgia: Melissa (Moose) Alperin, EdD, MPH, MCHES Kentucky: Justin Pittman Mississippi: Amy Radican-Wald, DrPH, MPH North Carolina: Lisa Macon Harrison, MPH, BSPH Minnesota: Erica Fishman, MSW, MPH Ohio: Rosemary Chaudry, PhD, MPH, MHA Wisconsin: Elise Papke, MPH REGION VI Regional Rep: Jamie Roques, MPH, MPA, APRN Arkansas: Tammy Cook, BS Louisiana: Jamie Roques, MPH, MPA, APRN New Mexico: Susan Baum, MD, MPH Oklahoma: Marisa New, MPH, OTR Texas: Catherine Cooksley, DrPH REGION VII Regional Rep: Denise Strehlow, MPH, MSW Iowa: Deb Vander Plas Kansas: Tanya Honderick, MSN, MPH Missouri: Denise Strehlow LaBardi, MPH, MSW Nebraska: David E. Corbin, PhD, MEd REGION VIII South Carolina: Tiffany Mack, MPH Tennessee: Marian Levy, DrPH, RD REGION V Regional Rep: Hope Rollins, BS Illinois: Susan Avila, RN, MPH Indiana: Joan Trendell, MD, RD, CD Michigan: Hope Rollins, BS

California-North: Giorgio Piccagli, PhD, MPH California-Southern: Bernard Weintraub, REHS, MPH Hawaii: Hali Robinett, MPH Nevada: John Packham, PhD REGION X Regional Rep: Charlene Cariou, MHS, CHES Alaska: Deandra Ingram, MPH Idaho: Charlene Cariou, MHS, CHES Oregon: Charlie Fautin, MPH, RN, BSN Washington State: David Reyes, DNP, MPH, RN APHA defines a Special Primary Interest Group (SPIG) as an open group of self-selected APHA members sharing a common occupational discipline or program area interest and electing no primary Section affiliation. SPIGs were established as a member option in 1978. Pharmacy Chair: Stuart Feldman, PhD Veterinary Chair: Thomas J. Doker, DVM, DACVPM, MPH Forums A Forum is a membership unit composed of APHA members who are working together on a specific issue that is important to public health; crosses disciplinary and section or SPIG boundaries, requires expertise that may reside in more than one section or SPIG, and supports APHA’s mission. Forums are free to APHA members and may be joined at any time. Breastfeeding Forum Immediate Past Chair: Jennifer Vidrine, PhD Membership Chair: Daisy DeWeese-Gatt, MPH Events Chair: Brad Richardson, PhD Genomics Forum Chair: Colleen McBride, PhD Co-Chair: Kim Kaphingst, Sc.D. Past Chair: Heather Goltz, PhD, LMSW, MEd Secretary: Lace Chren Human Rights Forum Chair: Dr. Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD Chair-Elect: Dabney P. Evans, PhD, MPH Trade and Health Forum Chair: JJoshua Yang, PhD, MPH Secretary: Courtney McNamara, MSc, PhD Special Primary Interest Groups (SPIGs) Chair: Melissa Bartick, MD, MSc Past Chair: Lissa Ong, MPH, RD Secretary: Nathan Nickel, MPH, PhD Cancer Forum Chair: Vani Simmons, PhD Vice-Chair: Erika Litvin Bloom, PhD

ImmediatePast Chair: Robert H. Keefe, PhD, ACSW Secretary: Julie A. Cederbaum, PhD, MSW, MPH Section Councilors: Ian Walter Holloway, MSW, MPH, PhD Kim D. Jaffee, PhD MSW Abigail Miller Ross, MSW MPH Betty J. Ruth, MSW, MPH Victoria Stanhope, PHD, MSW, MA Anjanette Alise Wells, PhD MSW School Health Education and Services (Organized 1942) Chair: Julie Gast, PhD, CHES Chair-Elect: Amy C. Cory, PhD, MPH, RN Immediate Past Chair: Christopher M. Ledingham, PhD, MPH, CHES Secretary: Lori S. Anderson, PhD Section Councilors: Jennifer R. Banas, EdD, MSEd, MPH Kelly A. Beckwith, MPH, CHES Erin Maughan, PhD, MS, RN, APHN-BC Julie Marie Metos, PhD MPH RD Patricia N. Scott, DNP Samira Soleimanpour, PhD, MPH Vision Care (Organized 1979) Chair: Janis Winters, OD Chair-Elect: Glen Steele, OD Immediate Past Chair: John E. Crews, DPA Secretary: Bhagya R. Segu, OD Section Councilors:

Nita P. Patel, OD MPH Gregg E. Russell, OD Asel Ryskulova, MD MPH

Joshua J.D. Smith-Hanen, JD, OD Wende T. Waggoner, OD, MPH, MS Patrick D. Yoshinaga, OD MPH

Affiliate Representatives of the Governing Council (ARGC’s) REGION I Regional Rep: Burton Wilke, PhD Connecticut: Colleen O’Connor, MPH Maine: Barbara Poirier Massachusetts: Claude-Alix Jacob, MPH New Hampshire: Shasta Jorgensen, MPH Rhode Island: Kara Butler, MS, CHES Vermont: Burton Wilcke, PhD

Regional Rep: Lora Wier, AD Colorado: Kim Boyd, ND, NP Montana: Lora Wier, AD

North Dakota: Andrea Huseth-Zosel, PhD South Dakota: Cristina Lammers, MD, MPH Utah: Dan Kinnersley, MPA Wyoming: Joe Grandpre, PhD, MPH

APHA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING • DENVER, CO

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