Governing Council

Board Members

The policies and directions of the Association are established by the governing council. In addition, the governing council manages the fiscal and other affairs of the Association. It consists of the current officers and the immediate past president of the Association, the state’s representatives to the American Public Health Association, the chairperson of each section and four elected members.


 

Executive Officers
President

Kandi Fredere, PhD, FACHE, MCHES

 [email protected]

President Elect

 Lummie Young, III, MBA [email protected]
Vice President Megan Austin, MPH [email protected]
Secretary

Jervelle Fort, MPH, CHES, CPST

 [email protected]
Treasurer Cheryl Johnson Benjamin, MBA [email protected]
Immediate Past President Buck Wilson, PhD, MS, RD [email protected]
 
Affiliate Representatives 
Affiliate Representative to APHA Governing Council (ARGC) 7/2019-2/2022
Rich P. Timmons, MPA, CGFM
 
 
 Four Elected Members
Member-at-Large 2024-2026 Term
 Keisha D. Long
Member-at-Large 2024-2026 Term
Tiffany Mack
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Member-at-Large 2023-2025 Term
 Brooke A. Brittain, MS, RD, LD, CHES, CLC
Member-at-Large 2023-2025 Term
 Lisa Davis, MBA, MPH, BS, RN

 
 Section Chairs
Behavioral Health
Elizabeth A. Demeo, BS, MCHES, CTTS-NCTTP, CPST
Epidemiology Disease Control
MyLinda O'Quin, BSN, RN 
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Environmental Health
Beata Dewitt
Health Administration
 Karen Smith
Health Education
 Tiara Scott, CCHW
Health and Human Services
 Tangela Davis  [email protected]
Management Support
Tammy Thomasson
Nutrition
 Brooke A. Brittain, MS, RD, LD, CHES, CLC
 [email protected]
Public Health Nursing 

Ellen B. Cooper, BSN, RN

  [email protected]
Public Health Social Work and Counseling  Charkeisha Moore  [email protected]
Student Cristina Picozzi [email protected]
Student Section Advisor Kelli Kenison, PhD [email protected]