CHPPD has elected new leaders. We would like to congratulate:
Chair-Elect - Priti Irani, MS
Section Council - Ann Umemoto, MPH, MPA, and Azzie Young, PhD, MS, MPA
Governing Council - Alberto Jose Cardelle, PhD, MPH, and Amy Carroll, MPH
I would also like to note that we are disappointed in CHPPD member participation in the electoral process. Only 11.3 percent of CHPPD members voted, as compared to the overall 15.7 percent voting rate of all APHA members. We can do better than that! We should do better than that! We need to do better than that!
As we move forward and provide support to our new leaders, it is clear that getting our membership engaged in our activities remains a challenge.
The position of secretary elect is vacant. If you are available to fill this position, please contact me, or Tom Piper, at macquest@mac.com.
In her nomination form, Priti said: I enjoy bringing diverse people to the table, finding common ground, exchanging ideas and working collaboratively towards a common purpose. As the current Community Health Planning and Policy Development (CHPPD) newsletter editor, I have the opportunity for doing just this. As the CHPPD chair, I would continue to strengthen collaborative efforts. I am the Assessment Initiative Project director at the New York State Department of Health. Before joining the state, I'd worked at the local level for a non-profit organization and local health department in a number of planning and health promotion partnerships, and coordinated an HIV parent education program. I have a Masters of Science degree in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.