Title: Young and Umemoto Elected to Section Council
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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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| Azzie Young, PhD, MS, MPA |
For more than 25 years, Azzie Young, PhD, MS, MPA, has played a major role in public health. She is a member of APHA, held leadership roles in the Maternal and Child Health Section and has served as a moderator for APHA scientific papers in the CHPPD Section for approximately five years. Dr. Young brings leadership skills, real-world experiences at various levels, and extensive knowledge about community health planning and health policy. The goal is to provide support to the Section and leadership for emerging public health policies and issues.
Dr. Young held top management positions in the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the state's public health agency, including chief of health chemistry, state director of maternal and child health and a cabinet level appointment as Secretary of the Department of Health and Environment. Currently, Dr. Young is the president and chief executive officer of Mattapan Community Health Center, Boston. Under her leadership, the faith-based Health Care Revival Initiative was published in the American Journal of Public Health in 2002. Dr. Young has MS and PhD degrees from the University of Nebraska in organic chemistry. She also received a MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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| Ann Umemoto. Photo credit Akina Younge |
Ann Umemoto works for the Office of the Medical Director in the March of Dimes National Office, where she devotes her energy to planning and developing maternal and infant health promotion programs. Before the March of Dimes she worked at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She earned her masters in health planning at UC Berkeley and masters in public administration from Harvard. She has been active in the CHPPD Section serving as Governing Council Member and Section chair in the past. She is also a member of the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health. She is very pleased that over the years, the Section membership has grown and new people have been integrated into the Section as members and as leaders. The Section is made of people with diverse interests in public health, and this broad territory has created an atmosphere of open arms.