IH SECTION LEADERSHIP – OFFICERS, COUNCILORS, COMMITTEE CHAIRS, AND REPRESENTATIVES
Officers (end of two-year term) :

Chair: Miriam Labbok (2010), labbok@email.unc.edu 

Chair Elect/Governing Council Whip: Malcolm Bryant (2012), bryantm@bu.edu

Immediate Past Chair: Samir Banoob (2008), sbanoob@aol.com

Secretary: Carol Dabbs (2011), dabbscj@state.gov

Secretary Elect: Jean Meyer Capps (2013), jean_capps@hotmail.com

Section Councilors: (elected to three-year terms):

Hélène Carabin, DVM, MSc, PhD, (2011), helene-carabin@ouhsc.edu
Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH, (2010), wjohns@u.washington.edu
David J. Fitch, PhD, (2010), dfitch7@yahoo.com

Padmini Murthy, Mphil, MD, MPH, MS, CHES, (2011), minimurthy@aol.com
Lisa Pawloski, PhD, MA, BA, (2011), lpawlosk@gmu.edu

Jirair Ratevosian (2012), jratevosian@gmail.com

Governing Councilors:

Laura Altobelli, Dr Ph, MPH, (2011), laura@future.org
Elvira Beracochea, MD, MPH, (2010), elvira@midego.com
Gopal Sankaran, MD, DrPH, MNAMS, CHES, (2010), gsankaran@wcupa.edu
Leonard Rubenstein, LL.M., JD, MA, BA (Governing Council Whip) (2010), lrubenstein@gmail.com
James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH, (2010), jamespf@u.washington.edu

Amy Hagopian, (2011), hagopian@u.washington.edu

Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH, (2011), wjohns@u.washington.edu

Section Committees, Website, and Newsletter (appointed by Chair)

-Awards Chair: Paul Freeman, freeman.p.a@att.net: Assistant Chair; Mini Murthy, Minimurthy@aol.com

-Communications Chair and Website Manager:  Eckhard Kleinau, ekleinau@aimglobalhealth.org

-Global Health Connections: Chair Gopal Sankaran, gsankaran@wcupa.edu; Co-chairs Mini Murthy Minimurthy@aol.com and Hala Azzam, hala_azzam@yahoo.com

-Membership: Rose Schneider, rschneider@jhu.edu

-Newsletter Editor: Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com

-Nominations: Mary Anne Mercer, mamercer@u.washington.edu

-Policy and Advocacy: Jirair Ratevosian, jratevosian@gmail.com

-Program: Omar Khan, Chair, IH.APHA@gmail.com; Mike Bailey, Assistant Chair, mbailey@jhuccp.org

-Section Organization and Management: Jean Meyer Capps, jean_capps@hotmail.com

-Students and New IH Professionals:  Helene Carabin, helene-carabin@ouhsc.edu

Section working groups:

-Border Initiative:  Josefa Ippolito-Shepherd, ippolitoshepherdj@yahoo.com

-Community-Based Primary Care: Paul Freeman, freeman.p.a@att.net & Malcolm Bryant bryantm@bu.edu

-Pharmaceuticals:  Chair, Maggie Huff-Rousselle mhuffrousselle@ssds.net, Co-chair, Robert  Eilers, <robert.eilers@dhs.state.nj.us>

-Trade and Health Liaison: Mary Anne Mercer, mamercer@u.washington.edu

APHA wide responsibilities:

-Action Board Representative: Donna Barry, djbarry@earthlink.net

-Global Health Manager (APHA Staff): Vina Hulamm,  vina.hulamm@apha.org

-International Human Rights: Elvira Beracochea, elvira@midego.com

-Publications: – Carlos Castillo, ccastill@jhsph.edu

-Science Board & Liaison to Publications Board: Omar Khan, okhan@jhsph.edu

-Trade and Health Liaison: Mary Anne Mercer, mamercer@u.washington.edu