Leadership

The Environment Section is led by its elected officers: chairperson, chairperson-elect, secretary, and six Section Councilors.  In addition, four Section members are elected to the APHA Governing Council.

 

There are numerous opportunities for all Environment Section members to become involved in the Section in some capacity.

 

Leadership Roster (PDF version with contact info)

Chair 
Barbara Glenn
Glenn.barbara1@gmail.com


Immediate Past Chair 
Sacoby Wilson 
swilson2@umd.edu

 

Chair-Elect 
Kacee Deener
kcdeener@gmail.com


Secretary
Michelle Homan 
homan001@gannon.edu

 

Councilors
Michael L. Reiss 
esodude@aol.com


Kacee Deener 
kcdeener@gmail.com


Yolanda Sanchez 
Sanchez.yolanda@epa.gov


Robyn Gilden 
rgilden@son.umaryland.edu


Jyotsna S. Jagai 
Jagai.Jyotsna@epamail.epa.gov

 

Governing Councilors 
Brenda Afzal 
brendaafzal@gmail.com

 

Kyle Kinner
kkinner@niaid.nih.gov

 

Aditi Vaidya 
aditibvaidya@gmail.com

 

Megan Latshaw 
megan.latshaw@aphl.org

 

Program Chair 
Diana Degan 
Diana.Degen@cadmusgroup.com

 

Communications 
Michelle Homan 
homan001@gannon.edu

 

Website 
Michelle Homan 
homan001@gannon.edu

 

Student Liaison 
Tara McAlexander 
tm2301@columbia.edu

 

Membership Chair 
Rebecca Tave Gluskin 
rtg230@nyu.edu

 

Policy Chair 
David Walinga 
dwallinga@iatp.org

 

Climate Change 
Kim Knowlton 
kknowlton@nrdc.org

 

Food and Environment 
Roni Neff/Becka Klein 
rneff@jhsph.edu /rklein@jhsph.edu

 

Environmental Justice 
AJ Cuevas, Simone Charles
azitakj@gmail.com, scharles@georgiasouthern.edu

 

Built Environment 
Tony DeLucia, Peter Ashley 
delucia@mail.etsu.edu, peter_j._ashley@hud.gov

 

Student Involvement 
Tara McAlexander /Derek Shendell 
derekgshendell@yahoo.com

 

Awards  
Leon Vinci/Rebecca Head 
lfv6@aol.com, rhead@umich.edu

 

Nominations 
Jill Litt, Nse Obot Witherspoon, Rebecca Head  
jill.litt@ucdenver.edu
nobot@cehn.org, rhead@umich.edu