Council of Affiliates Roster

Chair

Kaye Reynolds, DrPH
Texas Public Health Association

Chair-Elect

Quinyatta Mumford, MPH, CHES
Arkansas Public Health Association

Immediate Past-Chair

Rebecca Nevedale
Arizona Public Health Association

Secretary

Karin Thurman, BS
Mississippi Public Health Association 

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

Randy Domina, MPH
Connecticut Public Health Association

Region II (NJ, NY, PR) 

Denise Tahara, PhD, MBA, MPhil
New York State Public Health Association

Region III (DE, DC, MD, PA, VA)

Kate Smith, MD, MPH
Delaware Public Health Association 

Region IV (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)

Colin Smith, DrPH
Georgia Public Health Association

Region V (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)

Hope Rollins, BS
Michigan Public Health Association

Region VI (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX) 

McKenzie Cowlbeck, MPH, CPH
Oklahoma Public Health Association

Region VII (IA, KS, MO, NE) 

Nick Collins, MPH, BSN, MCHES
Missouri Public Health Association

Region VIII (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)

Shelby Jepperson, MPH, CPH
South Dakota Public Health Association

Region IX (AZ, CA, HI, NV)

Dominick Sturz, DrPH
Southern California Public Health Association

Region X (AK, ID, OR, WA)

Briana Arnold, MPH
Oregon Public Health Association

AT-LARGE MEMBERS

Kristine Gonnella, MPH - Affiliate Staff
Pennsylvania Public Health Association 

Jeffery Erdman, MPH
Illinois Public Health Association

Christian Williams, DrPH, MPH
Tennessee Public Health Association

AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ACTION BOARD

Rebecca Boulos, MPH, PhD
Maine Public Health Association 

STUDENT ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE

Veena Thamilselvan, MSPH
Maryland Public Health Association

CoA LIAISONS

Karen Mancera-Cuevas, DrPH, MS, MPH, MCHES
Inter-sectional Council Chair-Elect

Pam Aaltonen, PhD, MSN, BSN
Advisory Member - CoA History Project

Jenna Bednarski, MPH
Early Career Professionals workgroup

Donna-Marie Palakiko, PhD
Caucus Collaborative Chair-Elect 

Elizabeth Schwartz, MPH
Connecticut Public Health Association
CoA representative to the Caucus Collaborative

Erica Fishman, MPH, MSW
CoA representative to the Committee on Membership

Denise Strehlow, MPH, MSW
CoA representative to the Nominations Committee

Adrianna Boulin, MPH
CoA representative to JEDI workgroup

APHA STAFF

Michelle Loosli
Director, Affiliate Affairs

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