Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN

Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the President and CEO of the Public Health Accreditation Board., a position she has held part-time since January 2009 and full-time since June 2009. Dr. Bender has over 26 years experience in public health, working at both the state and local levels within the Mississippi Department of Health. Her last position there was as Deputy State Health Officer.

Dr. Bender also served for 6 years as Dean of the School of Nursing and Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

She chaired the Exploring Accreditation Project, funded by CDC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This study was the precursor to the establishment of the Public Health Accreditation Board.

Dr. Bender also served on the Institute of Medicine study committees for “The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21^st Century” and “Who Will Keep the Public Healthy”, as well as a subcommittee for the study of pre-hospital emergency care in the U.S.  She currently serves as Chair of the the APHA Education Board and as past chair of the Public Health Leadership Society.