2011 Section Elections

The following is the 2011 Section Election slate for APHA Section/SPIG/SA officers, councilors and representatives to the Governing Council. Elected candidates will assume office after the close of the 139th APHA Annual Meeting, to be held in Washington, DC October 29th - November 2nd.

The Section Elections will run from May 16, 2011 - June 20, 2011.  Ballots were sent out on May 16th via email & for those that did not have an email address, the ballots were mailed. 

If you need a replacement ballot, did/do not receive a ballot, have questions or need assistance, please contact Election Services Corporation at 1-866-720-4357 to speak with an Election Services Co. customer service representative or via email at amphahelp@electionservicescorp.com 

Please note that you must cast your ballot by Monday, June 20th by 4:59 PM EDT.

    Voting Instructions

To vote by Internet (you will need your Unique Pin & APHA Member ID Number to log on & vote. Both are located on your ballot)

To vote by Mail

  • Mark your selections by placing an "X" in the appropriate boxes.
  • Do not write your name or otherwise identify yourself on the ballot.
  • Detach ballot, fold and place in the return envelop that you received with your ballot. Mail to:

Election Services Co.
P.O. Box 9020
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 USA

  • Ballots must be returned to the above address no later than June 20, 2011.


    Aging & Public Health (formerly Gerontological Health)


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Kathy Sykes MA
  • Daniela Friedman PhD, MSc, BSc Honors

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Denys Lau PhD
  • Junling Wang PhD, MS

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Caryn D. Etkin PhD, MPH
  • Mary Gallant PhD, MPH 
  • Matthew Lee Smith PhD, MPH, CHES

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Ketih Elder PhD, MPH, MPA
  • Daniel Meng PhD, MPH
  • Carolyn Mendez-Luck PhD, MPH

Contact: Lene’ Levy-Storms - Email:  llstorms@ucla.edu

    Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs


Vacancies:
Section Councilors (Vote for 2)
Position A (Vote for 1)

  • Cheryl J. Cherpitel Dr.PH, MPH, BSN
  • Toben F. Nelson ScD, MS, BA

Position B (Vote for 1)

  • Linda J. Frazier MA, BS, CHES, RN 
  • Gerald "Simon" McNabb BA

Governing Councilor (Vote for 1) 

  • Leonard Lamkin MPA, BA
  • Sean J. Haley PhD, MPH

Contact: Cynthia Hallett- Email:  atodcynthia@gmail.com

    Chiropractic Health Care


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • John K. Hyland DC, MPH

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Claire Johnson DC, MSEd

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Michael B. Clay DC, BS, BA, AA, CCSP 
  • Lisa Z. Killinger, DC
  • Michael J. Schneider DC, PhD 
  • Barry C. Wiese MSHA, DC

Governing Councilor (Vote for 1)

  • Jason Bartlett BS, DC

Contact: Alisa Fairweather - Email:  Afairweather@wschiro.edu

    Community Health Planning & Policy Development


Vacancies:
Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Heather Todd MPH

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Michelle D. Johnson DrPH (student), MA, BS 
  • Aisha Siddiqui DrPH (candidate), MPH
  • Vicky Tiglias BA
  • Nancy Watson MSW, BA
  • Kara Zografos DrPH, MPH, BS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 6)

  • Padma Arvind PhD, MBA 
  • Apryl R. Brown MPH, MD, BS 
  • Ngina Lythcott DrPH
  • Russell K. McIntire PhD (candidate), MPH, BA
  • Elena Ong SM, PHN, BSN
  • Joseph Schuchter DrPH (c), MCP
  • Karen Valenzuela MPA, MA
  • Ashley Wennerstrom MPH
  • Stanton H. Wolfe DDS, MPH
  • Azzie Young PhD, MPA, MS

Contact: Winston Tseng- Email:  wtseng@pacbell.net

    Community Health Worker


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Wandy Hernandez AA, CD(DONA), CLC, CCE

Secretary- Term to begin August 1, 2011 (Vote for 1)

  • Amanda Horowitz MPH, MSW

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Laura Bahena CHW
  • Dalton Skerritt MHE, BA, AA 

Governing Councilor (Vote for 2)

  • Carl Rush MRP, BS
  • Jacqueline Scott ML, JD, BA

Contact: Lee Rosenthal- Email:  elrosenthal@utep.edu


    Disability


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Charles E. Drum, MPA, JD, PhD

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Meg Ann Traci PhD

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Anthony Cahill PhD 
  • Adriane K. Griffen MPH, CHES, BA, BS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • James H. Rimmer PhD

Contact: Jim Rimmer - Email:  jrimmer@uic.edu  

    Environment


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Kacee Deener MPH, BS
  • Rebecca Tave Gluskin BSc, MSc

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Michelle Homan PhD

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Robyn Gilden PhD, MS, BS, RN 
  • Jyotsna S. Jagai PhD, MPH, MS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Brenda M. Afzal MS, RN

Contact: Rebecca Head - Email:  rebecca_head@monroemi.org

    Epidemiology


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Howell Sasser PhD, MPH

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Erin P. Garcia MPH, CPH

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Josiah Alamu PhD, MPH
  • Monique Nicole A. Anthony MPH, BA
  • Xiaoxing He (Stella) MD, MPH
  • Wiley D. Jenkins PhD, MPH 

Governing Councilors (Vote for 7)

  • Elquernedo Oscar Alleyne MPH, BA
  • Kesha Baptiste-Roberts PhD, MPH
  • Michelle S. Davis MSPH, PhD
  • Laurie D. Elam-Evans PhD, MPH, BS
  • Tiffany L. Gary-Webb PhD, MHS
  • Linda J. Hazlett PhD, M.T. (ASCP)
  • Longjian Liu PhD, MD, MSc, FAHA
  • Orion McCotter MPH, BS
  • H. Eduardo Velasco PhD, MSc, MD

Contact: Jim Gaudino - Email:  jag8nw@comcast.net

    Food & Nutrition


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Lynn Fredericks BA
  • Sonya Jones PhD

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Laura Elizabeth Dotson MS-MPH, BSPH
  • Katie Kavanagh PhD, RD 

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Laura Bellows PhD, MPH, RD 
  •  Noel Chavez PhD, RD, LDN

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Joan Trendell MS, RD, CD 

Contact: Marsha Spence- Email:  mspence@utk.edu

    Health Administration


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • John C. williams DrPH, MBA

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Robin Pendley MPH, CPH, BS

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  •  Aja Desiree Hardy MBA, MPH
  • Claude-Alix Jacob MPH
  • Michael Morris MPH, MPA, CPH, CMPE

Governing Councilors (Vote for 4)

  • J. Alan Baker MA, BA 
  • Richard Michael Hill MPH, MPA, FACHE 
  • Linda Young Landesman DrPH, MSW
  • Stephen L. Williams MEd, MPA

Contact: Gretchen Sampson - Email:  Gretchen@co.polk.wi.us

    Health Informatics & Information Technology


Vacancies:
Section Councilors
 (Vote for 2)

  • Ginelle Edmondson BSN, MPH
  • Steve Godin PhD, MPH

Governing Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Brenda Leath MHSA
  • Gloria McNeil M.Ed., BSN, RN

Contact: Gloria McNeil - Email:  gloriamcneil@sbcglobal.net

    HIV/AIDS


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect 
(Vote for 1)

  • Brian Dodge PhD, MSc

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Stephanie L. Marhefka PhD, M.S.

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Jose A. Bauermeister PhD, MPH, BA 
  • Ariane V. Hollub PhD, CHES, OTR

Governing Councilors (Vote for 3)

  • Chris Aldridge MSW
  • Tania B. Basta PhD, MPH, CHES
  • Bonnie Chakravorty PhD, MSW, CHES

Contact: Scott Rhodes - Email:  srhodes@wfubmc.edu

    Injury Control & Emergency Health Services


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Sara Newman DrPH, MSPH

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Cara Breeden MLS
  • Doug Roehler MPH

Section Councilor (Vote for 2)

  • Emmy Betz MD, MPH 
  • Nancy Bill MPH, CHES 
  • Kevin Borrup JD, MPA 

Governing Councilor (Vote for 1)

  • Karin Mack PhD
  • Joyce Pressley PhD, MPH

Contact: Joyce Pressley & Holly Shipp - Email:  Jp376@columbia.edu & Holly.Shipp@sdcounty.ca.gov

    International Health


Vacancies:
Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Carol Dabbs MPH, BA
  • Amanda Puckett MPH Candidate (graduation May '11)

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Rebecca Bartlein MPH, BA 
  • David J. Fitch PhD
  • Sosena Kebede MD, MPH 
  • Jessica Keralis, MPH

Governing Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Peter Freeman MPH, BA 
  • Padmini Murthy MD, MPH, MS, CHES, MPHIL 
  • Jirair Ratevosian MPH
  • Sharon rudy PhD, EdS, Med, BA 

Contact: Amy Hagopian- Email:  Hagopian@u.washington.edu

    Maternal & Child Health


Vacancies:
Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Mary Kate "Katie" Baker 
  • Karen Peifer PhD, MPH, RN
  • Whitney P. Witt, PhD, MPH

Governing Councilors (Vote for 4)

  • Chanda Nicole Holsey, DrPH, MPH, AE-C
  • Jessie Richardson Hood, ScD, MPH 
  • Jane Pearson, BSN, RN
  • Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MPH, MSW
  • Howard Spivak, MD

Contact: Karen Van Landeghem- Email:  kvanlandeghem@ameritech.net

 

    Medical Care


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Ellen Shaffer PhD, MPH

Secretary (Vote for 1)

  • Irene Prabhu Das PhD, MPH

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1) 

No Candidates at this time

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Garland Brinkley PhD, MPH, CPH 
  • Carole J. Magoffin
  • Paul L. Ranelli PhD, MSc, BS, Pharm
  • Andrew Renda MPH, MD
  • Renee Royak-Schaler PhD, M.Ed
  • Doug Shenson MD, MPH, MS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 3)

  •  Ramon Castellblanch PhD, MPP, AB
  •  Barbara H. Guest MSW, MPH
  • Simon Piller MD
  • Nancy Stoller PhD

Contact: Gail Bellamy - Email:  gail.bellamy@med.fsu.edu

    Mental Health - No slate sent in at this time


    Occupational Health & Safety


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Linda Delp PhD, MPH, BA

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Alberto J. Caban-Martinez PhD, MPH, CPH

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Vidisha Parasram MPH 
  • Sandra L. Ramey PhD, RN

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Leslie Nickels PhD, MEd

Contact: John Morawetz - Email:  Jmorawetz@ICWUC.org

    Oral Health


Vacancies:
Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  •  Susan Cote RDH, MS
  •  Peggy Timothé DDS, MPH
  • Christine Wood BS, RDH 

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Howard Pollick BDS, MPH

Contact: Scott Presson - Email:  spresson@bellsouth.net

    Physical Activity SPIG


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Jenn Leiferman PhD, MS
  • Jay Maddock PhD

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Catherine G. Ling PhD, FNP-BC
  • April Oh PhD, MPH

Contact: Genevieve Fridlund Dunton - Email: junton@usc.edu  

    Population, Reproductive and Sexual Health


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Wayne C. Shields

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Euna M. August MPH
  • Blair G. Darney MPH 
  • Annie-Laurie McRee MPH
  • Tamarah Moss-Knight PhD, MPH, MSW, BS
  • Lisa P. Oakley MPH, BA

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Angel M. Foster DPhil, MD, AM 

Contact: Barbara Anderson - Email:  banderson@gmail.com

    Public Health Education & Health Promotion


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Jeffrey S. Hallam PhD, MA, BS, CHES

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Heather M. Brandt PhD, CHES 

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Rod Lew MPH 
  • William H. Wiist DHSc, MPH, MS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 9)

  • C. Michelle Bouchard BA 
  • Mario C. Browne MPH, CHES 
  • Kodjo A. Dodo MPH, BS
  • Mary Rose Gaughan MS, RN
  • Anne Gray Haynes MPH, CHES 
  • Matthew J. Holland MA 
  • Ying Li PhD 
  • Andrea P. Lowe MPH 
  • Vikash Patel MSc, MPH, BSc 
  • Laura Magaña Valladares PhD, MS 
  • John Harvey Wingfield PhD, BA

Contact: Johanna Hinman - Email:  jhinman@emory.edu

    Public Health Nursing


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Susan J. Zahner DrPH, MPH, BS, RN

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Mary Z. (Kelly) Dunn PhD, RN, PHCNS, BC 

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Kirk Koyama MSN, RN, PHN, CNS 
  • Marylyn Morris McEwen PhD, MS, BSN, PHCNS-BC, FAAN 
  • Linda Olson keller DNP, APHN-BC, RN, FAAN
  • Sonda Oppewal PhD, MSN, BSN

Governing Councilors (Vote for 3)

  • Mary E. Cramer PhD, RN, APHN-BC 
  • Teresa Garrett MS, RN 
  • L. Loise Ivanov PhD, MSN, BS
  • Beverly Vonshea Lewis MPA, RN, BSN

Contact: Betty Daniels - Email:  bdaniels@mail.mcg.edu

    Podiatric Health


Vacancies:
Section Councilors (Vote for 3)

  • Bright Chen DPM 
  • Ajitha Nair DPM, MPH

Contact: Janet Simon - Email:  janetpod@aol.com

    School Health Education & Services


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Christopher M. Ledingham PhD, MPH, BCH, CHES

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Robert F. Valois MPH, PhD, MS, BS

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Kelly A. Beckwith MPH, BA, CHES 
  • Martha (Marti) Y. Kubik PhD, RN 
  • Julie E. Painter PhD, MPH 

Governing Councilor (Vote for 1)

  • Amy C. Cory PhD, RN, CPNP

Contact: Dan Adame - Email:  phyedda@emory.edu

    Social Work


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Elaine T. Jurkowski PhD, MSW

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Julia F. Hastings PhD, MSW

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • James Brennan MSW, LCSW 
  • Julie A. Cederbaum PhD, MSW, MPH

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Edward Saunders PhD, MPH, MSW 

Contact: Robert Keefe - Email:  rhkeefe@buffalo.edu

    Statistic


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Din Chen PhD, MSc

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Yong-Fang Kuo PhD

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Melody S. Goodman MS, PhD 
  • Ofer Harel PhD 
  • Trent Lalonde PhD, MA, BS

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Amy K. Ferketich PhD 
  • William Pan DrPH, MS, MPH

Contact: William Pan - Email:  wpan@jhsph.edu

    Vision Care


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Eileen M. Gable OD, FAAO
  • Gregory S. Wolfe OD, MPH

Section Councilors (Vote for 2)

  • Kevin D. Frick PhD 
  • Lori L. Grover OD 
  • Catherine Johnson OD, FAAO

Governing Councilors (Vote for 1)

  • Gregory Hom MPH, OD 
  • Xinzhi Zhang MD, PhD

Contact: Stacy Lyons - Email:  lyonss@neco.edu

    Student Assembly


Vacancies:
Chair-Elect
(Vote for 1)

  • Leisl Nydegger BA 
  • Charles R. Rogers MSAS

Secretary-Elect (Vote for 1)

No Candidates at this time 

Treasurer-Elect (Vote for 1)

  • Frank Agodi PhD Candidate, MSc, BSc, AS
  • Marcia Castano PhD Candidate

Contact: Cameron Culver - Email:  chair@aphastudents.org

    Unaffiliated

Unaffiliated Governing Councilors (Vote for 6)

  • James F. Konopack PhD, PAPHS
  • Justin B. Moore PhD, MS, BS

Contact: Natasha Williams - Email:  natasha.williams@apha.org