Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is comprised of ASTHO members who provide the organization with vision and expertise that guides the organization in its endeavors.

Voting Members:

  • President
  • President-Elect
  • Immediate Past President
  • Past President
  • Secretary-Treasurer
  • One representative from each of the ten HHS regions
  • Two elected territorial representatives

Non-Voting Members:

  • The chair of the Senior Deputies Committee
  • The chair of the Affiliate Council
  • One representative from ASTHO’s Alumni Society
  • ASTHO’s CEO

Officers

President

Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA

State Health Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health

President-Elect

Manisha Juthani, MD

Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Health

Immediate Past President

Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA

Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Public Health

Past President (Appointed)

Debra Bogen, MD

Secretary of Health
Pennsylvania Department of Health

Secretary-Treasurer

Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH

Deputy Director & Chief of Medicine
South Carolina Department of Public Health

Regional and Territorial Directors

Region I

Mark Levine, MD

Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health

Region II

James McDonald, MD, MPH

Commissioner of Health, New York State Department of Health

Region III

Debra Bogen, MD

Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health

Region IV

Daniel Edney, MD FACP, FASAM

State Health Official, Mississippi State Department of Health

Region V

Elizabeth Hertel, MBA

Director, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

Region VI

Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH

Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services

Region VII

Robert Kruse, MD, MPH

State Medical Director and S/THO Designee, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

Region VIII

Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD

State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist, Wyoming Department of Health

Region IX

Ihsan Azzam, MD, PhD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

Region X

VACANT

USAPI

Esther L. Muña, PhD, MHA, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation

Atlantic

Justa E. Encarnacion, RN, MBA, HCM

Health Commissioner & Chief Public Health Officer, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health

Ex-Officio Members

Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH

Chief Executive Officer, ASTHO

Cassie Cochran

Chair, Senior Deputies Committee
Deputy Director for Public Health Programs, Arkansas Department of Health

David Harvey

Affliate Council Representative
Executive Director, National Coalition of STD Directors

VACANT

Alumni Society Representative