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
  • The chair of ASTHO’s Alumni Society
  • ASTHO’s CEO

Officers

President

Manisha Juthani-Mehta, MD

Manisha Juthani, MD

Commissioner

Connecticut Department of Public Health

President-Elect

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Daniel Edney, MD, FACP, FASAM

State Health Official, Mississippi State Department of Health

Immediate Past President

Official headshot for Scott Harris

Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA

State Health Officer

Alabama Department of Public Health

Past President (Appointed)

Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH

Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH

Commissioner and State Health Officer

Georgia Department of Health

Secretary-Treasurer

Brannon Traxler

Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH

Deputy Director & Chief of Medicine

South Carolina Department of Public Health

Regional and Territorial Directors

Region I

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Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD

Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Region II

Headshot of James McDonald

James McDonald, MD, MPH

Commissioner of Health, New York State Department of Health

Region III

Debra Bogen, MD, FAAP

Debra Bogen, MD

Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health

Region IV

Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH

Kathleen Toomey, MD, MPH

Commissioner and State Health Officer

Georgia Department of Health

Region V

Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP

Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP

Director, Illinois Department of Public Health

Region VI

Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH

Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH

Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services

Region VII

Robert Kruse, MD, MPH

Robert Kruse, MD, MPH

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

Region VIII

Alexia Harrist

Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD

State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist, Wyoming Department of Health

Region IX

Ihsan Azzam

Ihsan Azzam, MD, PhD, MPH

Chief Medical Officer, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

Region X

Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett

Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, MD, MPH

Washington State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health

USAPI

Esther Muña

Esther L. Muña, PhD, MHA, FACHE

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation

Atlantic

Justa Encarnacion

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

Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH

Chief Executive Officer, ASTHO

Cassie Cochran

Cassie Cochran

Senior Deputies Representative

Deputy Director for Public Health Programs, Arkansas Department of Health

Scott Becker

Scott Becker

Affliate Council Representative

CEO, Association of Public Health Laboratories

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Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH

Alumni Society Representative

Chief Health Improvement Officer, Maine Health