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
Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA
Commissioner
Kentucky Department for Public Health
President-Elect
Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
State Health Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health
Immediate Past President
Anne Zink, MD, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer
Alaska Department of Health
Past President (Appointed)
Paula Nickelson, MA
Director
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Secretary-Treasurer
Manisha Juthani, MD
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Regional and Territorial Directors
Region I
Mark Levine, MD
Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
Region II
Carlos Mellado López, MD, FACEP
Secretary of Health, Puerto Rico Department of Public Health
Region III
Debra Bogen, MD
Acting Secretary of Health
Region IV
Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA
State Health Officer & Assistant Secretary for Public Health, North Carolina Division of Public 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
Paula Nickelson, MA
Director, Missouri Department of Health & Senior 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
Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH
Secretary of Health, Washington State Department of Health
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
Pamela Pontones, MA*
Chair, Senior Deputies Committee
Deputy State Health Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health
Richard Hamburg, MPA
Chair, Affiliate Council
Executive Director, Safe States Alliance
Mylynn Tufte, MBA, MSIM, BSN
Alumni Society Representative