We are a community of changemakers and health advocates. Our leaders are alumni and students nationally.

Executive Board

  • Lauren Junge-Maughan, DrPH, PMP

    PRESIDENT

    Georgia Southern University, Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health

    Program Director, Universal Nursing Home Visiting - Yale New Haven Health

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  • Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Morgan State University, School of Community Health & Policy

    Adjunct Professor - George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

    Principal Consultant- Real Health Impact LLC

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  • Jean O’Connor, JD, MPH, DrPH, FACHE

    SECRETARY

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Director, Heath Practice - Econometrica, Inc.

    Associate Professor - University of Georgia, Adjunct Professor - Emory University

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  • Paris N. Johnson, DrPH, MSHI, MPH

    TREASURER/DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Samford University

  • Charanya Sundar, DrPH(c), MS, RDN/LD

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Georgie Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health

    Nutrition Researcher - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; DrPH Candidate at George Washington University

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  • Kristi James, DrPH(c), MPH, CHES

    CAREER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    University of Georgia College of Public Health

    Chief Health Officer- Creative Connections

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  • Veronica Natale, MPH, CPHQ

    SOCIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Health Policy & Management - Quality and Safety Track

    Quality Improvement Team Leader - Johns Hopkins Hospital, Faculty - Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

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  • Tammy Smith, DrPH, MPH

    MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR

    Capella University, School of Nursing and Health Sciences

    Communicable Disease Regional Epidemiologist - Division of Public Health, North Carolina Dept. of Health and Human Services

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  • Lisa Harrison-Gulla, DrPH, MPH, MAE, HO, REHS

    POLICY CO-DIRECTOR

    Rutgers School of Public Health

    Adjunct Professor College of New Jersey & Rutgers University

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  • Jeffrey Hom, DrPH (c), MD, MPH, MSHP

    POLICY CO-DIRECTOR

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    Medical Officer- San Francisco Department of Public Health

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  • Kevin Kovach, DrPH, MSc

    POLICY CO-DIRECTOR

    University of Illinois Chicago

    Senior Analyst & Portfolio Strategist- Kansas Health Institute

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