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, 2024

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

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  • Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Morgan State University

    Public Health Advisor - US Department of Health & Human Services - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

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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(c), MSHI, MPH

    TREASURER/DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Samford University

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

    COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

    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 CHAIR

    University of Georgia College of Public Health

    Consultant - American Public Health Association

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  • Veronica Natale, MPH, CPHQ

    SOCIAL EVENTS CHAIR

    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 CHAIR

    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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  • Alicia O. Carranza, MPH, MCHES®, NBC-HWC, CTSS, DrPH

    POLICY CHAIR

    Loma Linda University, DrPH Preventive Care program

    Visiting Assistant Professor - Occidental College, Adjunct Faculty - California Baptist University, Health Educator - Orange County Health Care Agency

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