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APHA Executive Board

 Moose Alpernin
Moose Alperin, EdD, MPH, MCHES
Executive Board Chair

Term: October 2021-October 2025

 Georges Benjamin
Georges C. Benjamin, MD
Executive Director
 
Dr. Benjamin has been APHA's executive director since 2002
 Rebecca Boulous
Rebecca Boulos, PhD, MPH
Ex-officio Member, Action Board Chair
 
Term: October 2024-November 2024

Jessica Boyer
Jessica Boyer, MPH, MSW
Elected Member
 
Term: November 2023-November 2027

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Monique J. Brown, PhD, MPH
Elected Member
 
Term: November 2023-November 2027

Bryan Buckley
Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH, MBA, ACC
Elected Member

Term: October 2021-October 2025

Karl Cooper
Karl Cooper, JD
Ex-officio Member, Intersectional Council Chair

Term: October 2024 - November 2025

Shontelle Dixon
Shontelle Dixon, MPH, CHES
Executive Board Vice-Chair

Term: November 2022-November 2026

Ella Greene-Moton
Ella Greene-Moton
Immediate Past-President

Term: November 2022-November 2025

Aaron Guest
M. Aaron Guest, PhD, MPH, MSW
Governing Council Speaker

Term: November 2023-November 2026

Benjamin Hernandez
Benjamin H. Hernandez, MBA
Treasurer

Term: November 2022-November 2025

Claude Jacob
Claude A. Jacob, DrPH, MPH
Elected Member

Term: November 2022-November 2026

Amy Lee
Amy Lee, MD, MPH, MBA, CPH 
Elected Member

Term: October 2021-October 2025

Toby Levin
Toby Levin, PhD, MPH, CPH, CHES

Ex-officio Member, Science Board Chair

Term: October 2024 - November 2025

Nandi Marshall
Nandi Marshall, DrPH, MPH, CHES, CLC, CDE
President-Elect

Term: October 2024-November 2027

Rebecca Nevedale
Rebecca Nevedale
Ex-officio Member, Council of Affiliates Chair

Term: October 2024-November 2025

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Shirley A. Orr, MHS, APRNA
Elected Member

Term: November 2023-November 2027

Donna Marie Palakiko
Donna-Marie Palakiko, PhD, MS, APRN
Elected Member

Term: November 2024 - November 2028

 

Virginia Reising
Virginia Reising, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, PEL-CSN
Ex-officio Member, Education Board Chair

Term: October 2024-November 2025

Gopal Sankaran
Gopal Sankaran, MD, DrPH, MNAMS, CHES
Elected Member

Term: November 2022-November 2026

Jimmie Smith
Jimmie Smith, MD, MPH
Elected Member

Term: November 2024-October 2028

Kara Suvada
Kara Suvada
Ex-officio Member, Student Assembly Chair

Term: October 2024-November 2025

Melissa Toledo-Ontiveros
Melissa Toledo-Ontiveros, MA, MCJ, MPA
Elected Member

Term: November 2024-November 2028

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Deanna J. Wathington, MD, MPH, FAAFP
President
 
Term: November 2023-October 2026 


APHA Past Presidents