The 2022 APHA Director Election starts September 21, 2022. All APHA members as of September 1, who have an email address on file with APHA, will receive a ballot by email for voting. Be sure to exercise your member benefit.
If you do not receive an email ballot, please contact Theresa Brown to add your email address to our database and receive a ballot.
Below are bios for each of the nominees in each area. Use this information to make an informed decision about your vote.
2022 Director Nominees
Area 1 – Ontario
Kris Simpson
Area 2 – New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
Area 3 – New York, APO, AEO
Patti Cerio
Christina Earl
Leah Struzzieri
Area 4 – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Karen Roy
Area 5 – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Bob Drake
Area 6 – Pennsylvania
Jason Hollinger
Carla Perri
Carla Progin
Area 7 – Maryland, Delaware
Cindy Harris
Betsy Leager
Area 8 – Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia
Amanda Hutchinson
Mary Richard
Area 9 – New Jersey
Anne Leonarski
Judy Moyer
Marjorie Lawler Moser
Ken Ware
Area 10 – Georgia
Ann Jones
Brian Isbell-Garcia
Area 11 – North Carolina
Elizabeth Brewer
Jennifer L Collins
Tina Shanahan
Area 12 – South Carolina
Elizabeth Goodale
Area 13 – Florida, Puerto Rico
Amanda Palmer
Ashley Enoch-Scott
Randall Roser
Brittany Siler
Area 14 – Alabama
Jimmy Harrison
Area 15 – Kentucky
Ashley Donaldson
Area 16 – Tennessee
Area 17 – Arkansas
Karen Kennedy
Ken Kennedy
Area 18 – Mississippi
Area 19 – Louisiana
Darcie Winiewicz
Jacqueline Sue Woodson
Area 20 – Ohio
Sue Johnson
Cindy Snapp
Tim Snapp
Daren Wright
Area 21 – Michigan
Area 22 – Indiana
Candis Mullen
Catherine Rex
Robin Robinett
Kelly Williams
Area 23 – Illinois
Fred Cole
Kristy Doyle
Jerry Wyrick
Lorna Wyrick
Area 24 – Wisconsin
Area 25 – Minnesota
Tom Crowley
Area 26 – Iowa
Jerry Cable
Carrie Gulling
Steve Gulling
Judy Miller
Jill Paxton
Mark Reisinger
Area 27 – Missouri
Kimberly Garrett
Paul Garrett
Megan Seehafer
Area 28 – North Dakota
Patrick Meyer
Area 29 -South Dakota
Area 30 – Nebraska
Area 31 – Kansas
Celsey Crabtree
Sheri Grinstead
Stacie Lundquist
Jenna Tolson
Area 32 – Oklahoma
Ashley Bickell
Area 33 – Texas
John Briggs
Rhonda Culp
Maggie Griffin
Sabine Lazo
Rick McLain
Ingrid McPherson
Renee Robinson
Megan Ryden Beal
Greg Robinson
Amanda Sanchez
Cathy Sasser
Andrea Simons
Kevin Smith
Susan Van Cleve
Area 34 – Alberta
Samantha Dewitt
Brenda Hoff
Devon Smith
Area 35 – Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Area 36 – Montana
Jan Larsen
Gayl Russell
Kenna Slater
Area 37 – Wyoming
Area 38 – Colorado
Karen Banister
Peggy Cummings
Area 39 – New Mexico
Marilyn Novat
Area 40 – Idaho
Earlynn Chase
Megan Dulin
Dallas McGee
Ted Proctor
Area 41 – Utah
Bonnie Christensen
Cooper Evans
Sandi Morgan
Area 42 – Arizona
Mark Kuhlwein
Erica Owen
Laurie Roden
Brittany Russell
Area 43 – Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon
Cathy Glover
Area 44 – Washington
Kathy Tuttle King
Shawn Kingma
Kory Kumar
Area 45 – Oregon
Area 46 – Nevada
Kristi Stone
Area 47 – California, Hawaii
Jennifer Barbee
Meredith Biasca
Scott Cooper
Jando Guerra
Laura Hamill
Julie Jennings
Meredith Landy
Jennifer Mendes
Area 48 – Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Uraguay, Venezuela
Carla Arceo Arambula
Area 49 – Australia, China, Israel, Japan, Namibia, New Calendonia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Thailand
Area 50 – United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, France
Claire Hunsley
Diane Graham
Helena Ryan
Julie Tartarin
Area 51 – Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
CJ (Karin) Van Bekkum
Area 53 – Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
Dora Gocze
Jukka Kivela
Kristine K Jensen
Marianne Seland
Area 54 – Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia Republic, Slovenia
Magdalena Prokesova
Area 55 – Germany
Karl Heinz Schmidt
Melanie Thiess
Sabine Biller
Sabrina Freiberg
Area 56 – Italy, Greece
Mateo Sala
