The 2016 APHA Director Election starts September 15, 2016. 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 call Theresa Brown at 817/222-6403 to add your email address to our database and receive a ballot. Papers ballots can also be requested.
Below are bios for each of the nominees in each area. Use this information to make an informed decision about your vote.
2016 Director Nominees
Area 1 – Ontario
Kris Simpson
Area 3 – New York, APO
Patti Cerio
Area 4 – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Karen Roy
Area 5 – Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Bob Drake
Area 6 – Pennsylvania
Linda Fick
Sharon Horn DVM
Carla Perri
Jacki Walker
Area 7 – Delaware, Maryland
Betsy Leager
Rebecca Timmons
Area 8 – Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia
Megan Brown
David Lands
Alison Umberger
Area 9 – New Jersey
Marjorie Lawler-Moser
Judy Moyer
Ken Ware
Area 10 – Georgia
Ann Jones
Lisa Westmoreland
Area 11 – North Carolina
Elizabeth Roberts-Brewer
Allan Schmidt
Area 12 – South Carolina
Anne Louise Miller
Wayne Wall
Area 13 – Florida, Puerto Rico
Craig Burkhard
Mary Ellen James
Margaret Nipper
Amanda Palmer
Randall Roser Jr
Christine Schreiner
Brittany Siler
Area 14 – Alabama
Jimmy Harrison
Area 15 – Kentucky
Ashley Griffin
Area 16 – Tennessee
Jennifer Cothron
Rachel Hattendorf
Kathy Hill
Area 17 – Arkansas
Brian Brady
Karen Kennedy
Area 18 – Mississippi
Amanda Ready
Banks Ready
Area 19 – Louisiana
Erika Anderson
Peggy Ivins
Sue Woodson
Area 20 – Ohio
Daniel Blay
Sue Johnson
Jeni Yoak
Area 21 – Michigan
Coleen Bull
Kelly Chapman
Sarah Johnson
Robert Rasch
Area 22 – Indiana
Melanie Cox-Dayhuff
Heather Pelletier
Robin Robinett
Area 23 – Illinois
Fred Cole
Kristy Doyle
Jerry Wyrick
Area 24 – Wisconsin
Cindy McGinnis
Nell Tekampe
Area 25 – Minnesota
Andrew Abeln
Kris Kobienia
Teri Nielsen
Monte Ruden
Greg Simmet
Area 26 – Iowa
Jerry Cable
Carrie Gulling
Jennifer Sheriff
Area 27 – Missouri
Kimberly Garrett
Paul Garrett
Megan Seehafer
Area 30 – Nebraska
Colleen Dubsky
Sandy Jirkovsky
Wesley Siebenneicher
Area 31 – Kansas
Sheri Grinstead
Terryl Jordan
Stacie Lundquist
Area 32 – Oklahoma
Gerald Butler
Todd Gralla
Karen Kapp-Vance
Lisa Maxwell
Dean Myers
Jarrod Rees
Mary Yount
Area 33 – Texas
John Briggs
Rhonda Culp
Linda Gordon
Maggie Griffin
Chris Jeter
Jay Jordan
Lisa Ligon
Rick McLain
Ingrid McPherson
Jackie Mellon
Renee Robinson
Devon Rose
Megan Ryden
Cathy Sasser
Charlie Sasser
Andrea Simons
Sara Simons
Kevin Smith
Ronny Stallings
Dale Sullens
Fred Tabor
Pat Trebesch
Tina White
Cheri Wilson
Heather Young
Jim Young
Area 34 – Alberta
Brenda Hoff
Becky Ratzlaff
Colleen Samela
Area 36 – Montana
Gail Morris
Area 38 – Colorado
Karen Banister
Tammy Berbee
Robert Dehn
David Denniston
Brian Henry
John Weaver
Larry Willard
Area 39 – New Mexico
Marilyn Novat
Area 40 – Idaho
Mary Anne Black
Nola Krahn
Lyle Wonderlich
Area 41 – Utah
Bonnie Christensen
Sandi Morgan
Area 42 – Arizona
Tom Gilmore
Laurie Roden
Area 44 – Washington
Patty Baker
Kathy King
Lori Nevin
Shannon O’Dell
Area 45 – Oregon
Brandon Severin
Area 46 – Nevada
Terri Dyson-Wirthlin
David Ruby
Area 47 – California, Hawaii
Diane Alves
Sharon Bonner-Brown
Rhonda Bowerman
Lisa LaPlace
Dan Mannion
Jan Mannion
Gwen Melshaw
Area 51 – Germany, Poland
Sabrina Freiberg
Monika Hagen
Karl Heinz Schmidt
Melanie Thiess
Area 54 – United Kingdom, England, Scotland
Rob Painter
Sue Painter
Area 55 – Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Nicole Verhulst-Paap
Pierra Vizee
Area 57 – Denmark
Berit Rasmussen
Laura Schultz
Area 58 – Finland, Norway, Sweden
Mia Brave
Area 59 – Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia
Magdalena Prokesova
