The Board of Directors is comprised of ASTHO members who provide the organization with vision and expertise that guides the organization in its endeavors.
Voting Members:
- President
- President-Elect
- Immediate Past President
- Past President
- Secretary-Treasurer
- One representative from each of the ten HHS regions
- Two elected territorial representatives
Non-Voting Members:
- The chair of the Senior Deputies Committee
- The chair of the Affiliate Council
- One representative from ASTHO’s Alumni Society
- ASTHO’s CEO
Officers
President
Manisha Juthani, MD
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Health
President-Elect
Daniel Edney, MD FACP, FASAM
State Health Official, Mississippi State Department of Health
Immediate Past President
Scott Harris, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
State Health Officer
Alabama Department of Public Health
Past President (Appointed)
VACANT
Secretary-Treasurer
Brannon Traxler, MD, MPH
Deputy Director & Chief of Medicine
South Carolina Department of Public Health
Regional and Territorial Directors
Region I
Robert Goldstein, MD, PhD
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Region II
James McDonald, MD, MPH
Commissioner of Health, New York State Department of Health
Region III
Debra Bogen, MD
Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Region IV
VACANT
Region V
Sameer Vohra, MD, JD, MA, FAAP
Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
Region VI
Jennifer Shuford, MD, MPH
Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
Region VII
Robert Kruse, MD, MPH
State Medical Director and S/THO Designee, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
Region VIII
Alexia Harrist, MD, PhD
State Health Officer and State Epidemiologist, Wyoming Department of Health
Region IX
Ihsan Azzam, MD, PhD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Region X
Tao Sheng Kwan-Gett, MD, MPH
Washington State Health Officer, Washington State Department of Health
USAPI
Esther L. Muña, PhD, MHA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
Atlantic
Justa E. Encarnacion, RN, MBA, HCM
Health Commissioner & Chief Public Health Officer, U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health
Ex-Officio Members
Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, ASTHO
Cassie Cochran
Chair, Senior Deputies Committee
Deputy Director for Public Health Programs, Arkansas Department of Health
Scott Becker
Affliate Council Representative
CEO, Association of Public Health Laboratories
VACANT
Alumni Society Representative