Executive Team

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Ruaa Hassaballa-Muhammad | President KU Community Development
Christi Wells | Past President Oral Health Kansas
Stephen Maheux | President-Elect Johnson County Department of Health & Environment
Sheena Schmidt, M.P.P. | Secretary Kansas Health Institute
Aften Gardner | Treasurer Wallace County Health Department

Board Members

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Eldonna Chesnut | APHA Representative, Ex Officio Member Johnson County Department of Health & Environment
Virginia Barnes | Director-At-Large Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas
Ellyn Mulcahy | Director-At-Large Kansas State University
Allison Koonce | Community Health Committee Chair LMH Health
Jack Brown | Environmental Health Section Chair University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Sonalli Kurlekar | Infectious Disease Section Chair Sedgewick County Health Department
Robyn McLaren | Oral Health Committee Chair Sedgwick County Health Department
Shelby Ostrom | Policy & Advocacy Section Chair Kansas Association of Local Health Departments
Kari Coster | Student Section Chair Wichita State University
Kendra Baldridge | Administrative Committee Chair Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Megan Gottschalk-Hammersmith | Communications Committee Chair Reno County Health Department
Jessica Smith | Membership Committee Chair Wichita State University
Christi Cain | Tobacco, Mental Health & Substance Abuse Committee Chair Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Daniel Craig | Ex. Officio Salina Regional Hospital
Brandon Skidmore | Ex. Officio Sunflower Foundation