2025-2026
Board of Trustees
President
Michelle S. Williams
PhD, MSPH, MPH, MCHES®
George Mason University
Past President
Heidi Hancher-Rauch
PhD, MCHES®
Butler University
President-Elect
Antonio Gardner
PhD, MS, MCHES®
The University of Alabama
Secretary
Alexis (Lexi) A Blavos
PhD, MCHES®
SUNY Cortland
Treasurer
Kennedy Dawson
MPH
National Health Corps Florida – AmeriCorps
Trustee, At-Large
Janae Bady
PhD, MPH, CHES®
Central Michigan University
Trustee, At-Large
Deborah Gurgel Smith PhD, MPH, BSN
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport
Trustee, At-Large
Shelby Flores-Thorpe
PhD, MEd, CHES®
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin, TX
Trustee, At-Large
Sheree H. Keitt
DrPH, MPH, CHES®
Community Catalyst
Trustee, At-Large
Shannon McMorrow
PhD, MPH
Western Michigan University
Trustee, At-Large
Tiffany Neal
MPH, MCHES®
American Heart Association
Trustee, At-Large
Gayle Walter
PhD, MPH, MCHES®
Allen College, Iowa
Trustee, At-Large
J. Michael Wilkerson
PhD, MPH, MCHES®
UTHealth Houston School of Public Health
Speaker of the House
Laverne D. Partlow
Gaston County, N.C.
Speaker of the House (Elect)
Amy Faus
MPH, CPH, MCHES®
Avela Health
Student Trustee
Ethan Greenblatt
MCHES®, CPH
St. Louis County Department of Public Health
CEO (Ex-Officio Member)
Maricela Arias-Cantu, MS, MHA, CAE
SOPHE