Alexandria, VA – The Society for Public Well being Schooling (SOPHE) congratulates seven people who have been elected to the SOPHE 2026-2027 Board of Trustees after voting by members.
The brand new board members will likely be inducted and start their phrases of workplace on April 23, 2026 through the 2026 SOPHE Annual Convention all-member enterprise assembly. Together with different volunteer leaders, the Board of Trustees contains SOPHE’s governing physique.
“We’re excited to announce such an exquisite slate of latest board members,” SOPHE President Dr. Heidi Hancher-Rauch stated. “I sit up for working with every of them as we proceed our vital work.”
“SOPHE workers are enthusiastic about this distinctive group of leaders,” stated SOPHE CEO Dr. William Datema. “We sit up for working with them and present leaders to advance the brand new SOPHE Strategic Plan and construct on SOPHE’s 76-year legacy of service.”
The complete record of latest board members and positions:
President-Elect
Antonio Gardner, PhD, MS, MCHES®, Affiliate Professor/Director of Schooling & Analysis for Rural Applications at The College of Alabama
Treasurer
Kennedy Dawson, MPH, Program Director on the Nationwide Well being Corps Florida – AmeriCorps
Trustee, At-Giant
Janae Bady, PhD, MPH, CHES®, Lecturer at Central Michigan College
Shelby Flores-Thorpe, PhD, MEd, CHES®, NCI Postdoctoral Fellow at UTHealth Houston College of Public Well being in Austin, TX
Tiffany Neal, MPH, MCHES®, Group Well being Coordinator at American Coronary heart Affiliation
Gayle Walter, PhD, MPH, MCHES®, Director, Public Well being Program & Affiliate Professor, Allen School, Iowa
Trustee, Scholar
Ethan Greenblatt, MCHES®, CPH, Well being Schooling Supervisor, St. Louis County Division of Public Well being
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About SOPHE
The Society for Public Well being Schooling (SOPHE) is a nonprofit affiliation that helps leaders in public well being, well being schooling and promotion to advance wholesome and equitable communities throughout the globe. SOPHE members work in well being care settings, communities, organizations, colleges, universities, worksites, and in native, state and federal authorities companies. For extra data go to www.sophe.org